I have been reading the API and documentation (http://java.sun.com/products/java-media/jai/forDevelopers/jai1_0_1guide-unc/Analysis.doc.html 9.5 Edge Detection) and have come across the GradientMagnitudeDescriptor class. Thing is, the create() Method of this class returns a static RenderedOp (whatever that is).
How do I deal with this static RenderedOp in terms of extracting coordinates?
Sorry if this is a stupid question, but I am completely new to image processing and analysis.
Take a look at Listing 9-4 Example GradientMagnitude Operation and see if that helps any. You don’t call the
createmethod on theGradientMagnitudeDescriptorclass, instead you call theJAI.create()method with the “GradientMagnitude” operation name.JAI.create()returns an instance ofRenderedOpwhich can be cast toPlanarImageif you want.