Prevent duplication after image processing

AlGGB

Hi,
i am using a macro which applies different filters, masks and operation to an image.
At each step its create a new image, how can I avoid that and apply each step on the same image?

here are some line of the code :

With Adjust.ImageCommands.Duplicate(x10_segmentation)
            .Name = "_2_Sub_Low-Pass"
            .Visible = True
            .Run(doc1, image1)
        End With

        With Process.Filter.EnhancementCommands.LowPass(x10_segmentation)
            .Text = "Low-Pass"
            .Passes = 1
            .KernelSize = Filters.mcKernelSize.mcks7x7
            .Strength = 100
            .Run(image1, image1)
        End With

        With Measure.SmartSegmentation.RecipeCommands.Open(x10_segmentation)
            .FileName = "C:\Users\Public\Documents\Image-Pro Premier 9.1 64-bit (Shared)\Project segmentation\Segmentation x10.isg"
            .FilterIndex = 1
            .Settings = Nothing
            .FilterInput = True
            .Run(image1)
        End With

        With Measure.SmartSegmentationCommands.CreateMask(x10_segmentation)
            .FilterInput = True
            .Run(image1, image1)
        End With

        With Application.DocumentCommands.Activate(x10_segmentation)
            .Run(image1, doc1)
        End With

        With Adjust.ImageCommands.Convert(x10_segmentation)
            .Destination = Image.ConvertTypes.RGB24
            .ConvertOption = Image.ConvertOptions.Scale
            .Visible = True
            .Run(doc1, image1)
        End With

        With Process.ProcessCommands.Operations(x10_segmentation)
            .Operation = eOperation.Subtract
            .NumberValue = 77R
            .ResultType = eResultType.Apply
            .Run(Nothing, Nothing, Nothing)
        End With

        With Process.ProcessCommands.Operations(x10_segmentation)
            .Operation = eOperation.Div
            .NumberValue = 1.78R
            .ResultType = eResultType.Apply
            .Run(Nothing, Nothing, Nothing)
        End With

        With Process.Filter.LargeCommands.LowPassLarge(x10_segmentation)
            .Text = "Low-Pass"
            .Passes = 1
            .Width = 50000
            .Height = 1
            .Run(image1, image1)
        End With

'Connect with the active document
        With Application.DocumentCommands.Active(Nothing)
            .Run(doc1)
        End Wit 

Thanks in advance
Alban

CraigW

If I understand correctly, you want your final result image to replace the initial source image.  You could accomplish this by closing the source image and then doing a final Save As operation overwriting the source image.  If you then close that final image along with all intermediate images, there will be no net increase in the number of images.

Of course, you need to be pretty sure that you will never need the original source image again, since it will be permanently overwritten.

YuriG

Hi Alban,

The Apply button of the Filter panel has "New Image" checkbox. When this checkbox is active the filter is applied to a duplicated image. You, probably, had this checkbox on when you recorded the macro, it added  Duplicate commands to it. If you want to apply filters to the original image, just switch the "New Image" checkbox off and record a new macro.

Yuri

AlGGB

Thanks, is it possible to do the same things when creating a mask after a segmentation or after converting an image ( e.g RGB 8bits)?

YuriG

Mask and Convert always create a new image. You can create these images as hidden setting Visible property of the command to False, and you can still use these images in arithmetic operations, though it may require modification of your recorded macro to work only with image variables (not docs).

Yuri