Re: image rotation

[Johnny Taporg <taporg@yahoo.com>]

Ken Dunn <luser@xtra.co.nz> wrote:
> 
> Problem:  I'm  totally and utterly clueless on how to rotate an 
> image. Would someone please give me a URL or a quick run down on
> how to do it ? 

www.gimp.org :-)

Actually, this will probably be more useful, from the
comp.graphics.algorithms FAQ (you'll need to understand
matrix math in order to make sense of it):

Subject 3.01: How do I rotate a bitmap?

    The easiest way, according to the comp.graphics faq, is to take
    the rotation transformation and invert it. Then you just iterate
    over the destination image, apply this inverse transformation and
    find which source pixel to copy there.

    A much nicer way comes from the observation that the rotation
    matrix:

        R(T) = { { cos(T), -sin(T) }, { sin(T), cos(T) } }

    is formed my multiplying three matrices, namely:

        R(T) = M1(T) * M2(T) * M3(T)

    where

        M1(T) = { { 1, -tan(T/2) },
                  { 0, 1         } }
        M2(T) = { { 1,      0    },
                  { sin(T), 1    } }
        M3(T) = { { 1, -tan(T/2) },
                  { 0,         1 } }

    Each transformation can be performed in a separate pass, and
    because these transformations are either row-preserving or
    column-preserving, anti-aliasing is quite easy.

    Reference:

    Paeth, A. W., "A Fast Algorithm for General Raster Rotation",
    Proceedings Graphics Interface '89, Canadian Information
    Processing Society, 1986, 77-81
    [Note - e-mail copies of this paper are no longer available]

    [Gems I]


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