From 04ca8a72276174ad1ed90524afcc24e37f0254f6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ace <saadnaseer63@yahoo.de>
Date: Sat, 6 Oct 2018 01:25:54 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Image converter for 3-colour E-Paper

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 For-developers-only/3-Colour-converter.py | 126 ++++++++++++++++++++++
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 create mode 100644 For-developers-only/3-Colour-converter.py

diff --git a/For-developers-only/3-Colour-converter.py b/For-developers-only/3-Colour-converter.py
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+#!/usr/bin/python
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+
+"""
+Python converter for converting png, jpeg and bmp to usable .bmp files which
+can be used by the E-Paper display. Currently, any image will be converted
+to pure white, pure black and pure red pixels, without any shades of grey,
+just as the displays expects them to be.
+
+Copyright by Ace-Laboratory
+"""
+
+import glob, os, errno
+from PIL import Image
+import PIL.ImageOps
+#--------------only change the following two lines-----------------#
+input_folder = '/home/pi/conversion/input/'
+output_folder = '/home/pi/conversion/output/'
+#-----------------no need to change anything below----------------#
+
+os.chdir(input_folder)
+
+""" Creating lists with filenames first"""
+
+pngs = []
+for files in glob.glob("*.png"):
+    print('found this png: '+ os.path.splitext(os.path.basename(files))[0])
+    pngs.append(os.path.splitext(os.path.basename(files))[0])
+
+bmps = []
+for files in glob.glob("*.bmp"):
+    print('found this bmp: '+files)
+    bmps.append(files)
+
+jpegs= []
+for files in glob.glob("*.jpeg"):
+    print('found this jpeg: '+ os.path.splitext(os.path.basename(files))[0])
+    jpegs.append(os.path.splitext(os.path.basename(files))[0])
+
+print('converting the images now')
+
+"""First, a function. It's required for reducing colours"""
+fn = lambda x : 255 if x > 179 else (0 if x < 178 else 179)
+
+""" Conversion is done in two steps:
+1) Converting the file from .png or .jpeg .bmp to a greyscale .bmp
+2) Inverting the colours and rotating the image 90° anticlockwise
+"""
+
+""" Step 1 conversion for png files"""
+if not os.path.exists(input_folder+'pngs/'):
+    print('temporary png folder does not exist, creating now...')
+    os.makedirs(input_folder+'pngs/')
+
+print("attempting to convert pngs now...")
+for files in pngs:
+    png=Image.open(input_folder+files+".png")
+    png.load()
+    background = Image.new("RGB", png.size, (255, 255, 255)) #removing alpha channel
+    background.paste(png, mask=png.split()[3]) #removing alpha channel
+    background.convert('L').point(fn).save((input_folder+'pngs/'+files+'.bmp'), 'BMP', quality=90)
+
+""" Step 2 conversion for png files"""
+png_bmp = []
+os.chdir(input_folder+'pngs/')
+for files in glob.glob("*.bmp"):
+    png_bmp.append(files)
+for files in png_bmp:
+    (PIL.ImageOps.invert((Image.open(input_folder+'pngs/'+files).rotate(-90, expand=True)).convert('L'))).save(output_folder+files)
+print("All png files have been converted.")
+
+
+os.chdir(input_folder)
+
+""" Step 1 conversion for jpeg files"""
+if not os.path.exists(input_folder+'jpegs/'):
+    print('temporary jpeg folder does not exist, creating now...')
+    os.makedirs(input_folder+'jpegs/')
+
+print("attempting to convert jpeg now...")
+
+for files in jpegs:
+    (Image.open(input_folder+files+".jpeg").convert('L').point(fn).save((input_folder+'jpegs/'+files+".bmp"), 'BMP', quality=90))
+
+""" Step 2 conversion for jpeg files"""
+
+jpeg_bmp = []
+os.chdir(input_folder+'jpegs/')
+for files in glob.glob("*.bmp"):
+    print('These :'+files)
+    jpeg_bmp.append(files)
+for files in jpeg_bmp:
+    (PIL.ImageOps.invert((Image.open(input_folder+'jpegs/'+files).rotate(-90, expand=True)).convert('L'))).save(output_folder+files)
+
+
+""" Step 1 & 2 conversion for bmp files"""
+for files in bmps:
+    PIL.ImageOps.invert(Image.open(input_folder+files).convert('L').point(fn)).save((output_folder+files), 'BMP', quality=90)
+    #(PIL.ImageOps.invert((Image.open(input_folder+files).rotate(-90, expand=True)).convert('L'))).save(output_folder+files)
+
+print('All done')
+
+"""
+os.chdir(input_folder)
+bmps= []
+for files in glob.glob("*.bmp"):
+    print('found this bmp :'+os.path.splitext(os.path.basename(files))[0])
+    bmps.append(os.path.splitext(os.path.basename(files))[0])
+
+print('converting...')
+
+# 255 = white
+# 179 = gray (which turns red on the display)
+# 0 = black
+#min_thresh = 175
+#max_thresh = 180
+#fn = lambda x : 255 if x >= max_thresh else (0 if x <= min_thresh else 179)
+fn = lambda x : 255 if x > 179 else (0 if x < 178 else 179)
+
+# BMP to BMP conversion -> in testing
+for files in bmps:
+    (Image.open(input_folder+files+".bmp")).point(fn).save(output_folder+files+".bmp")
+#    (Image.open(input_folder+files+".jpeg").convert('L').save(output_folder+files+".bmp"))
+
+print('All done')
+"""