blob-your-face 0.1.1

A tool to detect faces in images and apply a blob effect

Blob Your Face

A command-line tool to detect faces in images and apply a blob effect to them.

Installation

pip install blob-your-face

Usage

blob_your_face /path/to/input/folder [--color COLOR] [--shape SHAPE] [--pad PAD]

Options:

• --color: Blob color in BGR format (e.g., '255,0,0' for blue). Default is white.
• --shape: Shape of the blob (circle, ellipse, rectangle, square). Default is circle.
• --pad: Padding size for the blob. Default is 0.

Example:

blob_your_face ./inputs --color 255,0,0 --shape ellipse --pad 10

Features

• Detects faces in images using YOLO v8.
• Applies a customizable blob effect to detected faces.
• Supports various blob shapes: circle, ellipse, rectangle, and square.
• Processes all supported image formats in the input directory.
• Creates a new output directory with a random suffix at the same level as the input directory.
• Preserves original filenames for processed images.

Supported Image Formats

• JPEG (.jpg, .jpeg)
• PNG (.png)
• BMP (.bmp)

Requirements

• Python 3.6+
• OpenCV
• NumPy
• Ultralytics YOLO
• Pillow

Note

This tool requires the yolov8n-face.pt model file to be present in the working directory or specified path.