Fred's ImageMagick Scripts



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SKETCHER


Applies a sketch effect to an image.

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last modified: December 15, 2018



USAGE: sketcher [-g gain] [-m method] [-s saturation] [-h hue] [-t thicken] infile outfile
USAGE: sketcher [-help]

-g ... gain ......... edge gain (i.e. strength); float>=0; default=5
-m ... method ....... sketch method; choices are: grayscale, color, screen,
..................... softlight, pegtoplight, hardlight, linearlight, and
..................... vividlight; default=grayscale
-s ... saturation ... color saturation; integer>=0; default=100 (no change).
-h ... hue .......... color hue; integer>=0; default=100 (no change).
-t ... thicken ...... thickening of edges; integer>=0; default=0

PURPOSE: To apply a sketch-like effect to an image.

DESCRIPTION: SKETCHER applies a variety of sketch-like effects to an image.

ARGUMENTS:

-g gain ... GAIN is the edge gain (i.e. strength or intensity). Values are floats>=0. The default=5.

-m method ... METHOD of sketch. The choices are: grayscale, color, screen, softlight, pegtoplight, hardlight, linearlight, and vividlight. The default is grayscale.

-s saturation ... color SATURATION. Values are integers>=0. The default=100 (no change). 0 is grayscale and 200 is twice the saturation

-h hue ... color HUE. Values are integers>=0. The default=100 (no change). 0 is negative 180 degree rotation (toward blue). 200 is positive 180 degree rotation (toward green).

-t thicken ... THICKEN amount for edges. Values are integers>=0. The default=0 (no thickening).

REQUIREMENTS: IM 6.6.2.2 due to the use of rotated kernels in -morphology convolve.

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


Example 1 -- Variation in Method
(source)

Original

Arguments:
-m grayscale

Arguments:
-m color

Arguments:
-m screen

Arguments:
-m softlight

Arguments:
-m pegtoplight

Arguments:
-m hardlight

Arguments:
-m linearlight

Arguments:
-m vividlight



Example 2 -- Variation in Method
(source)

Original

Arguments:
-m grayscale

Arguments:
-m color

Arguments:
-m screen

Arguments:
-m softlight

Arguments:
-m pegtoplight

Arguments:
-m hardlight

Arguments:
-m linearlight

Arguments:
-m vividlight



Example 3 -- Variation in Method
(source)

Original

Arguments:
-m grayscale

Arguments:
-m color

Arguments:
-m screen

Arguments:
-m softlight

Arguments:
-m pegtoplight

Arguments:
-m hardlight

Arguments:
-m linearlight

Arguments:
-m vividlight



Example 4 -- Variation in Gain
(source)

Original

Arguments:
-m grayscale -g 1

Arguments:
-m grayscale -g 5

Arguments:
-m grayscale -g 10



Example 5 -- Variation in Thickening
(source)

Original

Arguments:
-m grayscale -t 0

Arguments:
-m grayscale -t 1

Arguments:
-m grayscale -t 2

Arguments:
-m grayscale -t 3



Example 6 -- Variation in Thickening
(source)

Original

Arguments:
-m hardlight -t 0

Arguments:
-m hardlight -t 1

Arguments:
-m hardlight -t 2

Arguments:
-m hardlight -t 3



Example 7 -- Variation in Hue
(source)

Original

Arguments:
-m hardlight -h 50

Arguments:
-m hardlight -h 100

Arguments:
-m hardlight -h 150



What the script does is as follows:

  • Applies 8-directional Sobel edge extraction
  • Negates the edge extracted image
  • Applies a power to the image to stregthen the extracted edges
  • Composes the edge image with the original

This is equivalent to the following IM commands

  • convert -quiet "$infile" +repage $dir/tmpI.mpc
  • if [ "$method" = "softlight" -o "$method" = "pegtoplight" ]; then
    swapping="+swap"
    else
    swapping=""
    fi
  • if [ "$method" = "grayscale" ]; then
    graying="-colorspace gray"
    else
    graying=""
    fi
  • if [ "$method" = "grayscale" -o "$method" = "color" ]; then
    composing=""
    deleting="-delete 0"
    else
    composing="-compose $method -composite"
    deleting=""
    fi
  • if [ "$saturation" != "100" -o "$hue" != "100" ]; then
    modulating="-modulate 100,$saturation,$hue"
    else
    modulating=""
    fi
  • if [ "$thicken" != "0" ]; then
    thickening="-morphology dilate octagon:$thicken"
    else
    thickening=""
    fi
  • convert $dir/tmpI.mpc $graying \
    \( -clone 0 -define convolve:scale='!' \
    -define morphology:compose=Lighten \
    -morphology Convolve 'Sobel:>' \
    $thickening \
    -negate -evaluate pow $gain \) \
    $swapping $composing $deleting \
    $modulating \
    "$outfile"