photo.py

#----------------------------------------------------------
# File photo.py - cubify a named image in project.
# @knowuh (Noah Paessel) http://bit.ly/photoblend
# License: MIT ( http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT )
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import bpy
from random import uniform
 
 
def make_material(color):
    alpha = 1.0
    red, green, blue, alpha = color
    if alpha != 0.0:
        color_name = '{0}_{1}_{2}'.format(red, green, blue)
        try:
            if bpy.data.materials[color_name]:
                color = bpy.data.materials[color_name]
        except:
            color = bpy.data.materials.new(color_name)
        color.use_nodes = True
        Diffuse_BSDF = color.node_tree.nodes['Diffuse BSDF']
        Diffuse_BSDF.inputs[0].default_value = [red, green, blue, alpha]
        return color
 
 
def draw_pix(x, y, col):
    material = make_material(col)
    r, g, b, a = col
    if a != 0.0:
        size = 16 - ((r + g + b) * 4)
        z = size
        bpy.ops.mesh.primitive_cube_add(location=(x, y, z))
        bpy.ops.transform.resize(value=(0.9,0.9,size))
        new_obj = bpy.context.active_object
        new_obj.data.materials.append(material)
 
 
def cubify(image_name):
    myImage = bpy.data.images[image_name]
    width, height = myImage.size
    for y in range(0, height):
        for x in range(0, width):
            block_number = (y * width) + x
            color = []
            for color_index in range(4):
                index = (block_number * 4) + color_index
                color.append(myImage.pixels[index])
            draw_pix(x * 2, y * 2, color)
            print(x,y)
 
cubify('photo.png')