fotolab 0.20.1

A console program that manipulate images.

fotolab

A console program to manipulate photos.

Installation

Stable version From PyPI using pipx:

pipx install fotolab

Stable version From PyPI using pip:

python -m pip install fotolab

Upgrade to latest stable version:

python3 -m pip install fotolab --upgrade

Latest development version from GitHub:

python -m pip install -e git+https://github.com/kianmeng/fotolab.git

Usage

fotolab -h

usage: fotolab [-h] [-o] [-op] [-od OUTPUT_DIR] [-q] [-v] [-d] [-V]
               {animate,auto,border,contrast,info,resize,rotate,montage,sharpen,watermark,env} ...

A console program to manipulate photos.

website: https://github.com/kianmeng/fotolab
changelog: https://github.com/kianmeng/fotolab/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md
issues: https://github.com/kianmeng/fotolab/issues

positional arguments:
  {animate,auto,border,contrast,info,resize,rotate,montage,sharpen,watermark,env}
                    sub-command help
    animate         animate an image
    auto            auto adjust (resize, contrast, and watermark) a photo
    border          add border to image
    contrast        contrast an image
    info            info an image
    resize          resize an image
    rotate          rotate an image
    montage         montage a list of image
    sharpen         sharpen an image
    watermark       watermark an image
    env             print environment information for bug reporting

options:
  -h, --help        show this help message and exit
  -o, --overwrite   overwrite existing image
  -op, --open       open the image using default program (default: 'False')
  -od, --output-dir OUTPUT_DIR
                    set default output folder (default: 'output')
  -q, --quiet       suppress all logging
  -v, --verbose     show verbosity of debugging log, use -vv, -vvv for more details
  -d, --debug       show debugging log and stacktrace
  -V, --version     show program's version number and exit

fotolab animate

fotolab animate -h

usage: fotolab animate [-h] [-f FORMAT] [-d DURATION] [-l LOOP]
                       IMAGE_FILENAMES [IMAGE_FILENAMES ...]

positional arguments:
  IMAGE_FILENAMES       set the image filenames

options:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
  -f, --format FORMAT   set the image format (default: 'gif')
  -d, --duration DURATION
                        set the duration in milliseconds (default: '2500')
  -l, --loop LOOP       set the loop cycle (default: '0')

fotolab auto

fotolab auto -h

usage: fotolab auto [-h] IMAGE_FILENAMES [IMAGE_FILENAMES ...]

positional arguments:
  IMAGE_FILENAMES  set the image filename

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

fotolab border

fotolab border -h

usage: fotolab border [-h] [-c COLOR] [-w WIDTH] [-wt WIDTH] [-wr WIDTH]
                      [-wb WIDTH] [-wl WIDTH]
                      IMAGE_FILENAMES [IMAGE_FILENAMES ...]

positional arguments:
  IMAGE_FILENAMES       set the image filenames

options:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
  -c, --color COLOR     set the color of border (default: 'black')
  -w, --width WIDTH     set the width of border (default: '10')
  -wt, --width-top WIDTH
                        set the width of top border (default: '0')
  -wr, --width-right WIDTH
                        set the width of right border (default: '0')
  -wb, --width-bottom WIDTH
                        set the width of bottom border (default: '0')
  -wl, --width-left WIDTH
                        set the width of left border (default: '0')

fotolab contrast

fotolab contrast -h

usage: fotolab contrast [-h] [-c CUTOFF] IMAGE_FILENAMES [IMAGE_FILENAMES ...]

positional arguments:
  IMAGE_FILENAMES      set the image filename

options:
  -h, --help           show this help message and exit
  -c, --cutoff CUTOFF  set the percentage of lightest or darkest pixels to
                       discard from histogram (default: '1')

fotolab info

fotolab info -h

usage: fotolab info [-h] [-s] IMAGE_FILENAME

positional arguments:
  IMAGE_FILENAME  set the image filename

options:
  -h, --help      show this help message and exit
  -s, --sort      show image info by sorted field name

fotolab rotate

fotolab rotate -h

usage: fotolab rotate [-h] IMAGE_FILENAMES [IMAGE_FILENAMES ...]

positional arguments:
  IMAGE_FILENAMES  set the image filenames

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

fotolab montage

fotolab montage -h

usage: fotolab montage [-h] IMAGE_FILENAMES [IMAGE_FILENAMES ...]

positional arguments:
  IMAGE_FILENAMES  set the image filenames

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

fotolab resize

fotolab resize -h

usage: fotolab resize [-h] [-c] [-l CANVAS_COLOR] [-W WIDTH | -H HEIGHT]
                      IMAGE_FILENAMES [IMAGE_FILENAMES ...]

positional arguments:
  IMAGE_FILENAMES       set the image filename

options:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
  -c, --canvas          paste image onto a larger canvas
  -l, --canvas-color CANVAS_COLOR
                        the color of the extended larger canvas(default:
                        'black')
  -W, --width WIDTH     set the width of the image (default: '600')
  -H, --height HEIGHT   set the height of the image (default: '277')

fotolab sharpen

fotolab sharpen -h

usage: fotolab sharpen [-h] [-r RADIUS] [-p PERCENT] [-t THRESHOLD]
                       IMAGE_FILENAMES [IMAGE_FILENAMES ...]

positional arguments:
  IMAGE_FILENAMES       set the image filenames

options:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
  -r, --radius RADIUS   set the radius or size of edges (default: '1')
  -p, --percent PERCENT
                        set the amount of overall strength of sharpening
                        effect (default: '100')
  -t, --threshold THRESHOLD
                        set the minimum brightness changed to be sharpened
                        (default: '3')

fotolab watermark

fotolab watermark -h

usage: fotolab watermark [-h] [-t WATERMARK_TEXT]
                         [-p {top-left,top-right,bottom-left,bottom-right}]
                         [-pd PADDING] [-fs FONT_SIZE] [-fc FONT_COLOR]
                         [-ow OUTLINE_WIDTH] [-oc OUTLINE_COLOR] [--camera]
                         [-l]
                         IMAGE_FILENAMES [IMAGE_FILENAMES ...]

positional arguments:
  IMAGE_FILENAMES       set the image filenames

options:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
  -t, --text WATERMARK_TEXT
                        set the watermark text (default: 'kianmeng.org')
  -p, --position {top-left,top-right,bottom-left,bottom-right}
                        set position of the watermark text (default: 'bottom-
                        left')
  -pd, --padding PADDING
                        set the padding of the watermark text relative to the
                        image (default: '15')
  -fs, --font-size FONT_SIZE
                        set the font size of watermark text (default: '12')
  -fc, --font-color FONT_COLOR
                        set the font color of watermark text (default:
                        'white')
  -ow, --outline-width OUTLINE_WIDTH
                        set the outline width of the watermark text (default:
                        '2')
  -oc, --outline-color OUTLINE_COLOR
                        set the outline color of the watermark text (default:
                        'black')
  --camera              use camera metadata as watermark
  -l, --lowercase       lowercase the watermark text

fotolab env

fotolab env -h

usage: fotolab env [-h]

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

Copyright and License

Copyright (C) 2024 Kian-Meng Ang

This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU Affero General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License along with this program. If not, see https://www.gnu.org/licenses/.

The fish logo used in the documentation generated by Sphinx is a public domain drawing of male freshwater phase [Sockeye (red) salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka)] (https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1186575702) from https://commons.wikimedia.org/entity/M2787002.