1METAPIXEL(1)                                                      METAPIXEL(1)
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NAME

6       metapixel - generator for photomosaics
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SYNOPSIS

9       metapixel-prepare [options] [srcdir] [destdir]
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11                         prepares  the  pictures in srcdir by creating resized
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15       metapixel [options]
16                 [--metapixel input.jpg output.png --library destdir]
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18                 creates a photomosaic output.png using input.jpg as the input
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DESCRIPTION

24       This manual page documents briefly the metapixel and  metapixel-prepare
25       commands.  For  more  information check the README file included in the
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29       metapixel is a program for generating  photomosaics.  It  can  generate
30       classical photomosaics, in which the source image is viewed as a matrix
31       of equally sized rectangles for each of which a matching image is  sub‐
32       stitued,  as  well  as collage-style photomosaics, in which rectangular
33       parts of the source image at arbitrary positions (i.e. not aligned to a
34       matrix) are substituted by matching images.
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37       metapixel-prepare  is  a  utility that needs to be run before metapixel
38       can be used. It prepares your source images so that they can be used by
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USAGE

43       metapixel-prepare  srcdir  destdir  has  to be run first. srcdir is the
44       path to  the  directory  containing  the  source  images,  e.g.  ~/Pic‐
45       tures/Holidays. destdir, e.g. ~/.metapixel, is the path to the directo‐
46       ry where you want to store the rescaled images and the tables.mxt index
47       file. This directory should be created manually before running metapix‐
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51       metapixel --metapixel input.jpg output.png --library  destdir  is  then
52       used to transform an image (input.jpg) into a mosaic (output.png) using
53       the source images (described by destdir/tables.mxt).
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OPTIONS

57       The options are described in the README file or by running metapixel or
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SEE ALSO

62       The README file is included in the Metapixel distribution.
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AUTHOR

66       This  manual  page  was  written  by Chris Vanden Berghe <Chris@Vanden‐
67       Berghe.org> for the Debian system (but may be used by others).  Permis‐
68       sion  is  granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under
69       the terms of the GNU General Public License, Version 2 any  later  ver‐
70       sion published by the Free Software Foundation.
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73       On  Debian systems, the complete text of the GNU General Public License
74       can be found in /usr/share/common-licenses/GPL.
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AUTHOR

78       Chris Vanden Berghe.
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82                                  May 5, 2004                     METAPIXEL(1)
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