Changing image hue with Python PIL

Question

Using Python PIL, I\'m trying to adjust the hue of a given image.

I\'m not very comfortable with the jargon of graphics, so what I mean by “adjusting hue” is doing t

Answer 1

There is Python code to convert RGB to HSV (and vice versa) in the colorsys module in the standard library. My first attempt used

rgb_to_hsv=np.vectorize(colorsys.rgb_to_hsv)
hsv_to_rgb=np.vectorize(colorsys.hsv_to_rgb)

to vectorize those functions. Unfortunately, using np.vectorize results in rather slow code.

I was able to obtain roughly a 5 times speed up by translating colorsys.rgb_to_hsv and colorsys.hsv_to_rgb into native numpy operations.

import Image
import numpy as np

def rgb_to_hsv(rgb):
    # Translated from source of colorsys.rgb_to_hsv
    # r,g,b should be a numpy arrays with values between 0 and 255
    # rgb_to_hsv returns an array of floats between 0.0 and 1.0.
    rgb = rgb.astype('float')
    hsv = np.zeros_like(rgb)
    # in case an RGBA array was passed, just copy the A channel
    hsv[..., 3:] = rgb[..., 3:]
    r, g, b = rgb[..., 0], rgb[..., 1], rgb[..., 2]
    maxc = np.max(rgb[..., :3], axis=-1)
    minc = np.min(rgb[..., :3], axis=-1)
    hsv[..., 2] = maxc
    mask = maxc != minc
    hsv[mask, 1] = (maxc - minc)[mask] / maxc[mask]
    rc = np.zeros_like(r)
    gc = np.zeros_like(g)
    bc = np.zeros_like(b)
    rc[mask] = (maxc - r)[mask] / (maxc - minc)[mask]
    gc[mask] = (maxc - g)[mask] / (maxc - minc)[mask]
    bc[mask] = (maxc - b)[mask] / (maxc - minc)[mask]
    hsv[..., 0] = np.select(
        [r == maxc, g == maxc], [bc - gc, 2.0 + rc - bc], default=4.0 + gc - rc)
    hsv[..., 0] = (hsv[..., 0] / 6.0) % 1.0
    return hsv

def hsv_to_rgb(hsv):
    # Translated from source of colorsys.hsv_to_rgb
    # h,s should be a numpy arrays with values between 0.0 and 1.0
    # v should be a numpy array with values between 0.0 and 255.0
    # hsv_to_rgb returns an array of uints between 0 and 255.
    rgb = np.empty_like(hsv)
    rgb[..., 3:] = hsv[..., 3:]
    h, s, v = hsv[..., 0], hsv[..., 1], hsv[..., 2]
    i = (h * 6.0).astype('uint8')
    f = (h * 6.0) - i
    p = v * (1.0 - s)
    q = v * (1.0 - s * f)
    t = v * (1.0 - s * (1.0 - f))
    i = i % 6
    conditions = [s == 0.0, i == 1, i == 2, i == 3, i == 4, i == 5]
    rgb[..., 0] = np.select(conditions, [v, q, p, p, t, v], default=v)
    rgb[..., 1] = np.select(conditions, [v, v, v, q, p, p], default=t)
    rgb[..., 2] = np.select(conditions, [v, p, t, v, v, q], default=p)
    return rgb.astype('uint8')


def shift_hue(arr,hout):
    hsv=rgb_to_hsv(arr)
    hsv[...,0]=hout
    rgb=hsv_to_rgb(hsv)
    return rgb

img = Image.open('tweeter.png').convert('RGBA')
arr = np.array(img)

if __name__=='__main__':
    green_hue = (180-78)/360.0
    red_hue = (180-180)/360.0

    new_img = Image.fromarray(shift_hue(arr,red_hue), 'RGBA')
    new_img.save('tweeter_red.png')

    new_img = Image.fromarray(shift_hue(arr,green_hue), 'RGBA')
    new_img.save('tweeter_green.png')

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