ImageFilterDemo

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ImageFilterDemo is a program that allows rapid prototyping of image filters in Java. This program was written by David Foster.

Program & Source Code

• v1.0
  • Original version
• v1.0.1
  • Added PixelBufferFilter2, a new type of filter.
  • Added contour extraction filters for the horizontal, vertical, and plus (horizontal+vertical) directions.
• v1.0.2
  • Addressed issue with loading certain images on Windows systems.
    • Specifically, java.awt.Toolkit.prepareImage(Image, int, int, ImageObserver) on Windows does not notify the specified ImageObserver when images are finished loading under certain conditions.
    • Credit goes to Andy for discovering this bug.

Future Versions (Planned)

• v1.0.3 - Coming soon!
  • "Select..." button for selecting files now remembers the last file that was selected (even across different invocations of the program).
  • Added support for dragging & dropping files into the "file well".
• v1.1
  • Added support for filter parameters that are manipulatable in the GUI.
• v2.0
  • New input source: Image sequences
  • New input source: Movies (.mov, or other formats that QuickTime can handle)
  • Added support for temporal filters. These are filters that are designed for processing several images in sequence.