[Kde-imaging] [Bug 114223] New: Plugin idea : a photomosaic plugin

[Julien Narboux]

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           Summary: Plugin idea : a photomosaic plugin
           Product: kipiplugins
           Version: unspecified
          Platform: Mandriva RPMs
        OS/Version: Linux
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: wishlist
          Priority: NOR
         Component: general
        AssignedTo: kde-imaging kde org
        ReportedBy: Julien.Narboux inria fr


Version:            (using KDE KDE 3.4.0)
Installed from:    Mandriva RPMs

Metapixel is GPL software to produce 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.

http://www.photomosaic.com/rt/1.htm
http://www.complang.tuwien.ac.at/~schani/metapixel/

It would be great to have it integrated in digikam as two plugins : 

- a digikamimageplugin : you select the picture you want as a photomosaic, start the photomosaic plugin, 
then you can choose the number of small pictures, the database of small pictures, the amout of cheating, the output resolution...
- a kipiplugin : this plugin woudl be used to build the database of thumbails for a photomosaic, you could add pictures from multiple albums sorted by aspect ratio.