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The Nonphotorealistic Camera
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."
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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A live "Take On Me" video?
:P
People always ask how we'll know when technology will go too far, and I think we've just found out.
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You are mistaken. The final image is the 'equivalent' photoshop filter, and it's showing what a poor job it does in contrast to the third image, a good image, from the multiflash.
How about having a camcorder with several differently coloured light sources? By analyzing the correspondingly differently coloured shadows one could create depth information in real time.
Add this to moving around a room while filming it. It should be possible to create an accurate 3D-representation even with today's technology.
If the colours of the light sources we're properly matched any discoloration could probably be eliminated as well.
Food for thought.
.: Max Romantschuk
Don't encourage him, it's a bad habit.
Jolyon
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It bothers me a lot that stereo photography has been around so long yet isn't ubiquitous yet. Modern digi-cams don't do this. You said it's been around for ages, I hope most people know you mean more than decades. A quick google search tells me 1839 at the latest. What is stopping it?
Putting 2 sensors on a digi cam (photo or video) is not a difficult trick. You store the images in a format that supports 2 channels (left/right) and you can view them on any monitor with a simple pair of USB controlled glasses that flicks back and forth blacking out each eye. Also there are already 3d monitors out there that work without glasses.
Print out one channel for a 2d image or use photoshop filters to create red/blue 3d prints. Or even send images to a printer and get back those wheels used in those orange stereoscope toys.
If I had this ALL my pictures would be 3d. For that matter all movies should be 3D. IMAX has a workable solution but I think every movie should be shown this way. People would even buy their own personal polarized glasses that are more comfortable than the pairs handed out at the show.
I've been eyeing a digital-SLR for quite some time, for the cost of one of those I'd gladly turn my attention to a 3D capable camera with lower quality. And if the grandparent post is right something similar should be possible for SLR cameras without using 2 huge lenses. Although I'd submit that you can't always control the lighting.
Every now and then a red/blue 3D image comes up on APOD or elsewhere and I kick myself for not having a cheap pair red/blue glasses.