# ImageDataToQImage

VTKExamples/Cxx/Qt/ImageDataToQImage

### Description

This example shows how a vtkImageData can be converted into a QImage.

See also the QImageToImageSource example.

### Code

ImageDataToQImage.cxx

    #include <vtkVersion.h>

    #include <vtkImageData.h>
    #include <vtkSmartPointer.h>

    #include <QImage>
    #include <QColor>
    #include <QApplication>

    // Create a green 50x50 imageData for demonstration purposes
    vtkSmartPointer<vtkImageData> createDemoImageData()
    {
      vtkSmartPointer<vtkImageData> image = vtkSmartPointer<vtkImageData>::New();
      image->SetDimensions( 50, 50, 1 );
    #if VTK_MAJOR_VERSION <= 5
      #pragma message( VTK_MAJOR_VERSION )
      image->SetNumberOfScalarComponents( 3 );
      image->SetScalarTypeToUnsignedChar();
      image->AllocateScalars();
    #else
      image->AllocateScalars( VTK_UNSIGNED_CHAR, 3 );
    #endif

      int width = image->GetDimensions()[0];
      int height = image->GetDimensions()[1];

      for ( int y = 0; y < height; y++ )
      {
        for ( int x = 0; x < width; x++ )
        {
          unsigned char *pixel =
            static_cast<unsigned char *>( image->GetScalarPointer( x, y, 0 ) );
          pixel[0] = 0;
          pixel[1] = 255;
          pixel[2] = 0;
        }
      }

      return image;
    }

    // The actual conversion code
    QImage vtkImageDataToQImage( vtkSmartPointer<vtkImageData> imageData )
    {
      if ( !imageData ) { return QImage(); }

      /// \todo retrieve just the UpdateExtent
      int width = imageData->GetDimensions()[0];
      int height = imageData->GetDimensions()[1];
      QImage image( width, height, QImage::Format_RGB32 );
      QRgb *rgbPtr =
        reinterpret_cast<QRgb *>( image.bits() ) + width * ( height - 1 );
      unsigned char *colorsPtr =
        reinterpret_cast<unsigned char *>( imageData->GetScalarPointer() );

      // Loop over the vtkImageData contents.
      for ( int row = 0; row < height; row++ )
      {
        for ( int col = 0; col < width; col++ )
        {
          // Swap the vtkImageData RGB values with an equivalent QColor
          *( rgbPtr++ ) = QColor( colorsPtr[0], colorsPtr[1], colorsPtr[2] ).rgb();
          colorsPtr += imageData->GetNumberOfScalarComponents();
        }

        rgbPtr -= width * 2;
      }

      return image;
    }

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

      QImage qimage = vtkImageDataToQImage( createDemoImageData() );
      qimage.save( "qimage.png" );

      return EXIT_SUCCESS;
    }

### CMakeLists.txt

    cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 2.8)

    PROJECT(ImageDataToQImage)

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

    add_executable(ImageDataToQImage MACOSX_BUNDLE ImageDataToQImage.cxx)

    target_link_libraries(ImageDataToQImage ${VTK_LIBRARIES})

### Download and Build ImageDataToQImage

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

    cd ImageDataToQImage/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:

    ./ImageDataToQImage

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