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[AdmiralAlkex]

Anyone else thinks it would be cool if you could move data between a bitmap and a surface?

It would be useful for both SDL and GDI+ users.

If you use SDL:
Load images from disc with GDI+ instead of big SDL_image.
There's one problem with this, per-pixel alpha. I don't know why but it's just solid black. I would be very grateful for any help on this!

If you use GDI+:
Use SDL to blit to screen.
SDL is faster, handles redrawing "automagically", and you doesn't need any "double-buffer template" to combat flickering.


Here's an example demonstrating loading images with GDI+ for usage in SDL. The second image uses alpha to show the problem above.

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#Region ;**** Directives created by AutoIt3Wrapper_GUI ****
#AutoIt3Wrapper_UseX64=n
#EndRegion ;**** Directives created by AutoIt3Wrapper_GUI ****

#Include <GDIPlus.au3>
#Include "SDL.au3"

Local $sFile1 = RegRead("HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\AutoIt v3\AutoIt", "InstallDir") _
    & "\Examples\GUI\msoobe.jpg"   ;Path to image1
Local $sFile2 = RegRead("HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\AutoIt v3\AutoIt", "InstallDir") _
    & "\Examples\GUI\Torus.png"   ;Path to image2

;Initialize libraries
_SDL_Init($_SDL_INIT_VIDEO)   ;initialize SDL
_GDIPlus_Startup()

$pScreen = _SDL_GuiCreate(StringTrimRight(@ScriptName, 4), 1024, 768, 32, $_SDL_SWSURFACE)   ;You can use zero on bbp and SDL will choose what it thinks is appropriate

$hImage1 = _SDL_GDIPlus_ImageLoadFromFile($sFile1)
_SDL_BlitSurface($hImage1, 0, $pScreen, 0)
_SDL_FreeSurface($hImage1)

$hImage2 = _SDL_GDIPlus_ImageLoadFromFile($sFile2)
_SDL_BlitSurface($hImage2, 0, $pScreen, 0)
_SDL_FreeSurface($hImage2)

_SDL_Flip($pScreen)

While 1
    Sleep(10)
WEnd

Func _SDL_GDIPlus_ImageLoadFromFile($sFile)
    $hImage = _GDIPlus_ImageLoadFromFile($sFile)
    $iWidth = _GDIPlus_ImageGetWidth($hImage)
    $iHeight = _GDIPlus_ImageGetHeight($hImage)

    $Reslt = _GDIPlus_BitmapLockBits($hImage, 0, 0, $iWidth, $iHeight, $GDIP_ILMREAD, $GDIP_PXF32ARGB)
    $Scan0 = DllStructGetData($Reslt, "Scan0")
    $pOldBitmap = _SDL_CreateRGBSurfaceFrom($Scan0, $iWidth, $iHeight, 32, $iWidth * 4, 0, 0, 0, 0)

    $pNewSurface = _SDL_CreateRGBSurface($_SDL_SWSURFACE, $iWidth, $iHeight, 32, 0, 0, 0, 0)   ;If you set 0 for $iRmask, $iGmask, $iBmask, $iAmask it will be set to a default value
    _SDL_BlitSurface($pOldBitmap, 0, $pNewSurface, 0)

    _SDL_FreeSurface($pOldBitmap)
    _GDIPlus_BitmapUnlockBits($hImage, $Reslt)
    _GDIPlus_ImageDispose($hImage)

    Return $pNewSurface
EndFunc

And a quick example to show the extra speed you get with SDL:

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#Region ;**** Directives created by AutoIt3Wrapper_GUI ****
#AutoIt3Wrapper_UseX64=n
#EndRegion ;**** Directives created by AutoIt3Wrapper_GUI ****

#Include <GDIPlus.au3>
#Include "SDL.au3"
#include <WindowsConstants.au3>

Opt("GUIOnEventMode", 1)

Global $iBlittingMethod = 1, $asBlittingMethod[4] = ["", "SDL", "GDI+", "GDI+wSDL"]

