pixel-change

EXPERIMENTAL. FIRST ATTEMPT AT USING N-API WHICH IS ONLY SUPPORTED ON NODE 8.5 AND UP

Measure differences between 2 identically sized buffer arrays of gray, rgb, or rgba pixels. Backed by c++ libraries iterating pixel buffers, converting to grayscale, measuring differences, and reporting back the percent of pixels that have changed.

installation

npm install pixel-change

usage

const PixelChange = require('pixel-change');

/* -- access static methods -- */

//will return a percent of how many gray pixels are changed between the 2 buffer pixel arrays
const percent = PixelChange.compareGrayPixels(width, height, diff, buffer1, buffer2);

//will return a percent of how many rgb pixels are changed between the 2 buffer pixel arrays
const percent = PixelChange.compareRgbPixels(width, height, diff, buffer1, buffer2);

//will return a percent of how many rgba pixels are changed between the 2 buffer pixel arrays
const percent = PixelChange.compareRgbaPixels(width, height, diff, buffer1, buffer2);

/* -- access instance methods -- */

//create a new instance to access convenience methods
const pc = new PixelChange({width: 1920, height: 1080, depth: 3, diff: 25, percent: 12});

//listen to change event when percent of different pixels is detected
pc.on('change', (percent)=>{
    //do something when change event is dispatched because of percent
});

//compare 2 buffers, will dispatch event if change is detected
pc.compare(buffer1, buffer2);

//alternate convenience method, keep feeding pixel buffer via push
//instance will cache previous buffer to compare with next one pushed
pc.push(buffer);

/* -- alternative to listening to "change" event

//pass callback to new instance
const pc = new PixelChange({width: 1920, height: 1080, depth: 3, diff: 25, percent: 12}, (err, percent)=>{
    if (err) {
        throw err;
    }
    //do something when callback is called with percent
});