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.\" Copyright (c) 2007, Sun Microsystems, Inc.  All Rights Reserved 
.TH mlib_ImageChannelSplit 3MLIB "2 Mar 2007" "SunOS 5.11" "mediaLib Library Functions"
.SH NAME
mlib_ImageChannelSplit \- channel split
.SH SYNOPSIS
.LP
.nf
cc [ \fIflag\fR... ] \fIfile\fR... \fB-lmlib\fR [ \fIlibrary\fR... ]
#include <mlib.h>

\fBmlib_status\fR \fBmlib_ImageChannelSplit\fR(\fBmlib_image **\fR\fIdsts\fR,
     \fBconst mlib_image *\fR\fIsrc\fR);
.fi

.SH DESCRIPTION
.sp
.LP
The \fBmlib_ImageChannelSplit()\fR function converts a multi-channel image into an array of single-channel images.
.sp
.in +2
.nf
                                      A0 A1 A2 ...
A0 B0 C0 A1 B1 C1 A2 B2 C2 ...  ===>  B0 B1 B2 ...
                                      C0 C1 C2 ...
.fi
.in -2

.sp
.LP
All images must have the same type, same width, and same height. The data type of the images can be \fBMLIB_BYTE\fR, \fBMLIB_SHORT\fR, \fBMLIB_USHORT\fR, \fBMLIB_INT\fR, \fBMLIB_FLOAT\fR, or \fBMLIB_DOUBLE\fR. The source image must have the number of channels equal to the number of images in the \fIdsts\fR array. The destination images must be single-channel images.
.SH PARAMETERS
.sp
.LP
The function takes the following arguments:
.sp
.ne 2
.mk
.na
\fB\fIdsts\fR\fR
.ad
.RS 8n
.rt  
Pointer to an array of single-channel destination images.
.RE

.sp
.ne 2
.mk
.na
\fB\fIsrc\fR\fR
.ad
.RS 8n
.rt  
Pointer to a multi-channel source image.
.RE

.SH RETURN VALUES
.sp
.LP
The function returns \fBMLIB_SUCCESS\fR if successful. Otherwise it returns \fBMLIB_FAILURE\fR.
.SH ATTRIBUTES
.sp
.LP
See \fBattributes\fR(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
.sp

.sp
.TS
tab() box;
cw(2.75i) |cw(2.75i) 
lw(2.75i) |lw(2.75i) 
.
ATTRIBUTE TYPEATTRIBUTE VALUE
_
Interface StabilityCommitted
_
MT-LevelMT-Safe
.TE

.SH SEE ALSO
.sp
.LP
\fBmlib_ImageChannelCopy\fR(3MLIB), \fBmlib_ImageChannelExtract\fR(3MLIB), \fBmlib_ImageChannelInsert\fR(3MLIB), \fBmlib_ImageChannelMerge\fR(3MLIB), \fBattributes\fR(5)