
Grey to Binary (IPToolCIFLUTGreytoBinary)
The
Grey to Binary Tool allows you to take a greyscale image and convert it
to a binary image (two color).

Using the Grey to Binary tool
Begin by draging the
Grey to Binary tool onto your program.
<>Grab an
image from your live feed.
Right Click the Grey to Binary tool in your program and choose
"edit". This will display the tool's property page.

Begin by clicking the store button. This will allow you to apply
your changes to the image, and then restore the origional image without
re-grabbing or reloading.
Click the Apply Button. You will immediatly see the image in the
image window change to a binary image. If you are happy with the
results click okay.
If you are not happy with the results click the restore button.
This will reload the stored image so you can change your threshold
settings and try again.
Setting the Thrshold
The upper and lower threshold can each be set between
0 and 255. 0 is black, 255 is white, the higher the number the
ligheter the grey. Every shade of grey between the lower and
upper threshold will become white and every number not between the
upper and lower threshold will turn black.
Examples:
If the lower threshold is set to 0 (black) and the upper threshold is
set to 100 then the resulting image will turn all the darkest colors
white and the lighter colors black.

If the lower threshold is set to 125 and the upper threshold is set to
255 (white) then the resulting image will turn all the lighter colors
white and the darker colors black.
