What it does:
This JAVA Program takes multiple images from a selects folder and creates with a selectes width and height a random collage. It works with different sized images and different ratio images, so no pre-processing is necessary. Additionally, there are two available shapes to choose from: Rectangle and Hexagon
Features:
- Only works properly on 10+ Images but made for A LOT of high quality images
- Perfect for posters with 100+ Images
- Can create high resolution >100MB png collages
- Use original Rectangle shapes or Hexagons
- Create Rectangles with small and big images
Example results (2000x1500 rectangles):
(2000x300 rectangles)
(2000x2rows hexagon)
(2000x4rows hexagon)
How it works:
The variables:
| Variable | Example | Description |
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SHAPE | Rectangle | The selected shape: Possible values are Rectangle or Hexagon |
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WIDTH |
1000 | The width of the final image in pixel |
HEIGTH | 400 | The heigth in pixel for Rectangle and number of rows for Hexagon |
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IMAGE_PATH |
/home/root/images | The complete directory path to your image directory |
Run with maven and java 17:
Be sure to have maven and java 17 installed.
- Clone repo
git clone git@github.com:lr101/PictureCollage.git - Compile:
mvn install - Run the jar (or add the args in Intellij under Edit Configuration)
java -jar target/picturecollage-1.jar "<IMAGE_PATH>" "<SHAPE>" "<WIDTH>" "<HEIGHT>"
Run with Docker
Be sure to have docker installed beforehand
- Run image from docker hub:
docker run \ -e SHAPE="<SHAPE>" \ -e WIDTH="<WIDTH>" \ -e HEIGHT="<HEIGHT>" \ -v "<IMAGE_PATH>:/images" \ lrprojects/picture-collage:latest