update the image test with image similarity comparson

.github/workflows/screenshot-comparison.yml

@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ jobs:
         pip install --upgrade pytest
         pip install --upgrade selenium
         pip install --upgrade Pillow
+        pip install --upgrade imagededup
 
     - uses: nanasess/setup-chromedriver@master
     - run: |

test/test_figures.py

@@ -1,12 +1,27 @@
-from PIL import Image, ImageChops, ImageStat
+from imagededup.methods import PHash
 
-image1 = Image.open('widget-01.png')
-image2 = Image.open('test/widget-sample.png')
+# Initialize the hashing method
+phasher = PHash()
 
-diff = ImageChops.difference(image1, image2)
-stat = ImageStat.Stat(diff)
+# Provide the paths to your images
+image1_path = 'widget-01.png'
+image2_path = 'test/widget-sample.png'
 
-if sum(stat.mean) == 0:
-  print('images are the same')
+# Generate hashes for both images
+hash1 = phasher.encode_image(image_file=image1_path)
+hash2 = phasher.encode_image(image_file=image2_path)
+
+# Calculate the Hamming distance between the two hashes
+distance = phasher.hamming_distance(hash1, hash2)
+
+# Print similarity score
+print(f"Hamming distance between the two images: {distance}")
+
+# Interpret the similarity
+if distance == 0:
+    print("The images are identical!")
+elif distance < 10:  # Adjust threshold as needed
+    print("The images are very similar.")
 else:
-  raise Exception("The result is NOT the same as expected. Please check matplotlib version.")
+    raise Exception("The result is NOT the same as expected. Please check matplotlib version.")
+