Re: 16 bits grayscale images

["eman2 agavesys com" <eman2 agavesys com>]

>> > I want to create a grayscale image from a CCD camera.
>> > Data are from a function wich gives me an 16 bits array corresponding to
>> > the CCD's pixels.
>> > I take a look at the pixbuf class, but it seems to use a RGB structure.
>> > How can I do my job ?
> 
> If you don't expect the graphics system to be actually
> capable of displaying 16bpc images, it is easiest to just
> convert the data to 8bpp RGB (which is a trivial operation).

If you are attempting to visual the data (as opposed to making a true
image) you may want to consider doing some sort of false coloring which
I don't think is trivial. Does anyone have a link to any good example
source code for making false color images. In the pat I have just
converted to HSV and used the hue to represent intensity.

-Eric
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Eric Hegstrom
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