HotKeySet("{SPACE}", "_Next")

Local $iWidth = 800, $iHeight = 600

$hGui = GUICreate(StringTrimRight(@ScriptName, 4), $iWidth, $iHeight, 0, 0)
EnvSet("SDL_WINDOWID", $hGui)

_SDL_Init($_SDL_INIT_VIDEO)
_GDIPlus_Startup()

$hScreenSurface = _SDL_SetVideoMode($iWidth, $iHeight, 32, $_SDL_SWSURFACE)

$hScreenGraphics = _GDIPlus_GraphicsCreateFromHWND($hGui)
$hBitmap = _GDIPlus_BitmapCreateFromGraphics($iWidth, $iHeight, $hScreenGraphics)
$hGraphics = _GDIPlus_ImageGetGraphicsContext($hBitmap)

GUISetState()
GUISetOnEvent(-3, "_Exit")

Global $iLoopCurrent = 0

AdlibRegister("_FPS", 1000)

Do
    Switch $iBlittingMethod
        Case 1
            _SDL_FillRect($hScreenSurface, 0, Random(0, 0xFFFFFF, 1))
            _SDL_Flip($hScreenSurface)
        Case 2
            $hBrush = _GDIPlus_BrushCreateSolid("0xFF" & Random(0, 0xFFFFFF, 1))
            _GDIPlus_GraphicsFillRect($hScreenGraphics, 0, 0, $iWidth, $iHeight, $hBrush)
            _GDIPlus_BrushDispose($hBrush)
        Case 3
            $hBrush = _GDIPlus_BrushCreateSolid("0xFF" & Random(0, 0xFFFFFF, 1))
            _GDIPlus_GraphicsFillRect($hGraphics, 0, 0, $iWidth, $iHeight, $hBrush)
            _GDIPlus_BrushDispose($hBrush)

            $Reslt = _GDIPlus_BitmapLockBits($hBitmap, 0, 0, $iWidth, $iHeight, $GDIP_ILMREAD, $GDIP_PXF32ARGB)
            $Scan0 = DllStructGetData($Reslt, "Scan0")
            $pOldBitmap = _SDL_CreateRGBSurfaceFrom($Scan0, $iWidth, $iHeight, 32, $iWidth * 4, 0, 0, 0, 0)

            _SDL_BlitSurface($pOldBitmap, 0, $hScreenSurface, 0)
            _SDL_FreeSurface($pOldBitmap)
            _GDIPlus_BitmapUnlockBits($hBitmap, $Reslt)

            _SDL_Flip($hScreenSurface)
    EndSwitch

    $iLoopCurrent += 1
Until 0

Func _FPS()
    WinSetTitle($hGui, "", "Rendering with: " & $asBlittingMethod[$iBlittingMethod] & " (" & $iLoopCurrent & " FPS)")
    $iLoopCurrent = 0
EndFunc

Func _Next()
    $iBlittingMethod += 1
    If $iBlittingMethod = 4 Then $iBlittingMethod = 1
EndFunc

Func _Exit()
    _SDL_Quit()
    Exit
EndFunc

If you don't have the SDL udf already, I have zipped the 2 files needed for these examples (SDL.dll and SDL.au3). Download here: http://hem.passagen.se/amax/autoit/SDL.zip (126 KB)

[Authenticity]

You can use SDL_SetColorKey, so you only need 24 bits image.

_SDL_SetColorKey($pNewSurface, $_SDL_SRCCOLORKEY, 0)
_SDL_BlitSurface($pOldBitmap, 0, $pNewSurface, 0)

According to the documentation:

[RGBA]mask are the bitmasks used to extract that colour from a pixel. For instance, Rmask being FF000000 means the red data is stored in the most significant byte. Using zeros for the RGB masks sets a default value, based on the depth. (e.g. SDL_CreateRGBSurface(flags,w,h,32,0,0,0,0);) However, using zero for the Amask results in an Amask of 0.

