Eric Mayhem wrote:
I'd like to cut a photo into 50 or 100 vertical strips and reassemble them randomly. Is there software or a website that I can use to do this simply and cheaply?

In GIMP, you can use the G'MIC plugin called "Taquin."

1. Open your photo in GIMP.

2. In the menu, go to Filters --> G'MIC.

3. Under "Arrays and Frames," select "Taquin."

5. In the X-tiles box, enter the number of horizontal splits.

6. In the Y-tiles box, enter the number of vertical splits.

4. Click OK.

Boom. Random reassembly of cuts.









Edit: I just realized that the Taquin plug-in limits the number of slices to 20. It won't cut it into 50 or 100 strips.

Piscis Noctis wrote:
python + ImLib

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Eastfist wrote:
Otherwise, you can use javascript and css, which won't physically alter your image. That is, I'm assuming you want to slice it up for a webpage.

That seems to be a common but incorrect assumption:-)  I'm just slicing it up to print.  What I'm looking for is something like the Gimp/Taquin solution above, but I need more slices.

Platinum Dust wrote:
You can try breaking your original image into 5 pieces, then using the plugin at 20 slices each for a total of 100. Technically not truly random across the entire image, but randomized enough to be unrecognizable.

this *might* work great, but I worry that the fact that 5 and 20 are not co-prime (they share factors) might be an issue.

I would use 9 and 11, myself, as they don't share any common factors and you'll get 99 slices

Something in my math-brain is tickling me. You slice 5 times... each 1/5th of the image is one solid block. Then you slice 20 times. each 1/5th of the image is then broken up into 4 more slices, so you still only get 20 slices. You'd need to slice each 1/5th block 20 times.

I think 9 and 11 might produce varied-width slices, and nowhere near 100 of them. Anyone want to try it?

There has to be a solution. Slice 20 times. offset left by 1/100th the width of the image, repeat the slice and offset 4 more times.

Joann Empson wrote:
Edit: I just realized that the Taquin plug-in limits the number of slices to 20. It won't cut it into 50 or 100 strips.

What about Array[Random] from that same list?

Same limitation?

The Space Cowboy wrote:

What about Array[Random] from that same list?

Same limitation?

Yes, the "Array [random]" filter has the same upper limit on its parameters.

Mask Photo wrote:
Something in my math-brain is tickling me. You slice 5 times... each 1/5th of the image is one solid block. Then you slice 20 times. each 1/5th of the image is then broken up into 4 more slices, so you still only get 20 slices. You'd need to slice each 1/5th block 20 times.

What I meant was to first cut up the original photo into five pieces, each one being a separate image file. Then run the plugin at 20 slices on each of those images so you end up with five images with 20 slices each (100 slices total). You then just put those five files together again in whatever order you want (or even what looks most aesthetically pleasing). The final image will have 100 slices, not 20.

I see what you're trying to come up with, to figure out a number combo that would let you just run the plugin a few times so you don't need any manual work, but I don't see how that would get you evenly sized slices. Good thought though.