Name

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    MAKE_BAYER

Purpose

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    This function will construct a document mode image from a provided
    three-band color image [3,*,*] using the following Bayer pattern
    [ [G,R], [B,G] ].

Category

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    Image Processing.

Calling Sequence

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    Result = MAKE_BAYER( image, [R=r], [G=g], [B=b],
                                [COMPOSITE=composite],
                                [FILEBASENAME=fileBasename] )

Inputs

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    image
      The three-band color image array to be converted to
      document mode (the band dimension must be located in
      the first array dimension).

Keyword Parameters

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    R
      This keyword will cause the red color component image to be
      assigned to the provided named variable.
    G
      This keyword will cause the green color component image to be
      assigned to the provided named variable.
    B
      This keyword will cause the blue color component image to be
      assigned to the provided named variable.
    COMPOSITE
      This keyword will cause the red, green, and blue color component
      images to be assembled into a sparsely populated composite image
      and assigned to the provided named variable (only the filtered
      color positions will be present in each color channel).
    FILEBASENAME
      A string containing the full path and base filename for the
      individual components, the composite, and the document mode image
      to be written to. If specified all five (5) files will be
      created with no regard for previously existing files with the
      same filenames.

Return Value

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    An array containing the document mode image data.
   

Side Effects

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    None

Modification History

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    Written by: Carl Salvaggio
    February, 2010 Original code
   

Disclaimer

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