Minecraft efficient skin render: Source: https://web.archive.org/web/20120708072121/http://w.tkte.ch/minecraft/skin_previews

skin-render.py

"""
Copyright 2011 Tyler Kennedy <[email protected]>. All rights reserved.
 
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"""
from itertools import product
from math import atan2, cos, hypot, pi
 
import Image
 
def translate_coords(source, theta, zoom):
    """
    Translate a 3D coordinate around an imaginary 3D carousel, returning a 2D
    coordinate.
 
    This function is meant to fake camera and modelview matrix translations in
    a cheap yet convincing manner.
    """
 
    ORIGINX = 5
    ORIGINY = 5
    # ORIGINZ is trivially zero and the maths are simplified around this.
 
    x, y, z = source
    x -= ORIGINX
    y -= ORIGINY
 
    # Get the carousel. The carousel is a circle which the coordinate is
    # rotated around during transformation; it is sufficient to merely find
    # the radius of the carousel, since the origin is used as the center.
    carousel = hypot(x, z)
 
    # Get the current offset angle. This is the angle which the coordinate is
    # currently located at on the carousel.
    offset = atan2(z, x)
 
    # Get the new X coordinate.
    x = cos(theta + offset) * carousel
 
    return int((x + ORIGINX) * zoom), int((y + ORIGINY) * zoom)
 
# The sections of the skin, as source coords on the skin and untransformed
# dest coords. Always wind coordinates CCW.
lefts = [
    (False, (16, 8, 24, 16),
     ((4, 1, 1.5), (4, 3, 1.5), (4, 3, -0.5), (4, 1, -0.5))), # Head (left)
    (False, (8, 20, 12, 32),
     ((4, 6, 1), (4, 9, 1), (4, 9, 0), (4, 6, 0))), # Leg (left)
    (False, (48, 20, 52, 32),
     ((3, 3, 1), (3, 6, 1), (3, 6, 0), (3, 3, 0))), # Arm (left)
    (True, (32, 8 ,40, 16),
     ((3.875, 0.875, 1.625), (3.875, 3.125, 1.625),
      (3.875, 3.125, -0.625), (3.875, 0.875, -0.625))), # Accessory (left)
]
rights = [
    (False, (0, 8, 8, 16),
     ((6, 1, -0.5), (6, 3, -0.5), (6, 3, 1.5), (6, 1, 1.5))), # Head (right)
    (False, (0, 20, 4, 32),
     ((6, 6, 0), (6, 9, 0), (6, 9, 1), (6, 6, 1))), # Leg (right)
    (False, (40, 20, 44, 32),
     ((7, 3, 0), (7, 6, 0), (7, 6, 1), (7, 3, 1))), # Arm (right)
    (True, (48, 8 ,56, 16),
     ((5.875, 0.875, -0.625), (5.875, 3.125, -0.625),
      (5.875, 3.125, 1.625), (5.875, 0.875, 1.625))), # Accessory (left)
]
fronts = [
    (False, (8, 8, 16, 16),
     ((4, 1, 1.5), (4, 3, 1.5), (6, 3, 1.5), (6, 1, 1.5))), # Head (front)
    (False, (4, 20, 8, 32),
     ((4, 6, 1), (4, 9, 1), (5, 9, 1), (5, 6, 1))), # Leg (front) (right)
    (False, (4, 20, 8, 32),
     ((5, 6, 1), (5, 9, 1), (6, 9, 1), (6, 6, 1))), # Leg (front) (left)
    (False, (20, 20, 28, 32),
     ((4, 3, 1), (4, 6, 1), (6, 6, 1), (6, 3, 1))), # Body (front)
    (False, (44, 20, 48, 32),
     ((3, 3, 1), (3, 6, 1), (4, 6, 1), (4, 3, 1))), # Arm (front) (left)
    (False, (44, 20, 48, 32),
     ((6, 3, 1), (6, 6, 1), (7, 6, 1), (7, 3, 1))), # Arm (front) (right)
    (True, (40, 8, 48, 16),
     ((3.875, 0.875, 1.625), (3.875, 3.125, 1.625),
      (6.125, 3.125, 1.625), (6.125, 0.875, 1.625))), # Accessory (front)
]
backs = [
    (False, (24, 8, 32, 16),
     ((6, 1, -0.5), (6, 3, -0.5), (4, 3, -0.5), (4, 1, -0.5))), # Head (back)
    (False, (12, 20, 16, 32),
     ((5, 6, 0), (5, 9, 0), (4, 9, 0), (4, 6, 0))), # Leg (back) (right)
    (False, (12, 20, 16, 32),
     ((6, 6, 0), (6, 9, 0), (5, 9, 0), (5, 6, 0))), # Leg (back) (left)
    (False, (32, 20, 40, 32),
     ((6, 3, 0), (6, 6, 0), (4, 6, 0), (4, 3, 0))), # Body (back)
    (False, (52, 20, 56, 32),
     ((4, 3, 0), (4, 6, 0), (3, 6, 0), (3, 3, 0))), # Arm (back) (left)
    (False, (52, 20, 56, 32),
     ((7, 3, 0), (7, 6, 0), (6, 6, 0), (6, 3, 0))), # Arm (back) (right)
    (True, (56, 8, 64, 16),
     ((3.875, 0.875, -0.625), (3.875, 3.125, -0.625),
      (6.125, 3.125, -0.625), (6.125, 0.875, -0.625))), # Accessory (back)
]
edges = [
]
 
