BlurUtils.java

import java.nio.ByteBuffer;

import com.badlogic.gdx.Gdx;
import com.badlogic.gdx.graphics.GL10;
import com.badlogic.gdx.graphics.Pixmap;
import com.badlogic.gdx.graphics.Pixmap.Blending;
import com.badlogic.gdx.graphics.Pixmap.Format;
import com.badlogic.gdx.utils.BufferUtils;
import com.badlogic.gdx.utils.GdxRuntimeException;

/**
 * A simple set of software blur utilities for mobile applications.
 * 
 * @author davedes, blur algorithm by Romain Guy
 */
public class BlurUtils {
	/*
	 * Copyright (c) 2007, Romain Guy All rights reserved.
	 * 
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	 * modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are
	 * met:
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	 * in binary form must reproduce the above copyright notice, this list of
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	 * endorse or promote products derived from this software without specific
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	 * NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS
	 * SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
	 */
	/**
	 * <p>
	 * Blurs the source pixels into the destination pixels. The force of the
	 * blur is specified by the radius which must be greater than 0.
	 * </p>
	 * <p>
	 * The source and destination pixels arrays are expected to be in the RGBA
	 * format.
	 * </p>
	 * 
	 * @param srcPixels
	 *            the source pixels
	 * @param dstPixels
	 *            the destination pixels
	 * @param width
	 *            the width of the source picture
	 * @param height
	 *            the height of the source picture
	 * @param radius
	 *            the radius of the blur effect
	 * @author Romain Guy <romain.guy@mac.com>
	 */
	public static void blurPass(int[] srcPixels, int[] dstPixels, int width,
			int height, int radius) {
		final int windowSize = radius * 2 + 1;
		final int radiusPlusOne = radius + 1;

		int sumRed;
		int sumGreen;
		int sumBlue;
		int sumAlpha;

		int srcIndex = 0;
		int dstIndex;
		int pixel;

		int[] sumLookupTable = new int[256 * windowSize];
		for (int i = 0; i < sumLookupTable.length; i++) {
			sumLookupTable[i] = i / windowSize;
		}

		int[] indexLookupTable = new int[radiusPlusOne];
		if (radius < width) {
			for (int i = 0; i < indexLookupTable.length; i++) {
				indexLookupTable[i] = i;
			}
		} else {
			for (int i = 0; i < width; i++) {
				indexLookupTable[i] = i;
			}
			for (int i = width; i < indexLookupTable.length; i++) {
				indexLookupTable[i] = width - 1;
			}
		}

		for (int y = 0; y < height; y++) {
			sumAlpha = sumRed = sumGreen = sumBlue = 0;
			dstIndex = y;

			pixel = srcPixels[srcIndex];
			sumRed += radiusPlusOne * ((pixel >> 24) & 0xFF);
			sumGreen += radiusPlusOne * ((pixel >> 16) & 0xFF);
			sumBlue += radiusPlusOne * ((pixel >> 8) & 0xFF);
			sumAlpha += radiusPlusOne * (pixel & 0xFF);

			for (int i = 1; i <= radius; i++) {
				pixel = srcPixels[srcIndex + indexLookupTable[i]];
				sumRed += (pixel >> 24) & 0xFF;
				sumGreen += (pixel >> 16) & 0xFF;
				sumBlue += (pixel >> 8) & 0xFF;
				sumAlpha += pixel & 0xFF;
			}

			for (int x = 0; x < width; x++) {
				dstPixels[dstIndex] = sumLookupTable[sumRed] << 24
						| sumLookupTable[sumGreen] << 16
						| sumLookupTable[sumBlue] << 8
						| sumLookupTable[sumAlpha];
				dstIndex += height;

				int nextPixelIndex = x + radiusPlusOne;
				if (nextPixelIndex >= width) {
					nextPixelIndex = width - 1;
				}

				int previousPixelIndex = x - radius;
				if (previousPixelIndex < 0) {
					previousPixelIndex = 0;
				}

				int nextPixel = srcPixels[srcIndex + nextPixelIndex];
				int previousPixel = srcPixels[srcIndex + previousPixelIndex];

				sumRed += (nextPixel >> 24) & 0xFF;
				sumRed -= (previousPixel >> 24) & 0xFF;

				sumGreen += (nextPixel >> 16) & 0xFF;
				sumGreen -= (previousPixel >> 16) & 0xFF;

				sumBlue += (nextPixel >> 8) & 0xFF;
				sumBlue -= (previousPixel >> 8) & 0xFF;

				sumAlpha += nextPixel & 0xFF;
				sumAlpha -= previousPixel & 0xFF;
			}

			srcIndex += width;
		}
	}

	/**
	 * Blurs (in both horizontal and vertical directions) the specified RGBA
	 * image with the given radius and iterations.
	 * 
	 * @param inputRGBA
	 *            the image pixels, in RGBA format
	 * @param width
	 *            the width of the image in pixels
	 * @param height
	 *            the height of the image in pixels
	 * @param radius
	 *            the radius of the blur effect
	 * @param iterations
	 *            the number of times to perform the blur; i.e. to increase
	 *            quality
	 * @return the blurred pixels
	 */
	public static int[] blur(int[] inputRGBA, int width, int height,
			int radius, int iterations) {
		int[] srcPixels = new int[width * height];
		int[] dstPixels = new int[width * height];
		
