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PhotoSketch Image Manipulation Tool Taking the World by Storm

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the photoshop-forum-goofs-rejoice dept.

PhotoSketch, a new image manipulation program that combines stick-figure sketches, internet image search and pattern matching, seems to be spreading like wildfire. Created by five Chinese students at Tsinghua University and the National University of Singapore, the tool takes a basic sketch and simple labels and turns it into a polished image. "Although online image search generates many inappropriate results, our system is able to automatically select suitable photographs to generate a high quality composition, using a filtering scheme to exclude undesirable images," say the PhotoSketch team in an abstract outlining the tool. "We also provide a novel image blending algorithm to allow seamless image composition. Each blending result is given a numeric score, allowing us to find an optimal combination of discovered images. Experimental results show the method is very successful."

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  1. Re:correct links by sopssa · · Score: 5, Informative

    http://cg.cs.tsinghua.edu.cn/montage/main.htm

    Damn slashcode!

  2. OH GREAT by mujadaddy · · Score: 5, Funny

    Now NO ONE will believe the pics of me with Jessica Biel, Kate Beckinsale and Dolly Madison are real!

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    "Force shits upon Reason's back." - Poor Richard's Almanac
  3. Copyright implications by capt.Hij · · Score: 5, Insightful

    In related news anyone supporting current copyright laws have reinvigorated the economy after having to go out and purchase new pants. Cue the next great debate about copyright as we continue to try to shoe horn old ideas into the new world.

  4. Let's download binaries from China! by winkydink · · Score: 5, Funny

    Anybody else see what's wrong with this picture?

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    "I'd rather be a lightning rod than a seismometer." -Ken Kesey

    1. Re:Let's download binaries from China! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      Seem to run about right here at Fermilabs.

  5. xkcd by TheGreatOrangePeel · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Wow. I'm instantly instilled with the urge to plug an XKCD comic into this and see what happens.