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Rotation Mapping in ImageMagick

Is there a way to rotate an image based upon a mapping in ImageMagick? The problem is similar to displacement mapping however instead of warping & morphing the shape based upon the luma/chroma in a map I want to rotate an image based upon the map.

For instance: If I had a pattern, then applied a chroma/luma map shape to it, it would rotate the pattern and output it based upon the luma/chroma difference from the midpoint (50%).

Like so: enter image description here

My task is to create a fairly complex set of shapes and map a pattern to them at different angles respective of their chroma/luma.

Would this be some kind of custom plugin I'd have to write or is there a simple way to to this in IM 6?

Thanks very much!

Solution

  • ImageMagick does not come with the functionality you want builtin, but thanks to the -fx argument you can write your own.
    The following command will rotate the source image clockwise by the applied mask:

    convert input.png rotationmap.png -fx \
'rs=-6.28318531;
p{
    cos(v*rs)*(i-w/2.0)-sin(v*rs)*(j-h/2.0)+w/2.0,
    sin(v*rs)*(i-w/2.0)+cos(v*rs)*(j-h/2.0)+h/2.0
}' output.png

    Fill the rotation map with #202020 to rotate by 45 degrees for example:

    hexval = (rotation_deg / 360) * 255

    enter image description here

    Or do sillier stuff (this is fun to play with, actually):

    enter image description here

    Caveats:

    • Cut off corners just repeat indefinitely.
    • Rotation map needs to be the same size as the source image.
    • No resampling, result might get blurry or edgy.