pixalate_ae.py

# function to reduce image resolution while keeping the image size constant

def pixalate_image(image, scale_percent = 40):
  width = int(image.shape[1] * scale_percent / 100)
  height = int(image.shape[0] * scale_percent / 100)
  dim = (width, height)

  small_image = cv2.resize(image, dim, interpolation = cv2.INTER_AREA)
  
  # scale back to original size
  width = int(small_image.shape[1] * 100 / scale_percent)
  height = int(small_image.shape[0] * 100 / scale_percent)
  dim = (width, height)

  low_res_image = cv2.resize(small_image, dim, interpolation = cv2.INTER_AREA)

  return low_res_image