		// copy input into srcPixels
		System.arraycopy(inputRGBA, 0, srcPixels, 0, srcPixels.length);

		for (int i = 0; i < iterations; i++) {
			// horizontal pass
			blurPass(srcPixels, dstPixels, width, height, radius);
			// vertical pass
			blurPass(dstPixels, srcPixels, height, width, radius);
		}

		// the result is now stored in srcPixels due to the 2nd pass
		return srcPixels;
	}

	/**
	 * Convenience method to blur using ByteBuffers instead of arrays.
	 * Note that this requires unnecessary copies of data and is only 
	 * for convenience; a proper solution would be
	 * to re-write the blur algorithm using a ByteBuffer.
	 *  
	 * @param inputRGBA
	 * @param width
	 * @param height
	 * @param radius
	 * @param iterations
	 * @return
	 */
	public static ByteBuffer blur(ByteBuffer inputRGBA, int width,
			int height, int radius, int iterations) {
		if (inputRGBA.limit() != (width * height * 4))
			throw new IllegalArgumentException(
					"inputRGBA must be in RGBA format");
		int[] pixels = pack(inputRGBA);
		int[] out = blur(pixels, width, height, radius, iterations);
		return unpack(out);
	}

	/**
	 * Converts an RGBA byte buffer into an array of RGBA packed ints.
	 * 
	 * @param rgba
	 * @return
	 */
	public static int[] pack(ByteBuffer rgba) {
		int[] pixels = new int[rgba.limit() / 4];
		for (int i = 0; i < pixels.length; i++) {
			int r = rgba.get() & 0xFF;
			int g = rgba.get() & 0xFF;
			int b = rgba.get() & 0xFF;
			int a = rgba.get() & 0xFF;
			pixels[i] = (r << 24) | (g << 16) | (b << 8) | a;
		}
		return pixels;
	}

	/**
	 * Unpacks the RGBA pixels array into a ByteBuffer with red, green, blue,
	 * and alpha bytes in order; it is then flipped to "read mode" before being
	 * returned.
	 * 
	 * @param pixels
	 *            the pixels to use
	 * @return the new byte buffer using RGBA bytes
	 */
	public static ByteBuffer unpack(int[] pixels) {
		ByteBuffer buf = BufferUtils.newByteBuffer(pixels.length * 4);
		for (int src = 0; src < pixels.length; src++) {
			int value = pixels[src];
			buf.put((byte) ((value & 0xff000000) >>> 24))
					.put((byte) ((value & 0x00ff0000) >>> 16))
					.put((byte) ((value & 0x0000ff00) >>> 8))
					.put((byte) ((value & 0x000000ff)));
		}
		buf.flip();
		return buf;
	}

	/**
	 * A convenience method to apply the blur to the entire Pixmap.
	 * 
	 * @param pixmap
	 *            the pixmap to blur
	 * @param radius
	 *            the radius of the blur effect
	 * @param iterations
	 *            the number of iterations to blur
	 * @param disposePixmap
	 *            whether to dispose the given pixmap after blurring
	 * @return a new Pixmap containing the blurred image
	 */
	public static Pixmap blur(Pixmap pixmap, int radius, int iterations,
			boolean disposePixmap) {
		return blur(pixmap, 0, 0, pixmap.getWidth(), pixmap.getHeight(), 0, 0,
				pixmap.getWidth(), pixmap.getHeight(), radius, iterations,
				disposePixmap);
	}

	/**
	 * Blurs the specified pixmap with the given source and destination regions.
	 * 
	 * The pixmap does not need to be in RGBA8888 format, however, it is
	 * recommended for better performance.
	 * 
	 * A new pixmap will be returned containing the blurred image. The old
	 * pixmap will only be disposed of if <tt>disposePixmap</tt> returns true.
	 * 
	 * @param pixmap
	 *            the pixmap to blur
	 * @param srcx
	 *            the x of the pixmap region to blur
	 * @param srcy
	 *            the y of the pixmap region to blur
	 * @param srcwidth
	 *            the width of the pixmap region to blur
	 * @param srcheight
	 *            the height of the pixmap region to blur
	 * @param dstx
	 *            the destination x to place the blurred image on the resulting
	 *            pixmap
	 * @param dsty
	 *            the destination y to place the blurred image on the resulting
	 *            pixmap
	 * @param dstwidth
	 *            the desired width of the resulting pixmap
	 * @param dstheight
	 *            the desired height of the resulting pixmap
	 * @param radius
	 *            the radius of the blur effect, in pixels
	 * @param iterations
	 *            the number of iterations to apply the blur
	 * @param disposePixmap
	 *            whether to dispose the specified pixmap after applying the
	 *            blur
	 * @return a new RGBA8888 Pixmap containing the blurred image
	 */
	public static Pixmap blur(Pixmap pixmap, int srcx, int srcy, int srcwidth,
			int srcheight, int dstx, int dsty, int dstwidth, int dstheight,
			int radius, int iterations, boolean disposePixmap) {
		boolean srcEq = srcx == 0 && srcy == 0 && srcwidth == pixmap.getWidth()
				&& srcheight == pixmap.getHeight();
		boolean dstEq = dstx == 0 && dsty == 0 && dstwidth == pixmap.getWidth()
				&& dstheight == pixmap.getHeight();

