Smallest image rotation increment

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Smallest image rotation increment

John Oreopoulos
Hello, this is just a simple question about the Image->Transform->Rotate command. What is the smallest rotational increment (in degrees) that can be accepted by this command dialog?

Thank you.


John Oreopoulos
Research Assistant
Spectral Applied Research
Richmond Hill, Ontario
Canada
www.spectral.ca




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Re: Smallest image rotation increment

Michael Schmid
Hi John,

there is no lower limit (apart from Double-precision limit 2^-1074 radians, approx. 3x10^(-321 degrees), but if you rotate by too small an angle, you won't see a difference due to rounding. If you have a float image with some off-center pixels having a value of 0, there is a tiny difference between the original and the rotated image even if you rotate by 0.000000000001 degrees.

The command recorder won't record more than 2 digits behind the decimal point, however (but a macro can rotate by a smaller angle).
Also the dialog remembers only 2 digits behind the decimal point (i.e., if you rotate by 0.001 degree, the next time you call Image>Transform>Rotate, the dialog will suggest a rotation angle of 0).

Michael
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On Dec 5, 2012, at 16:40, John Oreopoulos wrote:

> Hello, this is just a simple question about the Image->Transform->Rotate command. What is the smallest rotational increment (in degrees) that can be accepted by this command dialog?
>
> Thank you.
>
>
> John Oreopoulos
> Research Assistant
> Spectral Applied Research
> Richmond Hill, Ontario
> Canada

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