color-flow

Visualize the colors of a movie clip with a single picture

Requirements

• Python 3

• opencv-python

  pip3 install opencv-python
  

Usage

Tool for creating a color palette picture from a .mp4 video

Run the script using Python 3 from your terminal:

  python3 color-flow.py [-h] [--maxWidth MAXWIDTH] [--maxHeight MAXHEIGHT]
                 [--takeFrames TAKEFRAMES]
                 pathIn pathOut

Description of the arguments:

  pathIn                path to video

  pathOut               path to save the image

Optional arguments:

  -h, --help            show this help message and exit

  --maxWidth MAXWIDTH   maximum width of the output image, default=2000

  --maxHeight MAXHEIGHT maximum height of the output image, default=4000

  --takeFrames TAKEFRAMES
                    Use every frame (True) or just take a frame every
                    second (False, Default)

Example

• Video: http://download.blender.org/peach/bigbuckbunny_movies/BigBuckBunny_320x180.mp4

  #> python3 color-flow.py BigBuckBunny_320x180.mp4 . --takeFrames True
  == Starting Color-Flow ==
  ==> Reading arguments
  ==> Reading video from BigBuckBunny_320x180.mp4
  Frames: 14315
  FPS: 24
  ==> Setting output picture dimension to 397 x 596
  ==> Reading 596 frames
  Progress: |XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX| 100.0% Complete
  ==> 596 frames read in 2.75 seconds
  ==> Generating new image
  Progress: |XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX| 100.0% Complete
  ==> Picture generated in  0.17 seconds
  ==> Saving new picture colored_397x596.png to .
  ==> Done!
  

• Output: