OOF2: The Manual
Name
OOF.Image.Modify.Blur — Blur an image by convolving it with a Gaussian operator of the given radius and standard deviation (sigma).
Synopsis
OOF.Image.Modify.Blur(image
,radius
,sigma
)
Details
- Parent Menu: OOF.Image.Modify
-
Callback: function
doImageMod
in moduleooflib.image.imagemodifier
-
Parameters:
image
- Type: The path to an existing
Image
object. radius
- Radius of the Gaussian, in pixels, not counting the center pixel. Type: A real number.
sigma
- Standard deviation of the Gaussian, in pixels Type: A real number.
Description
Blur the given image
. This can be a useful way
of reducing noise, at the obvious expense of a loss of resolution.
The image is convolved with a Gaussian operator with the given
radius
and standard deviation
(sigma
). For reasonable results, the
radius
should be larger than
sigma
. If radius
is 0,
then a suitable radius will be chosen automatically.
This routine comes from the ImageMagick library.
Figure 6.27. Blurring an Image

A micrograph of Si3N4 (courtesy of C.-H. Hsueh).

The image after being blurred with
radius
=0 and
sigma
=3.0.