[AdmiralAlkex]

That's a neat trick, as long as you don't need anything between fully opaque and fully transparent

It looks like this now:

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#Region ;**** Directives created by AutoIt3Wrapper_GUI ****
#AutoIt3Wrapper_UseX64=n
#EndRegion ;**** Directives created by AutoIt3Wrapper_GUI ****

#Include <GDIPlus.au3>
#Include "SDL.au3"

Local $sFile1 = RegRead("HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\AutoIt v3\AutoIt", "InstallDir") _
    & "\Examples\GUI\msoobe.jpg"   ;Path to image1
Local $sFile2 = RegRead("HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\AutoIt v3\AutoIt", "InstallDir") _
    & "\Examples\GUI\Torus.png"   ;Path to image2

;Initialize libraries
_SDL_Init($_SDL_INIT_VIDEO)   ;initialize SDL
_GDIPlus_Startup()

;~ _MemTest()   ;Uncomment and look at task manager. "Private Working Set" does increase a few MB, but how often do you load 10K images normally?? :P

$pScreen = _SDL_GuiCreate(StringTrimRight(@ScriptName, 4), 1024, 768, 32, $_SDL_SWSURFACE)   ;You can use zero on bbp and SDL will choose what it thinks is appropriate (but we want 32)

$hImage1 = _SDL_GDIPlus_ImageLoadFromFile($sFile1)
_SDL_BlitSurface($hImage1, 0, $pScreen, 0)
_SDL_FreeSurface($hImage1)

$hImage2 = _SDL_GDIPlus_ImageLoadFromFile($sFile2)
_SDL_BlitSurface($hImage2, 0, $pScreen, 0)
_SDL_FreeSurface($hImage2)

_SDL_Flip($pScreen)

While 1
    Sleep(10)
WEnd

Func _SDL_GDIPlus_ImageLoadFromFile($sFile)
    $hImage = _GDIPlus_ImageLoadFromFile($sFile)
    $iWidth = _GDIPlus_ImageGetWidth($hImage)
    $iHeight = _GDIPlus_ImageGetHeight($hImage)

    $Reslt = _GDIPlus_BitmapLockBits($hImage, 0, 0, $iWidth, $iHeight, $GDIP_ILMREAD, $GDIP_PXF32ARGB)
    $Scan0 = DllStructGetData($Reslt, "Scan0")
    $pOldBitmap = _SDL_CreateRGBSurfaceFrom($Scan0, $iWidth, $iHeight, 32, $iWidth * 4, 0, 0, 0, 0)

    $pNewSurface = _SDL_CreateRGBSurface($_SDL_SWSURFACE, $iWidth, $iHeight, 32, 0, 0, 0, 0)   ;If you set 0 for $iRmask, $iGmask, $iBmask it will be set to a default value
    _SDL_SetColorKey($pNewSurface, $_SDL_SRCCOLORKEY, 0)
    _SDL_BlitSurface($pOldBitmap, 0, $pNewSurface, 0)

    _SDL_FreeSurface($pOldBitmap)
    _GDIPlus_BitmapUnlockBits($hImage, $Reslt)
    _GDIPlus_ImageDispose($hImage)

    Return $pNewSurface
EndFunc

Func _MemTest()
    MsgBox(0, "", "Before array")
    Local $apSurfaces[10000]   ;Uses about 1.4 GB memory

    MsgBox(0, "", "Before loading")
    For $iX = 0 To UBound($apSurfaces) -1
        $apSurfaces[$iX] = _SDL_GDIPlus_ImageLoadFromFile($sFile2)
    Next


    MsgBox(0, "", "Before UNloading")
    For $iX = 0 To UBound($apSurfaces) -1
        _SDL_FreeSurface($apSurfaces[$iX])
    Next

    MsgBox(0, "", "After UNloading")
EndFunc

Thank you Authenticity!

Edited by AdmiralAlkex, 16 October 2010 - 01:15 PM.