Implement
int energy(Pixel** image, int x, int y, int width, int height);

This function will return the dual-gradient energy of the pixel.

The first parameter is a pointer to a pointer to a Pixel. With this structure we can access our array with the [][] notation. Since we are using dynamic arrays, the width is not standard, so we cannot use [][] in the function signature since we would have to specify the array dimensions at compile time, but we get the dimensions (e. g. width) a run time.

The second parameter x is the column which is the first value in the
coordinate (x, y).

The third parameter y is the row which is the second value in the
coordinate (x, y).

Note you can write a function that prints out a table of the energy for each pixel coordinate. This is a great debugging tool for seeing if your energies are correct.

Implement
int* createSeam(int length);

This function will return a pointer to an array of ints allocated on the heap. The array must be initialized so that all elements have a value of zero in them.

The parameter indicates how many elements must be in the returned array. You can also think of this as the size of the array

Implement (after implementing createSeam)
void deleteSeam(int* seam)

This function will deallocate the memory for the indicated array, returning its memory to the heap.

The parameter is a pointer to an array of ints on the heap.

#include <iostream>

using namespace std;

// Pixel structure

struct Pixel

{

unsigned int red;

unsigned int green;

unsigned int blue;

Pixel() {

red = 0;

green = 0;

blue = 0;

}

};

// function prototype

int energy(Pixel** image, int x, int y, int width, int height);

// main function

int main() {

// create array of pixel 3 by 4

Pixel** image = new Pixel*[3];

for (int i = 0; i < 3; i++) {

image[i] = new Pixel[4];

}

// initialize array

image[0][0].red = 255;

image[0][0].green = 101;

image[0][0].blue = 51;

image[1][0].red = 255;

image[1][0].green = 101;

image[1][0].blue = 153;

image[2][0].red = 255;

image[2][0].green = 101;

image[2][0].blue = 255;

image[0][1].red = 255;

image[0][1].green = 153;

image[0][1].blue = 51;

image[1][1].red = 255;

image[1][1].green = 153;

image[1][1].blue = 153;

image[2][1].red = 255;

image[2][1].green = 153;

image[2][1].blue = 255;

image[0][2].red = 255;

image[0][2].green = 203;

image[0][2].blue = 51;

image[1][2].red = 255;

image[1][2].green = 204;

image[1][2].blue = 153;

image[2][2].red = 255;

image[2][2].green = 205;

image[2][2].blue = 255;

image[0][3].red = 255;

image[0][3].green = 255;

image[0][3].blue = 51;

image[1][3].red = 255;

image[1][3].green = 255;

image[1][3].blue = 153;

image[2][3].red = 255;

image[2][3].green = 255;

image[2][3].blue = 255;

// create 3by4 array to store energy of each pixel

int energies[3][4];

// calculate energy for each pixel

for (int i = 0; i < 3; i++) {

for (int j = 0; j < 4; j++) {

energies[i][j] = energy(image, i, j, 3, 4);

}

}

// print energies of each pixel

for (int i = 0; i < 4; i++) {

for (int j = 0; j < 3; j++) {

// print by column

cout << energies[j][i] << " ";

}

cout << endl;

}

}

// function prototype

int energy(Pixel** image, int x, int y, int width, int height) {

// get adjacent pixels

Pixel left, right, up, down;

if (x > 0) {

left = image[x - 1][y];

if (x < width - 1) {

right = image[x + 1][y];

}

else {

right = image[0][y];

}

}

else {

left = image[width - 1][y];

if (x < width - 1) {

right = image[x + 1][y];

}

else {

right = image[0][y];

}

}

if (y > 0) {

up = image[x][y - 1];

if (y < height - 1) {

down = image[x][y + 1];

}

else {

down = image[x][0];

}

}

else {

up = image[x][height - 1];

if (y < height - 1) {

down = image[x][y + 1];

}

else {

down = image[x][0];

}

}

// calculate x-gradient and y-gradient

Pixel x_gradient;

Pixel y_gradient;

x_gradient.blue = right.blue - left.blue;

x_gradient.green = right.green - left.green;

x_gradient.red = right.red - left.red;

y_gradient.blue = down.blue - up.blue;

y_gradient.green = down.green - up.green;

y_gradient.red = down.red - up.red;

int x_value = x_gradient.blue * x_gradient.blue + x_gradient.green * x_gradient.green + x_gradient.red * x_gradient.red;

int y_value = y_gradient.blue * y_gradient.blue + y_gradient.green * y_gradient.green + y_gradient.red * y_gradient.red;

// return energy of pixel

return x_value + y_value;

}

Explanation:

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