pumila 0.1.0

convert images to sound waves

pumila is an image-to-sound converter. It transforms variations in color, brightness, saturation and opacity into different sounds.

License

pumila is free software under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License version 3 (or any later version). This is version 0.1.0 of the program.

Contact

The author of pumila is Niels Serup. Bug reports and suggestions should be sent to [e-mail] for the time being.

Installation

Way #1

Get the newest version of pumila at http://metanohi.name/projects/pumila/ or at http://pypi.python.org/pypi/pumila

Extract pumila from the downloaded file, cd into it and run this in a terminal:

# python3 setup.py install

Examples are available in the examples directory.

Way #2

Just run this:

# pip-3.1 install pumila

Note that this will not make any examples available.

Dependencies

Python 3.1+

• For DEB-based distros (Trisquel, Debian, etc.): run apt-get install python3

• For RPM-based distros: run yum install python3

• For other distros: do something similar or get it at http://python.org/download/

PyGame

Under normal circumstances, you would do something like this:

• For DEB-based distros: run apt-get install python-pygame

• For RPM-based distros: run yum install pygame

• For other distros: do something similar or get it at http://pygame.org/download.shtml

However, the PyGame 1.9.1 release doesn’t work perfectly with Python 3, which means you’ll have to compile PyGame from svn yourself, see http://pygame.org/wiki/Compilation

Cython

It’s best to get the newest version from http://cython.org/ — pumila works with v0.15, but earlier versions haven’t been tested very much.

Optional, but recommended modules

progressbar

• Website: http://code.google.com/p/python-progressbar/

• Installation: Run easy_install3 progressbar.

setproctitle

• Website: http://code.google.com/p/py-setproctitle/

• Installation: Run easy_install3 setproctitle.

Documentation

What affects what:

       bottom <-- frequency --> top
       bright <-- amplitude --> dark
no saturation <-- amplitude --> full saturation
  transparent <-- amplitude --> opaque

Wave types:

hue 0 to 90,        red to ······ chartreuse: sine to triangle
hue 90 to 180,      chartreuse to cyan:       triangle to square
hue 180 to 270,     cyan to ····· purple:     square to sawtooth
hue 270 to 360 (0), purple to ··· red:        sawtooth to sine

Use

As a command-line tool

Run pumila to use it. Run pumila --help to see how to use it.

As a module

To find out how to use it, run:

$ pydoc3 pumila

And also:

$ pydoc3 pumila.core
$ pydoc3 pumila.primitives

And so on.

Examples

There are a few examples in the examples directory. All example images are available under the Creative Commons Zero 1.0 license.

Development

pumila uses Git for code management. The newest (and sometimes unstable) code is available at:

$ git clone git://gitorious.org/pumila/pumila.git

This document

Copyright (C) 2011 Niels Serup

Copying and distribution of this file, with or without modification, are permitted in any medium without royalty provided the copyright notice and this notice are preserved. This file is offered as-is, without any warranty.