Pipelines

To use pipelines, clone the repository and cd into the pipelines directory. Use python pipelines.py [METHOD] e.g., python pipelines.py pipeline1 MAE doorA doorB outA outB.

Pipeline 1

Command: pipeline1

Description

This command executes Pipeline 1 operations.

Arguments

• method: Method to use for comparison.
  • Choices: ["PSNR", "MAE", "NCC", "SSIM", "Histogram", "EMD", "Absolute", "Correlation", "Bhattacharyya"]
• folderA: Path to folder A containing images.
• folderB: Path to folder B containing images.

SSIM Specific Arguments

• --gaussian_weights: Use Gaussian weights for SSIM.
  • Type: bool, default: True
• --sigma: Sigma value for SSIM.
  • Type: float, default: 1.5

Pipeline 2

Command: pipeline2

Description

This command executes Pipeline 2 operations.

Arguments

• filename: Filename for pipeline operations.
• folderA: Path to folder A containing images.
• folderB: Path to folder B containing images.
• outputA: Output folder A for saving results.
• outputB: Output folder B for saving results.

Pipeline 3

Command: pipeline3

Description

This command applies a filter to images in two input folders and saves the results in two output folders.

Arguments

• filter: Filter to apply to images.
  • Choices: ["greyscale", "colour", "flip"]
• input_folderA: Path to input folder A containing images.
• input_folderB: Path to input folder B containing images.
• output_folderA: Path to output folder A for saving filtered images.
• output_folderB: Path to output folder B for saving filtered images.

Resize Command

Command: resize

Description

This command resizes images in two folders to specified dimensions.

Arguments

• dimensions: Dimensions (x_dim, y_dim) for resizing.
  • Type: int
• folderA: Path to folder A containing images.
• folderB: Path to folder B containing images.

Graph Command

Command: graph

Description

This command generates graphs based on JSON data.

Arguments

• method: Method for graph generation.
• json: Path to JSON file containing data for graph generation.
• bottomcoverage: The bottom percentage removed (i.e., don't plot the bottom 20% of the data).
• topcoverage: The top percentage removed.

Ratio Command

Command: ratio

Description

This command finds and prints all pairs of numbers with the same ratio that are smaller than the given numbers. Used to find other suitable resolutions that could be used.

Arguments

• num1: The first number.
• num2: The second number.

Average Command

Command: average

Description

This command calculates the average of all PNG images in a specified folder and saves the result.

Arguments

• inputFolder: Path to the folder containing input images.
• outputFile: Filename for the output averaged image.