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Local Binary Pattern

edge & feature detection

Typeface · Silkscreen

Real-world algorithm demonstration, applied to a NASA portrait.
Real-world algorithm demonstration, applied to a NASA portrait.Image: NASA / Eileen Collins · scikit-image (public domain)View source ↗

Prompt

Apply Local Binary Pattern, replacing photographic shading with dense grayscale texture codes formed by tiny neighboring-pixel comparisons. Create an embossed, granular mosaic of micro-patterns, emphasizing pores, fabric, and surface transitions while flattening broad illumination. Avoid realistic relief lighting or smooth tonal modeling. Keep the original subject and composition.

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Identify

Faces appear like embossed texture codes1.

Principle

Neighboring pixels are binary-coded2 relative to the center.

Try it out

Compare smooth skin and fabric.

Classification

Calculated image processing result.

Further examples · 8 images

Local Binary Pattern, applied to “Katholische Pfarrkirche St. Julitta und Quiricus, Andiast (d.j.b.) 20”
02 Local Binary Pattern, applied to “Katholische Pfarrkirche St. Julitta und Quiricus, Andiast (d.j.b.) 20”A church cross and clouds are reduced to grainy, binary-coded textures. The effect emphasizes edge contrasts, turning the sky and metallic surface into a dense field of embossed patterns.Dominicus Johannes Bergsma (photo); processed for the Atlas · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Local Binary Pattern, applied to “Gilded Vectors of Disease - Horizontal”
03 Local Binary Pattern, applied to “Gilded Vectors of Disease - Horizontal”This grid of disease-vector illustrations shows high-frequency texture information. The local binary pattern conversion renders the insects and their frames as complex, topographic-like micro-features.Colin (photo); processed for the Atlas · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Local Binary Pattern, applied to “Zernez, Unterengadin, Graubünden. 20-09-2023. (actm.) 67”
04 Local Binary Pattern, applied to “Zernez, Unterengadin, Graubünden. 20-09-2023. (actm.) 67”A stone building with a well exhibits uniform texture coding across the masonry. Smooth areas like the window panes are clearly distinguished from the rough, pixelated surfaces of the stone.Agnes Monkelbaan (photo); processed for the Atlas · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Local Binary Pattern, applied to “360° Grad Oberzalimalpe, Panorama”
05 Local Binary Pattern, applied to “360° Grad Oberzalimalpe, Panorama”The mountain panorama displays a distinct shift from the sparse coding of the sky to the dense textures of the hills. The terrain appears as a calculated, embossed map of brightness gradients.Feel free to use my photos, but please mention me as the author and if you want send me a message. (photo); processed for the Atlas · CC BY-SA 3.0 at · Wikimedia Commons
Local Binary Pattern, applied to “Initiation ritual of boys in Malawi”
06 Local Binary Pattern, applied to “Initiation ritual of boys in Malawi”The ritual participants' straw costumes create sharp, repetitive binary patterns. Skin and background foliage are likewise converted into a unified, grainy texture based on local pixel intensity.Steve Evans from Citizen of the World (photo); processed for the Atlas · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Local Binary Pattern, applied to “Rolnicy nad Jeziorem Inle w Mjanmie, 20160806 8493”
07 Local Binary Pattern, applied to “Rolnicy nad Jeziorem Inle w Mjanmie, 20160806 8493”Two farmers in a field are integrated into a continuous texture of grain stalks. The processing emphasizes the vertical and diagonal lines of the crop as distinct local binary values.Jakub Hałun (photo); processed for the Atlas · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Local Binary Pattern, applied to “Full-page portrait of Luke in gold frame on purple background (NYPL b12455533)”
08 Local Binary Pattern, applied to “Full-page portrait of Luke in gold frame on purple background (NYPL b12455533)”This portrait of Luke displays the effect as an intricate, relief-like structure. The fine details of the gold frame and fabric folds are translated into a complex network of binary-coded edges.Scan by NYPL (photo); processed for the Atlas · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons