BackgroundImage

VTKExamples/Cxx/Images/BackgroundImage

Description

This example displays an image as the "background" of a scene, and renders a superquadric in front of it.

The example accepts a jpeg file on the command line to use as a background image. If there is no file, it generates a simple background.

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Code

BackgroundImage.cxx

#include <vtkActor.h>
#include <vtkCamera.h>
#include <vtkImageActor.h>
#include <vtkImageCanvasSource2D.h>
#include <vtkImageData.h>
#include <vtkImageReader2.h>
#include <vtkImageReader2Factory.h>
#include <vtkNamedColors.h>
#include <vtkPolyData.h>
#include <vtkPolyDataMapper.h>
#include <vtkRenderWindow.h>
#include <vtkRenderWindowInteractor.h>
#include <vtkRenderer.h>
#include <vtkSmartPointer.h>
#include <vtkSuperquadricSource.h>

#include <array>

int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {

  vtkNew<vtkNamedColors> colors;

  std::array<unsigned char, 4> lgtCyan = {{100, 255, 255, 255}};
  std::array<unsigned char, 4> lgtMagenta = {{255, 100, 255, 255}};
  colors->SetColor("light_cyan", lgtCyan.data());
  colors->SetColor("light_magenta", lgtMagenta.data());

  vtkSmartPointer<vtkImageData> imageData;

  // Verify input arguments
  if (argc > 1) {
    // Read the image
    vtkSmartPointer<vtkImageReader2Factory> readerFactory =
        vtkSmartPointer<vtkImageReader2Factory>::New();
    vtkSmartPointer<vtkImageReader2> imageReader =
      readerFactory->CreateImageReader2(argv[1]);
    imageReader->SetFileName(argv[1]);
    imageReader->Update();
    imageData = imageReader->GetOutput();
  }
  else
  {
    vtkSmartPointer<vtkImageCanvasSource2D> canvasSource =
        vtkSmartPointer<vtkImageCanvasSource2D>::New();
    canvasSource->SetExtent(0, 100, 0, 100, 0, 0);
    canvasSource->SetScalarTypeToUnsignedChar();
    canvasSource->SetNumberOfScalarComponents(3);
    canvasSource->SetDrawColor(128,  128,  105);
    canvasSource->FillBox(0, 100, 0, 100);
    canvasSource->SetDrawColor(100, 255, 255);
    canvasSource->FillTriangle(10, 10, 25, 10, 25, 25);
    canvasSource->SetDrawColor(255, 100, 255);
    canvasSource->FillTube(75, 75, 0, 75, 5.0);
    canvasSource->Update();
    imageData = canvasSource->GetOutput();
  }
  // Create an image actor to display the image
  vtkSmartPointer<vtkImageActor> imageActor =
      vtkSmartPointer<vtkImageActor>::New();
  imageActor->SetInputData(imageData);

  // Create a renderer to display the image in the background
  vtkSmartPointer<vtkRenderer> backgroundRenderer =
      vtkSmartPointer<vtkRenderer>::New();

  // Create a superquadric
  vtkSmartPointer<vtkSuperquadricSource> superquadricSource =
      vtkSmartPointer<vtkSuperquadricSource>::New();
  superquadricSource->SetPhiRoundness(1.1);
  superquadricSource->SetThetaRoundness(.2);

  // Create a mapper and actor
  vtkSmartPointer<vtkPolyDataMapper> superquadricMapper =
      vtkSmartPointer<vtkPolyDataMapper>::New();
  superquadricMapper->SetInputConnection(superquadricSource->GetOutputPort());

  vtkSmartPointer<vtkActor> superquadricActor =
      vtkSmartPointer<vtkActor>::New();
  superquadricActor->SetMapper(superquadricMapper);

  vtkSmartPointer<vtkRenderer> sceneRenderer =
      vtkSmartPointer<vtkRenderer>::New();

  vtkSmartPointer<vtkRenderWindow> renderWindow =
      vtkSmartPointer<vtkRenderWindow>::New();

  // Set up the render window and renderers such that there is
  // a background layer and a foreground layer
  backgroundRenderer->SetLayer(0);
  backgroundRenderer->InteractiveOff();
  sceneRenderer->SetLayer(1);
  renderWindow->SetNumberOfLayers(2);
  renderWindow->AddRenderer(backgroundRenderer);
  renderWindow->AddRenderer(sceneRenderer);

  vtkSmartPointer<vtkRenderWindowInteractor> renderWindowInteractor =
      vtkSmartPointer<vtkRenderWindowInteractor>::New();
  renderWindowInteractor->SetRenderWindow(renderWindow);

  // Add actors to the renderers
  sceneRenderer->AddActor(superquadricActor);
  backgroundRenderer->AddActor(imageActor);

  // Render once to figure out where the background camera will be
  renderWindow->Render();

  // Set up the background camera to fill the renderer with the image
  double origin[3];
  double spacing[3];
  int extent[6];
  imageData->GetOrigin(origin);
  imageData->GetSpacing(spacing);
  imageData->GetExtent(extent);

  vtkCamera *camera = backgroundRenderer->GetActiveCamera();
  camera->ParallelProjectionOn();

  double xc = origin[0] + 0.5 * (extent[0] + extent[1]) * spacing[0];
  double yc = origin[1] + 0.5 * (extent[2] + extent[3]) * spacing[1];
  // double xd = (extent[1] - extent[0] + 1)*spacing[0];
  double yd = (extent[3] - extent[2] + 1) * spacing[1];
  double d = camera->GetDistance();
  camera->SetParallelScale(0.5 * yd);
  camera->SetFocalPoint(xc, yc, 0.0);
  camera->SetPosition(xc, yc, d);

  // Render again to set the correct view
  renderWindow->Render();

  // Interact with the window
  renderWindowInteractor->Start();

  return EXIT_SUCCESS;
}

CMakeLists.txt

cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 2.8)

PROJECT(BackgroundImage)

find_package(VTK REQUIRED)
include(${VTK_USE_FILE})

add_executable(BackgroundImage MACOSX_BUNDLE BackgroundImage.cxx )

target_link_libraries(BackgroundImage ${VTK_LIBRARIES})

Download and Build BackgroundImage

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

cd BackgroundImage/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:

./BackgroundImage

WINDOWS USERS

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