How to Import Pictures into Dreams Ps4

[@coynem9229]

Make sure to only use a maximum of 300 pixels wide, otherwise you may run into some issues. The current program does not have a progress bar, so importing images may look stagnant but they should complete within a couple of minutes. Apologies for the slow speed of the program, it can widely vary from computer to computer, but it usually takes 20 minutes for a 300 x 300 image to export. Update: Im currently quite busy but Im hoping that the new picture importer update will launch some time this year. This update will: 1. Have instantaneous load times 2. Have the ability to use custom resolutions 3. Possibly includes compression 4. Faster printing times in Dreams Thank you all for being so patient! I really appreciate all the help and support as well, it really means a lot to me!

[@talesissa1]

Hey, nice job! I had one idea and would like to propose a job to you, can we talk?

[@coynem9229]

@@talesissa1 yeah sure, Id love to hear!

[@talesissa1]

@@coynem9229 do you have email or Instagram?

[@coynem9229]

@@talesissa1 yeah my email is [e-mail]

[@crispybacon5802]

Can you do a tutorial on the 900 pixel importer

[@jamesfisher1117]

Congratulations on your Impy win! It’s really well deserved and I’m so grateful for you sharing this with the dreamiverse

[@crispybacon5802]

This is so cool to see. It’s like reliving the days of not having 4k videos and such. I have no doubt someone’s gonna discover a way to make images super high res

[@adjectiveollie]

the definition of “fine, i’ll do it myself”

[@fleckzeck2024]

Wow, this is really neat stuff right here! I didn't even know this was possible until now. Something new to learn everyday.

[@ruolbu]

That's the kinda shit I wanted to do for ages and I love that someone else actually went and did it. This is the best :D

[@eddieandersson5570]

I have no idea how you even come up with something like this? And I'm not even going to pretend I understood all the steps. Just amazing.

[@coynem9229]

Thank you so much!

[@CoTyyy]

This is like some high level programming stuff, really cool!

[@coynem9229]

Thank you

[@DavidJHopkinsFilm]

This is sick!! Congrats on the Impy!🎉🎉

[@krash2]

Bravo!, next level intelligence! I was thinking that dreams should've added a feature where we can import our photos to dreams like in littleBigPlanet with the Playstation camera.. , but thankfully this is exactly what everybody needed! Thanks, mate And good job.

[@pacomatic9833]

And the best part is, you don't need a proprietary camera to do it! Now you can just use any camera!

[@trentkraemer7109]

That’s amazing man! I wouldn’t have imagined sending data through audio.

[@AdamsOlympia]

That’s how the internet worked for most people back in the days of dialup internet, sending data as audio over phone lines - the modem (modulator/demodulator) would create a rapid series of tones that would be reconstructed as data by another modem on the other end.

[@Kekel_Gamer-05]

*Fantastic! Media Molecule (company that created Dreams PS4) should add that possibility!*

[@SargentPDA]

This is some big brain stuff my guy, great job!

[@usernamehandle]

What the actual H dude. This is just insanely brilliant

[@jaavaa-javiermartin]

It's incredible how you got to that, bravo

[@ledbatman]

Really cool! Not sure how I would use it but I love the ingenuity :)

[@coynem9229]

You can use it for reference images, posters, signs, thumbnails, textures and tv screens (like the one you made). All of this would be extremely low thermo too! Theres a load of potential uses it has for future creations Im working on also.

[@savageminion5257]

If someone made a doom like fps using textures from this importer it would be buttery smooth.

[@coynem9229]

@@savageminion5257 yeah, you definetly could, although it might end up taking a lot of time to import every sprite and make the game right too

[@RammAndTheLamb]

Would take a while, but you can possibly stitch together a pretty convincing skyline in an interior scene from a window. I'm going to try that later. But just for monitors or TV screens alone, this is incredibly useful

[@AdamsOlympia]

@@coynem9229 Would be a way to take advantage of my Apple Pencil + art apps like Procreate and then import art into dreams. Probably better for low res pixel art or basic textures, as it seems pretty low res

[@suntur1]

You are a genius! Thank a lot

[@getrecket1224]

Very smart creation i applaud you good squire

[@CallOfXGamer]

You a genius man! 👏 Excellent work!

