🎨 Auto-MSPaint Tool

⁉ What is this?

this is an automatic paint tool (yes, it can be used in other paint programs) made in Python

📦 Libraries

NOTE: To easily install all the required libraries, just type in the terminal command python -m pip install -r requirements.txt

• OpenCV
• pynput
• Pillow (PIL)

❓ FAQ

• What did you use this for?
  • Bad apple
• Can I use this on other paint programs like Adobe Photoshop and GIMP?
  • Yes.
• How do I turn the output images into a video?
  • Using ffmpeg.

❓ How To Use ffmpeg to turn a video in to mspaint drawings

1. First get the individual frames

ffmpeg -i video.mp4 frames/%05d.jpg -hide_banner

2. Run the Python script to automatically create the input.txt file.

py make_input.py

3. Render the frames by running main.py

4. To compile everything into a video use this command

C:\Users\Developer\FFMPEG\bin\ffmpeg.exe -f concat -i input.txt -c:v libx264 -r *FPS HERE* -pix_fmt rgb24 video/temp.mp4

4.5. To add the source audio to the output video use this command after Step 4

C:\Users\Developer\FFMPEG\bin\ffmpeg.exe -i video.mp4 audio.mp3
C:\Users\Developer\FFMPEG\bin\ffmpeg.exe -i video/temp.mp4 -i audio.mp3 -map 0:v -map 1:a -c:v copy -shortest video/output.mp4