Re: [brlcad-devel] Consolidate image processing

[Christopher S. M. <br...@ma...>]

On Apr 5, 2012, at 8:31 AM, Anoop Malav wrote:

> Hi,
> I want to work on Consolidate image processing Project.
> I read about BRL-CAD (Documentation & Wiki) and installed in ubuntu.
> I tried some lessons from tutorial and did some digging for the project on web.
> I have seen the binaries of the program (/usr/brlcad/bin).
> I understand that the project is about rearranging the code in well made library functions
> instead of the executables.

Hi Anoop!  That's good prefatory work and I think you have the gist of what that project entails.  For more details, the title to each of our project ideas links to another wiki page with more information.  From your details, it sounds like you already figured that out but it's worth mentioning just in case.

> This task would complete work already begun on bu_image and the image conversion library (LIBICV), and convert all existing image conversion tools to use the new API.
> 
> I believe that at the end of the project we have to arrange the code into header files and source files and build wrapper code for existing code. MAKEFILE to compile the code will also be made.
> 
> At the end of the project we intend to test the new version (with functions) for compatibility with old version.
> 
> And also please give me some idea about what to write in  detailed description section.

Technically, that's for you to decide.  Our project ideas are exactly that -- just ideas.  Propose what you'd like to work on.  What sounds interesting and useful to you?  We have about 100+ different image converter tools that are one-file C source files that handle going from one image format to another.  We'd like to have that image processing capability in a library form so it could be reused.  Beyond that is really up to what interests you.

Keep in mind that the deadline is today, so please do try to submit something as soon as possible if you intend to apply.

Cheers!
Sean