ImageDraw line inconsistent ? (repost)

[alexandre_irrthum@yahoo.com]

Hi there,

Sorry to repost this, but I didn't get any answer one month ago. In
essence, it seems that the ImageDraw line function draws lines one
pixel shorter in some circumstances. This could be very annoying for
some applications where precise geometry does matter.

Below I test this function on a 3x3 image and show schematic
representations of obtained images (where o means a drawn pixel)

import Image, ImageDraw
im = Image.new("L", (3,3))
draw = ImageDraw.Draw( im)
draw.line((0,0, 2,2), fill=255)
im.tostring()

Gives:

o--
-o-
---

So the last pixel of the line is not drawn.

Similarly, draw.line((0,2, 2,0), fill=255) gives:

---
-o-
o--

And draw.line((1,0, 1,2), fill=255) gives:

-o-
-o-
---

But, surprisingly, draw.line((0,1, 2,1), fill=255) gives:

---
ooo
---

Where the last pixel of the line -is- drawn, as I expected it would be
for all lines.

This seems to be true for various image sizes and line angles: the last
pixel is never drawn unless the line is horizontal.

Any clues ?

Thanks

alex

[Fredrik Lundh]

Re: ImageDraw line inconsistent ? (repost)

alexandre_irrth um@yahoo.com wrote:
[color=blue]
> Sorry to repost this, but I didn't get any answer one month ago. In
> essence, it seems that the ImageDraw line function draws lines one
> pixel shorter in some circumstances. This could be very annoying for
> some applications where precise geometry does matter.[/color]

http://effbot.python-hosting.com/ticket/41

</F>