Re: intersted in 'Put alpha-transparent pngs onto cam image'

["Ankur Modi" <modinsit gmail com>]

i want to propose an idea for hakergotchi creation.i have two questions.

 

1.is it a good idea to work on?

2.if yes,thn wt is the procedure to add ths idea on cheese idealist?

 

 

 

On 3/26/08, daniel g. siegel <dgsiegel gmail com> wrote:

i am not here to rate your proposals ;) but i can give you advices, if
you have questions regarding if something is a good task or not.

please add your proposal (if you have one) to gsoc (the google pages)
and we will go from there.

thanks!

daniel

On Di, 2008-03-25 at 12:41 -0400, Ankur Modi wrote:
> in ur previous mail you said that just doing alpha-transparent png
> could be too
> little for 3 months developing.so i want to do 'hackergotchi creation'
> also .it can be implemented in following steps:-
>
> 1.cut out the required part of a image by using 'Select contiguous
> regions' and 'Select hand-drawn regions'.
>  'select contiguous region'  can be implemented by selecting areas
> contiguous to the cursor, based on color. From the current pixel, each
> adjacent     pixel is checked.
> 'select hand-drawn region' can be implemented by pressing the Select
> Mouse Button anchors a point, from which a line is drawn following the
> cursor. Releasing the cursor finishes the selection by drawing a
> straight line from the current cursor location to the starting point.
> This allows to select virtually any shape, including complex shapes,
> figure eights, or anything else.
>
> 2.feathering operation is performed  by gaussian blur to remove sharp
> edges and we get anti-aliased edge.
>
> 3.and finally we can apply shadow algorithms using openGL to get the
> hackergotchi.
>
> M i on a right path?
> On Mon, Mar 24, 2008 at 12:44 PM, daniel g. siegel
> <dgsiegel gmail com> wrote:
>         please also reply to the cheese list. except you want to talk
>         to me
>         personally, but then please do not just click "reply".
>
>         you can find the cheese ideas here:
>         http://live.gnome.org/Cheese/Ideas
>
>         it would be your task do see what has to be done and how you
>         could
>         accomplish it. application writing ;)
>
>         daniel
>
>
>
>
>         On Mo, 2008-03-24 at 21:06 +0530, Ankur Modi wrote:
>         >  i have fiddled with OpenGL too, basically fixed function
>         pipeline.
>         > The mention of openGL in your previous post sparked my
>         curiosity, and
>         > i wanted to know exactly what work is needed to be done.
>         >
>         >
>         >
>         > On 3/24/08, daniel g. siegel <dgsiegel gmail com> wrote:
>         >         On Mo, 2008-03-24 at 18:23 +0530, Ankur Modi wrote:
>         >         > i want to propose that idea as a summer of code
>         task.
>         >
>         >         sure! go ahead!
>         >
>         >         just two things from my side:
>         >         - we probably will move from gstreamer processing to
>         some
>         >         opengl-thingie
>         >         (could be gst-gl too, we dont know yet). so this
>         could bring
>         >         some
>         >         regressions for you
>         >         - secondly, i think that just doing
>         alpha-transparent png
>         >         could be too
>         >         little for 3 months developing. why dont you think
>         of other
>         >         ideas, which
>         >         you could bring into, like hackergotchi creation,
>         transparent
>         >         pngs for
>         >         video too, ...
>         >
>         >         you could have a look at the cheese ideas page on
>         the gnome
>         >         wiki for
>         >         further ideas or think yourself of some.
>         >
>         >         daniel
>         >
>         >         >
>         >         > On 3/23/08, daniel g. siegel <dgsiegel gmail com>
>         wrote:
>         >         >         On So, 2008-03-23 at 10:09 -0400, Ankur
>         Modi wrote:
>         >         >         > cheese community memmbers
>         >         >         >
>         >         >         > sir
>         >         >
>         >         >         dont call me/us "sir" ;)
>         >         >
>         >         >         do you want to propose that idea as a
>         summer of code
>         >         task? or
>         >         >         do you
>         >         >         just want to do it on your own?
>         >         >
>         >         >         daniel
>         >         >
>         >         >         >
>         >         >         > I want to work on the idea 'Put
>         alpha-transparent
>         >         pngs onto
>         >         >         cam
>         >         >         > image'.I really like this idea as it can
>         used for
>         >         fun .It
>         >         >         can be done
>         >         >         > in following steps :
>         >         >         >
>         >         >         > 1.Users can combine frame images saved
>         in the
>         >         terminal with
>         >         >         picture
>         >         >         > images taken with the webcam.
>         >         >         > 2.The picture image will appear in the
>         transparent
>         >         area of
>         >         >         the frame
>         >         >         > image.
>         >         >         > 3.The combined image will be saved in
>         the same
>         >         JPEG format
>         >         >         as the
>         >         >         > picture image.
>         >         >         >
>         >         >         > I want to ask u if this is a better way
>         to
>         >         accomplished this
>         >         >         task.
>         >         >         >
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>         NSIT,Delhi
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