CS 100 - Computer Literacy, Spring 2005

Lab 6

This lab assignment will have you write a jython program that will make a black and white version of a color image.

Reminder

The program Jython Environment for Students (or JES) is the development environment that we will use for this lab.

In the ACCC Labs that have JES, it can be found by:

  1. Clicking on Start
  2. Then click on All Programs
  3. Then click on Class Applications
  4. Then click on Engineering
  5. Finally click on Jython Environment for Students

Images Using a GrayScale

A black and white picture uses various shades of gray. These shades of grey all have the same amount of red, green and blue color. The higher the color value, the lighter the shade of gray is. The lower the color value, the darker the shade of gray is. For example, look at the following squares for various shades of gray. The amount of red, green and blue for the color is displayed as text in each square. Note that the amount of red, green and blue is the same in each square. Also note that the larger the amount of color, the lighter the color of gray.


r = 0
g = 0
b = 0

r = 63
g = 63
b = 63

r = 127
g = 127
b = 127

r = 191
g = 191
b = 191

r = 255
g = 255
b = 255

Changing the color in a pixel

The color in a pixel can be changed by using the setRed(), setGreen() and setBlue() functions in JES. Each of these functions take two input values. The first input value is the pixel to change, while the second input value is the new amount of the color the pixel should have.

Determining the amount of gray

One method to determine which grayscale color to use for a pixel when creating a black and white picture from a color picture is to average the amount of red, green and blue color the corresponding pixel in the colored picture. This method works fairly well and is fairly easy to understand and use. This way using the intensity of each color to determine the grayscale value.

Another method is to take a weighted average of the amount of red, green and blue color instead of an evenly-weighted average. A weighted average would give more weight to certain values and less weight to other values. A weighted average will be used when determining the grade for this course. Exams have a higher weight (i.e. more impact on the final grade), while lab assignments have a lower weight (i.e. less impact on the final grade). For determining the amount of color for the graycolor color, the original amount of green is often given a higher weight while the original amount of blue is given a lesser weight. The percent of each color that should be used according to some research done on luminanse is:
  • Red
  • Green
  • Blue
 : 
 : 
 : 
29.9%
58.7%
11.4%

Lab Assignment 6

Due: Monday 2/28/2005 by 12:00 noon

Create a file using JES that will

  1. Contain a comment indicating your Name, Net-ID, Course Name, Assignment Name and a short description of the assignment
  2. Contain a JES function that will This function may call other functions that are built-in to JES or that you have written.

On the ACCC lab computers, the H: drive is a permanent storage area for you. Saving files to this drive on one computer can be accessed from another computer (even another computer in a different lab). It is suggested that you save your python programs to the H: drive.

You are to submit the file containing the JES function that you created to make the black and white image by emailing it to the CS 100 course account at i100@cs.uic.edu.

You can post your images on the Lab 6 Swiki Page. Note this posting is not a requirement, but we would like to see the images you have created.