This plug-in will allow you to run on an active layer and choose a (collage) paper layer in the same image.
It'll cut up your collage layer into squares and try to best match up to compose your active layer.
The difference here in this plug-in compared to other collage (experimental) plug-ins is that this plug-in will
only use each square once (instead of looking for best squares all the time it'll look for best square that is left unused), so that it'll use up entire collage paper layer (well, after initial cropping to fit image into nearest multiples of square dimension).
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After about 6hrs (from 10:30pm to 4:30am) it has done about 35 squares out of 600 squares/tiles.
This seems like it's only a little over 5% done. But it has done about 11% of the searching/checking steps.
Because it's faster or has less squares to check as it approaches the end: Like for the 1st square it has to check all 600 squares to determine which is best one, but for the last square it'll just use the last square because that's the only square left.
Hopefully this will result in something interesting otherwise it's a complete waste of time.
Generated with version 2 fast version
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For those who'd like to venture into the unknown, you can try plug-in before I finish testing (since my testing will a long time).
I have tested on smaller number of tiles and the code runs fine. The unknown is how interesting the end result will look.
I didn't quite understand what to expect from this plugin, but out of curiosity, I already put it to run
Now it's to see how long it takes to finish editing and what it produces.
BTW Tim, I suppose your new plug-in will possibly have the initials AAA-PluginName in its name.
"I feel that in both art and music, it's not the success that matters but the pleasure it gives you. Focus on the pleasure and the learning will come naturally." - Brian Weston
Oh ... that was quick, it ended while I typed the previous comment.
I used a small image for testing purposes only. I hope the time is fast also with larger images.
"I feel that in both art and music, it's not the success that matters but the pleasure it gives you. Focus on the pleasure and the learning will come naturally." - Brian Weston
I didn't understand the need for two images for this plugin to run. It seems that he cuts and shuffles pieces of one of the images, without any interaction with the other image.
I thought it was going to get a mix between the images involved (as in the image below where I manually produced the blend between the two images) and that therefore the need for two images.
I am now running the plug-in with the same images in larger and different sizes. This time one of the selected images is smaller than the other. I want to see what will result and the time it will take.
"I feel that in both art and music, it's not the success that matters but the pleasure it gives you. Focus on the pleasure and the learning will come naturally." - Brian Weston
Just uploaded Fast version (2). What would take 40+hrs now should take about 2hrs.
I am running both versions concurrently right now. I guess I still have to verify that it's doing what it was intended.
But version 2 is there for those who'd like to try.
I didn't understand the need for two images for this plugin to run. It seems that he cuts and shuffles pieces of one of the images, without any interaction with the other image.
I thought it was going to get a mix between the images involved (as in the image below where I manually produced the blend between the two images) and that therefore the need for two images.
foirapido02.jpg
I am now running the plug-in with the same images in larger and different sizes. This time one of the selected images is smaller than the other. I want to see what will result and the time it will take.
You need two layers because the layer you run on is what it uses to compare and try to compose best it can with the collage layer.
I guess it would be more obvious if the image had more tiles (of smaller dimensions) then the image it's trying to compose will reveal itself through the use of collage paper layer.
Just uploaded Fast version (2). What would take 40+hrs now should take about 2hrs.
I am running both versions concurrently right now. I guess I still have to verify that it's doing what it was intended.
But version 2 is there for those who'd like to try.
I will cancel the plug-in progress. 40 hours is a long time. It's been about two hours and only part of the image has been covered.
I will test version 2, but this time I will choose areas larger than 50x50, maybe it will run faster as they will be less square to be filled in
"I feel that in both art and music, it's not the success that matters but the pleasure it gives you. Focus on the pleasure and the learning will come naturally." - Brian Weston
Just uploaded Fast version (2). What would take 40+hrs now should take about 2hrs.
I am running both versions concurrently right now. I guess I still have to verify that it's doing what it was intended.
But version 2 is there for those who'd like to try.
I will cancel the plug-in progress. 40 hours is a long time. It's been about two hours and only part of the image has been covered.
after2hours.jpg
I will test version 2, but this time I will choose areas larger than 50x50, maybe it will run faster as they will be less square to be filled in
Yeah cancel progress never worked for me with any plug-in.
If I want to see result while it's running I duplicate the image and then play the the duplicated while plug-in runs on the original.
If I want to stop the plug-in I just delete original image and then errors and thrown and it quits.
Yeah definitely try version 2 it's much faster and I think your machine is faster than mine too.
As I used 32 squares in the previous (reduced) image, I calculated the area of the squares to also give approximately 32 squares for the larger images, which gave ...
I was typing this text when I went to check the value used ... the plugin had already finished running!
"I feel that in both art and music, it's not the success that matters but the pleasure it gives you. Focus on the pleasure and the learning will come naturally." - Brian Weston
match_squares.py #
