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Colorizing Images and Video by Scribbling

Posted by timothy on from the only-a-child-can-do-it dept.

Guspaz writes "Up until now, colorizing a video or image has been a painstaking and mostly manual task. However, researchers in Israel have come up with a new way of colorizing images just by making a few scribbles. The technique works on the premise that 'neighboring pixels in space-time that have similar intensities should have similar colors,' and also allows colorization of videos by 'marking' about one in ten frames."

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  1. so... by subrama6 · · Score: 1, Funny

    they extended the paint bucket to the 4th dimension?

  2. Help! by Kimos · · Score: 5, Funny

    I'm colorblind! That whole site is very confusing! :P

  3. I sure hope they can patent this... by Deep+Fried+Geekboy · · Score: 4, Funny

    ...and raise enought money to rebuild the smoking ruins of their server room.

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  4. That's nothing... by TheBrakShow · · Score: 3, Funny

    The folks at slashdot can take down a webserver just by making a few scribbles on their website.

  5. Re:Let me be the first to say... by nogginthenog · · Score: 2, Funny

    Already done. It's called NTSC!

  6. If only the walls were breathing... by DeckardJK · · Score: 2, Funny

    Looks like a very cool idea. The videos are pretty amazing, however; the recolor job in the birthday party clip makes it look like a bad acid trip.

  7. Re:Photoshop by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    > Personally I can't wait until there is a Photoshop filter for this. :D
    You have misspelled Gimp..

  8. Re:Let me be the first to say... by nacturation · · Score: 3, Funny

    "What's wrong?"

    "It's as if millions of lawyers stampeded the patent office and then suddenly... prior art."

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  9. Re:Awesome! by worst_name_ever · · Score: 4, Funny
    Coming soon, new dubbing techniques will allow easy substitution of the original actors' voices and dialogue with trite teen-angst

    Are you listening, Mr. Lucas?

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  10. No, no, no... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny
    No, no, no...

    It's "I'm colorblind, you insensitive clod!"

    1. Re:No, no, no... by Kimos · · Score: 2, Funny

      But I actually AM colorblind, you insensitive clod!

  11. Willy Wonka Video by SimHacker · · Score: 3, Funny
    Does your TV set contains tiny three dimensional actors? Can you reach into the screen and take out a chocolate bar?

    -Don

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  12. MOD PARENT DOWN! by SimHacker · · Score: 4, Funny
    Please, I do not deserve a "+1 Insightful" for pointing out that video is only 3-dimensional.

    -Don

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  13. Thank you. by SimHacker · · Score: 4, Funny

    That feels better now.

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  14. Re:Ok, this doesn't look like rocket science here. by argent · · Score: 2, Funny

    Stop filling with that color when you hit something that marks a definitive boundary.

    That's the "and then a miracle occurs" step.

  15. Re:Let me be the first to say... by anethema · · Score: 4, Funny

    Hey, that is actually true!

    What's this? a slashdotter who knows what he's talking about?

    He's a witch!

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  16. Re:Let me be the first to say... by sahonen · · Score: 4, Funny

    Take a few deep breaths, you'll get over it. In the meantime, I can spread some disinformation if you want. Hmmm...

    The MPEG standard, knowing that porn tends to drive the industry, actually contains several optimizations for drawing things such as skin tones and nipples. Really.

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