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LICHTENSTEIN


Applies a Roy Lichtenstein newspaper cartoon effect to an image.

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last modified: December 15, 2018



USAGE: lichtenstein [-p poster] [-b blur1] [-s sigmoidal] [-d dither]
[-B blur2] [-e edge] [-g gain] [-E erode] [-c colors] [-S sat] infile outfile

USAGE: lichtenstein [-h or -help]

-p ... poster ...... posterize levels; integer>=0; default=7
-b ... blur1 ....... main blurring amount; float>=0; default=3
-s ... sigmoidal ... amount of sigmoidal contrast; float>=0; default=2
-d ... dither ...... ordered dither kind; any valid IM ordered dither;
.................... default=o8x8; suggested alternate is h6x6a
-B ... blur2 ....... minor blurring amount; float>=0; default=1
-e ... edge ........ amount of edge enhancement; integer>=0; default=2
-g ... gain ........ edge gain; float>=0; default=5
-E ... erode ....... erosion of edges to thicken; integer>=0; default=1
-S ... sat ......... saturation amount; integer>=0; default=175;
.................... (100 is no change)

PURPOSE: To apply a Roy Lichtenstein newspaper cartoon effect to an image.

DESCRIPTION: LICHTENSTEIN applies a Roy Lichtenstein newspaper cartoon effect to an image.

ARGUMENTS:

-p poster ... POSTER is the number of posterize levels. Values are integers>=0. The default=7.

-b blur1 ... BLUR1 is the main blurring amount. Values are floats>=0. The default=3.

-s sigmoidal ... SIGMOIDAL is the amount of (inverse) sigmoidal contrast. Values are floats>=0. The default=2.

-d dither ... DITHER is the kind of ordered dither to use. Any valid IM ordered dither is allowed. The default=o8x8. A suggested alternate is h6x6a. If dither=none, the dithering will be disabled.

-B blur2 ... BLUR2 is the minor (softening) blurring amount. Values are floats>=0. The default=1.

-e edge ... EDGE is the amount of edge enhancement. Values are integers>=0. The default=2.

-g gain ... GAIN is the amount of edge gain (intensity). Values are floats>=0. The default=5.

-E erode ... ERODE is the amount of erosion of the edges to thicken them. Values are integers>=0; default=1.

-S sat ... SAT is the color saturation amount. Values are integers>=0. The default=175. (100 is no change)

REFERENCES:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/funadium/2354849007/
http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Roy_Lichtenstein&oldid=195832606

REQUIREMENTS: IM 6.7.9.0 or higher due to the use of colorspace HCL in -modulate.

CAVEAT: No guarantee that this script will work on all platforms, nor that trapping of inconsistent parameters is complete and foolproof. Use At Your Own Risk.


EXAMPLES


Original Image
(image)

 

Arguments:
-d o8x8
(defaults)

 

Arguments:
-d h6x6a

 

Arguments:
-d none


Original Image
(image)

 

Arguments:
-s 2 (defaults)

 

Arguments:
-s 4


Original Image
(image)

 

Arguments:
(defaults)


What the script does is as follows:

  • Clones the original image and posterize it and applies the main blur
  • Apply sigmoidal-contrast, modulate to increase saturation and dithers it
  • Clones the original image and extracts edges
  • Desaturates it to convert to grayscale
  • Applies morphological erode and minor blur to smooth it a little
  • Clones the grayscale edge image and negates it
  • Puts the negated edge image into alpha channel of edge image
  • Deletes temps and composites the edge image over the dithered image

This is equivalent to the following IM commands.

  • convert $infile \
    \( -clone 0 -posterize $poster -blur 0x$blur1 \
    +sigmoidal-contrast ${sigmoidal}x50% \
    -define modulate:colorspace=HCL -modulate 100,$sat,100 -ordered-dither $dither \) \
    \( -clone 0 -blur 0x$blur2 -morphology edge diamond:$edge -evaluate multiply $gain \
    -negate -define modulate:colorspace=HCL -modulate 100,0,100 \
    -morphology erode diamond:$erode -blur 0x$blur2 \) \
    \( +clone -negate \) \
    \( -clone 2 -clone 3 -alpha off -compose copy_opacity -composite \) \
    -delete 0,2,3 -compose over -composite \
    $outfile