metapixel - generator for photomosaics

ChrisVandenBerghe
           Author.

       Copyright © 2004 Chris Vanden Berghe

[FIXME: source]                                    May 5, 2004                                      METAPIXEL(1)

       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.

       metapixel - generator for photomosaics

       The options are described in the README file or by running metapixel or metapixel-prepare with the --help
       option.

       The README file is included in the Metapixel distribution.

metapixel-prepare [options] [srcdir] [destdir]

                         preparesthepicturesinsrcdirbycreatingresizedimagesandatablefileindestdirmetapixel [options] [--metapixel input.jpg output.png --library destdir]

                 createsaphotomosaicoutput.pngusinginput.jpgastheinputimageanddestdir/tables.mxtastablefile

metapixel-preparesrcdirdestdir 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--metapixelinput.jpgoutput.png--librarydestdir is then used to transform an image
       (input.jpg) into a mosaic (output.png) using the source images (described by destdir/tables.mxt).