video

video_slitscan.fish

#!/usr/bin/env fish

function show_spinner
    set -l pid $argv[1]
    set -l text $argv[2]
    set -l spinner_chars "⠋⠙⠹⠸⠼⠴⠦⠧⠇⠏"
    set -l i 1

    while kill -0 $pid 2>/dev/null
        printf "\r%s %s    " (string sub -s $i -l 1 $spinner_chars) $text
        set i (math "$i + 1")
        if test $i -gt (string length $spinner_chars)
            set i 1
        end
        sleep 0.1
    end
    printf "\r%s Done!    \n" $text
end

function create_slitscan
    set -l input_video $argv[1]
    set -l output_image $argv[2]
    set -l direction $argv[3]  # "vertical" or "horizontal"
    set -l slice_position $argv[4]  # 0-100 percentage
    set -l slice_thickness $argv[5] # pixels
    set -l temp_dir (mktemp -d)
    
    # Extract frames and get video info
    echo "Extracting frames..."
    ffmpeg -i $input_video -vf fps=30 $temp_dir/frame_%d.png -hide_banner -loglevel error

    # Create directory for slices
    mkdir -p $temp_dir/slices

    # Get dimensions of a frame
    set -l dimensions (magick identify -format "%wx%h" $temp_dir/frame_1.png)
    set -l width (string split "x" $dimensions)[1]
    set -l height (string split "x" $dimensions)[2]
    
    # Calculate slice position based on percentage
    set -l slice_x 0
    set -l slice_y 0
    if test "$direction" = "vertical"
        set slice_x (math "floor($width * $slice_position / 100)")
    else
        set slice_y (math "floor($height * $slice_position / 100)")
    end

    # Extract slice from each frame and add frame number to filename
    echo "Processing frames..."
    set frame_num 1
    begin
        for frame in $temp_dir/frame_*.png
            # Create the crop geometry string first
            set -l crop_geometry
            if test "$direction" = "vertical"
                set crop_geometry "$slice_thickness"x"$height"+"$slice_x"+0
            else
                set crop_geometry "$width"x"$slice_thickness"+0+"$slice_y"
            end

            # Extract slice
            magick "$frame" -crop "$crop_geometry" "$temp_dir/slices/slice_"(printf "%06d.png" $frame_num)
            
            set frame_num (math $frame_num + 1)
        end
    end &
    set -l process_pid $last_pid
    show_spinner $process_pid "Processing frames"

    # Combine all slices based on direction
    echo "Combining slices..."
    begin
        if test "$direction" = "vertical"
            # Arrange slices horizontally
            magick "$temp_dir/slices/slice_"*.png +append "$output_image"
        else
            # Stack slices vertically
            magick "$temp_dir/slices/slice_"*.png -append "$output_image"
        end
    end &
    set -l combine_pid $last_pid
    show_spinner $combine_pid "Combining slices"

    # Clean up temporary files
    rm -rf $temp_dir

    echo "✨ Slitscan created successfully: $output_image"
end

# Check if correct number of arguments provided
if test (count $argv) -ne 5
    echo "Usage: "(status filename)" <input_video> <output_image> <direction> <slice_position> <slice_thickness>"
    echo "  direction: vertical or horizontal"
    echo "  slice_position: 0-100 (percentage from left/top)"
    echo "  slice_thickness: pixels"
    echo ""
    echo "Example:"
    echo "  "(status filename)" input.mp4 output.png vertical 50 1"
    exit 1
end

# Check if required commands exist
for cmd in ffmpeg magick
    if not command -v $cmd >/dev/null
        echo "Error: Required command '$cmd' not found"
        echo "Please install ffmpeg and imagemagick"
        exit 1
    end
end

create_slitscan $argv[1] $argv[2] $argv[3] $argv[4] $argv[5]

@EIIisD just the native OSX feature. (Cmd + Shift + 5)

@EIIisD it might be possible to use hardware acceleration for all this...