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http://www.faculty.idc.ac.il.nyud.net:8090/arik/IMRet-All.mov
Looks interesting!
Jeremy Hughes
08-18-2007, 06:12 AM
It's really weird. You no longer need to shoot anamorphic. Interpolation that umm, adds more but uhh...
I guess it's like it takes things out and then it matches things up and interpolates beziers, and umm... It's hard to understand. Some parts look anamorphic though, like when they "squeezed" the rocks.
EDIT: I have dial-up and it's not all done yet. And I forgot to turn my speakers on while watching it. But I can see how now.
Looks good but that'll change the accuracy of the image.
Joe Carney
08-18-2007, 08:32 AM
Here is something from Siggraph 2007 emerging technologies presentations
Gigapixel imaging
http://youtube.com/watch?v=B5UUrxL_2t0
Graeme Nattress
08-18-2007, 09:01 AM
That's awfuly clever!
Corrado Silveri
08-18-2007, 09:21 AM
Oh, yes, thx for the link.
Jeff Kilgroe
08-18-2007, 10:43 AM
Yes, very clever. But also rather simple in concept -- I'm surprised it hasn't come to light sooner. While it's cool, I think the demo is still somewhat rough around the edges. I'm not sure I care for some of the results -- not every artist is going to want their images stretched or squished like this. For conventional web imagery or delivery to cross-platform and various format displays, this is a great answer.
Keith Nealy
08-18-2007, 11:13 AM
Very interesting, thanks for the link.
Robert Mott
08-18-2007, 11:59 AM
Here is something from Siggraph 2007 emerging technologies presentations
Gigapixel imaging
http://youtube.com/watch?v=B5UUrxL_2t0
Very cool. I can see some uses for this in emerging media.
RKM
laguun
08-18-2007, 02:23 PM
That's awfuly clever!
indeed. it looks excellent.
however i suppose on moving images the energy-distribution might be pretty jittery.
Joe Carney
08-19-2007, 05:51 PM
Yes, very clever. But also rather simple in concept -- I'm surprised it hasn't come to light sooner. While it's cool, I think the demo is still somewhat rough around the edges. I'm not sure I care for some of the results -- not every artist is going to want their images stretched or squished like this. For conventional web imagery or delivery to cross-platform and various format displays, this is a great answer.
It is a bit rough, but it's barely alpha too. I like the fact they are using off the shelf hardware combined with innovative "expert systems" like software.
I can see a huge need for that in post effects. The freedom you would get to compose shots.
Joe Carney
08-19-2007, 05:53 PM
indeed. it looks excellent.
however i suppose on moving images the energy-distribution might be pretty jittery.
They are trying to include video like smoothness into the zoom and pan features.
For those that didn't go to Siggraph, you can go to youtube and search on "siggraph 2007 emerging" and see several more cool videos.
Jeremy Hughes
08-21-2007, 06:30 AM
Could you imagine if it found that you could make the bear shorter and it wouldn't be noticeable? Just the head and hind legs left.
kmikami
08-21-2007, 09:07 AM
Ugh, that's HORRIBLE. Leave it to engineers to come up with a complex technological solution where a problem doesn't exist.