texturedesign/td01_natural-ground-textures

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TD 01: Natural Ground Textures

This dataset contains multi-photo texture captures in outdoor nature scenes — all focusing on the ground. Each set has different photos that showcase texture variety, making them ideal for training a domain-specific image generator!

Overall information about this dataset:

• Format — JPEG-XL, lossless RGB
• Resolution — 4032 × 2268
• Device — mobile camera
• Technique — hand-held
• Orientation — portrait or landscape
• Author: Alex J. Champandard
• Configurations: 4K, 2K (default), 1K

To load the medium- and high-resolution images of the dataset, you'll need to install jxlpy from PyPI with pip install jxlpy:

# Recommended use, JXL at high-quality.
from jxlpy import JXLImagePlugin
from datasets import load_dataset
d = load_dataset('texturedesign/td01_natural-ground-textures', 'JXL@4K', num_proc=4)

print(len(d['train']), len(d['test']))

The lowest-resolution images are available as PNG with a regular installation of pillow:

# Alternative use, PNG at low-quality.
from datasets import load_dataset
d = load_dataset('texturedesign/td01_natural-ground-textures', 'PNG@1K', num_proc=4)

# EXAMPLE: Discard all other sets except Set #1.
dataset = dataset.filter(lambda s: s['set'] == 1)
# EXAMPLE: Only keep images with index 0 and 2.
dataset = dataset.select([0, 2])

Use built-in dataset filter() and select() to narrow down the loaded dataset for training, or to ease with development.

Set #1: Rock and Gravel

• Description:
  • surface rocks with gravel and coarse sand
  • strong sunlight from the left, sharp shadows
• Number of Photos:
  • 7 train
  • 2 test
• Edits:
  • rotated photos to align sunlight
  • removed infrequent objects
• Size: 77.8 Mb

Set #2: Dry Grass with Pine Needles

• Description:
  • field of dry grass and pine needles
  • sunlight from the top right, some shadows
• Number of Photos:
  • 6 train
  • 1 test
• Edits:
  • removed dry leaves and large plants
  • removed sticks, rocks and sporadic daisies
• Size: 95.2 Mb

Set #3: Chipped Stones, Broken Leaves and Twiglets

• Description:
  • autumn path with chipped stones and dry broken leaves
  • diffuse light on a cloudy day, very soft shadows
• Number of Photos:
  • 9 train
  • 3 test
• Edits:
  • removed anything that looks green, fresh leaves
  • removed long sticks and large/odd stones
• Size: 126.9 Mb

Set #4: Grass Clumps and Cracked Dirt

• Description:
  • clumps of green grass, clover and patches of cracked dirt
  • diffuse light on cloudy day, shadows under large blades of grass
• Number of Photos:
  • 9 train
  • 2 test
• Edits:
  • removed dry leaves, sporadic dandelions, and large objects
  • histogram matching for two of the photos so the colors look similar
• Size: 126.8 Mb

Set #5: Dirt, Stones, Rock, Twigs...

• Description:
  • intricate micro-scene with grey dirt, surface rock, stones, twigs and organic debris
  • diffuse light on cloudy day, soft shadows around the larger objects
• Number of Photos:
  • 9 train
  • 3 test
• Edits:
  • removed odd objects that felt out-of-distribution
• Size: 102.1 Mb

Set #6: Plants with Flowers on Dry Leaves

• Description:
  • leafy plants with white flowers on a bed of dry brown leaves
  • soft diffuse light, shaded areas under the plants
• Number of Photos:
  • 9 train
  • 2 test
• Edits:
  • none yet, inpainting doesn't work well enough
  • would remove long sticks and pieces of wood
• Size: 105.1 Mb

Set #7: Frozen Footpath with Snow

• Description:
  • frozen ground on a path with footprints
  • areas with snow and dark brown ground beneath
  • diffuse lighting on a cloudy day
• Number of Photos:
  • 11 train
  • 3 test
• Size: 95.5 Mb

Set #8: Pine Needles Forest Floor

• Description:
  • forest floor with a mix of brown soil and grass
  • variety of dry white leaves, sticks, pinecones, pine needles
  • diffuse lighting on a cloudy day
• Number of Photos:
  • 15 train
  • 4 test
• Size: 160.6 Mb

Set #9: Snow on Grass and Dried Leaves

• Description:
  • field in a park with short green grass
  • large dried brown leaves and fallen snow on top
  • diffuse lighting on a cloudy day
• Number of Photos:
  • 8 train
  • 3 test
• Size: 99.8 Mb

Set #10: Brown Leaves on Wet Ground

• Description:
  • fallew brown leaves on wet ground
  • occasional tree root and twiglets
  • diffuse lighting on a rainy day
• Number of Photos:
  • 17 train
  • 4 test
• Size: 186.2 Mb

Set #11: Wet Sand Path with Debris

• Description:
  • hard sandy path in the rain
  • decomposing leaves and other organic debris
  • diffuse lighting on a rainy day
• Number of Photos:
  • 17 train
  • 4 test
• Size: 186.2 Mb

Set #12: Wood Chips & Sawdust Sprinkled on Forest Path

• Description:
  • wood chips, sawdust, twigs and roots on forest path
  • intermittent sunlight with shadows of trees
• Number of Photos:
  • 8 train
  • 2 test
• Size: 110.4 Mb

Set #13: Young Grass Growing in the Dog Park

• Description:
  • young grass growing in a dog park after overnight rain
  • occasional stones, sticks and twigs, pine needles
  • diffuse lighting on a cloudy day
• Number of Photos:
  • 17 train
  • 4 test
• Size: 193.4 Mb

Set #14: Wavy Wet Beach Sand

• Description:
  • wavy wet sand on the beach after the tide retreated
  • some dirt and large pieces algae debris
  • diffuse lighting on a cloudy day
• Number of Photos:
  • 11 train
  • 3 test
• Size: 86.5 Mb

Set #15: Dry Dirt Road and Debris from Trees

• Description:
  • dirt road of dry compacted sand with debris on top
  • old pine needles and dry brown leaves
  • diffuse lighting on a cloudy day
• Number of Photos:
  • 8 train
  • 2 test
• Size: 86.9 Mb

Set #16: Sandy Beach Path with Grass Clumps

• Description:
  • path with sand and clumps grass heading towards the beach
  • occasional blueish stones, leafy weeds, and yellow flowers
  • diffuse lighting on a cloudy day
• Number of Photos:
  • 10 train
  • 3 test
• Size: 118.8 Mb

Set #17: Pine Needles and Brown Leaves on Park Floor

• Description:
  • park floor with predominantly pine needles
  • brown leaves from nearby trees, green grass underneath
  • diffuse lighting on a cloudy day
• Number of Photos:
  • 8 train
  • 2 test
• Size: 99.9 Mb