Replacing the Pixels from one bmp file to another

[MyraParks]

Hey

Am interesting in copying a pixel from a bmp file located in this link https://imgur.com/la1frjx and move it into the bmp located in https://imgur.com/iwNqkfG. I have worked so hard and made the file to read the bmp files headers. Now the problem is that I don’t have any knowledge on how I can copy pixel from the first bmp to the second bmp. And am only supposed to use the availed libraries.

  
#include <stdio.h>
#include "windows.h"

int main()
{
    int i;
    FILE* Pic1 = fopen("pic1.bmp", "rb");
    FILE* Pic2 = fopen("pic2.bmp", "rb+");
    unsigned char infoPic1[54];
    fread(infoPic1, sizeof(unsigned char), 54, Pic1); // read the 54-byte header from Pic1

    // extract image height and width from Pic1
    int widthPic1 = *(int*)&infoPic1[18];
    int heightPic1 = *(int*)&infoPic1[22];

    int sizePic1 = 3 * widthPic1 * heightPic1;

    unsigned char infoPic2[54];
    fread(infoPic2, sizeof(unsigned char), 54, Pic2); // read the 54-byte header from Pic2

    // extract image height and width from Pic2
    int widthPic2 = *(int*)&infoPic2[18];
    int heightPic2 = *(int*)&infoPic2[22];

    int sizePic2 = 3 * widthPic2 * heightPic2;

    printf("Pic1 is %i*%i pixels and %ibyte\nPic2 is %i*%i and %ibytes\n\n", heightPic1, widthPic1, sizePic1, heightPic2, widthPic2, sizePic2);

    system("PAUSE");
    return 0;
}

https://www.theengineeringprojects.com/2019/11/introduction-to-namespaces-in-c-sharp.html

[coder777]

Line 14: There is no need for the casting. int widthPic1 = infoPic1[18]; suffice. The same applies to line 15/23/24.

After line 17 you can do this:

    unsigned char *data1 = new unsigned char[sizePic1];
    fread(infoPic1, sizeof(unsigned char), sizePic1, data1); // read the 54-byte header from Pic1 

Similar for Pic2.

Now you have an 1d array. To get the index from 2d coordinates you need to calculate:

int idx1 = (y * widthPic1 + x) * 3; // The same for Pic2 with widthPic2

This way you can access/copy the 3 values of the pixel relatively easy.

[salem c]

First step would be some reading.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BMP_file_format

But before that, they're PNG files.
undefined - Imgur.png: PNG image data, 325 x 485, 8-bit/color RGB, non-interlaced
iwNqkfG - Imgur.png: PNG image data, 1024 x 1033, 8-bit/color RGB, non-interlaced

> This way you can access/copy the 3 values of the pixel relatively easy.
This only works if the BMP file is in BI_RGB format, and the width is a multiple of 4.

[coder777]

This only works if the BMP file is in BI_RGB format, and the width is a multiple of 4.

For the real format there are most likely some adjustments necessary. This is just to give an idea.

[jonnin]

See if this helps. Its GDI+ library (built into visual studio, ready to go).

   GpStatus gps{}; ///set up gdi+
   GdiplusStartupInput forizzle; 
   ULONG_PTR           token;   
   gps = GdiplusStartup(&token, &forizzle, nullptr);   
   ///load the image file.  
   Bitmap original(argv[1]);
   ///process image.    
   uint32_t w{ original.GetWidth()},h{ original.GetHeight()};
   Gdiplus::BitmapData data;
   Gdiplus::Rect sq(0, 0, w, h);
   ///useful code showing how to get the RGBA byte data in a usable format.  
   original.LockBits(&sq,
       Gdiplus::ImageLockModeWrite, PixelFormat32bppARGB, &data);
   uint8_t * cp = (uint8_t*)(data.Scan0);         
   
   for(int i = 0; i < w*h*4; i+=4) //go over all pixels,    
   {             
   //logic and code to change pixels.  
         cp[i] = ??;             
   } 

BMP files are complicated, there are several formats.
PNG files are beyond complicated, and you would not want to try to read one by hand at all.