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Erasing Objects From Video In Real Time
Smoothly interpolating away objects in still pictures is impressive enough, but reader geoffbrecker writes with a stunning demonstration from Germany's Technical University of Ilmenau of on-the-fly erasure of selected objects in video. Quoting: "The effect is achieved by an image synthesizer that reduces the image quality, removes the object, and then increases the image quality back up. This all happens within 40 milliseconds, fast enough that the viewer doesn't notice any delay."
Finally, we can restore my childhood memories and eviscerate Jar-Jar from the last batch of Star Wars movies.
FTFA:"It does seem to be thwarted by reflections though; a cell phone removed from a bathroom counter is still visible in the mirror."
"Zoom in on the reflection...ENHANCE!"
Set your phasers on "funky"!
We need a name for this process. I suggest "to Jar-Jar." Examples:
They Jar-Jared the cell phone and stapler off the desk.
"Jar-jar the 3-D glasses off the chair."
Al Pacino released the "Actor's cut" of Godfather 3 and Jar-jared himself out of the movie.
I'd like to Jar-jar my ex-girlfriend from my brain.
It was a guy! He Jar-jared his webcam!
This sentence no verb.
removing the nipples and making softporn safe for work
Are you saying the pixels are wrong? Have you seen a lot of shops?
Confucius say, "Find worm in apple - bad. Find half a worm - worse."
1.It works with Slashdot comments, too.
2. For example, in line 3 of this comment, I make an extremely poignant and insightful comment:
4. And it's as if it was never there! Powerful stuff.
- RG>
Hey pal, this isn't a pleasantforest, so don't waste my time with pleasantries!