Photo Border Thing

A small script to add a border to a jpeg or png photo.

Exif data can also be extracted and added to the border if the mood strikes.

A colour palette can be added to the border as well.

Installation

git clone https://github.com/stevequinn/photoborder

cd photoborder

pip install -r requirements.txt

Usage

usage: python main.py [-h] [-e] [-p] [-f] [-fb] [-t{s,m,l,p,i}] filename

Add a border and exif data to a jpg or png photo

positional arguments:
  filename

options:
  -h, --help              Show this help message and exit
  -e, --exif              Print photo exif data on the border
  -p, --palette           Add colour palette to the photo border
  -t, --border_type       Border Type: p for polaroid, s for small, m for medium, l for large, i for instagram (default: s)
  -f, --font              Font Typeface to use (default: Roboto-Regular.ttf)
  -fv, --fontvariant      Font style variant to use (default: 0)
  -fb, --fontbold         Bold Font Typeface to use (default: Roboto-Medium.ttf)
  -fbv, --fontboldvariant Bold Font style variant to use (default: 0)
  --include               File patterns to include (default: *.jpg *.jpeg *.png, *.JPG, *.JPEG, *.PNG)
  --exclude               File patterns to exclude (default: *_border*)

Made for fun and to solve a little problem.

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Note: This is a hacked together little script. Use at your own peril...

osx_services

Adds quick actions to you OSX menu for quick deployment of tool.

Fonts

The repo comes with Roboto (Regular, Medium & Bold).

photoborder/fonts

Should you wish to use another font you should add it to the fonts directory and use the appropriate arguments

Testing

There are some very simple tests available in the tests/ directory.

You can run these with:

pytest -s ./tests

For specific test modules just do the same for the file like so:

pytest -s ./tests/test_text.py

Examples

> python main.py -t p -e -p image.jpeg

> python main.py -t s -e image.jpeg

> python main.py -t m -e image.jpeg

> python main.py -t l -e image.jpeg

> python main.py -t i -e image.jpeg