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FastImageOutput

Posted: Sat Jun 17, 2006 7:52 pm
by S.M.

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Structure DrawingInfoStruct 
  Type.l 
  Window.l 
  DC.l 
  ReleaseProcedure.l 
  PixelBuffer.l 
  Pitch.l 
  Width.l 
  Height.l 
  Depth.l 
  PixelFormat.l 
  StopDirectAccess.l 
  StartDirectAccess.l 
EndStructure 

Global FastImgOutputID.DrawingInfoStruct 

Procedure ___ReleaseFastImageOutput() 
  If FastImgOutputID\DC:DeleteDC_(FastImgOutputID\DC):FastImgOutputID\DC=0:EndIf ; free the created memory DC 
EndProcedure 

Procedure ___StopDirectAccess() 
  ProcedureReturn FastImgOutputID\DC 
EndProcedure 

Procedure ___StartDirectAccess() 
  GetPixel_(FastImgOutputID\DC,0,0) ; make sure all GDI operations are finished 
  ProcedureReturn FastImgOutputID\PixelBuffer 
EndProcedure 

; FastImageOutput() provides a faster pixel access for 32-,24- and 15 bit images(DIBSesctions). 
; However, for now only plot(x,y,color) works faster. (point(x,y) seems to be not optimized for direct memory access at the moment. You can use the PointFast() command from the E2D Userlib to get a faster point command.) 
Procedure FastImageOutput(Image) 
  If GetObject_(ImageID(Image),SizeOf(DIBSECTION),ds.DIBSECTION)=0 
    ProcedureReturn 0 ; no BITMAP/DIBSECTION 
  EndIf 
  If ds\dsBm\bmBits=0
    ProcedureReturn 0 ; no DIBSECTION
  EndIf

  FastImgOutputID\Type=7 ; allows direct memory access 
  FastImgOutputID\ReleaseProcedure=@___ReleaseFastImageOutput() 
  FastImgOutputID\PixelBuffer=ds\dsBm\bmBits+ds\dsBm\bmWidthBytes*(ds\dsBm\bmHeight-1) ;needed because the image if top down 
  FastImgOutputID\Pitch=-ds\dsBm\bmWidthBytes 
  FastImgOutputID\Width=ds\dsBm\bmWidth 
  FastImgOutputID\Height=ds\dsBm\bmHeight 

  Select ds\dsBm\bmBitsPixel  
    Case 32 
      FastImgOutputID\Depth=32 
      FastImgOutputID\PixelFormat=#PB_PixelFormat_32Bits_BGR 
    Case 24 
      FastImgOutputID\Depth=24
      FastImgOutputID\PixelFormat=#PB_PixelFormat_24Bits_BGR  
    Case 16 
      FastImgOutputID\Depth=15 
      FastImgOutputID\PixelFormat=#PB_PixelFormat_15Bits      
    Default 
      ProcedureReturn 0 ; only 32-,24- and 15bit DIBSections are supported 
  EndSelect 

  MemDC=CreateCompatibleDC_(0) 
  If MemDC=0:ProcedureReturn 0:EndIf ; the memory DC cannot be created 
  SelectObject_(MemDC,ImageID(Image)) 
  FastImgOutputID\DC=MemDC 

  FastImgOutputID\StopDirectAccess=@___StopDirectAccess() 
  FastImgOutputID\StartDirectAccess=@___StartDirectAccess()  
  ProcedureReturn FastImgOutputID 
EndProcedure 



;Test: 
OpenWindow(1,0,0,600,500,"FastImageOutput Test") 

CreateImage(1,600,500,32) ; only 32bit seems to be really faster... 

Start=GetTickCount_() 

StartDrawing(FastImageOutput(1)) ; replace this by ImageOutput(1) 
For Y=0 To 499 
For X=0 To 599 
  Plot(X,Y,X*Y) 
Next 
Next 
StopDrawing() 

Result=GetTickCount_()-Start 

StartDrawing(WindowOutput(1)) 
DrawImage(ImageID(1),0,0) 
StopDrawing() 
MessageRequester("Result:",Str(Result)+" ms")
E2D for PureBASIC v4.0
//edit:
Link corrected,thanks DoubleDutch

Posted: Sat Jun 17, 2006 8:42 pm
by DoubleDutch
Your routine make it 6x faster than normal on my machine! :D

Fred: You should build this in!

btw: the link doesn't work.

