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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. Perfect Application by Jah-Wren+Ryel · · Score: 4, Insightful

    We need this built into our televisions to automagically remove those network logo "bugs" and other crap they have started putting on the screen during the shows.

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    1. Re:Perfect Application by John+Hasler · · Score: 4, Interesting

      A simpler version of this has already been used to edit billboards visible in broadcasts of baseball games.

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    2. Re:Perfect Application by sjames · · Score: 4, Interesting

      Or stripping out the thousands of peaceful middle aged protesters and the hundreds of uninvolved pedestrians being tear gassed to show only the one or two violent people who actually have nothing to do with the protest.

      Next up, witnesses will disappear from police video to discredit them in court.

  2. Do we still believe what we see? by gknoy · · Score: 4, Insightful

    This has some frightening ramifications for how much we believe video. Videos similar to the ones Wikileaks leaked, or news videos "live" on scene, could be doctored in near enough to real time that we consumers might never know it. Scary.

  3. I thought what I'd do is... by Gordonjcp · · Score: 5, Insightful

    ... I'd pretend I was one of those deaf-mutes.

  4. Jar Jar by veggiespam · · Score: 5, Funny

    Finally, we can restore my childhood memories and eviscerate Jar-Jar from the last batch of Star Wars movies.

  5. Thwartable by srussia · · Score: 4, Funny

    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!"

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