[@guillaumeplay627]

I love Dreams by Media Molecule.

[@HyperGameDev]

Hey thanks for the cameo in this video! 😅 I'm finally getting around to trying this out and had a question for you 🤔 When I try to install thumpy (or yg.thunpy), I get errors that seem related to failing to build pillow. Any tips on getting past thisn part? Thonny says the other two packages installed okay. I'm a fascinated python noob and appreciate getting as far as I did though haha. ✌🏽

[@coynem9229]

Oh thanks so much for trying it out! Sorry about the whole confusion about this, the only extensions youll need are called pydub, numpy and pillow. I think I shouldve added subtitles for that because its kinda hard to see/hear which extensions I downloaded, sorry. But theres no extension you need thats called thumpy. Also it might say an error that goes something like "couldnt find ffmpeg: may not work" but thats a common error message that doesnt effect the code. Sorry theres no progress bar, the new update will have one because it can take a while but how you'll know its working is if you dont see ">>>" appear after the error message. If it still isnt working, I might need more details, so that I can help fix it. Sorry once again about all these issues, Im going to try make it easier to use in the next update hopefully. It just takes a while for me to fix all these things because Im only a beginner at the moment

[@randm7216]

WHAAAT :0 omg

[@Bumpercat86]

Amazing, literally a genius.

[@spineblood]

Im impressed incredible stuff!

[@cthedreammasterp1217]

Good stuff man!

[@eab559]

Hi Five Nights At Freddy's 2 closing day creator!

[@swirls9583]

This is about as nerdy as it gets, boys! 👀

[@krash2]

Hey the I was importing a 150p image and got like 41 files each colour folder, is that normal? Should I only import 3 of them?

[@coynem9229]

That does sound sound like an unusually large amount of audio files, you should try importing a couple audio files just to double check its workin alright. You mightve tried a higher resolution beforehand, so it made a ton of audio files, those ones must not have been deleted

[@krash2]

@@coynem9229 the files were 30 secs and my acc level is 400 and something

[@coynem9229]

@@krash2 if youre level 400, you can upload the 30 second files then

[@krash2]

@@coynem9229 well i have no idea what's the error about then lol probably a bug on Mm's part

[@CleverTrevGaming]

You are awesome my friend. While I don't have the means or patience to use Python, I'd be willing to throw somebody a few bucks to do it for me...

[@RaptorPrinter]

Fascinating! Funny, coincidentally I had my old friend set me up to learn python just a few days ago.

[@kristythiessen8018]

Great job! Thanks for sharing!

[@CanadianJedi]

Awesome dude

[@coynem9229]

Thanks

[@MrNarek973]

You mad genius

[@pacomatic9833]

The idea you thought of is mega brain

[@Polar-Blaster]

Hey٫ im looking for some help. Each color audio file ended up being an hour long. I cannot figure out how to get them imported.

[@coynem9229]

If you look in the folders for each colour, it should have broken the audio into 30 second chunks

[@Polar-Blaster]

@@coynem9229 Oh thanks٫ I figured that out after a while but it sure is a pain to import that much

[@swirls9583]

Also, I’m getting errors when I try to specify the width of the picture. It says that it can’t find the image, even though the image is in the folder. Help?

[@coynem9229]

Heres a couple things that could help: 1. Make sure your image is either a jpg or png, but not a transparent png. 2. Type the exact name as the image name, including capital letters 3. Make sure that the folders were not renamed, or moved. To test if its still working, try using the default presets, by typing 1 at the start. It should make a basic image using the dreams logo. If it still doesnt work, get back to me with what you think went wrong. Thanks!

