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08/22/2007 08:15:09 PM · #1 |
A new software tool from Microsoft Research lets people cut objects out of pictures and keep furry edges fuzzy.
Researchers at Microsoft have found a way to help photo editors cut a furry object out of a picture and keep its fuzz. As anyone who has used an editing tool like Photoshop knows, it's impossible to easily and accurately cut around stray hairs or other soft edges. But Michael Cohen and his team at Microsoft Research have developed a tool, called Soft Scissors, that accounts for the basic shape of an object, such as a dog, as well as the shape of fur and stray hairs.
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08/22/2007 08:27:21 PM · #2 |
You must work for Microsoft
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08/22/2007 08:29:42 PM · #3 |
Originally posted by rex:
You must work for Microsoft |
LOL ya think?? :) |
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08/22/2007 08:44:55 PM · #4 |
isn't this somewhat similar to (newer versions of photoshop) filter -> extract?
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08/23/2007 04:56:16 PM · #5 |
Originally posted by rex:
You must work for Microsoft |
Who? me? what? ;-)
...by the way, here's the whitepaper on the research behind this, "Soft Scissors : An Interactive Tool for Realtime High Quality Matting"
It's a five MB pdf file, so be a little patient.
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Message edited by author 2007-08-23 17:02:21.
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08/23/2007 06:32:37 PM · #6 |
silly me- I never clicked on this because I actually thought 'Soft scissors? Who's ever even heard of such a thing- and how could they even be used'
Ahhh... yeah. :0P
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08/23/2007 07:59:55 PM · #7 |
Originally posted by Laura:
silly me- I never clicked on this because I actually thought 'Soft scissors? Who's ever even heard of such a thing- and how could they even be used'
Ahhh... yeah. :0P |
Kinda like hard marshmallows, eh? ;-) |
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