Image Quilting

This project was an exam submission for the Tool- und Plugin-Programmierung module, and I received a grade of 1.0.

This project implements advanced image quilting techniques to generate large, visually coherent textures from small input patches. The method minimizes visible seams and repetitive patterns using algorithms such as Minimum Error Boundary Cut and Mean Squared Error (MSE)-based block selection.

Features

• Seamless integration of texture patches from input images.
• Optimization of texture coherence using overlap regions and minimal cuts.
• Flexible parameters for block size, overlap, and tolerance, enabling diverse texture outputs.
• Applications in computer graphics, game design, and digital art.

Project Structure

• include/: Header files defining core interfaces (e.g., TextureQuilter.h, SeamCarving.h, ErrorMetrics.h).
• src/: Implementation of core algorithms (e.g., quilting logic, seam carving, and error metrics).
• gallery/: Input and output images demonstrating the quilting process.
• CMakeLists.txt: Build configuration file.

Technologies

• C++
• CMake For build automation.
• Image Processing: Implementation of Efros and Freeman’s Image Quilting Algorithm.

Documentation

For detailed project documentation, please refer to the Ausarbeitung folder.

Usage

Compile the project using CMake and run the executable with specified parameters:

./ImageQuilting_main --input <input_image> \
                     --output <output_image> \
                     --width <output_width> \
                     --height <output_height> \
                     --tileW <tile_width> \
                     --tileH <tile_height> \
                     --seamW <seam_width> \
                     --seamH <seam_height> \
                     --mseSelect true \
                     --minCut true \
                     --tolerance 0.1