Fred's ImageMagick Scripts



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SPHERICALPANO2CUBE


Transforms a spherical panorama into a cubical representation.

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last modified: December 15, 2018



USAGE: sphericalpano2cube [-d dimension] [-b bgcolor ] [-i interpolation] [-m montage] infile outfile
USAGE: sphericalpano2cube [-h or -help]

-d ... dimension ....... square dimension of the output cube faces; integer>0;
........................ default=256
-b ... bgcolor ......... background color for virtual pixels; any valid IM color is
........................ allowed; default=black
-i ... interpolation ... intepolation method; any valid IM interpolation method is
........................ allowed; default=bilinear
-m ... montage ......... create a montage of the 6 cube face images; yes or no;
........................ default=no

PURPOSE: To transform a spherical panorama into a cubical representation.

DESCRIPTION: SPHERICALPANO2CUBE transforms a spherical panorama into a cubical representation with 6 face images: left, front, right, back, over, under. The 6 output images will be named from the outfile with these names appended. The over and under images will be as if facing forward and turning up and down, respectively.

ARGUMENTS:

-d dimension ... square DIMENSION of the output cube face images. Values are integers>0. The default=256.

-b bcolor ... BGCOLOR is the background color for virtual pixels. Any valid IM color is allowed. The default=black.

-i interpolation ... INTEPOLATION method. Any valid IM interpolation method is allowed. The default=bilinear.

-m montage ... create a MONTAGE of the 6 cube face images. Choices are: yes or no. The default=no. The montage has a special arrangement.

NOTE: This script will be slow due to the use of -fx. On my dual core INTEL Mac mini with 2.8 GHz processor and OSX Sierra, it takes 1 min 40 sec to create six 500x500 pixel face images and the montage from one 2000x1000 pixel spherical panorama. Time increase/decrease approximately by the square of the cube face dimensions.

References: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cube_mapping http://paulbourke.net//miscellaneous/cubemaps/ https://stackoverflow.com/questions/29678510/convert-21-equirectangular-panorama-to-cube-map http://mathworld.wolfram.com/SphericalCoordinates.html

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
( source)

(Click For Full Sized Image)
Arguments:
-d 500 -m yes
Left
Front
Right
Back
Over
under
Montage
(Click For Full Sized Image)


What the script does is as follows:

  • Treats the spherical panorama as if wrapped around a sphere.
  • Encloses the sphere in a cube.
  • For each cube face, it sequences over the pixels in the cube face.
  • Then finds the corresponding location on the sphere.
  • The interpolates the pixels in the panorama and
    uses it for the given pixel in the cube face.
  • Repeats for each of the six cube faces.

See the script for mathematical and code details.