MATLAB: Calculating black pixels in colour image

blackcolourimagepixels

Hi, does anyone know how do I calculate black pixels in a colour image using Matlab? Thank you.

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Find pixels that are black in all three color channels. One way to do it is:

% Extract the individual red, green, and blue color channels.
redChannel = rgbImage(:, :, 1) == 0;
greenChannel = rgbImage(:, :, 2) == 0;
blueChannel = rgbImage(:, :, 3) == 0;
blackPixelImage = redChannel & greenChannel & blueChannel;
numBlackPixels = sum(blackPixelImage(:));
message = sprintf('The number of pure black pixels = %d', numBlackPixels);
uiwait(helpdlg(message));

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MATLAB: How can i convert black backgorund to white

Try this:

clc;    % Clear the command window.
workspace;  % Make sure the workspace panel is showing.
close all;
clear all;
format long g;
format compact;
fontSize = 20;
% Read in a color demo image.
folder = 'C:\Users\kalaivaani\Documents\Temporary';
baseFileName = 'bgrnd.JPG';
% Get the full filename, with path prepended.
fullFileName = fullfile(folder, baseFileName);
if ~exist(fullFileName, 'file')
  % Didn't find it there.  Check the search path for it.
  fullFileName = baseFileName; % No path this time.
  if ~exist(fullFileName, 'file')
    % Still didn't find it.  Alert user.
    errorMessage = sprintf('Error: %s does not exist.', fullFileName);
    uiwait(warndlg(errorMessage));
    return;
  end
end
rgbImage = imread(fullFileName);
% Get the dimensions of the image.  numberOfColorBands should be = 3.
[rows, columns, numberOfColorBands] = size(rgbImage);
% Display the original color image.
subplot(2, 2, 1);
imshow(rgbImage);
axis on;
title('Original Color Image', 'FontSize', fontSize);
% Enlarge figure to full screen.
set(gcf, 'units','normalized','outerposition',[0 0 1 1]);
% Extract the individual red, green, and blue color channels.
redChannel = rgbImage(:, :, 1);
greenChannel = rgbImage(:, :, 2);
blueChannel = rgbImage(:, :, 3);
% If background is less than 45, say it's background.
% Adjust the value as needed to achieve what you want.
thresholdValue = 45;
mask = redChannel <= thresholdValue & greenChannel <= thresholdValue & blueChannel <= thresholdValue;
% Display the mask image.
subplot(2, 2, 2);
imshow(mask);
title('Mask Image', 'FontSize', fontSize);
% Initialize the masked channels.
maskedRed = redChannel;
maskedGreen = greenChannel;
maskedBlue = blueChannel;
% Do the masking - make white where it was black.
maskedRed(mask) = 255;
maskedGreen(mask) = 255;
maskedBlue(mask) = 255;
% Recombine separate masked color channels into a single, true color RGB image.
maskedRgbImage = cat(3, maskedRed, maskedGreen, maskedBlue);
% Display the masked color image.
subplot(2, 2, 3);
imshow(maskedRgbImage);
title('Masked Color Image', 'FontSize', fontSize);

MATLAB: Read three different RGB band and Swap the Band

Try this:

% Extract the individual red, green, and blue color channels.
redChannel = rgbImage(:, :, 1);
greenChannel = rgbImage(:, :, 2);
blueChannel = rgbImage(:, :, 3);
% Now swap around in any way you want.
newRedChannel = greenChannel;
newGreenChannel = blueChannel; 
newBlueChannel = redChannel;
% Recombine separate color channels into a single, true color RGB image.
NewRgbImage = cat(3, newRedChannel, newGreenChannel, newBlueChannel);

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