A couple weeks ago I posted about ImageX - a dumb little CLI that lets you edit images without googling "resize image online" for the hundredth time. If you haven't seen it, the tldr is: pip install imagex && imagex, a menu pops up, pick what you want, done.
No flags to memorize, no syntax to look up - just arrow keys and enter. Everything runs locally on your machine - no uploads, no server ever sees your images, no browser,no ads.
Honestly? Didn't expect much. But:
- 10 stars on GitHub
- 1 contributor already dropped a PR (Flip feature - thanks! :)
- A bunch of feature requests in issues
So I kept building.
What's new in v0.3.0
Three features, one fix:
Grayscale / B&W - luminosity conversion or threshold-based true black & white. Slider for the threshold so you can dial in exactly how much black you want.
Invert Colors - instant negative. Handles RGBA without destroying alpha.
Flip - mirror horizontally, vertically, or both. (PR from a contributor!)
Plus: version check on startup (tells you when to upgrade), and all operations now preserve EXIF/ICC metadata instead of silently dropping it. Yeah, that was a bug. Fixed.
The code is still stupid simple
NAME = "Invert Colors"
DESCRIPTION = "Invert image colors (negative effect)"
def run(file, output_path, args):
img = Image.open(file)
# ... invert logic ...
img.save(output_path)
return True
Links
- GitHub: github.com/kushal1o1/ImageX
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PyPI:
pip install -U imagex
PRs welcome. You could write a feature in the time it took to read this.