I'm using the following sample app that Apple provides to do some object detection.
https://developer.apple.com/documentation/vision/tracking_multiple_objects_or_rectangles_in_video
I'm trying to paste an image of a face on top of the green rectangle in the video. (Video Download Link: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1aw5L-6uBMTxeuq378Y98dZcTh6N_Y2Pf/view?usp=sharing)
So far, I'm able to detect the green rectangle from the video very consistently, but whenever I try to overlay an image, the frame just does not appear in the view.
Here's what I've tried so far:
In TrackingImageView.swift, I've added an instance variable called faceImage and I've tried adding it to the screen by adding the following code to the bottom of the draw function.
UIGraphicsBeginImageContextWithOptions(self.imageAreaRect.size, false, 0.0)
// self.faceImage.draw(in: CGRect(origin: CGPoint.init(x: rect.minX, y: rect.minY), size: rect.size))
self.faceImage.draw(in: CGRect(x: previous.x, y: previous.y, width: polyRect.boundingBox.width, height: polyRect.boundingBox.height))
// self.faceImage.draw(in: rect)
let newImage = UIGraphicsGetImageFromCurrentImageContext()
UIGraphicsEndImageContext()
self.image = newImage
Then in TrackingViewController, in the function called func displayFrame(_ frame: CVPixelBuffer?, withAffineTransform transform: CGAffineTransform, rects: [TrackedPolyRect]?), I've added the following lines.
self.trackingView.faceImage = UIImage(named: "dwight1")
self.trackingView.displayImage(rect: self.trackingView.polyRects[0].boundingBox)
UPDATE, Here's another approach I tried:
This is what it says in the documentation: Use the observation’s boundingBox to determine its location, so you can update your app or UI with the tracked object’s new location. Also use it to seed the next round of tracking.
So in the function func performTracking(type: TrackedObjectType) in VisionTrackerProcessor, I added this:
delegate?.updateImage(observation.boundingBox)
And in TrackingViewController I added this:
func updateImage(_ rect: CGRect) {
print(rect)
self.faceImage.frame = rect
}
And faceImage is this:
#IBOutlet weak var faceImage: UIImageView!
When I print out the CGPoints of the rectangle where I want to place the image, I get the following output:
(0.45066666666666666, 0.5595238095238095, 0.09599999999999997, 0.16666666666666663)
(0.4521519184112549, 0.5643428802490235, 0.09600000381469731, 0.16666666666666663)
(0.4546553611755371, 0.5875609927707248, 0.09555779099464418, 0.16589893764919705)
(0.4543778896331787, 0.5984047359890408, 0.09505770206451414, 0.1650307231479221)
(0.454343843460083, 0.6052030351426866, 0.09476101398468023, 0.16451564364963112)
(0.45296874046325686, 0.6065650092230903, 0.09457258582115169, 0.16418851216634112)
(0.4510493755340576, 0.6057157728407118, 0.09507998228073117, 0.1650694105360243)
(0.4481017589569092, 0.5987161000569662, 0.09499880075454714, 0.16492846806844075)
(0.44568862915039065, 0.5735456678602431, 0.09511266946792607, 0.16512615415785048)
(0.4434205532073975, 0.5485235426161025, 0.09506692290306096, 0.16504673428005645)
(0.4413131237030029, 0.5238201141357421, 0.09566491246223452, 0.1660849147372776)
(0.4388014316558838, 0.5072469923231336, 0.09601176977157588, 0.1666870964898003)
(0.4374812602996826, 0.4967741224500868, 0.09586981534957884, 0.16644064585367835)
(0.43827009201049805, 0.48819330003526473, 0.09551617503166199, 0.1658266809251574)
(0.44115781784057617, 0.4852377573649089, 0.09499365091323853, 0.1649195247226291)
(0.4417849540710449, 0.4845396253797743, 0.0949023962020874, 0.1647610982259115)
(0.4476351737976074, 0.49016346401638455, 0.09391363859176638, 0.16304450564914275)
(0.4497058391571045, 0.49209620157877604, 0.09434010386466984, 0.16378489600287544)
(0.4514862060546875, 0.49223976135253905, 0.09459822773933413, 0.16423302756415475)
(0.454580020904541, 0.4904879252115885, 0.0949873864650726, 0.16490865283542205)
(0.4566154479980469, 0.48613760206434464, 0.09480695724487309, 0.16459540261162653)
(0.45992450714111327, 0.47563196818033854, 0.09525291323661805, 0.1653696378072103)
(0.464534330368042, 0.46896955702039933, 0.09566755294799806, 0.1660895029703776)
(0.4682444095611572, 0.4513437059190538, 0.09700422883033755, 0.16841011047363275)
(0.4709425926208496, 0.438845952351888, 0.09843692183494568, 0.17089743084377712)
(0.47597203254699705, 0.4264893849690755, 0.10058027505874634, 0.17461851967705622)
(0.48175721168518065, 0.42467672559950087, 0.10141149759292606, 0.1760616196526421)
(0.483599328994751, 0.44046991136338975, 0.10279589891433716, 0.17846510145399308)
(0.4847916603088379, 0.44517923990885416, 0.10338790416717525, 0.17949288686116532)
