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The Nonphotorealistic Camera

Posted by timothy on from the cleverness-applied dept.

An anonymous reader writes "This article on Photo.Net describes a new type of imaging technique that finds depth discontinuities in real-world scenes with multiple flashes added to ordinary digital cameras. As depth discontinuities correspond to real 3D object boundaries, the resulting images look like line drawings. The same technique was used at this year's SIGGRAPH to create a live A-ha 'Take On Me' demo."

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  1. Creative uses by mirko · · Score: 5, Funny

    It's interesting to see that people finally wanted to try to obtain from their hardware what they'd usually expect Photoshop filters to do.
    I am for example very happy with my Motorola v550 cell phone camera which takes the trashiest but also most colorful nunrealistic photos.

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    1. Re:Creative uses by citog · · Score: 5, Funny

      Tell me more about this realistic nun photography hobby of yours. Are you into priests as well?

  2. Technology runs wild! by nhaines · · Score: 5, Funny

    A live "Take On Me" video?

    People always ask how we'll know when technology will go too far, and I think we've just found out. :P

    1. Re:Technology runs wild! by bhima · · Score: 4, Funny
      No, a live "Take On Me" video is not too far. A feature length, rotoscope like, porn movie would be too far...

      Or maybe ASCII Starwars & Matrix movies... Oh wait...

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  3. Don't encourage him by jolyonr · · Score: 5, Funny

    Don't encourage him, it's a bad habit.

    Jolyon

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  4. Re:Four flashes? by Trillan · · Score: 4, Funny

    Pfft. Red eye? That's two flashes. With four flashes, you need to run the forked tail and horn remover, too.

  5. Finnally! by LabRat007 · · Score: 4, Funny

    A nonphotorealistic camera for Lexmark's entire line of nonphotorealistic printers!!

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  6. Quanta of image processing capability by Rufus88 · · Score: 4, Funny

    I think this is a quantum level above the Photoshop filters

    So, you mean, this is the tiniest possible improvement over Photoshop filters?

    1. Re:Quanta of image processing capability by tigersha · · Score: 4, Funny

      Sometimes yes, but you can never know precisely because of the uncertainty.

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    2. Re:Quanta of image processing capability by JabberWokky · · Score: 4, Funny
      Like an idiot, I looked up how fast this camera takes pictures. Now I can't find where I put it.

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  7. Re:robot vision by pavon · · Score: 4, Funny

    That just makes it easier for the robot to protect grandma at the bottom of the stairs.