This programs converts a single image to tiles in multires format. This work has been inspired by the Pannellum (https://github.com/mpetroff/pannellum) and dzi (https://github.com/n-k/dzi) projects. It is usualy used to convert a cube face to tiles. In this case, the image is a square but this tool is generalized so that it can work on rectangle shaped images. I made the choice of a tool that makes a unique operation. So it does not operate on the 6 faces nor it does not generate a configuration file for any panarama viewer. For these purposes, you can use a script of your own. An example shell script `cube2tiles.sh` is provided in the scripts directory. I didn't find any specification of the multires tile format. You can find the Python script `generate.py` in the test directory. It comes from the Pannellum project. This a modified version of the original script: the convertion from equirectangular to cube faces has been removed. # Usage ``` Generate multires tiles from an image Usage: image2multires [OPTIONS] [image] Arguments: [image] Options: -p, --png Set tile image format to png instead of default jpg -s, --tilesize Set tile image size [default: 512] -d, --directory Set output directory of tile image files [default: output] -h, --help Print help -V, --version Print version ``` # General context or workflow My workflow for generating a parorama is: 1. Stitch the images to produce an equirectangular image; 2. Convert the equirectangular image to 6 cube faces; 3. Do some changes on the down image to have a nadir without foreign objects, artifacts or hole; 4. Generate tiles from the cube faces. This is where this program operates; 5. Delete the original equirectangular image. # Known issues The following error may happen: ``` Unsupported source image: invalid code in LZW stream ``` This is caused by the underlying libraries. The only workaroud I can suggest is to open the image and save it. See issue https://github.com/image-rs/image-tiff/issues/191.