Posted: Sat Jun 17, 2006 10:03 pm
by djes
:shock:

Posted: Sat Jun 17, 2006 10:35 pm
by Flype
FastImageOuput() : 15ms
ImageOutput() : 125ms
8)

I noticed that ImageOutput() is bound-protected but not FastImageOutput().

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For Y=0 To 500 ;-1
  For X=0 To 600 ;-1
    Plot(X,Y,X*Y) 
  Next 
Next

Posted: Sat Jun 17, 2006 11:12 pm
by Xombie
FastImageOutput(): 0ms - 16ms
ImageOutput(): 94ms

So... what's the catch? :) As the saying goes, if something sounds really good, it usually is :D

Posted: Sun Jun 18, 2006 9:35 am
by S.M.
@Xombie
There is no hook.(At least I don't know any)
It just use the features of DIBSections.

You can even use direct memory access:

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*Buffer=DrawingBuffer()
Pitch=DrawingBufferPitch()
For Y=0 To 499 
*ptr.long=*Buffer+Pitch*Y
For X=0 To 599 
  *ptr\l=X*Y
  *ptr+4
Next 
Next
Fred: You should build this in!
Yes, please :D And a faster point command (wasn't this already included in 3.94 ?!?)

regards
Stefan

Posted: Sun Jun 18, 2006 10:19 am
by netmaestro
GetTickCount_() is too low-res for something this fast. When I turned the debugger off it was always showing 0 ms. So I added this routine and turned the debugger off, it executes in 5 ms vs. 193 ms normal ImageOutput():

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;By Rescator
Procedure.l Ticks_HQ() 
  Static maxfreq.q 
  Protected t.q 
  If maxfreq=0 
    QueryPerformanceFrequency_(@maxfreq) 
    maxfreq=maxfreq/1000 
  EndIf 
  QueryPerformanceCounter_(@t.q) 
  ProcedureReturn t/maxfreq 
EndProcedure 

Posted: Sun Jun 18, 2006 10:58 am
by djes
Here it seems to be 20x faster!

Posted: Sun Jun 18, 2006 6:03 pm
by Flype
you do you think that this difference of speed is due to the fact that FastImageOutput() is not protected against writing out of the image area ?

Posted: Sun Jun 18, 2006 7:13 pm
by S.M.
@Flype
No, it's because Plot() uses direct memory access in this case (like the example I posted above), instead of the SetPixel(V) API function.

Posted: Sun Jun 18, 2006 7:34 pm
by Polo
Flype wrote:you do you think that this difference of speed is due to the fact that FastImageOutput() is not protected against writing out of the image area ?
Not possible, the checking should only be done with the Debug library ?

Posted: Mon Jun 19, 2006 8:58 am
by Dr. Dri
where did you get the DrawingInfoStruct structure ?
in the purebasic library descriptor there is

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Structure DrawingInfoStruct
  Type.l
  Window.l
  DC.l
  ReleaseProcedure.l
  PixelBuffer.l
  Pitch.l
  Width.l
  Height.l
  Depth.l
  PixelFormat.l
EndStructure
Dri :?:

Posted: Mon Jun 19, 2006 12:31 pm
by S.M.
Dr. Dri wrote:in the purebasic library descriptor there is
It's even only:

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  Structure DrawingInfoStruct
  	Type.l    ; Type of the DC
  	Window.l  ; Window associated to the DC (if any)
  	DC.l      ; DC
  	ReleaseProcedure.l ; Address to a procedure to release the DC when StopDrawing() is called 
  	PixelBuffer.l      ; Address of the memory pixel buffer (DirectX)
  	Pitch.l            ; Pitch
  	Width.l
  	Height.l
  	Depth.l
  EndStructure
Dr. Dri wrote:where did you get the DrawingInfoStruct structure ?
Reverse Engineering (whitout dissasembling anything)
I just looked at the pointer which SpriteOutput() returns.

Posted: Fri Jun 23, 2006 3:42 pm
by dige
With FastImageOutput() I have got some strange illegal memory
access errors....

@Fred: what du you think about that way?

Posted: Fri Jun 23, 2006 5:37 pm
by S.M.
@dige
With the same code posted above ?