ImageSharpening

Demonstrates how to access AMD Radeon™ Image Sharpening and Sharpen Desktop options, perform related testing when programming with ADLX.

Command Prompts

Command Prompt Description
1 Display Radeon Image Sharpening and Sharpen Desktop support
2 Get current Radeon Image Sharpening and Image Sharpen Desktop state & additional information
3 Enable Radeon Image Sharpening and disable Sharpen Desktop
4 Enable Radeon Image Sharpening and enable Sharpen Desktop
5 Disable Radeon Image Sharpening
M/m Display the main menu
Q/q Quit the application

Sample Path

/Samples/CPP/3DGraphics/ImageSharpening

Code

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//
// Copyright (c) 2021 - 2025 Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. All rights reserved.
//
//-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------


#include "SDK/ADLXHelper/Windows/Cpp/ADLXHelper.h"
#include "SDK/Include/I3DSettings.h"
#include "SDK/Include/I3DSettings2.h"
#include <iostream>
#include <string>
#include <vector>

// Use ADLX namespace
using namespace adlx;

// ADLXHelper instance
// No outstanding interfaces from ADLX must exist when ADLX is destroyed.
// Use global variables to ensure validity of the interface.
static ADLXHelper g_ADLXHelp;

// Display Image Sharpening and Image Sharpen Desktop support
void ShowImageSharpenSupport(const IADLX3DImageSharpeningPtr& d3dImageSharpen, const IADLX3DImageSharpenDesktopPtr& d3dImageSharpenDesktop);

// Get current Image Sharpening and Image Sharpen Desktop state and additional information
void GetImageSharpenState(const IADLX3DImageSharpeningPtr& d3dImageSharpen, const IADLX3DImageSharpenDesktopPtr& d3dImageSharpenDesktop);

// Set Image Sharpening and Image Sharpen Desktop state
void SetImageSharpenState(const IADLX3DImageSharpeningPtr& d3dImageSharpen, const IADLX3DImageSharpenDesktopPtr& d3dImageSharpenDesktop, int imageSharpeningIndex, int imageSharpenDesktopIndex);

// Disable Image Sharpening state
void SetImageSharpenState(const IADLX3DImageSharpeningPtr& d3dImageSharpen, int index);

// Menu
void MainMenu();

// Menu control
void MenuControl(const IADLX3DImageSharpeningPtr& d3dImageSharpen, const IADLX3DImageSharpenDesktopPtr& d3dImageSharpenDesktop);

// Wait for exit with error message
int WaitAndExit(const char* msg, const int retCode);

int main()
{
    // Define return code
    ADLX_RESULT  res = ADLX_FAIL ;

    // Initialize ADLX
    res = g_ADLXHelp.Initialize();
    if (ADLX_SUCCEEDED (res))
    {
        // Get GPUs
        IADLXGPUListPtr gpus;
        res = g_ADLXHelp.GetSystemServices()->GetGPUs(&gpus);
        if (ADLX_SUCCEEDED (res) && !gpus->Empty())
        {
            // Get 3DSettings service
            IADLX3DSettingsServicesPtr d3dSettingSrv;
            res = g_ADLXHelp.GetSystemServices()->Get3DSettingsServices(&d3dSettingSrv);
            if (ADLX_SUCCEEDED (res))
            {
                // Get GPU interface
                IADLXGPUPtr gpuInfo;
                adlx_uint index = 0;
                res = gpus->At(index, &gpuInfo);
                if (ADLX_SUCCEEDED (res))
                {
                    // Get Image Sharpening interface
                    IADLX3DImageSharpeningPtr d3dImageSharpen;
                    res = d3dSettingSrv->GetImageSharpening(gpuInfo, &d3dImageSharpen);
                    if (ADLX_SUCCEEDED (res))
                    {
                        IADLX3DSettingsServices2Ptr d3dSettingSrv2(d3dSettingSrv);
                        // Get Sharpen Desktop interface
                        IADLX3DImageSharpenDesktopPtr d3dImageSharpenDesktop;
                        res = d3dSettingSrv2->GetImageSharpenDesktop(gpuInfo, &d3dImageSharpenDesktop);
                        if (ADLX_SUCCEEDED (res))
                        {
                            MainMenu();
                            MenuControl(d3dImageSharpen, d3dImageSharpenDesktop);
                        }

                    }
                }
            }
            else
            {
                std::cout << "Failed to get 3DSettings services" << std::endl;
            }
        }
        else
        {
            std::cout << "Failed to get the GPU" << std::endl;
        }
    }
    else
    {
        return WaitAndExit("ADLX initialization failed", 0);
    }

    // Destroy ADLX
    res = g_ADLXHelp.Terminate();
    std::cout << "Destroy ADLX res: " << res << std::endl;

    // Pause to see the printout
    system("pause");

    return 0;
}

void ShowImageSharpenSupport(const IADLX3DImageSharpeningPtr& d3dImageSharpen, const IADLX3DImageSharpenDesktopPtr& d3dImageSharpenDesktop)
{
    adlx_bool supported = false;
    ADLX_RESULT  res = d3dImageSharpen->IsSupported(&supported);
    std::cout << "\\tImageSharpening IsSupported: " << supported << ", return code is: "<< res << "(0 means success)" << std::endl;

    supported = false;
    res = d3dImageSharpen->IsSupported(&supported);
    std::cout << "\\tImageSharpenDesktop IsSupported: " << supported << ", return code is: " << res << "(0 means success)" << std::endl;