def render_skin(skin, theta, zoom):
    """
    Take a skin, and render it, enlarged, with a perspective.
    """
 
    size = (10 * zoom, 10 * zoom)
 
    colorkey = skin.getpixel((63, 0))[0:3]
 
    out = Image.new("RGBA", size, (0, 0, 0, 0))
 
    # Constrain theta, and figure out which sections we're gonna draw.
    theta %= 2 * pi
    if 0 <= theta < pi / 2:
        sections = [edges, fronts, rights]
    elif theta < pi:
        sections = [edges, backs, rights]
    elif theta < 3 * pi / 2:
        sections = [edges, backs, lefts]
    else:
        sections = [edges, fronts, lefts]
 
    targets = []
    sources = []
 
    for section in sections:
        for trans, source, dest in section:
            transformed = [translate_coords(i, theta, zoom) for i in dest]
            xs, ys = zip(*transformed)
            l = min(xs)
            r = max(xs)
            u = min(ys)
            d = max(ys)
            # Discard unviewable slices. They'll cause exceptions and won't
            # even show up anyway.
            if l == r or u == d:
                continue
 
            targets.append((l, u, r, d))
            l, u, r, d = source
            sources.append((l, u, l, d, r, d, r, u))
            if trans:
                pbo = skin.load()
                for coords in product(xrange(l, r), xrange(u, d)):
                    rgb = pbo[coords][0:3]
                    if rgb == colorkey:
                        pbo[coords] = (42, 42, 42, 0)
 
    for target, source in zip(targets, sources):
        w = target[2] - target[0]
        h = target[3] - target[1]
        temp = skin.transform((w, h), Image.QUAD, source)
        out.paste(temp, target, temp)
 
    return out
 
def main(skinfile):
    """
    Render a three-quarters view of a skin.
 
    This can be scaled up by any factor; the minimal coordinates are 10x10.
    """
 
    FACTOR = 32
    BG = (240, 240, 240, 255)
 
    skin = Image.open(skinfile).convert("RGBA")
 
    for i in range(0, 360, 6):
        #print "Making image %d" % i
        theta = i * 2 * pi / 360
        out = render_skin(skin, theta, FACTOR)
        temp = Image.new("RGBA", out.size, BG)
        out = Image.composite(out, temp, out)
        out.save("test%03d.gif" % i)
 
if __name__ == "__main__":
    import sys
    main(sys.argv[-1])