metapixel-imagesize1
Generator for photomosaics
Part of metapixel(1).
Usage
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
Overview
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.
History
- Debian 13 (Trixie) to Debian 12 (Bookworm): the text shown here
- Debian 11 (Bullseye)
- Debian 8 (Jessie) to Debian 4.0 (Etch)