07/16/2010
Today’s Fun Friday theme at iostudio was “Bow Ties & Tiaras.” For those that had neither or that didn’t get the memo, I created a Virtual Bow Tie machine and set it up at the gathering. It was built with Processing and the OpenCV Library. The app detects frontal faces and adds a bow tie to the image in real-time. The photos below were taken with an IR remote using a combo of Sofa Control and custom Applescript. There’s no video of the VBT machine in action, but you can download the VBT app and see it for yourself.
Requirements:
A decent machine equipped with a web cam and some good lighting. Make sure your entire face is in the frame.
Download the Virtual Bow Tie for Mac, Windows, or Linux.
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06/04/2010
Mr. Andrew House recently brought over the lights and camera over to perform a few tests – here’s the result (quicktime video).
His wife, Kristen, sewed up thirty dollars worth of bright green fabric to create the “green screen” that turned out to be about 8×20 feet. He had a set of work lights blasting the fabric and then a few lights on the actor, who in this case is yours truly. In order to get a full-body shot, the camera was at an 90° angle. The footage turned out great so I created these quick samples.
05/12/2010
Using the Google Maps API (with the help of a few tutorials) I’m developing an interactive photo gallery displaying shots that I took with disposable cameras by their location on the map. There are other solutions for doing this sort of thing, but ‘d like to create something more simplistic and unique. I have plans to expand on this concept and will post updates as I make progress. Something tells me that I’m going to enjoy diving into this. It’ll come in handy for sure. Imagine a web site for some town built in Google Maps with the full-screen experience and a Google Earth version for download…
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