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🎨 Transform photographs into stunning artistic illustrations with three distinct rendering styles using advanced computer vision and image processing techniques.
- Professional watercolor-style illustrations similar to hand-drawn architectural renderings
- Enhanced architectural colors with warm, realistic building tones
- Soft watercolor base with flowing color regions
- Preserved architectural details (bricks, windows, trim)
- Realistic soft shadows for depth and dimension
- Enhanced vegetation and landscaping elements
- Fine line technical drawings in the style of architectural maps
- Precise edge detection for building features
- Clean technical drawing aesthetic
- Map-like illustration rendering
- Structural detail preservation
- Crosshatching and depth contours
- Bold cartoon and comic book style illustrations
- Posterization with flat color regions
- Bold black outlines for comic book aesthetic
- Color quantization for simplified palettes
- Perfect for comic strips and animation-style graphics
PhotStration/
├── ArchRend.py # Architectural watercolor renderer
├── PhotStration.py # Technical drawing renderer
├── PosterRend.py # Cartoon/comic renderer
├── image_utils.py # Dynamic image loading utility
├── requirements.txt # Python dependencies
├── README.md # This file
├── PhotRend/ # Place input images here
└── .vscode/ # VS Code configuration
├── settings.json # Python development settings
├── tasks.json # Automated tasks
└── PhotStration.code-workspace # Workspace file
- Python 3.13+ (configured:
C:/Users/jaa15/AppData/Local/Programs/Python/Python313/python.exe) - VS Code with Python extension
pip install -r requirements.txt- Copy any image (JPEG, PNG, TIFF) to the
PhotRend/folder - The system automatically detects and uses the first image found
python ArchRend.py # Watercolor architectural rendering
python PhotStration.py # Technical drawing style
python PosterRend.py # Cartoon/comic style- Press
Ctrl+Shift+P→ "Tasks: Run Task" - Choose from:
- 🎨 Run ArchRend (Architectural Rendering)
- 🏗️ Run PhotStration (Technical Drawing)
- 🎭 Run PosterRend (Cartoon Style)
- 🚀 Run All Rendering Scripts (Sequential)
All rendered images are saved to:
C:\Users\jaa15\OneDrive\Pictures\APS images
- TIFF - Layered file with individual processing layers
- PNG - Final rendered image for easy viewing/sharing
- Individual Layers - Separate PNG files for each processing step
[originalname]_architectural_rendering.tiff/png(ArchRend)[originalname]_architectural_map.tiff/png(PhotStration)[originalname]_cartoon_comic.tiff/png(PosterRend)
Each renderer supports parameter adjustment:
renderer.create_architectural_rendering(
smoothing_strength=4, # Watercolor effect intensity (3-7)
detail_strength=0.5, # Architectural detail preservation (0.3-0.8)
enhance_colors=True # Color enhancement toggle
)renderer.create_architectural_illustration(
line_detail=1.2, # Fine line detail level (0.5-2.0)
edge_threshold=40, # Edge detection sensitivity (20-100)
detail_threshold=80, # Structural detail threshold (50-150)
contour_levels=4, # Depth contour levels (3-8)
hatch_density=0.2 # Hatching texture density (0.1-0.5)
)renderer.create_cartoon_illustration(
color_levels=6, # Posterization levels (4-12)
line_thickness=7, # Outline thickness (3-9)
blur_strength=7 # Smoothing strength (5-15)
)- OpenCV - Advanced computer vision and image processing
- PIL/Pillow - Image manipulation and enhancement
- NumPy - Numerical operations and array processing
- scikit-image - Additional image processing algorithms
- Bilateral Filtering - Edge-preserving smoothing
- K-means Clustering - Color quantization and posterization
- Adaptive Thresholding - Detail preservation
- Canny Edge Detection - Precise edge detection
- Hough Line Transform - Structural line detection
- Morphological Operations - Image structure analysis
- Dynamic Image Loading - Automatic image detection
- Color Enhancement - Saturation, contrast, temperature adjustment
- Layer Generation - Multiple processing layers (base, details, shadows, etc.)
- Advanced Blending - Multiply, overlay, and alpha blending techniques
- Output Generation - Layered TIFF and PNG export
- Professional project visualizations
- Client presentation materials
- Portfolio illustrations
- Artistic photo transformations
- Comic book/graphic novel illustrations
- Technical documentation graphics
- Educational materials
- Real estate marketing materials
- Architectural visualization services
- Graphic design projects
- Social media content
- Auto-formatting with Black
- Type checking with Pylance
- Integrated debugging with breakpoint support
- Task automation for common workflows
- Type hints for better code maintainability
- Comprehensive error handling
- Modular architecture with reusable components
- Clean separation of concerns
This project is part of the PhotStration suite developed for professional artistic rendering and image processing.
- v1.0 - Initial release with three rendering engines
- v1.1 - Enhanced VS Code integration and documentation
- v1.2 - Improved layer blending and output quality
Create web ready simplified images of photographs
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