Image Management Functions

Image Management functions allow you to gather information about an image or manipulate the contents of an image.

The following table lists the Image Management functions. The functions in the Image Management class are grouped according to the types of operations they perform. The first column contains the name of the class. The second column contains names of function subclasses. The third column contains names of individual function panels. Each Image Management function panel represents one function.

Class	Subclass	LabWindows/CVI Equivalent	Function Name
Image Management	—	Array To Image	imaqArrayToImage
Image Management	—	Create Image	imaqCreateImage
Image Management	—	Image To Array	imaqImageToArray

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Border Functions

Border functions allow you to fill an image border with a set of values, get the size of an image border, and set the size of image border.

Class	Subclass	LabWindows/CVI Equivalent	Function Name
Image Management	Border	Fill Border	imaqFillBorder
Image Management	Border	Get Border Size	imaqGetBorderSize
Image Management	Border	Set Border Size	imaqSetBorderSize

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Clipboard Functions

The following functions are available only with a licensed version of NI Vision.

Clipboard functions allow you to copy images to and from the clipboard.

Class	Subclass	LabWindows/CVI Equivalent	Function Name
Image Management	Clipboard	Clipboard To Image	imaqClipboardToImage
Image Management	Clipboard	Image To Clipboard	imaqImageToClipboard

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Drawing Functions

The following functions are available only with a licensed version of NI Vision.

Drawing functions allow you to draw lines, shapes, and text on images.

Class	Subclass	LabWindows/CVI Equivalent	Function Name
Image Management	Drawing	Draw Line On Image	imaqDrawLineOnImage
Image Management	Drawing	Draw Shape On Image	imaqDrawShapeOnImage
Image Management	Drawing	Draw Text On Image	imaqDrawTextOnImage

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Image Information Functions

The following functions are available only with a licensed version of NI Vision.

Image Information functions allow you to gather information about pixels and images.

Class	Subclass	LabWindows/CVI Equivalent	Function Name
Image Management	Image Information	Enumerate Custom Keys	imaqEnumerateCustomKeys
Image Management	Image Information	Get Bit Depth	imaqGetBitDepth
Image Management	Image Information	Get Bytes Per Pixel	imaqGetBytesPerPixel
Image Management	Image Information	Get Image Information	imaqGetImageInfo
Image Management	Image Information	Get Image Size	imaqGetImageSize
Image Management	Image Information	Get Image Type	imaqGetImageType
Image Management	Image Information	Get Mask Offset	imaqGetMaskOffset
Image Management	Image Information	Get Pixel Address	imaqGetPixelAddress
Image Management	Image Information	Get Vision Info Types	imaqGetVisionInfoTypes
Image Management	Image Information	Is Image Empty	imaqIsImageEmpty
Image Management	Image Information	Read Custom Data	imaqReadCustomData
Image Management	Image Information	Remove Custom Data	imaqRemoveCustomData
Image Management	Image Information	Remove Vision Info 2	imaqRemoveVisionInfo2
Image Management	Image Information	Set Bit Depth	imaqSetBitDepth
Image Management	Image Information	Set Image Size	imaqSetImageSize
Image Management	Image Information	Set Mask Offset	imaqSetMaskOffset
Image Management	Image Information	Write Custom Data	imaqWriteCustomData

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Image Manipulation Functions

Image Manipulation functions allow you to manipulate images in their entirety. Functions in this subclass copy, scale, shift, and transpose images.

Class	Subclass	LabWindows/CVI Equivalent	Function Name
Image Management	Image Manipulation	Cast	imaqCast
Image Management	Image Manipulation	Copy Rectangle	imaqCopyRect
Image Management	Image Manipulation	Duplicate	imaqDuplicate
Image Management	Image Manipulation	Flatten	imaqFlatten
Image Management	Image Manipulation	Flip	imaqFlip
Image Management	Image Manipulation	Mask	imaqMask
Image Management	Image Manipulation	Resample	imaqResample
Image Management	Image Manipulation	Rotate 2	imaqRotate2
Image Management	Image Manipulation	Scale	imaqScale
Image Management	Image Manipulation	Shift	imaqShift
Image Management	Image Manipulation	Transpose	imaqTranspose
Image Management	Image Manipulation	Unflatten	imaqUnflatten
Image Management	Image Manipulation	Unwrap Image	imaqUnwrapImage
Image Management	Image Manipulation	View 3D	imaqView3D

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Interlacing Functions

The following functions are available only with a licensed version of NI Vision.

Interlacing functions allow you to combine two fields into one image frame or separate a frame into two fields.

Class	Subclass	LabWindows/CVI Equivalent	Function Name
Image Management	Interlacing	Interlace Combine	imaqInterlaceCombine
Image Management	Interlacing	Interlace Separate	imaqInterlaceSeparate

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Pixel Manipulation Functions

The following functions are available only with a licensed version of NI Vision.

Pixel Manipulation functions allow you to manipulate images at the pixel level. You can use functions in the Pixel Manipulation subclass to extract image planes, replace image planes, set and return pixel values, and convert images to arrays and arrays to images.

Class	Subclass	LabWindows/CVI Equivalent	Function Name
Image Management	Pixel Manipulation	Array To Complex Plane	imaqArrayToComplexPlane
Image Management	Pixel Manipulation	Complex Plane To Array	imaqComplexPlaneToArray
Image Management	Pixel Manipulation	Extract Color Planes	imaqExtractColorPlanes
Image Management	Pixel Manipulation	Extract Complex Plane	imaqExtractComplexPlane
Image Management	Pixel Manipulation	Fill Image	imaqFillImage
Image Management	Pixel Manipulation	Get Line	imaqGetLine
Image Management	Pixel Manipulation	Get Pixel	imaqGetPixel
Image Management	Pixel Manipulation	Replace Color Planes	imaqReplaceColorPlanes
Image Management	Pixel Manipulation	Replace Complex Plane	imaqReplaceComplexPlane
Image Management	Pixel Manipulation	Set Line	imaqSetLine
Image Management	Pixel Manipulation	Set Pixel	imaqSetPixel