README.md

DEPIXELIZING PIXEL ART

An implementation of the paper Depixelizing Pixel Art by Kopf and Lischinski. The implementation is purely in python.

INSTALLATION AND USAGE:

Install via pip:

    pip install depixelizer

Use in code:

    from depixelizer import Depixelize
    Depixelize(input_image_path, output_dir).run()

or via command-line:

    usage: depixelize [-h] [--output_dir OUTPUT_DIR] image_path

    positional arguments:
    image_path            Input Pixel Art Image

    optional arguments:
    -h, --help            show this help message and exit
    --output_dir OUTPUT_DIR
                            Output Dir, defaults to os.cwd()

Requirements

• Python
• pypng : https://pypi.python.org/pypi/pypng
• networkx: https://pypi.python.org/pypi/networkx/
• svgwrite : https://pypi.python.org/pypi/svgwrite/

Citations

• https://johanneskopf.de/publications/pixelart/paper/pixel.pdf
• https://github.com/gityou/depixelize
• http://dev.crazyrobot.net/2011/07/12/pixelart-to-vector/
• https://code.launchpad.net/libdepixelize
• http://networkx.lanl.gov/index.html
• https://github.com/jerith/depixel
• https://svgwrite.readthedocs.org/en/latest/
• http://vinipsmaker.wordpress.com/2013/07/21/splines-extraction-on-kopf-lischinski-algorithm-part-1/
• http://vinipsmaker.wordpress.com/2013/08/13/splines-extraction-on-kopf-lischinski-algorithm-part-2/

Authors

Anirudh Vemula, Vamsidhar Yeddu

Computer Science & Engineering, IIT Bombay