photoshoot

Generate a GIF of canon balls that shoot around and slowly fall in place to form an image.

The project is inspired by this video (especially the end).

In the current state, photoshoot is completely unoptimizied and slow. Often it hangs in the end but I also had some really good results after tuning the settings.

usage

$ photoshoot --output out.gif some-photo.jpg
$ photoshoot --help
Usage: photoshoot [OPTIONS] --output <OUTPUT> <PHOTO>

Arguments:
  <PHOTO>  Path to the input photo

Options:
  -o, --output <OUTPUT>          Path to the output GIF
  -f, --frame-rate <FRAME_RATE>  Frame rate of the GIF [default: 0.02]
      --gif-speed <GIF_SPEED>    Speed of the writing of the GIF [default: 10]
  -s, --substeps <SUBSTEPS>      Simulation substeps [default: 5]
      --gravity <GRAVITY>        Simulation gravity [default: 9.81]
  -r, --radius <RADIUS>          Radius of the canon balls [default: 1]
  -b, --black-bg                 Black background (default: white)
  -i, --infinite                 Should the GIF run repeat infinitely
  -l, --last-frame <LAST_FRAME>  How much longer should the last frame be [default: 50]
      --dry-run                  Don't write to file
  -h, --help                     Print help
  -V, --version                  Print version

little showcase

(from rusteacean.net)