what can cause the pixel array of a PGraphics to be null?

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clankill3r

what can cause the pixel array of a PGraphics to be null?

in Programming Questions • 3 months ago

I have some code that draws stuff in a PGraphics.

When i do:

println(preProcessed.pixels == null);

It always prints true. And when i try to acces the pixels i get a nullpointerException...

But displaying the pgraphic goes without a problem.

(processing 2.0.1).

I tried to isolate the problem and did found another strange bug.

When i use updatePixels things shift down:

do more people have this?

void setup() {
size(400, 400, OPENGL);
PImage img = loadImage("blob_testImage.png");
PGraphics pg = createGraphics(200, 200, P2D);
println(pg.pixels == null);
pg.beginDraw();
pg.ellipse(100, 100, 100, 100);
pg.image(img.get(0, 0, 100, 100), 0, 0);
pg.endDraw();
//pg.updatePixels();
println(pg.pixels == null);
image(pg, 0, 0);
println(pg.pixels[100]);
}

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clankill3r

Re: what can cause the pixel array of a PGraphics to be null?

3 months ago

to give a bit more detail about how strange it is.

I have this in my large script:

( tableBounds width and height is 255 and 243 for example, i double checked this)

preProcessed = createGraphics(tableBounds.width(), tableBounds.height(), P2D);
preProcessed.beginDraw();
preProcessed.endDraw();
println("preProcessed pixels null? :"+(preProcessed.pixels == null));

which prints true.

Then i have this:

PGraphics preProcessed;
void setup() {
size(400, 400, OPENGL);
preProcessed = createGraphics(255, 243, P2D);
preProcessed.beginDraw();
preProcessed.endDraw();
println("preProcessed pixels null? :"+(preProcessed.pixels == null));
}

which prints false!

clankill3r

Re: what can cause the pixel array of a PGraphics to be null?

3 months ago

Sorry for spamming. This is so important for me. It can be the difference between graduating this or next year.

Anyway i found it. In setup it's ok. In draw it's broken:

PGraphics preProcessed;
void setup() {
size(400, 400, OPENGL);
preProcessed = createGraphics(255, 243, P2D);
preProcessed.beginDraw();
preProcessed.endDraw();
println("preProcessed pixels null? :"+(preProcessed.pixels == null));
}
void draw() {
preProcessed = createGraphics(255, 243, P2D);
preProcessed.beginDraw();
preProcessed.endDraw();
println("preProcessed pixels null? :"+(preProcessed.pixels == null));
}

GoToLoop

Re: what can cause the pixel array of a PGraphics to be null?

3 months ago

Something I've learned very early in Processing when directly manipulating

a PImage/ PGraphics is to use loadPixels() 1st.

And also an updatePixels() just to be sure! Even though they're not always necessary!

PhiLho

Re: what can cause the pixel array of a PGraphics to be null?

3 months ago

Indeed. loadPixels() is here for a reason: in JAVA2D drawing, and in OpenGL too, graphics are hidden by the graphics library (Sun's Java2D stuff or OpenGL stuff), so if you want to access the pixels, you need to load them explicitly (a slow operation!)
updatePixels() allows to push back the modified pixels to the underlying graphics system.

In old P2D / P3D drawings (pre-2.0), they were perhaps not necessary (at least in Java mode), because they worked directly on a pixels array, but as GoToLoop said, it is safer to always use them when you need to access pixels[].

clankill3r

Re: what can cause the pixel array of a PGraphics to be null?

3 months ago

yeah i'm to used to pre-2.0 i guess since i hardly used it there.

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