4.48.2 Greatest hits from previous weeks

4.48.2.1 Image processing: Floor plan - detecting rooms' borders (area) and room names' texts

https://mathematica.stackexchange.com/questions/19546/image-processing-floor-plan-detecting-rooms-borders-area-and-room-names-t

 
 
 
Here is a simple building floor plan. I would like to derive the rooms as (rectangular) components and the names of the rooms. This is very common representation of building floor plans. 
 
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- asked by s.s.o (52 votes), answered by nikie (52 votes)

4.48.2.2 How to create effect like Van Gogh's stroke brush?

https://mathematica.stackexchange.com/questions/39003/how-to-create-effect-like-van-goghs-stroke-brush

 
I need to apply Van Gogh's stroke brush effect to a random image 
 
 
Take the following image as an example: 
 
Thank you so much if you could help!
                                                                                  

                                                                                  
 

- asked by user10495 (30 votes), answered by Simon Woods (42 votes)