NAME
metapixel - generator for photomosaics
SYNOPSIS
metapixel-prepare [options] [srcdir] [destdir]
prepares the pictures in srcdir by creating resized
images and a table file in destdir
metapixel [options]
[--metapixel input.jpg output.png --library destdir]
creates a photomosaic output.png using input.jpg as the input
image and destdir/tables.mxt as table file
DESCRIPTION
This manual page documents briefly the metapixel and metapixel-prepare
commands. For more information check the README file included in the
distribution.
metapixel is a program for generating photomosaics. It can generate
classical photomosaics, in which the source image is viewed as a matrix
of equally sized rectangles for each of which a matching image is
substitued, as well as collage-style photomosaics, in which rectangular
parts of the source image at arbitrary positions (i.e. not aligned to a
matrix) are substituted by matching images.
metapixel-prepare is a utility that needs to be run before metapixel
can be used. It prepares your source images so that they can be used by
metapixel to create the actual photomosaic.
USAGE
metapixel-prepare srcdir destdir has to be run first. srcdir is the
path to the directory containing the source images, e.g.
~/Pictures/Holidays. destdir, e.g. ~/.metapixel, is the path to the
directory where you want to store the rescaled images and the
tables.mxt index file. This directory should be created manually before
running metapixel-prepare.
metapixel --metapixel input.jpg output.png --library destdir is then
used to transform an image (input.jpg) into a mosaic (output.png) using
the source images (described by destdir/tables.mxt).
OPTIONS
The options are described in the README file or by running metapixel or
metapixel-prepare with the --help option.
SEE ALSO
The README file is included in the Metapixel distribution.
AUTHOR
This manual page was written by Chris Vanden Berghe
<Chris@VandenBerghe.org> for the Debian system (but may be used by
others). Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this
document under the terms of the GNU General Public License, Version 2
any later version published by the Free Software Foundation.
On Debian systems, the complete text of the GNU General Public License
can be found in /usr/share/common-licenses/GPL.
AUTHOR
Chris Vanden Berghe.
May 5, 2004 METAPIXEL(1)