# Image processing in ruby **URL:** \ **Category:** Ruby\ **Created:** [January 17, 2010, 9:55pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/image-processing-in-ruby/181753 "2010-01-17T21:55:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Michal\_S](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/779978/32.png) [@Michal\_S](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Michal_S)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2010, 9:55pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/image-processing-in-ruby/181753/1 "2010-01-17T21:55:57Z")
Hello I was wondering if I could do image processing in Ruby or would have to resort to something else for that. Looking at available bindings I find - ImageScience - thumbnailer only, useless - RMagick - no useful functions - Ruby-Processing - only drawing and very basic math - ruby-dcl - Camellia - a few basic functions - ---
**Author:** ![Michal\_S](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/779978/32.png) [@Michal\_S](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Michal_S)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2010, 10:36pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/image-processing-in-ruby/181753/2 "2010-01-17T22:36:21Z")
> I was wondering if I could do image processing in Ruby or would have > to resort to something else for that. > > Looking at available bindings I find > > - ImageScience - thumbnailer only, useless > - RMagick - no useful functions > - Ruby-Processing - only drawing and very basic math > - ruby-dcl > - Camellia - a few basic functions RMagick has no useful functions? I beg to differ. What kind of image processing do you need? RMagick has always done the job for me. -Jonathan N. ---
**Author:** ![Michal\_S](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/779978/32.png) [@Michal\_S](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Michal_S)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2010, 10:46pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/image-processing-in-ruby/181753/3 "2010-01-17T22:46:19Z")
> RMagick has no useful functions? I beg to differ. What kind of image > processing do you need? RMagick has always done the job for me. OK, after looking at Camellia, I think I see what you want… you want to be able to ‘detect’ things in images? I guess I had my definitions for image processing mixed up if that’s the case… I’ve never had to do that so I don’t have any useful advice, sorry… -Jonathan N. ---
**Author:** ![Michal\_S](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/779978/32.png) [@Michal\_S](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Michal_S)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2010, 12:25am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/image-processing-in-ruby/181753/4 "2010-01-18T00:25:13Z")
Sorry, ignore the previous message. Looking at available bindings I find - ImageScience - thumbnailer only, useless - RMagick - no useful functions - DevIL - besides supporting some odd image formats just another ImageMagick - Ruby-Processing - only drawing, 3D and very basic math (and IDE/GUI which might be useful) (documentation mentions JRuby) - ruby-dcl - documented mostly in Japanese, the English documentation suggests only drawing, UI, and basic math although the docs claim use in oceanography and atmosphere research - VTK-Ruby - only drawing, 3D, UI, and some basic math - HornetsEye - seems to have a few basic functions but does not come with pre-built docs and I cannot build it - Camellia - a few basic functions - Ruby/OpenCV - a companion to Camelia (uses same data format) - quite a few useful funcions - edge detection (multiple methods) - FFT - other dissection methods that might be useful - ITK - companion to VTK, is supposed to be geared towards image processing but only Java bindings are available - includes edge detection, FFT, MI - perhaps could be imported into JRuby - found nice articles on that [VTK/Using JRuby - KitwarePublic](http://www.itk.org/Wiki/VTK/Using_JRuby) [Metaprogramming with Ruby: Mapping Java Packages Onto Ruby Modules | Depth-First](http://depth-first.com/articles/2006/10/24/metaprogramming-with-ruby-mapping-java-packages-onto-ruby-modules) Overall ITK seems about on par or perhaps more complete than OpenCV which are the best tools I could find. ITK seems best suited so far because it is fairly complete according to the docs and ability to use JRuby means I could add stuff that runs at decent speeds in the Sun JVM without resorting to something like C. If somebody can suggest a better library I have overlooked I would like to know. Thanks Michal [http://seattlerb.rubyforge.org/ImageScience.html](http://seattlerb.rubyforge.org/ImageScience.html) [http://rmagick.rubyforge.org/](http://rmagick.rubyforge.org/) > **[DevIL - A full featured cross-platform Image Library](https://openil.sourceforge.net/)** > > DevIL: A full featured cross-platform image library. > **[GitHub - jashkenas/ruby-processing: Code as Art, Art as Code. Processing and...](https://github.com/jashkenas/ruby-processing)** > > Code as Art, Art as Code. Processing and Ruby are meant for each other. - GitHub - jashkenas/ruby-processing: Code as Art, Art as Code. Processing and Ruby are meant for each other. [http://ruby.gfd-dennou.org/products/ruby-dcl/](http://ruby.gfd-dennou.org/products/ruby-dcl/) [http://www.gfd-dennou.org/arch/ruby/products/ruby-vtk/](http://www.gfd-dennou.org/arch/ruby/products/ruby-vtk/) [http://camellia.sourceforge.net/index.html](http://camellia.sourceforge.net/index.html) [http://rubyforge.org/projects/opencv/](http://rubyforge.org/projects/opencv/) [http://www.itk.org/](http://www.itk.org/)