Oops, meant to add: if the size/location of the rectangle is always the same, a simple option would be to import (or export) a snapshot from the rectangle's rect.
Regards, Scott Rossi Creative Director Tactile Media, UX/UI Design On 9/4/15, 4:42 PM, "Scott Rossi" <sc...@tactilemedia.com> wrote: >Does the rectangle always appear in the same location in the image and is >it always the same dimensions? > >Can you post a sample? > >Regards, > >Scott Rossi >Creative Director >Tactile Media, UX/UI Design > > > > >On 9/4/15, 4:04 PM, "Peter Reid" <pr...@reid-it.co.uk> wrote: > >>I'm trying to detect and extract a rectangular area of an image. The >>image is a graph with some parameters that are always contained inside a >>rectangle. The graph consists of curves and axes in black on a white >>background. The rectangle is a box consisting of black lines and it >>contains black text on a white background. I need to extract the box >>alone so I can run it through an OCR process to convert the key >>parameters inside the rectangle into text for other purposes. >> >>Can anyone suggest a method, script or add-on for LiveCode that will help >>me extract a rectangle from its surrounding image? >> >>Thanks. >>-- >>Peter Reid >>Loughborough, UK _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode