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Interactive image manipulation with popi

Anthony Starks
November 08, 2024
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Interactive image manipulation with popi

using a text editor (for example Sublime Text), you can create an interactive image editing environment, using popi, and popio a filter to convert the raw images to PNG.

Anthony Starks

November 08, 2024
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  1. popi (portable pico) popi is the portable version of the

    pico program, described in “Beyond Photography: The Digital Darkroom” by Gerard Holzmann. popi works with square, 8-bit (0-255, black-white) raw grayscale images.
  2. original image raw image edited image popio (popi I/O) popio

    -import < ajs.jpg > ajs popio -export < ajs > f.png run popi popio is a Go program to import and export raw popi images. popio reads from stdin and writes to stdout in two modes; (1) read images (JPEG or PNG) writing to raw, and (2) read raw files and write to PNG.
  3. Editor Build System Set up in $CONFIG/Packages/User/popi.sublime-build, place: {"shell_cmd": "popi

    < $file >/dev/null; popio -export < f > f.png"} Select the build system
  4. Editor Set up image in another editor tab popi script

    in editor popi < $file; popio -export < f > f.png f.png Running the build system (Ctrl- or Cmd-B) within the editor runs the script, making the output shown in another editor tab. To change the output, edit the script and re-run the build.
  5. face1 Building popi Download shell archive Download face1.uu https://netlib.org/popi/bundle https://netlib.org/popi/face1.uu

    $ sh bundle # expand shell archive $ uudecode face1.uu # decode image to raw format # change DEF_X and DEF_Y in popi.h to specify image size $ gcc -std=c89 -o popi *.c -lm # build popi $ ./popi # run popi -> r face1 -> new=face1 -> w f -> q # convert to raw popi image to png $ popio -export -width 248 -height 248 < f > f.png $ open f.png # show the image