average-pixels 1.1.0

# Average Pixels [](https://travis-ci.org/liviu-/average-pixels)

Command line tool which takes a bunch of images, and outputs a JPEG combining the images using a weighted average where the weights are samples drawn from the Dirichlet distribution.

`sh $ average-pixels download "party explosions boom" --offset 90 --count 30 `


## Installation

`sh $ python3 -m pip install average-pixels `

## Configuration The application in download mode uses [Bing Search API](https://www.microsoft.com/cognitive-services/en-us/bing-image-search-api) to search for images so it requires the user to have an API key activated for Bing’s search service. To obtain one:

• [Create a Microsoft account](https://signup.live.com/signup) if you don’t have one

• Get an API key for the [Bing Image Search Service](https://www.microsoft.com/cognitive-services/en-us/bing-image-search-api)

Once obtained, the key may be provided through various methods:

• When prompted by the application

• By storing it in ~/.average_pixels_api

• Or via the AVERAGE_PIXELS_API environment variable (e.g. $ export AVERAGE_PIXELS_API=$key)

## Example usage:

The application has 2 modes:

• local: Combines local files and outputs the combined image

• download: Takes keywords from the user, and combines images from Bing Image Search

`sh $ average-pixels download "black cats" `


`sh $ average-pixels download "green field blue sky" `


`sh $ average-pixels download "just give me some random photo" `


`sh $ average-pixels download "no" `


`sh $ average-pixels download "insects" --count 30 `


`sh $ average-pixels local /tmp/average_images --offset 40 `


`sh $ average-pixels download "turner" --count 20 `


`sh $ average-pixels download "jackson pollock painting" --count 10 --offset 30 `


`sh $ average-pixels download "green" --count 100 `


`sh $ average-pixels local images/ `