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Decoding Images

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From: Paul Lakin
Date: Fri, 02 Apr 1999 18:27
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Hi, Ive got a problem. I need to make a program which can tell which pixles
in an image have changed. So for this to work I need the image to be in an
easy to use format:
    e.g.    Below is what it would look like in paint. (# = 1 Black Pixle)
(_, |, - is equal to border, not visible in paint)
              _________________
             |                               |
             |     ##             ##      |
             |     ##             ##      |
             |     ##             ##      |
             |     ###########      |
             |     ###########      |
             |     ##             ##      |
             |     ##             ##      |
             |     ##             ##      |
             |                               |
             ----------------------------

And my program would decode that image into
00000000000000000
00011000000011000
00011000000011000
00011000000011000
00011111111111000
00011111111111000
00011000000011000
00011000000011000
00011000000011000
00000000000000000
where 0=white, 1=black.

So, I thought I could try just opening the image in paint, but all that was
there was giberish, in no particular order:
I have drawn a basic drawing of what the image looked like in Paint. (# = 1
Black Pixle)
1) This one has no black pixles on it, it is blank. In notepad it looks like
this:
BMN       >   (                  t  t              ˙˙˙ đ   đ   đ   °
Basic Drawing: ____
                      |       |
                      |       |
                      |       |
                      |       |
                      --------

2) This one has 1 black pixle in the top-left corner, the rest is blank. In
notepad it looks like this:
BMN       >   (                  t  t              ˙˙˙ đ   đ   đ   đ
Basic Drawing: ____
                      |#     |
                      |       |
                      |       |
                      |       |
                      --------

3) This one has 1 black pixle in the top-second pixle, the rest is blank. In
notepad it looks like this:
BMN       >   (                  t  t              ˙˙˙ đ   đ   đ   p
Basic Drawing: ____
                      |  #   |
                      |       |
                      |       |
                      |       |
                      --------

4) This one has 2 black pixles in the top-left pixles, the rest is blank. In
notepad it looks like this:
BMN       >   (                  t  t              ˙˙˙ đ   đ   đ   0
Basic Drawing: ____
                      |##    |
                      |        |
                      |        |
                      |        |
                      --------

If these images come out rubbish on your email client, tell me and I will
send you the origional Bitmaps. Can anyone help?

Thanks in Advance,
Paul Lakin
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Subject: Decoding Images
Date: Fri, 2 Apr 1999 19:27:29 +0100
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