(0.4889643669128418, 0.45437651740180124, 0.09983686804771424, 0.17332788043551978)
(0.49118928909301757, 0.4580091264512804, 0.09644789695739747, 0.16744425031873916)
(0.4905869483947754, 0.45951224433051213, 0.09397981166839603, 0.16315938101874455)
(0.4874621868133545, 0.45792486402723526, 0.09055853486061094, 0.15721967485215932)
(0.48279714584350586, 0.4531046549479167, 0.08872739672660823, 0.1540406121148004)
(0.4783169269561768, 0.4456812964545356, 0.0860174298286438, 0.1493358188205295)
(0.4728221893310547, 0.44693773057725694, 0.084199583530426, 0.14617982440524635)
(0.471103572845459, 0.4579927232530382, 0.08219499588012691, 0.14269964430067272)
(0.4676462173461914, 0.47325596279568144, 0.08054903745651243, 0.1398420651753744)
(0.463164234161377, 0.4803483327229818, 0.07916470766067507, 0.13743872112698025)
(0.4597337245941162, 0.4865601857503255, 0.07723031044006345, 0.1340803888108995)
(0.4575923442840576, 0.4861404842800564, 0.07577759623527525, 0.13155832290649416)
(0.456453275680542, 0.48211678398980035, 0.0741972386837006, 0.12881464428371853)
(0.45630569458007814, 0.47852266099717883, 0.0741972386837006, 0.12881464428371853)
(0.45930023193359376, 0.4749870724148221, 0.0741972386837006, 0.12881464428371847)
(0.4619853973388672, 0.460075675116645, 0.0741972386837006, 0.12881464428371853)
(0.4647641658782959, 0.44653006659613714, 0.0741972386837006, 0.12881464428371858)
(0.46242194175720214, 0.43739403618706596, 0.07220322489738468, 0.1253528171115451)
(0.4625579357147217, 0.41982913547092016, 0.07062785029411311, 0.12261778513590493)
(0.46608676910400393, 0.4134985182020399, 0.06866733431816097, 0.11921412150065108)
(0.46996197700500486, 0.41352043151855467, 0.0672459602355957, 0.11674645741780598)
(0.4733128547668457, 0.42267172071668835, 0.06592562794685364, 0.11445420583089194)
(0.4805797576904297, 0.4420909881591797, 0.06590123176574703, 0.11441185209486215)
(0.48854408264160154, 0.46238810221354165, 0.06529000997543333, 0.11335069868299696)
(0.4921866416931152, 0.47235264248318143, 0.06412824392318728, 0.11133375167846682)
(0.4948731899261475, 0.481452645195855, 0.06294543147087095, 0.10928025775485567)
(0.49323139190673826, 0.48434698316786023, 0.06219365000724797, 0.10797508027818464)
(0.4935962200164795, 0.47917471991644967, 0.061773008108139016, 0.10724479887220595)
(0.49112601280212403, 0.4626174502902561, 0.06177300810813907, 0.107244798872206)
(0.48893303871154786, 0.4498925950792101, 0.06069326996803287, 0.10537025663587785)
(0.4902684688568115, 0.45128373040093317, 0.06060827970504756, 0.10522270202636719)
(0.4870577812194824, 0.45470954047309026, 0.06060827970504756, 0.10522270202636724)
(0.45066666666666666, 0.5595238095238095, 0.09599999999999997, 0.16666666666666663)
(0.45066666666666666, 0.5595238095238095, 0.09599999999999997, 0.16666666666666663)
Any help with overlaying the image on top of my detected object would be amazing. Thanks!
Are you realising that the coordinates you get from the Vision framework are normalised ones(between 0 and 1)?. You will have to transform those to fit the size of your view.
In addition, as far as I remember, Vision coordinates start from the bottom left corner (contrary to UIKit, starting from the top- left), so you might have to flip them vertically as well(not 100% sure here).
Edit:
I see you have available videoReader.affineTransform, you can give it a try modifying your CGRects using that transform.
I have a view (blue background...) which I'll call "main" here, on main I added a UIImageView that I then rotate, pan and scale. On main I have a another subview that shows the cropping area. Anything out of that under the darker area needs to be cropped.
I am trying to figure out how to properly create a cropped image from this state. I want the resulting image to look like this:
I want to make sure to keep the resolution of the image.
Any idea?
I have tried to figure out how to use the layer.mask property of the UIImageView. After some feedback, I think I could have another view (B) on the blue view, on B I would then add the image view, so then I would make sure that B's frame would match the rect of the cropping mask overlay. I think that could work? The only thing is I want to make sure I don't lose resolution.
So, earlier I tried this:
maskShape.frame = imageView.bounds
maskShape.path = UIBezierPath(rect: CGRect(x: 20, y: 20, width: 200, height: 200)).cgPath
imageView.layer.mask = maskShape
The rect was just a test rect and the image would be cropped to that path, but, I wasn't sure how to get a UIImage from all this that could keep the large resolution of the original image
So, I have implemented the method suggested by marco, it all works with the exception of keeping the resolution.
I use this call to take a screenshot of the view the contains the image and I have it clip to bounds:
public func renderToImage(afterScreenUpdates: Bool = false) -> UIImage {
let rendererFormat = UIGraphicsImageRendererFormat.default()
rendererFormat.opaque = isOpaque
let renderer = UIGraphicsImageRenderer(size: bounds.size, format: rendererFormat)
let snapshotImage = renderer.image { _ in
drawHierarchy(in: bounds, afterScreenUpdates: afterScreenUpdates)
}
return snapshotImage
}
The image I get is correct, but is not as sharp as the one I crop.
Hoe can I keep the resolution high?
In your view which keeps the image you must set clipsToBounds to true. Not sure if I got well but I suppose it's your "cropping area"
I am new to CoreGraphics . I am trying to create view which contains two UIImageview added in scrollview programatically. After adding it i want to connect both center with line. I have used bezier path as well as CAShapelayer. But line is drawn on UIImageview also so i want to remove line above UIImageview or send line to back to UIImageview. I have done below code.
let path: UIBezierPath = UIBezierPath()
path.moveToPoint(CGPointMake(personalProfile.center.x, personalProfile.center.y))
path.addLineToPoint(CGPointMake(vwTwo.center.x, vwTwo.center.y))
let shapeLayer: CAShapeLayer = CAShapeLayer()
shapeLayer.path = path.CGPath
shapeLayer.strokeColor = UIColor.blueColor().CGColor
shapeLayer.lineWidth = 3.0
shapeLayer.fillColor = UIColor.clearColor().CGColor
self.scrollView.layer.addSublayer(shapeLayer)
Please also check screenshot, i want to remove red marked portion of blue line .
You can do this simply by reducing the zPosition of your shapeLayer
This will allow the layer to be drawn underneath your two views (and far easier than trying to calculate a new start and end point of your line). If you look at the documentation for zPosition:
The default value of this property is 0. Changing the value of this property changes the the front-to-back ordering of layers onscreen. Higher values place this layer visually closer to the viewer than layers with lower values. This can affect the visibility of layers whose frame rectangles overlap.
Therefore, as it defaults to 0, and UIViews are just wrappers for CALayers, you can use a value of -1 on your shapeLayer in order to have it drawn behind your other views.
For example:
shapeLayer.zPosition = -1
Side Note
Most of the time in Swift, you don't need to explicitly supply a type when defining a variable. You can just let Swift infer it. For example:
let path = UIBezierPath()
I would see 2 options, an easy and a harder option.
Move the UIImageView to the front after drawing the line, effectively hiding the line behind the UIImageView.
Calculate the points at which you want the line to start and end and draw a line from these points instead of the centers.
I'm sure this is a very simple thing to do, but I can't seem to wrap my head around the logic.
I have two UIViews. One black, semi-transparent and "full-screen" ("overlayView"), another one on top, smaller and resizeable ("cropView"). It's pretty much a crop-view setup, where I want to "dim" out the areas of an underlying image that are not being cropped.
My question is: How do I go about this? I'm sure my approach should be with CALayers and masks, but no matter what I try, I can't get behind the logic.
This is what I have right now:
This is what I would want it to look like:
How do I achieve this result in Swift?
Although you won't find a method such as subtract(...), you can easily build a screen with an overlay and a transparent cut with the following code:
Swift 4.2
private func addOverlayView() {
let overlayView = UIView(frame: self.bounds)
let targetMaskLayer = CAShapeLayer()
let squareSide = frame.width / 1.6
let squareSize = CGSize(width: squareSide, height: squareSide)
let squareOrigin = CGPoint(x: CGFloat(center.x) - (squareSide / 2),
y: CGFloat(center.y) - (squareSide / 2))
let square = UIBezierPath(roundedRect: CGRect(origin: squareOrigin, size: squareSize), cornerRadius: 16)
let path = UIBezierPath(rect: self.bounds)
path.append(square)
targetMaskLayer.path = path.cgPath
// Exclude intersected paths
targetMaskLayer.fillRule = CAShapeLayerFillRule.evenOdd
overlayView.layer.mask = targetMaskLayer
overlayView.clipsToBounds = true
overlayView.alpha = 0.6
overlayView.backgroundColor = UIColor.black
addSubview(overlayView)
}
Just call this method inside your custom view's constructor or inside your ViewController's viewDidLoad().
Walkthrough
First I create a raw overlayView, then a CAShapeLayer which I called "targetMaskLayer". The ultimate goal is to draw a square with the help of UIBezierPath inside that overlayView. After defining the square's dimensions, I set its cgPath as the targetMaskLayer's path.
Now comes an important part:
targetMaskLayer.fillRule = CAShapeLayerFillRule.evenOdd
Here I basically configure the fill rule to exclude the intersection.
Finally, I provide some styling to the overlayView and add it as a subview.
ps.: don't forget to import UIKit
There might be another drawing solution but basically you have 4 areas that need to be handled. Take the square area above and below the space with full width and add the right and left side between them with constraints to eachother.