use strict; use warnings; use GD::Simple; use MCE::Map; my $png = GD::Image->newFromPng('test.png'); my ($width,$height) = $png->getBounds; MCE::Map->init( max_workers => 4 ); my @sw = mce_map { my ($y,$str) = ($_,''); for my $x (0..$width - 1) { $str .= getPixel($x,$y); } $str; } 0..$height - 1; MCE::Map->finish(); # print $_, "\n" for @sw; sub getPixel { my ($index) = $png->getPixel($_[0],$_[1]); my ($r,$g,$b) = $png->rgb($index); my $p = ($b > 128 || $r > 128) ? 0 : 1; return $p; }