Stack images by using brightest pixel

img_brightest.py

import os
import fnmatch
import numpy as np
from PIL import Image
from tqdm import trange

images_in = "img"

def find(directory, pattern):
	file_list = []
	for root, dirs, files in os.walk(directory):
		for basename in files:
			if fnmatch.fnmatch(basename, pattern):
				filename = os.path.join(root, basename)
				file_list.append(filename)
	return file_list


# Find pictures in specified directory
imlist = find(images_in, '*.jpg')

# take first picture as a refference
w, h = Image.open(imlist[0]).size

arr = np.zeros((h, w, 3), np.float)
for j in trange(len(imlist), desc='Frames'):
	imgin = Image.open(imlist[j])
	imarr = np.array(imgin, dtype=np.float)
	arr = np.maximum(arr, imarr)

arr = np.array(np.round(arr), dtype=np.uint8)
out = Image.fromarray(arr, mode="RGB")
out.save("bri_"+images_in+".jpg")