imaging

This example demonstrates opening an image, cropping, resizing, applying effects (blur, grayscale, contrast, sharpening, inversion, convolution), creating a new canvas, pasting images, and saving the result.

package main

import (
	"image"
	"image/color"
	"log"

	"github.com/disintegration/imaging"
)

func main() {
	// Open a test image.
	src, err := imaging.Open("testdata/flowers.png")
	if err != nil {
		log.Fatalf("failed to open image: %v", err)
	}

	// Crop the original image to 300x300px size using the center anchor.
	src = imaging.CropAnchor(src, 300, 300, imaging.Center)

	// Resize the cropped image to width = 200px preserving the aspect ratio.
	src = imaging.Resize(src, 200, 0, imaging.Lanczos)

	// Create a blurred version of the image.
	img1 := imaging.Blur(src, 5)

	// Create a grayscale version of the image with higher contrast and sharpness.
	img2 := imaging.Grayscale(src)
	img2 = imaging.AdjustContrast(img2, 20)
	img2 = imaging.Sharpen(img2, 2)

	// Create an inverted version of the image.
	img3 := imaging.Invert(src)

	// Create an embossed version of the image using a convolution filter.
	img4 := imaging.Convolve3x3(
		src,
		[9]float64{
			-1, -1, 0,
			-1, 1, 1,
			0, 1, 1,
		},
		nil,
	)

	// Create a new image and paste the four produced images into it.
	dst := imaging.New(400, 400, color.NRGBA{0, 0, 0, 0})
	dst = imaging.Paste(dst, img1, image.Pt(0, 0))
	dst = imaging.Paste(dst, img2, image.Pt(0, 200))
	dst = imaging.Paste(dst, img3, image.Pt(200, 0))
	dst = imaging.Paste(dst, img4, image.Pt(200, 200))

	// Save the resulting image as JPEG.
	err = imaging.Save(dst, "testdata/out_example.jpg")
	if err != nil {
		log.Fatalf("failed to save image: %v", err)
	}
}

Use imaging.Resize, imaging.Fit, or imaging.Fill to change image dimensions. These functions accept a ResampleFilter to control quality and speed.

Resampling Filters:

• imaging.Lanczos: High-quality, sharp results for photographic images.
• imaging.CatmullRom: Sharp cubic filter, faster than Lanczos.
• imaging.MitchellNetravali: Smooth cubic filter with less ringing than CatmullRom.
• imaging.Linear: Fast bilinear resampling.
• imaging.Box: Fast averaging filter, good for downscaling.
• imaging.NearestNeighbor: Fastest, no antialiasing.

Other supported filters include Hermite, BSpline, Gaussian, Hann, Hamming, Blackman, Bartlett, Welch, and Cosine.

// Resize srcImage to size = 128x128px using the Lanczos filter.
dstImage128 := imaging.Resize(srcImage, 128, 128, imaging.Lanczos)

// Resize srcImage to width = 800px preserving the aspect ratio.
dstImage800 := imaging.Resize(srcImage, 800, 0, imaging.Lanczos)

// Scale down srcImage to fit the 800x600px bounding box.
dstImageFit := imaging.Fit(srcImage, 800, 600, imaging.Lanczos)

// Resize and crop the srcImage to fill the 100x100px area.
dstImageFill := imaging.Fill(srcImage, 100, 100, imaging.Center, imaging.Lanczos)