}

void GetImageSharpenState(const IADLX3DImageSharpeningPtr& d3dImageSharpen, const IADLX3DImageSharpenDesktopPtr& d3dImageSharpenDesktop)
{
    adlx_bool enabled = false;
    ADLX_RESULT  res = d3dImageSharpen->IsEnabled(&enabled);
    std::cout << "\\tImageSharpening IsEnabled: " << enabled << ", return code is: "<< res << "(0 means success)" << std::endl;

    enabled = false;
    res = d3dImageSharpenDesktop->IsEnabled(&enabled);
    std::cout << "\\tImageSharpenDesktop IsEnabled: " << enabled << ", return code is: " << res << "(0 means success)" << std::endl;

    adlx_int sharpness;
    ADLX_IntRange  sharpnessRange  = {0};
    res = d3dImageSharpen->GetSharpness(&sharpness);
    std::cout << "\\tCurrent Sharpness:" << sharpness
              << ", return code is: "<< res << "(0 means success)" << std::endl;
    res = d3dImageSharpen->GetSharpnessRange(&sharpnessRange);
    std::cout << "\\tSharpness limit [ " << sharpnessRange.minValue  << " ," << sharpnessRange.maxValue  << " ], step: " << sharpnessRange.step
              << ", return code is: "<< res << "(0 means success)" << std::endl;
}

void SetImageSharpenState(const IADLX3DImageSharpeningPtr& d3dImageSharpen, const IADLX3DImageSharpenDesktopPtr& d3dImageSharpenDesktop, int imageSharpeningIndex, int imageSharpenDesktopIndex)
{
    ADLX_RESULT  res = d3dImageSharpen->SetEnabled(imageSharpeningIndex);
    std::cout << "\\tImage Sharpening Return code is: " << res << "(0 means success)" << std::endl;

    if (imageSharpeningIndex && ADLX_SUCCEEDED (res))
    {

        res = d3dImageSharpenDesktop->SetEnabled(imageSharpenDesktopIndex);
        std::cout << "\\tImage Sharpen Desktop Return code is: " << res << "(0 means success)" << std::endl;

        adlx_int sharpness;
        ADLX_IntRange  sharpnessRange  = {0};
        d3dImageSharpen->GetSharpness(&sharpness);
        d3dImageSharpen->GetSharpnessRange(&sharpnessRange);
        if (sharpness != sharpnessRange.minValue )
        {
            res = d3dImageSharpen->SetSharpness(sharpnessRange.minValue );
            std::cout << "\\tUse minimum Sharpness limit: return code is: " << res << "(0 means success)" << std::endl;
        }
        else
        {
            res = d3dImageSharpen->SetSharpness(sharpnessRange.maxValue );
            std::cout << "\\tUse maximum Sharpness limit: return code is: " << res << "(0 means success)" << std::endl;
        }
    }
}

void SetImageSharpenState(const IADLX3DImageSharpeningPtr& d3dImageSharpen, int index)
{
    ADLX_RESULT  res = d3dImageSharpen->SetEnabled(index);
    std::cout << "\\tImage Sharpening Return code is: " << res << "(0 means success)" << std::endl;
}

int WaitAndExit(const char* msg, const int retCode)
{
    // Printout the message and pause to see it before returning the desired code
    if (nullptr != msg)
        std::cout << msg << std::endl;

    system("pause");
    return retCode;
}

void MainMenu()
{
    std::cout << "\\tChoose from the following options:" << std::endl;

    std::cout << "\\t->Press 1 to display Image Sharpening and Image Sharpen Desktop support" << std::endl;
    std::cout << "\\t->Press 2 to get current Image Sharpening and Image Sharpen Desktop state & additional information" << std::endl;
    std::cout << "\\t->Press 3 to enable Image Sharpening and disable Image Sharpen Desktop" << std::endl;
    std::cout << "\\t->Press 4 to enable Image Sharpening and Image Sharpen Desktop" << std::endl;
    std::cout << "\\t->Press 5 to disable Image Sharpening" << std::endl;

    std::cout << "\\t->Press Q/q to quit the application" << std::endl;
    std::cout << "\\t->Press M/m to display menu options" << std::endl;
}

void MenuControl(const IADLX3DImageSharpeningPtr& d3dImageSharpen, const IADLX3DImageSharpenDesktopPtr& d3dImageSharpenDesktop)
{
    int num = 0;
    while ((num = getchar()) != 'q' && num != 'Q')
    {
        switch (num)
        {
            // Display Image Sharpening and Image Sharpen Desktop support
        case '1':
            ShowImageSharpenSupport(d3dImageSharpen, d3dImageSharpenDesktop);
            break;

            // Get current Image Sharpening and Image Sharpen Desktop state and additional information
        case '2':
            GetImageSharpenState(d3dImageSharpen, d3dImageSharpenDesktop);
            break;

            // Enable Image Sharpening and disable Image Sharpen Desktop
        case '3':
            SetImageSharpenState(d3dImageSharpen, d3dImageSharpenDesktop, true, false);
            break;
            // Enable Image Sharpening and Image Sharpen Desktop
        case '4':
            SetImageSharpenState(d3dImageSharpen, d3dImageSharpenDesktop, true, true);
            break;
            // Disable Image Sharpening
        case '5':
            SetImageSharpenState(d3dImageSharpen, false);
            break;

            // Display menu options
        case 'm':
        case 'M':
            MainMenu();
            break;
        default:
            break;
        }
    }
}

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