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pygame.transform

pygame module to transform surfaces

pygame.transform.flip - flip vertically and horizontally | flip vertically and horizontally
pygame.transform.scale - resize to new resolution | resize to new resolution
pygame.transform.rotate - rotate an image | rotate an image
pygame.transform.rotozoom - filtered scale and rotation | filtered scale and rotation
pygame.transform.scale2x - specialized image doubler | specialized image doubler
pygame.transform.smoothscale - scale a surface to an arbitrary size smoothly | scale a surface to an arbitrary size smoothly
pygame.transform.get_smoothscale_backend - return smoothscale filter version in use: 'GENERIC', 'MMX', or 'SSE' | return smoothscale filter version in use: 'GENERIC', 'MMX', or 'SSE'
pygame.transform.set_smoothscale_backend - set smoothscale filter version to one of: 'GENERIC', 'MMX', or 'SSE' | set smoothscale filter version to one of: 'GENERIC', 'MMX', or 'SSE'
pygame.transform.chop - gets a copy of an image with an interior area removed | gets a copy of an image with an interior area removed
pygame.transform.laplacian - find edges in a surface | find edges in a surface
pygame.transform.average_surfaces - find the average surface from many surfaces. | find the average surface from many surfaces.
pygame.transform.average_color - finds the average color of a surface | finds the average color of a surface
pygame.transform.threshold - finds which, and how many pixels in a surface are within a threshold of a color. | finds which, and how many pixels in a surface are within a threshold of a color.

`A` Surface transform is an operation that moves or resizes the pixels. All these functions take a Surface to operate on and return a new Surface with the results.

Some of the transforms are considered destructive. These means every time they are performed they lose pixel data. Common examples of this are resizing and rotating. For this reason, it is better to retransform the original surface than to keep transforming an image multiple times. (For example, suppose you are animating a bouncing spring which expands and contracts. If you applied the size changes incrementally to the previous images, you would lose detail. Instead, always begin with the original image and scale to the desired `size.)`

pygame.transform.flip

flip vertically and horizontally
`pygame.transform.flip(Surface, xbool, ybool): return Surface`

This can flip a Surface either vertically, horizontally, or both. Flipping a Surface is nondestructive and returns a new Surface with the same dimensions.

pygame.transform.scale

resize to new resolution
`pygame.transform.scale(Surface, (width, height), DestSurface = None): return Surface`

Resizes the Surface to a new resolution. This is a fast scale operation that does not sample the results.

An optional destination surface can be used, rather than have it create a new one. This is quicker if you want to repeatedly scale something. However the destination must be the same size as the (width, height) passed in. Also the destination surface must be the same format.

pygame.transform.rotate

rotate an image
`pygame.transform.rotate(Surface, angle): return Surface`

Unfiltered counterclockwise rotation. The angle argument represents degrees and can be any floating point value. Negative angle amounts will rotate clockwise.

Unless rotating by 90 degree increments, the image will be padded larger to hold the new size. If the image has pixel alphas, the padded area will be transparent. Otherwise pygame will pick a color that matches the Surface colorkey or the topleft pixel value.

pygame.transform.rotozoom

filtered scale and rotation
`pygame.transform.rotozoom(Surface, angle, scale): return Surface`

This is a combined scale and rotation transform. The resulting Surface will be a filtered 32-bit Surface. The scale argument is a floating point value that will be multiplied by the current resolution. The angle argument is a floating point value that represents the counterclockwise degrees to rotate. `A` negative rotation angle will rotate clockwise.

pygame.transform.scale2x

specialized image doubler
`pygame.transform.scale2x(Surface, DestSurface = None): Surface`

This will return a new image that is double the size of the original. It uses the AdvanceMAME Scale2X algorithm which does a 'jaggie-less' scale of bitmap graphics.

This really only has an effect on simple images with solid colors. On photographic and antialiased images it will look like a regular unfiltered scale.

