Published: October 10, 2009 in future » interaction by Thomas Baekdal
A number of people have pointed me towards PhotoSketch, a research/student project from Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, at National University of Singapore (now there is a mouthful).
Supposedly a couple of students have figured out a way to automatically turn a sketch into a composite image, complete with amazing image extraction and other really cool stuff. All by simply by taking pictures from the internet.
Just take a look at the video below.
I must admit, that this sounds a bit too good to be true, but then again - you never know.
The thing is though. These guys could make a fortune if they have invented a way to automatically extract parts of an image. Every single marketing department on the planet needs that. The sketch thing is just a bonus.
Also: See research paper (PDF)
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Thanks Rick!
BTW: You can download the source code from here: http://www.ece.nus.edu.sg/stfpage/eletp/Projects/PhotoSketch/Binary.zip
Hi; I loved this program. May I get a compiled one, to try it.
Thank alot.
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Oct 11
2009
Rick Castellini
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Wow! I never really get surprised at what folks learn how to do with technology, but this one is pretty neat with loads of potential. I can draw stick drawings, and would love to try this out. Thanks for sharing Thomas!