Co-authored by Yon Ploj

How it works

If you want to generate your own timelapse from ocala images

like this one

place the file ocalaFinder.py into the folder with your images and call

./ocalaFinder.py

Note

If the program finds the two circles, it will cache their positions in the file
<filename>_bestBoiPosition.txt
So the next time you will run the program, it will ignore the cached files. If you want to force the search to all files, run:

rm *_bestBoiPosition.txt

Prerequisites

• python3 is required to run
• All images must be in the folder next to the script
• All images must use the extension .jpg or .png (search the code for @%^magic_string@%^ if you need to alter it)

Post-processing

Use the following script to remove the xx_adj_ prefix from your images:

rename -n 's/\d*_adj_(.*)/$1/' *

if you're satisfied with the result, remove the simulation flag (-n)
(rename needs to be installed for this)