In my C# (3.5) application I need to get the average color values for the red, green and blue channels of a bitmap. Preferably without using an external library. Can this be done? If so, how? Thanks in advance.
Trying to make things a little more precise: Each pixel in the bitmap has a certain RGB color value. I'd like to get the average RGB values for all pixels in the image.
The fastest way is by using unsafe code:
BitmapData srcData = bm.LockBits(
new Rectangle(0, 0, bm.Width, bm.Height),
ImageLockMode.ReadOnly,
PixelFormat.Format32bppArgb);
int stride = srcData.Stride;
IntPtr Scan0 = srcData.Scan0;
long[] totals = new long[] {0,0,0};
int width = bm.Width;
int height = bm.Height;
unsafe
{
byte* p = (byte*) (void*) Scan0;
for (int y = 0; y < height; y++)
{
for (int x = 0; x < width; x++)
{
for (int color = 0; color < 3; color++)
{
int idx = (y*stride) + x*4 + color;
totals[color] += p[idx];
}
}
}
}
int avgB = totals[0] / (width*height);
int avgG = totals[1] / (width*height);
int avgR = totals[2] / (width*height);
Beware: I didn't test this code... (I may have cut some corners)
This code also asssumes a 32 bit image. For 24-bit images. Change the x*4 to x*3