pyFlatplan
What is a flatplan?
A flatplan is a layout quicklook for a book, a magazine or any kind of printed publication. It aims at showing all the pages at once in order to give a more global insight of the document. Then, the publisher evaluates easily his design.
How does pyFlatplan work?
It is a command line software, thus it has to run from a terminal. Then, it takes some arguments:
| Argument | Expected value | Mandatory or Optional | Default value | Example |
|---|---|---|---|---|
-input |
Image list or wildcard pattern | madatory | none |
/imgFolder/picture*.jpg |
-output |
Output flatplan image | optional | flatplan.jpg |
myFlatplan.jpg |
-thumb |
Thumbnail height in pixel | optional | 256 |
128 |
-column |
Number of columns (thumbs per lines) | optional | 5 |
4 |
-background |
Background color in hexadecimal | optional | "#EFFEFFEFF" |
"#FFF000000" Don't forget to use quote marks! |
What do you need to launch it?
pyFlatplan is coded with Python 2.7. It is usually installed on your OSX/Linux machine, but just in case, it's here.
Internally, the mosaic is made with ImageMagick, an open source software you need to install first. You can find it here.
How to launch it?
In a terminal:
cd /whereYouPutIt/pyFlatplan/
./pyFlatplan.py -input /myFolderFullOfImages/picture_*.jpgTo make it easier, you could add an alias to your .bashrc file:
alias flatplan='python /whereYouPutIt/pyFlatplan//pyFlatplan.py'and then, you just have to call :
flatplan -input /myFolderFullOfImages/picture_*.jpg