Image labeling helper

[mschuster]

Here is a script that helps with image labeling, useful when you need to control the set of labeled objects and tweak their visualizations. You can do these sorts of things manually in a drawing program, but I thought a script like this might be helpful. Unlike Andres' AnnotateImage script, this script does not do catalog searches. Everything must be specified explicitly.

Version 0.3 update: Support .csv style properties
Version 0.4 and 0.5 update: Add multi-line labels, add base view composition option

Here is an example. I tweaked the layout, the sizes and the positions of the elements, to improve legibility.



Here is the script's dialog. Each label consists of marker and text tag information.



The labels and style properties can be saved in and opened from .cvs files for easy archival and editing.



The script creates a transparent overlay that you can compose with the target image using PixelMath. For the example above I used two overlays with different text sizes. The overlays provide flexibility, for example you can colorize them prior to composition. You can also select a compatible base view and the script will do the composition automatically.



Regards,
Mike

[Nocturnal]

Good stuff Mike!

[mschuster]

Thanks Sander. Also just a note: I tweaked the script, you can now specify style properties in the .csv file. See the head post.
Mike

PS: I also added multi-line labels and an option for automatic base view composition.