Nasa

Frank Goertzen · July 16th, 2003, 09:05 AM

This is a program developed by NASA that was originally used for looking at the sun and then catching criminals and now they're aiming for the consumer.

http://www1.msfc.nasa.gov/NEWSROOM/n...ideo00-257.htm

http://www.rti.org/page.cfm?objectid...1788EFF8F6B8AC

http://abcnews.go.com/sections/tech/...dge001103.html

Rob Lohman · July 16th, 2003, 11:09 AM

Looks interesting. But with those ultra low resolution movies
it says nothing. They should put up some demo soft!

Frank Goertzen · July 16th, 2003, 02:12 PM

I saw a full screen version which was very impressive, I'm actaully going to test the method out myself.

K. Forman · July 16th, 2003, 02:53 PM

When they drop a price on you, please let me know :)

Glenn Gipson · July 21st, 2003, 09:30 AM

Could this mean the end of steadicams and similar devices? And I to wonder how much it cost to (and even how it works.)

K. Forman · July 21st, 2003, 10:11 AM

There are other software programs I have seen do the same thing. Being this was designed by NASAs rocket scientists, I'm not sure how good or bad it might actually be. I'm glad that the billions of dollars we pay in taxes have gone to some use.

Scott Anderson · July 24th, 2003, 12:37 PM

This tool, or others like it are NOT going to replace steadicams or make crappy home videos look like hollywood productions. They will, however, become another tool in the postproduction toolbox.

The ability to motion stabilize is mostly available already in AfterEffects and other compositing tools. What's new about this appears to be the frame averaging combined with the de-blurring features for detail recognition on things like the license plate, or compensating for parralax shift and the blurring from camera shake.

I knew I had heard of a similar technique before, say about a year ago, so I Google'd "frame averaging". Look at this:

http://www.oceansystems.com/dtective...per_index.html

July 16th, 2003, 09:05 AM	#1
Frank Goertzen Regular Crew Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Ontario Posts: 43	Nasa - Visar This is a program developed by NASA that was originally used for looking at the sun and then catching criminals and now they're aiming for the consumer. http://www1.msfc.nasa.gov/NEWSROOM/n...ideo00-257.htm http://www.rti.org/page.cfm?objectid...1788EFF8F6B8AC http://abcnews.go.com/sections/tech/...dge001103.html __________________ Patiently Waiting

July 16th, 2003, 11:09 AM	#2
Rob Lohman RED Code Chef Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Holland Posts: 12,514	Looks interesting. But with those ultra low resolution movies it says nothing. They should put up some demo soft! __________________ Rob Lohman, visuar@iname.com DV Info Wrangler & RED Code Chef Join the DV Challenge \| Lady X Search DVinfo.net for quick answers \| Buy from the best: DVinfo.net sponsors

July 16th, 2003, 02:12 PM	#3
Frank Goertzen Regular Crew Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Ontario Posts: 43	I saw a full screen version which was very impressive, I'm actaully going to test the method out myself. __________________ Patiently Waiting

July 16th, 2003, 02:53 PM	#4
K. Forman Capt. Quirk Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Middle of the woods in Georgia Posts: 3,596	When they drop a price on you, please let me know :)

July 21st, 2003, 09:30 AM	#5
Glenn Gipson Major Player Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Plainfield, New Jersey Posts: 927	Could this mean the end of steadicams and similar devices? And I to wonder how much it cost to (and even how it works.)

July 21st, 2003, 10:11 AM	#6
K. Forman Capt. Quirk Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Middle of the woods in Georgia Posts: 3,596	There are other software programs I have seen do the same thing. Being this was designed by NASAs rocket scientists, I'm not sure how good or bad it might actually be. I'm glad that the billions of dollars we pay in taxes have gone to some use.

July 24th, 2003, 12:37 PM	#7
Scott Anderson Major Player Join Date: May 2003 Location: Phoenix, AZ Posts: 327	This tool, or others like it are NOT going to replace steadicams or make crappy home videos look like hollywood productions. They will, however, become another tool in the postproduction toolbox. The ability to motion stabilize is mostly available already in AfterEffects and other compositing tools. What's new about this appears to be the frame averaging combined with the de-blurring features for detail recognition on things like the license plate, or compensating for parralax shift and the blurring from camera shake. I knew I had heard of a similar technique before, say about a year ago, so I Google'd "frame averaging". Look at this: http://www.oceansystems.com/dtective...per_index.html