youtube-face-enhancer 0.1.1

This tool enhances face images for YouTube thumbnails by removing the background, smoothing skin, boosting vibrance, sharpening, and adding a customizable glow.

YouTube Face Enhancer / Extractor

This tool enhances face images for YouTube thumbnails by removing the background, smoothing skin, boosting vibrance, sharpening, and adding a customizable glow.

Installation

pip install youtube-face-enhancer

Usage

Enhance a face image for YouTube thumbnails:

youtube-face-enhancer -i INPUT_FILE [options] OUTPUT_FILE

Example

youtube-face-enhancer -i 01.png -b 1.1 -c 10 -s 1.15 --glow_color yellow 01-enhanced.png

Options

• -i, --input (required): Input image path
• -b, --brightness: Brightness/contrast alpha (default: 1.08)
• -c, --contrast: Brightness/contrast beta (default: 8)
• -s, --saturation: Saturation multiplier (default: 1.10)
• --smooth_d: Bilateral filter diameter (default: 7)
• --smooth_sigma_color: Bilateral filter sigmaColor (default: 60)
• --smooth_sigma_space: Bilateral filter sigmaSpace (default: 60)
• --sharpen: Sharpening strength (default: 1.7)
• --glow_size: Glow dilation kernel size (default: 25)
• --glow_blur: Glow blur sigma (default: 16)
• --glow_color: Glow color (hex or name, default: #FFFFFF)
• OUTPUT_FILE (required): Output image path (always last argument)

Help

See all options:

youtube-face-enhancer --help

Development

To install for development:

uv pip install -e .