G'MIC - GREYC's Magic for Image Computing: A Full-Featured Open-Source Framework for Image Processing
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A Full-Featured Open-Source Framework for Image Processing



Latest stable version: 3.7.6 (2026/05/13)

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split_colors

Arguments:

  • _max_nb_outputs>=0

Description:

Split selected images as several single-colored outputs.

One selected image can be split as at most max_nb_outputs images.
Output images are sorted by decreasing color occurence and have an additional alpha-channel.
If max_nb_outputs==0, there are as many outputs as different colors in the input images.

Default values:

max_nb_outputs=0.

Example of use:

image.jpg quantize 5 +split_colors , display_rgba

Command: image.jpg quantize 5 +split_colors , display_rgba
Command: image.jpg quantize 5 +split_colors , display_rgba
Command: image.jpg quantize 5 +split_colors , display_rgba
Command: image.jpg quantize 5 +split_colors , display_rgba
Command: image.jpg quantize 5 +split_colors , display_rgba
Command: image.jpg quantize 5 +split_colors , display_rgba
G'MIC - GREYC's Magic for Image Computing: A Full-Featured Open-Source Framework for Image Processing

G'MIC is an open-source software distributed under the CeCILL free software licenses (LGPL-like and/or
GPL-compatible). Copyrights (C) Since July 2008, David Tschumperlé - GREYC UMR CNRS 6072, Image Team.