[@swirls9583]

@@coynem9229 The file was originally a WEPB file, but I converted it to a PNG file. Does that have anything to do with it? (Also, for context, the image is of the Office from Five Nights At Wario’s 2.)

[@coynem9229]

@@swirls9583 as long as it says .png and the image has no transparent parts, you should be fine

[@swirls9583]

@@coynem9229 There was a warning when I started the process about FFMPEG or something like that, and saying that the process may not work.

[@coynem9229]

@@swirls9583dont worry, its a common warning message. It may not look like its working because its so slow but just give it time for large images. Some advice, dont go over 300 pixels in width, takes forever to load and to import the audio.

[@tgcr33p89]

Da greatest!

[@Richard-dt4ft]

Genius

[@JesusSaves4Ever777]

Awesome this worked

[@Nalpha]

Where's the picture importer 1.2 Google file? Also will you make a new tutorial for the new version?

[@coynem9229]

Im thinkin of dropping the code, the new emitter model and an updated video all at once but progress is slow so I might just release the 1.2 code now. Currently my top priority is working on my horror game for the pgjam, only after making it I can have the freedom to start updating the picture importer. So sorry for all the delays, thanks for letting me know about the code because I forgot how it isnt public yet.

[@Nalpha]

@@coynem9229 ah okay, well take your time. You discovered something awesome, so don't feel like you need to rush anything, you're already a legend. Also good luck for the PGJam!

[@freesoulsharid6217]

Works !

[@CybercatYT]

mm should officially add this to the game

[@coynem9229]

They have a working picture importer, they used it in dreamscom of last year. Just a matter of will they release it and if so, when?

[@RammAndTheLamb]

@@coynem9229 I was actually going to ask you about this. Did you know about MM's picture importer before working on this incredible resource tool?

[@coynem9229]

@@RammAndTheLambThanks for asking! Theres a bit of story around it. I started prototyping before MM in May of last year. Wasnt able to do much other then demonstrate that it could be possible to make a pic importer in dreams. Then there was an accidental leak in Dreams on the splitter device. There was a brief period where a picture Icon could be used on the splitter (Most likely for image data). Then MM showcased their image imports in dreamscom, basically telling me that it was all over. It sorta got me worried that MM would make a picture importer before I could even fully execute this cool idea I had. I gave up on trying to code it then because I didnt have any idea how to code properly and I thought MM were just gonna release the picture importer real soon. Eventually, 2 months ago, I decided to come back to it because I learned loads more with coding and MM still hadnt released their picture importer, weirdly enough. Im so glad that I did because I got it all working within just 3 days. My first picture importer that I made is actually still up on dreams, it is incredibly slow and real thermo inefficient but I started learning all these new cool things. I was constantly just trying out new methods of doing things, solving real weird problems that I dont believe anyone has ever come accross in Dreams before. I couldnt find a way to print pixels without costing loads of thermo, which made it useless. I was using emitters and couldnt bake everything into a painting canvas. But then I asked TapGiles for help and he suggested using keep changes on keyframes! A complete game changer because I never even thought of that. And thats how I discovered baking for the pictures, finally making them thermo efficient and practical to use for dreams! Sorry for the long rant, didnt expect to type for this long 🤣

[@RammAndTheLamb]

@@coynem9229 Nice, don't worry it was an interesting story lol. I'm pretty sure even if MM releases their picture importer tomorrow this will not make your tool obsolete. I imagine when mm releases their picture importer it might be limited to only snapshots taken in dreams creations as to avoid copyright issues. While still useful, that creates an obvious problem for many creators. I think your toolkit would still occupy that niche since we can import images from our computers

[@modzkiller75]

can you edit your pinned comment and let people know the estimated times for 50 pixel images and 300 pixel images? I feel like it would help out a lot cause I got confused at first and thought it didn't work.

[@coynem9229]

Good idea, Ill do that rn. The next pic importer will have a progress bar, sorry about the confusion. Im not able to release it just yet because Im very busy atm, but hopefully it'll be finished before the new year!

[@buddyXq]

Are you willing to do it for some sort of commission?

[@CEntertainArt]

I tried using the script now, but it's giving me an error. C:\Users\TimGe\AppData\Roaming\Python\Python37\site-packages\pydub\utils.py:170: RuntimeWarning: Couldn't find ffmpeg or avconv - defaulting to ffmpeg, but may not work warn("Couldn't find ffmpeg or avconv - defaulting to ffmpeg, but may not work", RuntimeWarning) I do not know what it is caused by. Also, it was giving me an error before, that NEAREST will not function in the newest version of Pillow. So, I am pretty much stuck.

[@coynem9229]

No worries, both of those errors are very common and shouldnt cause any issues. In the next code update, I will make a clear progress bar because theres a lot of confusion around if its working properly. Just give it a bit of time until you see ">>>" return at the end. The pillow warning I assume is saying how "pillow will update in 2023, some code might not work blah blah blah", thats not too big of an issue for now.

[@CEntertainArt]

@@coynem9229 Thanks for the quick response! I'll keep that in mind.

[@pichinotpeachy]

quick question - how long usually are the import sounds? just need to know how long i need to grind curation to increase my limit 😅

[@coynem9229]

It really does depend. If you want a B&W image that has an alright resolution, the total import length would be around 3 mins. If you want a coloured image, it would 9 mins in total. Im working with another guy, whos gonna help reduce this time a whole lot

[@doomsickle_]

couldn't you theoretically use this to import animations? like recording position and rotation with sound?

[@coynem9229]

Yes, any information outside of dreams can be imported. This is the most exciting part!

[@modzkiller75]

should i be worried? after i enter the width of image, it says theres a deprecation warning

[@ComfortZoneComic]

Hahaha WHAT A LEGEND

[@pietjan2409]

Very cool. How does sound information translate to rgb though?

[@coynem9229]

Yeah, of course it does. You can see in the thumbnail and in the example picture that I made

[@pietjan2409]

@@coynem9229 Yeah but I don't know how you translated audio to rgb. I think the audio files contain frequencies and the amplitude, but yh idk. I saw a demo on Elca's stream and thought it was very creative. Keep it up!

[@NinjaEmeraldOfficial]

This is all awesome and dandy, except one vital part, i have no pc :(

[@Jack_Wolfe]

can you use imaging editing software to make the RGB images before audio?

[@Jack_Wolfe]

Hmm. i was just thinking you could turn each pixel into a single pixel using combiners/splitters but your output is three images over laid in the classic LCD screen look.

[@Jack_Wolfe]

you could play all three audio files at the same time to make single pixels a single colour.

[@Jack_Wolfe]

it should reduce the paintings to about a third of the size.

[@coynem9229]

@@Jack_Wolfe already done! Just updated the picture importer recently to do just that and more. It now uses the square fleck, theres no glow now and its faster at printing than before!

[@vladstad8102]

hell with this you could import pictures of something and use it as a reference for modeling in 3d space

[@ananodragon4981]

Nite_Owl69 had the idea to make this but it looks like you beat him to it. Seems to take quite a bit of setup to work, but still this is some good shit. I'm curious to try uploading short 2 sec videos frame by frame and having my own little gifs in Dreams.

[@coynem9229]

I dont even know who that is, I got this idea like a year ago when working on a space documentary. Also yeah, uploading gifs are possible because I already made a rickroll gif lol. I just unlisted it because its copyright content.

[@SpongeRoss]

It's funny how we always find a way

[@元棘冷山]

Can it work on a linux computer? If not, I have to emulate an windows environment...

[@元棘冷山]

Well, I think it works on Ubuntu, since I edit the Pictures path, the code outputs audio correctly, despite not in the subfolder. I try to import audio to Dreams, but couldn't organize those print well, the shape and graphic is right, I'll try it further. What a pain..

[@leekotvfilms5236]

Mad scientist 3:16

[@JJShalashaska]

This is great. Too bad I am too noob in Logic and I really Don't like It 😞

[@tluruntertale]

U play in pc?

[@coynem9229]

Yeah, I cant play dreams on it rhough

[@buddyXq]

What's the thermo on average?

[@coynem9229]

Good question! It really does depend on resolution or if you choose Coloured pictures. The picture of my dog that you can see near the beginning has a thermo of 0.06% grameplay and 2.26% graphics, which is fairly low for a picture. Currently, Coloured images take up 3x more space than B&W images but there will be an update to reduce coloured images to the same thermo as B&W images soon.

[@HB2animations]

Does it work on mobile?

[@coynem9229]

Sorry, even if I did manage to get this working on mobile, you still actually cant import audio on the indreams website. You have to use a computer unfortunately

[@HB2animations]

@@coynem9229 sad But i have a mac tbh

[@PizzaTimeGuy]

​@coynem It worked for me.....🤷‍♂️ At first it was no problem recording audio, but It had some issues. I recorded a few times on the website on my phone But when i want to record another one, it says: TOO MUCH AUDIO! Even though my audio recording was like 5 seconds. Edit: idk if i can import an audio file.🤔 But audio recording on the website with a smartphone is possible.

[@Mat127-n3l]

Use emulador de windows no celular e teste

[@iAnony]

How the flipping flip flop

[@nashimu_discord]

We everything in dream s

[@dankeefer8859]

Hey could you maybe get into like cancer research or build a warp drive? No! A holodeck. Build a holodeck!

[@ThePuddinGamer]

What the heeeelllll 💀💀💀💀💀💀

[@jamesfisher1117]

This is so clever! I have got as far as trying to export the audio files but nothing is happening. I am getting some errors that don't appear on your video and I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong. Do you have any ideas? Here is the text in Thonny: >>> %Run 'Picture Encoder.py' C:\Users\Ste\AppData\Roaming\Python\Python37\site-packages\pydub\utils.py:170: RuntimeWarning: Couldn't find ffmpeg or avconv - defaulting to ffmpeg, but may not work warn("Couldn't find ffmpeg or avconv - defaulting to ffmpeg, but may not work", RuntimeWarning) Do you want to use the default preset? (Type 0/1): 0 Colour or B&W (Type 0/1): 0 Name of file: BenSal Is the image a jpg or png (Type 0/1): 0 Name: BenSal.jpg Width of image (Flecks): 100 Size: (100, 100) (Width, Height) Pixels: 10000 Picture Encoder.py:66: DeprecationWarning: NEAREST is deprecated and will be removed in Pillow 10 (2023-07-01). Use Resampling.NEAREST or Dither.NONE instead. result = img_small.resize(img.size,Image.NEAREST)

[@coynem9229]

Thank you so much! Of course I can try to help you out. The first warning happens sometimes but usually doesnt cause any problems. That warning at the end says how there will be an update in 2023 that will break the code. Those errors are very common but it shouldnt cause any problems. From what I have seen, you entered everything correctly. Did you get anything back in the original folder, like result.png or 3 audio output files?

[@coynem9229]

Just know that the script isnt finished until you see ">>>" appear at the end. You might be on a slower computer, so it might just need more time

[@crispybacon5802]

please help C:\Users\crisp\AppData\Roaming\Python\Python37\site-packages\pydub\utils.py:170: RuntimeWarning: Couldn't find ffmpeg or avconv - defaulting to ffmpeg, but may not work warn("Couldn't find ffmpeg or avconv - defaulting to ffmpeg, but may not work", RuntimeWarning) and then this shows after i type in 300 for image size Picture Encoder.py:66: DeprecationWarning: NEAREST is deprecated and will be removed in Pillow 10 (2023-07-01). Use Resampling.NEAREST or Dither.NONE instead. result = img_small.resize(img.size,Image.NEAREST) Edit: nvm it worked but should i be worried about these errors? Edit 2: NVM IT DID NOT WORK