Interactive Video Manipulation
Dan Goldman from Adobe’s Creative Technologies Research Lab has been working on some pretty amazing software that allows you interactively manipulate videos.
We’ve all seen basic face-tracking software in webcams, including ones that can paste objects on top of someones face. This takes that a lot of steps further, allowing you to assign text/graffiti to any object in a video and it applying throughout the video; being able to draw arrows that track people through a video; and drawing speech/thought balloons that stick to their source and don’t overlap with anything.
However, the best of these features is the dynamic selection of frames. You can video someone, then drag their face around to select a decent frame, or just to drag them around like a ragdoll. A more practical application is where you can get a perfect still image, by selecting the best frame for each individual person.
Check out the video to learn more:
Interactive Video Object Manipulation from Dan Goldman on Vimeo.
