PyCircleriser

Turns images into clusters of circles, with the radius determined by pixel brightness.

Dependencies

• PIL
• Numpy
• PyPrind (optional)

Examples

A random face from Google images:

to this:

Using the command:

python PyCircleriser.py --circimg images/face-2.jpg --outimg outputs/face-2.jpg --log

to this:

Using the command:

python PyCircleriser.py --circimg images/monet-starry.jpg --outimg outputs/monet-starry.jpg --log

There are also a few modifiers you can use, for example:

python PyCircleriser.py --circimg images/monet-starry.jpg --outimg outputs/monet-starry_flags.jpg --bgimg images/monet-starry.jpg --bgcolour 0 --log --nooutline

And another example, with a different background colouring, and scaling (which often can improve the look of an output):

python PyCircleriser.py --circimg images/face-2.jpg --outimg outputs/face-2-colour.jpg --log --bgimg images/union-jack.png --scale 2

To do

• Add option to render progressively (to make a gif or whatnot)
• General speed ups (see lineprofile.txt)

Help

I'm no noob, but I'm hardly a pro (and I never get code reviews), so if you find some code odd or inefficient, please let me know or submit a pull request. I would be super appreciative.