KALMUS is a Python package for the computational analysis of colors in films. It provides quantitative tools to study and compare the use of film color. This package serves two purposes: (1) various ways to measure, calculate and compare a film's colors and (2) various ways to visualize a film's color. We have named the software KALMUS in homage to Natalie Kalmus (1882 - 1965), a Technicolor Director who oversaw the color palettes of nearly 300 Hollywood feature films.
KALMUS utilizes the movie barcode as a visualization of the film's color. It has a modularized pipeline for the generation of barcodes using different measures of color and region of interest in each film frame. KALMUS provides a low-level API, high-level command line, and Graphic user interface for audience from all backgrounds to take advantage of its functionality.
- What is a Movie Barcode: KALMUS: tools for color analysis of films. Journal of Open Source Software, 6(61), 3156. https://doi.org/10.21105/joss.03156
- How do I install the KALMUS: KALMUS Installation Guide
- How do I use the KALMUS: Notebook Tutorials for KALMUS's API, GUI, and CLI
- How do I contribute to the KALMUS: KALMUS Contribution Guidelines
The KALMUS API reference is now available on https://kalmus-color-toolkit.github.io/KALMUS/kalmus.html.
The full update log (from v1.3.0 to v1.3.14) is now available on https://kalmus-color-toolkit.github.io/KALMUS/update_log.html