serious problems with -convolve IM 6.0.0

[magick]

We need to investigate further. We'll post the results sometime tomorrow.

[fmw42]

We need to investigate further. We'll post the results sometime tomorrow.

I tried another grayscale image and it is getting reversed kernels also.

original:



OLD:

convert zeldagc.jpg -convolve "-1.000,-1.000,-1.000,-1.000,8.000,-1.000,-1.000,-1.000,-1.000" zeldag_f3.jpg




NEW:

convert zeldagc.jpg -convolve "-1.000,-1.000,-1.000,-1.000,8.000,-1.000,-1.000,-1.000,-1.000" zeldagc_f3_m100_convolve.jpg



Animation:




My guess is that either at some point in time the kernel values for zero sums were negated in the code. Or at some point in my development of these old scripts, I made a change to negate the values, but did not change the examples.

I am not sure which without actually going back to some very old release, but I don't know what release I used when these were developed.

If you would double check to be sure there is no change of sign for zero sum kernels (perhaps due to Anthony's changes), I would appreciate it.

But if that is not the case, then I will assume it was my inconsistency and live with it as it is. Other than this, I think it is working correctly now.

I will try tomorrow to come up with a better test image that might distinguish whether there is a reversal or not for these zero sum edge images. Perhaps looking at the biased case might shed some light on the issue. I will get back to you.

Thanks for all your help and attention to this issue.

Fred

[fmw42]

Here is a new test case:

original image:




convert circletest.png -convolve "-1,-1,-1,-1,8,-1,-1,-1,-1" circletest_lap3_a.png



convert circletest.png -convolve "1,1,1,1,-8,1,1,1,1" circletest_lap3_b.png



From the above, I think the results for no bias are correct. This is because we have in the first case only one set of positive values giving the white ring and the two sets of negatives which would produce two dark rings will be clipped to black. In the second case, we have two sets of positive values (offset by one pixel) and one set of negative values. Thus we should get two white rings and dark ring associated with the negative value will be clipped to black.

So I tried adding a bias of 50% so I could see both the light ring(s) and the dark ring(s), BUT I am not getting any bias. Is this another bug?

convert circletest.png -bias 50% -convolve "-1,-1,-1,-1,8,-1,-1,-1,-1" circletest_lap3_bias50_a.png



convert circletest.png -bias 50% -convolve "1,1,1,1,-8,1,1,1,1" circletest_lap3_bias50_b.png



With a bias of 50%, should not the background be gray and not black?

[magick]

We patched the bias problem. Convolve appears to be producing correct results. That is, we're running an older version of ImageMagick along with the new version and using a compare -metric rmse and get the expected 0DB. We'll continue testing today to see if we can produce any differences between the versions.

[fmw42]

We patched the bias problem. Convolve appears to be producing correct results. That is, we're running an older version of ImageMagick along with the new version and using a compare -metric rmse and get the expected 0DB. We'll continue testing today to see if we can produce any differences between the versions.

Yes, the biases are now working. Here are the last two bias tests, which I believe are working correctly, now.



convert circletest.png -bias 50% -convolve "-1,-1,-1,-1,8,-1,-1,-1,-1" circletest_lap3_bias50_a2.png



convert circletest.png -bias 50% -convolve "1,1,1,1,-8,1,1,1,1" circletest_lap3_bias50_b2.png




I believe that -convolve is now working correctly as it used to.

I think the inconsistency I was having with the sign reversal can be attributed to my laplacian script. Mathematically, the laplacian should have a negative central lobe. But, I have a recollection now that I reversed the sign (inverted the laplacian) at some point (to be consistent with what most others do for the laplacian), but I guess I did not go back to change my original examples. The sign reversal issue was only a problem with the laplacian script. That is why the other example from my binomial script worked correctly with no sign reversal.

Sorry for the confusion and extra work on your part.

I am grateful for your dedication in getting -convolve fixed so quickly (it fixed about a dozen of my scripts) and apologize for taking you away from other things you were working on.

Thanks.

Fred