Image_Colorizer

This is a python project which colors black and white images

#Requirements:

To get the program running you need kivy and opencv module and python( version 3.9 and above).

You also need to download modle and past in the modles folder ( see readme file in modles folder) and paste all the files in the same folder and enjoy.

Photo-Editor-Python

This is the Photo Edtior project in python with additional functionality of colorization of black and white images using opencv. Kivy is used ad the Ui/Ux framework for this project.

#Instruction:

Step 1: Install python 3.9 becuase as of now (March 2022) Kivy don't like python 3.10 very much.

Step 2: Install Pycharm for ease as it creates a virtual enviroment of its own, because if you don't things will get real messy really quick.

Step 2.5: If you refuse to install Pycharm use virtual environment in python.

          > python -m pip install --upgrade pip setuptools virtualenv
          > python -m virtualenv kivy_venv
          > kivy_venv\Scripts\activate

And this is how you create a virtual environment in python, Thank you.

Step 3: install kivy in the Pycharm using python packages OR install it by using

           > python -m pip install --pre "kivy[full]" kivy_examples

in the directory where you made the virtual environment.

Step 4: install opencv for python and also numpy

           > pip install opencv-python
           > pip install numpy

Step 5: paste the two files .py and .kv in the same directory. Make another folder name "modles" and put (colorization_deploy_v2.prototxt, colorization_release_v2.caffemodel and pts_in_hull.npy) in the folder

Step 5: run the code and enjoy.

Working:

You can select the images from the drop down menu, by default it openes your C:\ directory.

Colorizer

After selecting the image you can hit Colorize butoon and the image will be colorize. It takes generaly 2 seconds to colorize the image.

Editng

You can also use the saturation, brightness and contrast slider to edit the image to your liking.

Themes

There are also different themes you can select because why not.

There are some known issues such as the sliders are way too sensitive and drastic.

Reset button dosen't rest the cached colorized image in the program.

It crashes sometimes for no reason. Somethimes it happens due to not supported image formats.

Thank you.