painterPython

Python implementation of Aaron Hertzmann's Painterly Rendering with Curved Brush Strokes of Multiple Sizes (SIGGRAPH 98). Official Java implementation can be found at Aaron Hertzmann's github. Thanks to Aaron for feedback and original code.

Link to the paper

Aaron Hertzmann. Painterly Rendering with Curved Brush Strokes of Multiple Sizes. Proc. SIGGRAPH 1998. Project Page, ACM paper link

Installation

The only dependencies this code needs are Numpy, OpenCV and Scipy

Using PIP

$ pip install numpy

$ pip install opencv-python

$ pip install scipy

Using Conda

$ conda install numpy

$ conda install -c conda-forge opencv

$ conda install -c anaconda scipy

To Run

Open terminal and use

python paint.py source_image [--maxLength MAX STROKE LENGTH][--minLength MIN STROKE LENGTH][--resize][--threshold]
[--brush_sizes 8,4,2][--blur_fac BLUR FACTOR][--grid_fac GRID FACTOR][--length_fac LENGTH FACTOR][--filter_fac 
FILTER FACTOR]

Source Image

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