Program LePyMo was developed to simplify creating mosaic from images using Lego-like bricks.
I was thinking about a birthday gift for my fiancée, and I came with this concept - to create a mosaic using our pictures and Lego bricks.
Firstly this program transforms selected image to a palette of certain colors. After that LePyMo creates a PDF containing building instructions for this new image.
There are 3 ways to run this program:
This is the easiest one - just download .exe from here.
Clone this repository to your hard drive with:
Set virtual environment and install dependecies:
Run program:
Create executable:
It's a good idea to create and activate a virtual environment first using e.g. virtualnenv.
Clone this repository to your hard drive with:
Install packages in project directory using e.g. pip and requirements.txt file.
Run program:
This is a similar way to the previous one. Instead of running .py script - you build an executable file (.exe). You can use pyinstaller:
First you have to prepare your desired image - its dimensions (in pixels) must be equal to the size (in bricks) of mosaic you are planning to create. E.g. when your plate is 50 by 50 bricks, your image dimensions must be 50px by 50px.
The next step is to add colors to your palette. Keep in mind that some colors aren't used in brick production - you are limited to less than 300 colors. At this stage it is better to keep Don't generate PDF option turned on to test selected color palette. The process of creating desired image can take even up to a few minutes - it depends on amount of colors in your palette and dimensions of image.
You also can add colors to the palette using .csv file - look at example-colors.csv file. Each row represents one color, and each column - red (R), green (G) or blue (B) part of color (in that order). You can use HEX instead of RGB format of the colors - insert a full color respresentation (with # symbol) in the first column. Each column must be separated with semicolon ; and each row with a newline.
When you are satisfied with output image you can turn off Don't generate PDF option. This process also can take up to a few minutes - it depends on amount of colors in your palette and dimensions of image. The PDF consists of total bricks amount of each color and building instructions divided in steps - each step is one row.
You can stop current action using Abort button - all files created in current run will be removed. You can clear inputs (source image, color palette, No PDF checkbox) using Clear button.
Have fun!
Here are some links which might be useful to determine your color palette (based on bricks used in real sets):
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