[Image-SIG] Image Correction For Colorblind Users

[Oliver Siemoneit]

Hi,

I have implemented two image correction algorithms which probably could make 
images more accessible for people with a color vision defeciency (see for 
some image samples and python code the zip archive attached).

- One algorithm does an optimized color2gray transformation trying to 
preserve more details and thus overcoming the problems of normal color2gray 
transformation

- Another algorithm does some image correction on colored images, something 
like the people on http://www.vischeck.com/daltonize/ do.

Here my questions:

1.) Is this something for the PIL standard distribution, especially the 
color2gray algorithm?

2.) My problem is: Both algorithms are very slow. You can't use them really 
on a productive system (e.g. a server where all pictures which have been 
uploaded are automattically transformed). Is there a way to speed this up? 
Is there a way to do some C-Plugin for PIL (I think I cannot optimize the 
pyhton code anymore)? I need a fast and platform independent way to 
transform images with the above algorithms (since I try to get that in the 
Moin Wiki standard distribution, see 
http://moinmo.in/FeatureRequests/EnhanceTransclusionSyntaxForImages and 
http://moinmo.in/AccessibleMoin)

I would be very happy if I could get some advice how to speed that up and/or 
how to integrate that with PIL. I am not an expert programmer. I'm at my 
wids' end.

And sorry if this mail is a littel bit "off-topic" on this mailing list. But 
I had no idea whom to ask.

Cheers,
Oliver

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