1. Rotoscoping Senior Capstone Project | Ted Trisco
April 24, 2007

2. Agenda Definition & Requirements Design Reflections Q & A Flash
Visual Basic 6
OpenCV
Reflections
Q & A

3. Project Definition & Requirements
Constant research – always looking for help from existing software, found tutorials for flash, plenty of example images
VB platform – majority of my time

4. Project Definition Rotoscoping
Tracing over live-action film, grouping pixels and limiting colors
Frame by frame process
Invented by Max Fleisher, utilized by Disney
Flat Black Films and Rotoshop
Frame by frame

5. Project Definition
Examples
Frame by frame

6. Project Definition My Goals & Objectives
Filter frames from webcam to produce rotoscope image
Develop interactive user interface to allow control over filtering
Implement user functionality regarding saving filtered streams

7. Project Design
Constant research – always looking for help from existing software, found tutorials for flash, plenty of example images
VB platform – majority of my time

8. Flash Environment Simple trace (no computation) Embedded in timeline
Utilized layer capability to animate
Original movie
My Homepage - Flash
Give evaluation on own!

9. Visual Basic 6 Platform Computing each frame from webcam
Pixel calculation and integer division
Implemented save/open functionality
VB6 Application
Include platform evaluation on own!

10. OpenCV C/C++ libraries aimed at camera vision
Able to use same algorithms
OpenCV Application

11. Project Reflection
Constant research – always looking for help from existing software, found tutorials for flash, plenty of example images
VB platform – majority of my time

12. Computer Science Concepts
Flash environment
Event handling
File formats and processing
Efficient algorithms

13. Extensions More efficient algorithm, cleaner tracing
Graphical interface
Saving adaptability
Looking ahead…
Explain DetermineClosest vs. CalculateClosest
Every pixel right now – exploring every other pixel/row

14. Advice Meet with professors early and often Design, design, design
Roll with the highs and lows
Exhaust your area!

15. Q & A
Thank You!