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ImageMask

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Description

This example creates an all red image. Then it creates a mask of a small rectangle. The red pixels in this rectangle are copied to the output image, while the rest of the output image is black. The black region could be set to a different color using SetMaskedOutputValue.

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Code

ImageMask.cxx

#include <vtkImageActor.h>
#include <vtkImageCanvasSource2D.h>
#include <vtkImageMapper3D.h>
#include <vtkImageMask.h>
#include <vtkInteractorStyleImage.h>
#include <vtkNamedColors.h>
#include <vtkNew.h>
#include <vtkRenderWindow.h>
#include <vtkRenderWindowInteractor.h>
#include <vtkRenderer.h>

int main(int, char*[])
{
  vtkNew<vtkNamedColors> colors;

  // Create an image of a rectangle.
  vtkNew<vtkImageCanvasSource2D> source;
  source->SetScalarTypeToUnsignedChar();
  source->SetNumberOfScalarComponents(3);
  source->SetExtent(0, 200, 0, 200, 0, 0);

  // Create a red image.
  source->SetDrawColor(255, 0, 0);
  source->FillBox(0, 200, 0, 200);

  source->Update();

  // Create a rectanglular mask.
  vtkNew<vtkImageCanvasSource2D> maskSource;
  maskSource->SetScalarTypeToUnsignedChar();
  maskSource->SetNumberOfScalarComponents(1);
  maskSource->SetExtent(0, 200, 0, 200, 0, 0);

  // Initialize the mask to black.
  maskSource->SetDrawColor(0, 0, 0);
  maskSource->FillBox(0, 200, 0, 200);

  // Create a square.
  maskSource->SetDrawColor(
      255, 255,
      255); // Anything non-zero means "make the output
            // pixel equal the input pixel". If the mask is
            // zero, the output pixel is set to MaskedValue.
  maskSource->FillBox(100, 120, 100, 120);
  maskSource->Update();

  vtkNew<vtkImageMask> maskFilter;
  maskFilter->SetInputConnection(0, source->GetOutputPort());
  maskFilter->SetInputConnection(1, maskSource->GetOutputPort());
  maskFilter->SetMaskedOutputValue(0, 1, 0);
  maskFilter->Update();

  vtkNew<vtkImageMask> inverseMaskFilter;
  inverseMaskFilter->SetInputConnection(0, source->GetOutputPort());
  inverseMaskFilter->SetInputConnection(1, maskSource->GetOutputPort());
  inverseMaskFilter->SetMaskedOutputValue(0, 1, 0);
  inverseMaskFilter->NotMaskOn();
  inverseMaskFilter->Update();

  // Create actors.
  vtkNew<vtkImageActor> originalActor;
  originalActor->GetMapper()->SetInputConnection(source->GetOutputPort());

  vtkNew<vtkImageActor> maskActor;
  maskActor->GetMapper()->SetInputConnection(maskSource->GetOutputPort());

  vtkNew<vtkImageActor> maskedActor;
  maskedActor->GetMapper()->SetInputConnection(maskFilter->GetOutputPort());

  vtkNew<vtkImageActor> inverseMaskedActor;
  inverseMaskedActor->GetMapper()->SetInputConnection(
      inverseMaskFilter->GetOutputPort());

  // Define viewport ranges.
  // (xmin, ymin, xmax, ymax)
  double originalViewport[4] = {0.0, 0.0, 0.25, 1.0};
  double maskViewport[4] = {0.25, 0.0, 0.5, 1.0};
  double maskedViewport[4] = {0.5, 0.0, 0.75, 1.0};
  double inverseMaskedViewport[4] = {0.75, 0.0, 1.0, 1.0};

  // Setup renderers.
  vtkNew<vtkRenderer> originalRenderer;
  originalRenderer->SetViewport(originalViewport);
  originalRenderer->AddActor(originalActor);
  originalRenderer->ResetCamera();
  originalRenderer->SetBackground(colors->GetColor3d("SandyBrown").GetData());

  vtkNew<vtkRenderer> maskRenderer;
  maskRenderer->SetViewport(maskViewport);
  maskRenderer->AddActor(maskActor);
  maskRenderer->ResetCamera();
  maskRenderer->SetBackground(colors->GetColor3d("Peru").GetData());

  vtkNew<vtkRenderer> maskedRenderer;
  maskedRenderer->SetViewport(maskedViewport);
  maskedRenderer->AddActor(maskedActor);
  maskedRenderer->ResetCamera();
  maskedRenderer->SetBackground(colors->GetColor3d("SandyBrown").GetData());

  vtkNew<vtkRenderer> inverseMaskedRenderer;
  inverseMaskedRenderer->SetViewport(inverseMaskedViewport);
  inverseMaskedRenderer->AddActor(inverseMaskedActor);
  inverseMaskedRenderer->ResetCamera();
  inverseMaskedRenderer->SetBackground(colors->GetColor3d("Peru").GetData());

  vtkNew<vtkRenderWindow> renderWindow;
  renderWindow->SetSize(1000, 250);
  renderWindow->AddRenderer(originalRenderer);
  renderWindow->AddRenderer(maskRenderer);
  renderWindow->AddRenderer(maskedRenderer);
  renderWindow->AddRenderer(inverseMaskedRenderer);
  renderWindow->SetWindowName("ImageMask");

  vtkNew<vtkRenderWindowInteractor> renderWindowInteractor;
  vtkNew<vtkInteractorStyleImage> style;

  renderWindowInteractor->SetInteractorStyle(style);

  renderWindowInteractor->SetRenderWindow(renderWindow);
  renderWindow->Render();
  renderWindowInteractor->Initialize();

  renderWindowInteractor->Start();

  return EXIT_SUCCESS;
}

CMakeLists.txt

cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.12 FATAL_ERROR)

project(ImageMask)

find_package(VTK COMPONENTS 
  CommonColor
  CommonCore
  ImagingCore
  ImagingSources
  InteractionStyle
  RenderingContextOpenGL2
  RenderingCore
  RenderingFreeType
  RenderingGL2PSOpenGL2
  RenderingOpenGL2
)

if (NOT VTK_FOUND)
  message(FATAL_ERROR "ImageMask: Unable to find the VTK build folder.")
endif()

# Prevent a "command line is too long" failure in Windows.
set(CMAKE_NINJA_FORCE_RESPONSE_FILE "ON" CACHE BOOL "Force Ninja to use response files.")
add_executable(ImageMask MACOSX_BUNDLE ImageMask.cxx )
  target_link_libraries(ImageMask PRIVATE ${VTK_LIBRARIES}
)
# vtk_module_autoinit is needed
vtk_module_autoinit(
  TARGETS ImageMask
  MODULES ${VTK_LIBRARIES}
)

Download and Build ImageMask

Click here to download ImageMask and its CMakeLists.txt file. Once the tarball ImageMask.tar has been downloaded and extracted,

cd ImageMask/build

If VTK is installed:

cmake ..

If VTK is not installed but compiled on your system, you will need to specify the path to your VTK build:

cmake -DVTK_DIR:PATH=/home/me/vtk_build ..

Build the project:

make

and run it:

./ImageMask

WINDOWS USERS

Be sure to add the VTK bin directory to your path. This will resolve the VTK dll's at run time.