image2TV

Build images for TV using IPTC as annotations

The default configuration in image2TV.json will convert the images found in ./images/ to slideshow images w. annotaions mirrored into ./TV/

The default layout is build using the image2TV.json (See below)

Test files

images
│   Screenshot_2024-02-01-06-39-15-12.jpg  - Screenshot w only headline
│
├───Giza
│       2023-04-11T09-28-50_IMGP0824.JPG  - Some place in Egypt ;-)
│
├───Odense
│       IMG20240128114147.jpg  - Location in Denmark
│
└───Öland
        2023-07-30T13-29-00_IMGP1586.JPG - Location in Sweden
        2023-08-02T12-51-59_IMGP1800.JPG - Location in Sweden
        2023-08-03T16-18-06_IMGP1870.JPG - Location in Sweden

Layout

The default layout is a canvas in 4K (3840x2160) with a resized image aligned to the left and metadata alinged to the right:

Meta data is:

• IPTC:Headline (top right 5% from top)
• IPTC:Caption (middel right, 40% from top)
• IPTC:Location (bottom right, 80% from top)
• Flag (IPTC:CountryCode/Unknown) (bottom right)

Configuration in JSON

Tag	Default	Description
@brief	Image convertion to TV format
@version	2024-01-31 10	24
verbose	0	Mute
flag_dir	flags/	Source dir for flags (xxx.png)
source_path	./images/	Source dir for images
source_pattern	.jpg	File pattern for source files
target_path	./TV/	Target root dir
output_extention	png	Output extentions
output_type	jpg	Output file type
flag_unknown	Nuvola_unknown_flag	Flag to display on missing IPTC:countrycode or unknown country
max_height	2160	Max canvas height
max_width	3840	Max canvas width
background_color	black	Background color
boxwidth	600	Box width for meta data
headline_start_vpos	5	Headline offset from top
headline_font_size	50	Font size for headline
headline_font_color	yellow	Font color for headline
caption_start_vpos	40	Caption offset from top
caption_font_size	45	Font size for caption
caption_font_color	white	Font color for caption
location_start_vpos	80	Location offset from top
location_font_size	30	Font size for location
location_font_color	cyan	Font color for location
flag_offset_x	3700	Offset for flag
flag_offset_y	2000	Offset for flag
image_offset_x	0	Start offset for image
image_offset_y	0	Start offset for image

{
    "@brief"                    : "Image convertion to TV format"
,    "@version"                 : "2024-01-31 10    :24    :52"
,    "verbose"                  : 0
,    "flag_dir"                 : "flags/"
,    "source_path"              : "./images/"
,    "source_pattern"           : ".jpg"
,    "target_path"              : "./TV/"
,    "output_extention"         : "png"
,    "output_type"              : "jpg"
,    "flag_unknown"             : "flag-unknown"
,    "flag_unknown"             : "Nuvola_unknown_flag"
,    "max_height"               : 2160
,    "max_width"                : 3840
,    "output_file"              : "meta_iptc"
,    "output_file_simple"       : "meta_blank"
,    "background_color"         : "black"

,    "boxwidth"                 : 600

,    "headline_start_vpos"      : 5
,    "headline_font_size"       : 50
,    "headline_font_color"      : "yellow"

,    "caption_start_vpos"       : 40
,    "caption_font_size"        : 45
,    "caption_font_color"       : "white"

,    "location_start_vpos"      : 80
,    "location_font_size"       : 30
,    "location_font_color"      : "cyan"

,    "flag_background_color"    : "black"
,    "flag_offset_x"            : 3700
,    "flag_offset_y"            : 2000

,    "image_offset_x"           : 0
,    "image_offset_y"           : 0
}