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Erasing Objects From Video In Real Time

Posted by timothy on from the no-more-wires-visible dept.

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."

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  1. Re:Cool, but probably still has a ways to go. by smallfries · · Score: 3, Informative

    Take a look at the explanation part of the video. The background texture is tiled. You can see some strange deformation in the regular pattern where the object used to be. Also in the drain example there is a strange crater effect as the camera angle changes.

    It seems like smooth colour graduations work well, but patterned backgrounds have more obvious deformations.

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  2. Re:I thought what I'd do is... by Securityemo · · Score: 3, Informative

    He learnt to edit himself out completely towards the end, though. Leading to a very big-ham moment with Batou exclaiming "He stole my eyes!"

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