Methods for batch processing images in MATLAB

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Batch Processing   From: Steve on Image Processing http://blogs.mathworks.com/steve? P = 61 A couple of months ago I was working with a bunch of pictures I had taken at home. I had about 40 of them, and I needed to crop and resize them all the same way. naturally, I wrote a MATLAB script to do it. This experience reminded me that customers sometimes ask "How do I use the Image Processing Toolbox to do batch processing of my images? "Really, though, this isn't a toolbox question; it's a MATLAB question. in other words, the basic MATLAB techniques for batch processing apply to any domain, not just image processing. Contents Step 1: Get a list of filenames Step 2: Determine the processing steps to follow for each file Step 3: put everything together in a For Loop Step 1: Get a list of filenames If you useDirFunction with an output argument, you get back a structure array containing the filenames, as well as other information about each file. Let's say I want to process all files ending in. jpg: files = dir('*.jpg') files = 42x1 struct array with fields: name date bytes isdir TheFilesStruct array has 42 elements, indicating that there are 42 files matching "*. jpg" in the current directory. Let's look at the details for a couple of these files. files(1) ans = name: 'IMG_0175.jpg' date: '12-Feb-2006 10:49:30' bytes: 962477 isdir: 0 files(end) ans = name: 'IMG_0216.jpg' date: '12-Feb-2006 11:09:10' bytes: 1004842 isdir: 0 Step 2: Determine the processing steps to follow for each file There are four basic steps to follow for each file: 1. Read in the data from the file. 2. process the data. 3. Construct the output filename. 4. write out the processed data. Here's what my read and processing steps looked like: rgb = imread('IMG_0175.jpg'); % or rgb = imread(files(1).name);rgb = rgb(1:1800, 520:2000, :);rgb = imresize(rgb, 0.2, 'bicubic'); You have defined options to consider for constructing the output filename. In my case, I wanted to use the same name but in a subfolder: output_name = ['cropped/' files(1).name] % Use fullfile instead if you want % multiplatform portability output_name =cropped/IMG_0175.jpg Here's another example of output name construction. You might use something like this if you want to change image formats. input_name = files(1).name input_name =IMG_0175.jpg [path, name, extension] = fileparts(input_name) path = ''name =IMG_0175extension =.jpg output_name = fullfile(path, [name '.tif']) output_name =IMG_0175.tif Step 3: put everything together in a For Loop Here's my complete batch processing loop: files = dir('*.JPG');for k = 1:numel(files) rgb = imread(files(k).name); rgb = rgb(1:1800, 520:2000, :); rgb = imresize(rgb, 0.2, 'bicubic'); imwrite(rgb, ['cropped/' files(k).name]);end