		// we may need to re-draw the pixmap if a different region or format is
		// passed
		if (pixmap.getFormat() != Format.RGBA8888 || !srcEq || !dstEq) {
			Pixmap tmp = new Pixmap(dstwidth, dstheight, Format.RGBA8888);
			tmp.drawPixmap(pixmap, srcx, srcy, srcwidth, srcheight, dstx, dsty,
					dstwidth, dstheight);
			if (disposePixmap) {
				pixmap.dispose(); // discard old pixmap
				disposePixmap = false;
			}
			pixmap = tmp;
		}

		// blur the pixmap
		ByteBuffer blurred = BlurUtils.blur(pixmap.getPixels(), dstwidth,
				dstheight, radius, iterations);

		Pixmap newPixmap = new Pixmap(dstwidth, dstheight, Format.RGBA8888);
		ByteBuffer newRGBA = newPixmap.getPixels();
		newRGBA.clear();
		newRGBA.put(blurred);
		newRGBA.flip();

		if (disposePixmap)
			pixmap.dispose();
		return newPixmap;
	}

	/**
	 * Blurs the mipmaps of the currently bound texture with the given settings.
	 * 
	 * For each mipmap level, the image will be scaled to half (using
	 * nearest-neighbour scaling) and then blurred in software, before sending
	 * the bytes to GL.
	 * 
	 * The first mipmap level should already be uploaded to GL, i.e. through the
	 * Texture constructor. No blur will be applied to it.
	 * 
	 * The texture needs to have been created with format RGBA8888 to work
	 * correctly on all devices.
	 * 
	 * @param pixmap
	 *            the original pixmap to work with
	 * @param textureWidth
	 *            the width of the texture
	 * @param textureHeight
	 *            the height of the texture
	 * @param radius
	 *            the radius of the blur to use at each level
	 * @param iterations
	 *            the number of iterations to blur at each level
	 * @param disposePixmap
	 *            whether to dispose the specified pixmap after building the
	 *            mipmaps
	 */
	public static void generateBlurredMipmaps(Pixmap pixmap, int textureWidth,
			int textureHeight, int radius, int iterations,
			boolean disposePixmap) {
		if (textureWidth != textureHeight)
			throw new GdxRuntimeException(
					"texture width and height must be square when using mipmapping.");
		
		Pixmap origPixmap = pixmap;
		int width = pixmap.getWidth() / 2;
		int height = pixmap.getHeight() / 2;
		int level = 1;
		Blending blending = Pixmap.getBlending();
		Pixmap.setBlending(Blending.None);
		// for each mipmap level > 0 ...
		while (width > 0 && height > 0) {
			// apply blur
			pixmap = blur(origPixmap, 0, 0, origPixmap.getWidth(), origPixmap.getHeight(),
					0, 0, width, height, radius, iterations, false);

			// upload pixels
			Gdx.gl.glTexImage2D(GL10.GL_TEXTURE_2D, level,
					pixmap.getGLInternalFormat(), pixmap.getWidth(),
					pixmap.getHeight(), 0, pixmap.getGLFormat(),
					pixmap.getGLType(), pixmap.getPixels());
			
			// reduce size for next level
			width = pixmap.getWidth() / 2;
			height = pixmap.getHeight() / 2;
			level++;
			
			//dispose pixmap at this level
			pixmap.dispose();

			// NOTE: We can play with the radius and iterations here, e.g.
			// increment them for
			// each level.
//			 radius++;
		}
		Pixmap.setBlending(blending);
		
		if (disposePixmap) {
			origPixmap.dispose();
		}
	}
}

Great utility. It needs fixes, however!

• LibGDX does not support GL10 now I guess so change it into GL20.

• Wrong calls for Pixmap.getBlending() and Pixmap.setBlending(...) that should be fixed by using pixmap instance instead of class.

Great utility. But still cannot compile with GWT.

           [ERROR] Line 336: The method blur(int[], int, int, int, int) in the type BlurUtils is not applicable for the arguments (Buffer, int, int, int, int)
           [ERROR] Line 340: Type mismatch: cannot convert from Buffer to ByteBuffer