Image object

The Image object is used to store color values and attributes associated with a raster file. Upon creation, the Image object is added to the session.images repository.

The following topics are discussed:

Access

session.images[name]

Image(...)

This method creates an Image object from the contents of the specified file.

Path

session.Image

Required arguments

name

A String specifying the repository name for the image.

fileName

A String specifying the file from which the image is to be read. The file extension must be specified and indicate the image format (.bmp, .gif, .jpg, .jpeg, .ico, .pcx, .png, .rgb, .tga, .tif, or .xpm).

Optional arguments

None.

Return value

An Image object.

Exceptions

ValueError.

If fileName does not exist or can not be read:

ValueError: Unable to open image file

If fileName references an unsupported image file format:

ValueError: Unsupported image format

If the contents of fileName are corrupt or can not be decoded:

ValueError: Unable to decode image file

ImageFromMovie(...)

This method creates an Image object from a given frame of an existing Movie object.

Required arguments

name

A String specifying the repository name for the image.

movieName

A String specifying the name of the movie from which the image is to be extracted. The movie must exist in the session.movies repository.

frame

An Int specifying the movie frame number defining the image to be extracted.

time

A Float specifying the time of the movie defining the image to be extracted.

Optional arguments

None.

Return value

An Image object.

Exceptions

ValueError.

TypeError.

If movieName does not exist:

ValueError: There is no movie object with this name: 'movieName'

If frame references an non existing frame:

ValueError: Could not load frame n from movie: 'movieName'

If time references an non existing frame:

ValueError: Could not load frame at time 't' from movie: 'movieName'

If time and frame are given in the same command:

TypeError: keyword error on time

Members

The Image object has members with the same names and descriptions as the arguments to the Image method.