Category Archives: computers

crazy parametric reshaping of human bodies in images

By lesterbanks | Published: April 9, 2010
As I watched this I was a) amazed at the direction that computer graphics were taking in terms of the simplicity behind the use of the tools that sit in front of what must be some insane math, and b) do we really need this level of automation for this particular task… Can’t we just [...]
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automated editing of repeated scene elements

By lesterbanks | Published: April 8, 2010
Finding Approximately Repeated Scene Elements for Image Editing is a white paper by Ming-Ming Cheng, Fang-Lue Zhang, Niloy J. Mitra, Xiaolei Huang, Shi-Min Hu in which a process is employed to edit repeating elements in a scene procedurally.  From the demonstration video, the system goes as far as having a procedural answer for missing parts [...]
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lormalized lgorithmic composition processing application

By lesterbanks | Published: April 6, 2010
Lormalized, a nifty application that was built with processing is a little fun to play with, try it out here. LORMALIZED from Reza on Vimeo. LORMALIZED = Lorenz + nOrmalization + Real-tiMe + interActive + visuaLize + partIcles + reZa + procEssing.org + 4D This visual piece was made using algorithmic composition. It runs in [...]
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sketchpad vector drawing for iPad

By lesterbanks | Published: April 5, 2010
Check out Sketchpad for the iPad, where you can draw vector shapes with just your fingers. You can just draw with your fingers, it’s that simple. Sketchpad is designed to look as a sketch book and can be treated as such; draw with your fingers and swipe left and right to flip pages. Sketchpad is [...]
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caustic graphics shows off openRL

By lesterbanks | Published: March 22, 2010
OpenRL™ is the world’s first cross platform, heterogeneous API for ray tracing. It runs on Linux, Mac OS X, and Windows, and will identify and take advantage of CPUs, GPUs, and custom hardware devices all simultaneously. Ray tracing application developers can download and evaluate OpenRL free-of-charge from our website. OpenRL™ Heterogeneous Computing Example from Caustic [...]
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digital artist paint program with built in perspective

By lesterbanks | Published: March 19, 2010
Harry Storbacka’s Digital Artist is a 2D digital painting application for Windows XP, Vista and 7 with built in support for 3 point perspective.  Whats more, HSDA is free for non-commercial use and the full version can be downloaded from Harry Storbacka’s site.
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project gustav realistic painting system prototype

By lesterbanks | Published: March 4, 2010
People are starting to finally get it. During a preview of Microsoft’s annual TechFest event this week, the company’s researchers showed a technology dubbed Project Gustav, which attempts to replicate the experience of painting without all the mess. Project Gustav is a realistic painting-system prototype that enables artists to become immersed in the digital painting [...]
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your favourite image editing app will scale this wrong.

By lesterbanks | Published: March 3, 2010
Or at least that’s what Eric Brasseur is saying – “There is an error in most photography scaling algorithms. All software tested (August 2007) had the problem: The Gimp, Adobe Photoshop, CinePaint, Nip2, ImageMagick, GQview, Eye of Gnome, Paint and Krita. Also three different operating systems were used: Linux, Mac OS X and Windows.” He is [...]
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photoshop 1.0 on an iphone

By lesterbanks | Published: February 22, 2010
I like how earlier versions of software and technologies can make a comeback and enjoy a second life. Of course it would be a little more complex than adding layers and having a larger screen to be able to work with photoshop’s interface in a touch/gesture environment. This is really apparent in watching the levels [...]
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noteput interactive music table

By lesterbanks | Published: February 16, 2010
This is pretty interesting, perhaps I would not have had to remember that Good Boys Deserve Fudge Always. Noteput – Interactive music table from Jonas Heuer on Vimeo. “Noteput” is an interactive music table with tangible notes, that combines all three senses of hearing, sight and touch to make learning the classical notation of music [...]
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