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(TM) 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
           Author.

COPYRIGHT

       Copyright © 2004 Chris Vanden Berghe

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