todatamining / multi-photo

Tool to take multiple product photos at the same time

Multiple Product Photo Tool

Tool to take multiple product photos at the same time and resize them.

JJGames.com uses a modified version of this to take product photos of thousands of used video games every day.

Setup

There is some initial setup to install the correct code and setup the cameras.

• Clone the repository to your machine

• Install ffmpeg

This open source program takes video and photos using devices attached to your computer.

• Install perl

• Install perl modules required

In command prompt:

cpanm install Image::Magick
cpanm install Image::Thumbnail

• Edit program for number of cameras

Change the line in the multi-photo.pl file that chooses the number of cameras you'll use.

my @photos_to_take = (1,2,3);

• Edit .bat files

You need to identify which camera should be used for each .bat file.

First you'll identify the cameras.

In command prompt type:

ffmpeg -list_devices true -f dshow -i dummy

This lists all of the cameras attached to your computer. You'll copy the unique identifier for a camera and paste that into one .bat file at this line.

video="paste_your_device_identifier_here"

Becomes:

video="@device_pnp_\\?\usb#vid_046d&pid_082d&mi_00#6&3967710f&0&0000#{65e8773d-8f56-11d0-a3b9-00a0c9223196}\global"

Also edit the .bat file name for the image. This can be anything but needs to be unique between .bat files.

-vframes 1 "%~dp0\1.jpg"

-vframes 1 "%~dp0\2.jpg"

Take Photos

To take photos, double click the multi-photo.pl program.

Or open the command prompt and run the perl program:

perl multi-photo.pl

One photo will be taken and resized for each camera setup. You should see the photos in the folder containing the multi-photo.pl program.