An optional destination surface can be used, rather than have it create a new one. This is quicker if you want to repeatedly scale something. However the destination must be twice the size of the source surface passed in. Also the destination surface must be the same format.

pygame.transform.smoothscale

scale a surface to an arbitrary size smoothly
`pygame.transform.smoothscale(Surface, (width, height), DestSurface = None): return Surface`

Uses one of two different algorithms for scaling each dimension of the input surface as required. For shrinkage, the output pixels are area averages of the colors they cover. For expansion, a bilinear filter is used. For the amd64 and i686 architectures, optimized `MMX` routines are included and will run much faster than other machine types. The size is a 2 number sequence for (width, height). This function only works for 24-bit or 32-bit surfaces. An exception will be thrown if the input surface bit depth is less than 24.

New in pygame `1.8`

pygame.transform.get_smoothscale_backend

return smoothscale filter version in use: 'GENERIC', 'MMX', or 'SSE'
`pygame.transform.get_smoothscale_backend(): return String`

Shows whether or not smoothscale is using `MMX` or `SSE` acceleration. If no acceleration is available then `"GENERIC"` is returned. For a x86 processor the level of acceleration to use is determined at runtime.

This function is provided for Pygame testing and debugging.

pygame.transform.set_smoothscale_backend

set smoothscale filter version to one of: 'GENERIC', 'MMX', or 'SSE'
`pygame.transform.get_smoothscale_backend(type): return None`

Sets smoothscale acceleration. Takes a string argument. `A` value of `'GENERIC'` turns off acceleration. `'MMX'` uses `MMX` instructions only. `'SSE'` allows `SSE` extensions as well. `A` value error is raised if type is not recognized or not supported by the current processor.

This function is provided for Pygame testing and debugging. If smoothscale causes an invalid instruction error then it is a Pygame/SDL bug that should be reported. Use this function as a temporary fix only.

pygame.transform.chop

gets a copy of an image with an interior area removed
`pygame.transform.chop(Surface, rect): return Surface`

Extracts a portion of an image. All vertical and horizontal pixels surrounding the given rectangle area are removed. The corner areas (diagonal to the rect) are then brought together. (The original image is not altered by this `operation.)`

`NOTE:` If you want a "crop" that returns the part of an image within a rect, you can blit with a rect to a new surface or copy a subsurface.

pygame.transform.laplacian

find edges in a surface
`pygame.transform.laplacian(Surface, DestSurface = None): return Surface`

Finds the edges in a surface using the laplacian algorithm.

New in pygame `1.8`

pygame.transform.average_surfaces

find the average surface from many surfaces.
`pygame.transform.average_surfaces(Surfaces, DestSurface = None, palette_colors = 1): return Surface`

Takes a sequence of surfaces and returns a surface with average colors from each of the surfaces.

palette_colors - if true we average the colors in palette, otherwise we average the pixel values. This is useful if the surface is actually greyscale colors, and not palette colors.

Note, this function currently does not handle palette using surfaces correctly.

New in pygame `1.8` palette_colors argument new in pygame `1.9`

pygame.transform.average_color

finds the average color of a surface
`pygame.transform.average_color(Surface, Rect = None): return Color`

Finds the average color of a Surface or a region of a surface specified by a Rect, and returns it as a Color.

pygame.transform.threshold

finds which, and how many pixels in a surface are within a threshold of a color.
`pygame.transform.threshold(DestSurface, Surface, color, threshold = (0,0,0,0), diff_color = (0,0,0,0), change_return = 1, Surface = None, inverse = False): return num_threshold_pixels`

Finds which, and how many pixels in a surface are within a threshold of a color.

It can set the destination surface where all of the pixels not within the threshold are changed to diff_color. If inverse is optionally set to True, the pixels that are within the threshold are instead changed to diff_color.

If the optional second surface is given, it is used to threshold against rather than the specified color. That is, it will find each pixel in the first Surface that is within the threshold of the pixel at the same coordinates of the second Surface.

If change_return is set to 0, it can be used to just count the number of pixels within the threshold if you set

If change_return is set to 1, the pixels set in DestSurface will be those from the color.

If change_return is set to 2, the pixels set in DestSurface will be those from the first Surface.

You can use a threshold of (r,g,b,a) where the r,g,b can have different thresholds. So you could use an r threshold of 40 and a blue threshold of 2 if you like.

New in pygame `1.8`