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WATERCOLOR


Applies a watercolor effect to an image.

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last modified: September 26, 2017



USAGE: watercolor [-s smoothing] [-e edge] [-m mixing] [-c contrast] infile outfile
USAGE: watercolor [-h|-help]

-s ... smoothing ... smoothing of image texture; integer>=0; default=0 (no smoothing)
-e ... edge ........ edge gain; float>=1; default=5
-m ... mixing ...... mixing of edge content with smoothed image; 0<=integer<=100;
.................... larger is more edge content; default=33
-c ... contrast .... contrast increase factor; float>=0; default=0 (no change)

PURPOSE: To apply a watercolor effect to an image.

DESCRIPTION: WATERCOLOR applies a watercolor effect to an image.

ARGUMENTS:

-s smoothing ... SMOOTHING of image texture. Values are integers>=0. The default=0 (no smoothing). IMPORTANT: use odd integers to avoid image shift by half pixel.

-e edge ... EDGE gain. Values are floats>=1. The default=5.

-m mixing ... MIXINT of edge content with smoothed image. Values are 0<=integer<=100. Larger is more edge content. The default=33.

-c contrast ... CONTRAST increase factor. Values are floats>>=0. The default=0 (no change).

REFERENCE: http://www.photoshopessentials.com/photo-effects/watercolor-painting-photoshop-cs6/

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 Mixing

Original
(original)

From Shutterstock
(source)

Arguments:
-s 0 -e 5 -m 33 -c 0

Arguments:
-s 0 -e 5 -m 50 -c 0



Example 2 - Variation in Smoothing

Original
(original)

From Shutterstock
(source)

Arguments:
-s 0 -e 5 -m 33 -c 0

Arguments:
-s 10 -e 5 -m 33 -c 0



Example 3 - Variation in Contrast

Original
(original)

From Shutterstock
(source)

Arguments:
-s 10 -e 5 -m 33 -c 0

Arguments:
-s 10 -e 5 -m 33 -c 10



Example 4

Original
(original)

Arguments:
-s 0 -e 5 -m 33 -c 0

Arguments:
-s 0 -e 5 -m 50 -c 0

Arguments:
-s 0 -e 5 -m 33 -c 5

Arguments:
-s 5 -e 5 -m 50 -c 5



Example 5

Original
(original)

Arguments:
-s 0 -e 5 -m 33 -c 0

Arguments:
-s 0 -e 5 -m 50 -c 0

Arguments:
-s 10 -e 5 -m 33 -c 0

Arguments:
-s 10 -e 5 -m 33 -c 10



Example 6

Original
(original)

Arguments:
-s 0 -e 5 -m 33 -c 0

Arguments:
-s 5 -e 5 -m 33 -c 5



Example 7

Original
(original)

Arguments:
-s 5 -e 5 -m 33 -c 5

Arguments:
-s 5 -e 10 -m 33 -c 5

Arguments:
-s 15 -e 5 -m 33 -c 5

Arguments:
-s 10 -e 10 -m 33 -c 5



What the script does is as follows:

  • Reads the input image
  • Increase contrast using -sigmoidal-contrast and
    smoothes using -mean-shif
  • Clones the result and applies sobel edge extraction
  • Luminize composites the two images
  • Blends the input and composite image to form the output

This is equivalent to the following IM commands

  • if [ $smoothing -ne 0 ]; then
    sproc="-mean-shift ${smoothing}x${smoothing}+10%"
    else
    sproc=""
    fi
  • if [ "$contrast" != 0 ]; then
    cproc="-sigmoidal-contrast ${contrast}x50%"
    else
    cproc=""
    fi
  • convert $tmpA1 $cproc $sproc \
    \( -clone 0 -define convolve:scale='!' \
    -define morphology:compose=Lighten \
    -morphology Convolve 'Sobel:>' \
    -negate -evaluate pow $edge \) \
    \( -clone 0 -clone 1 -compose luminize -composite \) \
    -delete 1 -define compose:args=$mixing -compose blend -composite \
    "$outfile"