Atelier

An art gallery for massive (gigapixel) works of art. Served in your browser with everything stored on disk.

How does it look?

More customization is planned, when I get the time!

Get started

Requirements: Python 3.11+, pyvips (not required, but highly recommended for large images)

git clone https://github.com/DamienBlackwood/art-viewer.git
cd art-viewer
python3 serve.py

And then access http://localhost:8000. To upload an image, click the Add button or press u.

Features

Check changelog!

Rationale

It's converting images into Deep Zoom tiles and I serve them using a self madelocal viewer capable of utilising DZI.

Under the hood (reflections)

Uses OpenSeadragon library for deep zoom functionality, a tiny python server for serving tiles, converting and annotation. Annotation is AES-GCM encrypted client side (I know, sounds excessive, but I really love encryption). Conversion process uses pyvips if present in order to perform shrink-on-load, which makes it faster on large images.

All code written by me, drawing from existing research but implemented independently.

License

MIT