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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 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.

                                  May 5, 2004                     METAPIXEL(1)