Automaticaly rerun and save images

Processing Coding Questions
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I have this code that generates image. I want to generate 1000 variations of this image.
I added this to save images <saveFrame(“image_####.png”);/>
but it saved just one time, is there a way to make this process automatic to generate and save 1000 images with once code press?

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Hello,

Yes.

See references:

:)

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In my opinion we need more context

As the name saveFrame suggests it works at the end of draw when draw() runs a 1000 times

It won’t work within a for-loop though because it’s one frame only

Solution

Anyway you can use

save("img"+nf(i,4) +".png");
i++;

within a for loop

(nf() is leading zeros, see Reference / Processing.org)

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Hello @tshaqscc

Something like this for your “once code press”:

boolean go = false;

void draw() 
  {
  if (go)
    {
    // Do something
    }
  // Some condition to set go to false  
  // go = false;  
  }

void keyPressed()
  {
  go = true;
  }

You may also want to consider PGraphics if you want to create and save images in an off-screen buffer:

:)

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Hi @tshaqscc this code same @Chrisir idea you can save many image and reload them automatically and the sketch make processing for captured photo it’s long code but explain practical using of your demand or close in idea from what you ask

@Chrisir is a Great teacher


import processing.video.*;
import processing.serial.*;

//objects
PFont f;
Capture video;
Serial myPort;
PrintWriter output;

//colors
color black=color(0);
color white=color(255);

//variables
int iteration; //iteration
float pixBright;
// float maxBright=70; // brightness() reports highest of RGB, from 0-255 . This needs to be autotuned but I see that 70 works well for now.
int maxBrightPos=0;
int prevMaxBrightPos;
int cntr=1;
int row;
int col;

//scanner parameters
float pics_per_rev = 480;  //number of phases profiling per revolution
float angle_per_step = 2*PI/pics_per_rev;  //angle between 2 profiles [radian]
float cam_angle = .96363 ;  // the angle measured from vertical to the platter laser line. [radians]
float turntable_center_horizontal = 245 ;  // Use GIMP to determine this X of center platter (first # near bottom)
float turntable_center_vertical = 370 ;    // Use GIMP to determine this Y of center platter (second # near bottom)
float camera_x_mod = 1.3;  // pixels per millimeter for horizontal
float camera_y_mod = 1.3;  // pixels per millimeter for vertical
                           // Use the enclosed checkerboard and then take picture. Then count how px for each and divide by 10 (10mm sq.)




//coordinates
float x, y, z;  //cartesian cords., [milimeter]

//================= CONFIG ===================

void setup() {
  size(640, 480);
  strokeWeight(1);
  smooth();
  background(0);
 
  //fonts
  f=createFont("Arial",16,true);
   
  //video conf.
  video = new Capture(this, width, height);
  video.start();
 
  //Serial (COM) conf.
  println(Serial.list());
  myPort=new Serial(this, Serial.list()[0], 9600);
//  myPort.write('L');
  
  //output file
  output=createWriter("pointcloud.asc");  //the pointcloud gets outputted to pointcloud.asc
  
}

//============== MAIN PROGRAM =================

void draw() {

  video.read();
  image(video, 0, 0, width, height);
  video.loadPixels();
  delay(2000);
  for (iteration=0;iteration<pics_per_rev;iteration++) {
    video.read();
    image(video, 0, 0, width, height);
    video.loadPixels();
    for (int n=0;n<video.width*video.height;n++){
        video.pixels[n]=video.pixels[n];
        }
    video.updatePixels();
    set(20,20,video);
    String file_name="raw_image-"+nf(iteration+1, 3)+".png";
    video.save(file_name);
    turn_platter();
    
      }
    
  turn_platter();
  line_processor();
  noLoop(); 
}

//============== Line Calculator =================


void line_processor(){
  for (iteration=0; iteration<pics_per_rev; iteration++){
   
    String file_name="raw_image-"+nf(iteration+1, 3)+".png";
    PImage scan=loadImage(file_name);                          //This loads the images we just collected
    String file_name2="line_image-"+nf(iteration+1, 3)+".png";
    PImage line_image=createImage(scan.width, scan.height, RGB);
    scan.loadPixels();
    line_image.loadPixels();
    int currentPos;
    println(iteration * (360/pics_per_rev));
    output.println("// image  " + nf(iteration+1, 3) );

    for(row=0; row<scan.height; row++){  //starting row analysis
      maxBrightPos=0;
      float maxBright = 70; // have to set this down here, no clue why
      for(col=0; col<scan.width; col++){
        currentPos = row * scan.width + col;
        pixBright=green(scan.pixels[currentPos]);
        if(pixBright>maxBright){
          maxBright=pixBright;
          maxBrightPos=currentPos;   }
        line_image.pixels[currentPos]=black; //setting all pixels black
      }
      line_image.pixels[maxBrightPos]=white; //setting brightest pixel white
      
      if(maxBrightPos!=0) {
        XYZ_calculate( (maxBrightPos - (scan.width*row)) , (row), iteration);
      }
      
    }//end of row analysis

    line_image.updatePixels();
    line_image.save(file_name2);
   
  }
  output.flush();
  output.close();

}


void XYZ_calculate(int current_col, int current_row, int current_iteration) {
  x = (current_col + 1 - turntable_center_horizontal)/( sin(cam_angle) ) * sin(angle_per_step * current_iteration) ;
  y = -1*((current_col + 1 - turntable_center_horizontal)/( sin(cam_angle) ) * cos(angle_per_step * current_iteration)) ;
  z = ( (turntable_center_vertical - current_row) - ((current_col - turntable_center_horizontal)/(tan(-cam_angle))));  
  output.println(x + "," + y + "," + z);
}


void turn_platter() {  //sending command to turn
  myPort.write('F');
  int finish = 0 ;   // Serves as the delay. Arduino sens period when stepper command is done.
    while (finish != '.' ) {
          finish = myPort.read(); }
  }
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