This program creates a photomosaic from reference images and a reference photo
Click green button at the top that says "Clone or download", then "Download in ZIP". This will download the entire folder in your "Downloads" folder on your computer.
Once that is done, open your terminal (or Windows equivalent) and navigate to your "PhotomosaicCreater" folder that is in your "Downloads" on your computer. (Help: Linux Help)
To make sure you have everything, type "ls" (or "dir" in Windows). This is what should appear (if this doesn't appear, try deleting the folder and re-downloading):
- README.md
- convertOGIntoSquare.py
- imageSetting.py
- reduceImageSize.py
- reducedPhotos (folder)
- averageColor.py
- findClosestColor.py
- resizeSquare.py
- convertIntoFinalImage.py
- getSquare.py
- originalPhotos (folder)
- runAll.py
Copy all your images that you want to use as the database of images into the folder "originalPhotos" located in the "PhotomosaicCreater" folder.
There are already 8 images in the folder, each representing a color from the rainbow. Feel free to get rid of these images if you do not like them.
Copy your original image into the main folder "PhotomosaicCreater". Make sure the image is relatively small - the biggest dimension should be no more than 150 pixels. You can make the image bigger, but the program will take an extremely long time to run.
Make sure you are still in the "PhotomosaicCreater" folder in your terminal (or Windows Equivalent).
Make sure you have Python3 (Python3 download).
python3 runAll.py -h
python runAll.py -h
This is the help message that will appear:
usage: runAll.py [-h] -i INPUT -o OUTPUT
optional arguments:
-h, --help show this help message and exit
required arguments:
-i INPUT, --input INPUT
original image that is being converted
-o OUTPUT, --output OUTPUT
file name for final image to be saved to
So, to run, provide an input file and an output file. This will run the program. Any other errors that occur will be printed to the screen and you can adjust accordingly.
python3 runAll.py -i dogs.jpg -o dogsMosaic.jpg
python runAll.py -i dogs.jpg -o dogsMosaic.jpg
The program will take while to run, so be patient. It could take up to an hour. Keep your laptop plugged in and open so that it can run. The steps of the process will be printed to your terminal screen throughout the process so that you are updated on where the program is.