QT QImage, how to extract RGB?

Question

I want to extract RGB from each pixel in QImage. Ideally, I want to use the img.bits() function.

QImage img;

if( img.load("Red.jpg") )
{
    uchar *bits = img.bits();

    for (int i = 0; i < 12; i++)
    {
        std::cout << (int) bits[i] << std::endl;
    }
}

How to manipulate the returned bits? I expected all red because the picture is a pure red image created in Paint. However, I get 36, 27, 237, 255, 36 etc...

Answer 1

QImage img( "Red.jpg" );

if ( false == img.isNull() )
{
    QVector<QRgb> v = img.colorTable(); // returns a list of colors contained in the image's color table.

    for ( QVector<QRgb>::const_iterator it = v.begin(), itE = v.end(); it != itE; ++it )
    {
        QColor clrCurrent( *it );
        std::cout << "Red: " << clrCurrent.red()
                  << " Green: " << clrCurrent.green()
                  << " Blue: " << clrCurrent.blue()
                  << " Alpha: " << clrCurrent.alpha()
                  << std::endl;
    }
}

However this example above does returns the color table. Color table does not includes same colors twice. They will be added once in order of appearance.
If you want to get each pixels color, you can use next lines:

for ( int row = 1; row < img.height() + 1; ++row )
    for ( int col = 1; col < img.width() + 1; ++col )
    {
        QColor clrCurrent( img.pixel( row, col ) );

        std::cout << "Pixel at [" << row << "," << col << "] contains color ("
                  << clrCurrent.red() << ", "
                  << clrCurrent.green() << ", "
                  << clrCurrent.blue() << ", "
                  << clrCurrent.alpha() << ")."
                  << std::endl;
    }