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MS Research Foto-Technologien

lorigros — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 16:42:00 GMT

Microsoft Research hat ein paar neue Foto-Technologien auf der Photokina in Köln vorgestellt. Vor Ort habe ich mit Chris O’Prey, Software Development Engineer bei Microsoft Research Cambridge über die Technologien gesprochen. In diesem Video zeigt er mir Auto Collage, Image Composite Editor und HD View.

Auto Collage ist eine zukunftsweisende Computervision und Bildentwicklungstechnologie und erstellt automatisch Collagen aus mehreren Bildern. Man wählt die gewünschten Fotos in einem Ordner aus und das Programm generiert automatisch eine Collage mit nahtlosen Übergängen daraus. Auto Collage hat Gesichtserkennungstechnologie und sortiert unpassende Bilder und Bildwiederholungen aus, um eine interessante Fotocollage zu erzeugen. Die Fotocollage kann auch ausgedruckt werden.

Image Composite Editor erstellt aus mehreren überlappenden Fotos ein Panoramabild. Wenn die Fotos vom gleichen Standpunkt gemacht worden sind, fügt die Software die einzelnen Fotos zu einem großen Bild zusammen. Der Image Composite Editor korrigiert Unterschiede wie verschiedene Zoom-Einstellungen oder Verschlusszeiten und das Ergebnis kann man in verschiedensten Formaten, wie JPG, PSD, HD View und Silverlight Deep Zoom Formate speichern.

HD View schickt Bilder über das Netz ohne Einschränkung der Dimensionen, der dynamischen Bandbreite oder der Farbtonabstufungen. Mit HDView kann man hochauflösende Bildern im Gigapixel-Bereich in einem Browser betrachten und innerhalb der Bilder navigieren.

Weitere Info über die Foto-Technologien findet Ihr hier…

AutoCollage
http://research.microsoft.com/autocollage/

Image Composite Editor
http://research.microsoft.com/ivm/ice.html

HD View
http://research.microsoft.com/ivm/hdview.htm

Silverlight News: Compatibility Updates, New Hard Rock Memorabilia, And More

sarahintampa — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 05:50:00 GMT

Last week we saw the release of Silverlight 2, the latest and greatest version of the browser plugin designed for rich media experiences on the web. Since that time, a number of related technologies have also been updated to work with Silverlight 2. These include the following:

Deep Zoom Composer/PhotoZoom Site:

Along with the new version of Silverlight, a new version of the Deep Zoom Composer was also released. The Deep Zoom Composer is a tool which lets you design your own deep zoom creations which can then be uploaded to the Microsoft Live Labs PhotoZoom website, which has been updated as well. The new Deep Zoom Composer doesn’t feature anything new besides Silverlight 2 support except for one minor upgrade which allows you to launch the tool by double-clicking on the DZPRJ file itself.

ICE (Image Composite Editor):

Microsoft Image Composite Editor is an advanced panoramic image stitcher created by Microsoft Research. This tool takes a series of overlapping photographs and creates a high-res panorama. The ICE update includes more than just Silverlight 2 support. It also offers the following new features and bug fixes:

Fixed a bug that could cause the program to crash the second time it was run if there were non-English characters in the file paths of source our exported panoramas. (The "Options.xml" bug.)
Fixed a bug that allows more TIFF files to be properly opened
Changed autocrop to recognize 360 panos and provide a better crop rectangle in those cases
Removed Automatic from the Projection menu
Proper output of Silverlight 2 RTM Deep Zoom
Fixed a bug that could cause one input image to be dropped from a panorama seemingly at random
Added integration with the next version of Windows Live Photo Gallery

(Read more about ICE here).

HD View Utilities

The HD View Utilities are a set of tools that help in the production of HD View content. HD View is a new viewer developed by the Microsoft Research Interactive Visual Media group to aid in the display and interaction with very large images. Specifically, the Photoshop Plugin and hdmake were updated, according to LiveSide.

HD View SL

Also of interest to programmers, the source code for HD View SL has been released, as reported by LiveSide. HD View SL is the Silverlight based viewer that is output by ICE and by the Photoshop Plugin. HD View, currently a Windows-only browser plugin, is being migrated to HD View SL, a cross-platform Silverlight RIA.

Hard Rock Memorabilia (Easter Egg!)

OK, now for some fun stuff! Silverlight 2.0’s deep zoom feature is now being shown off on the Hard Rock Memorabilia site. If you already checked out this site before back when it launched, you’ll want to revisit. The new site has had some big performance improvements and also offers nearly double the number of images as before. By the way, did you know that site has an Easter Egg? (I love these!) Here’s a tip – zoom in on Paul McCartney’s letter, the stamp, the image of Paramount, then the Marquee. Keep going…you’ll soon see some Beatles bobble-head dolls appear! Nifty.

HD View Internet Plugin

sarahintampa — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 15:37:00 GMT

HD View is a technology developed by Microsoft Research specifically for the purpose of viewing and interacting with large scale images on the web. As the HD Team describes it, it’s a “camera for the web.” But really what it does is allow you to interact with large, panoramic images that don’t fit on your screen. You can move around the images and zoom in and out, all while still maintaining a high-definition view of what you’re seeing. The technology is still very much of a concept because sites have to be HD View-enabled in order for this to work, but there are still several sites that have done so if you want to check it out. Here’s the plugin for IE. Zooming in on photos reminds me a lot of the capabilities of Silverlight with its deep zoom, so it will be interesting to see how each are used.

Innovation Day - HDView

lorigros — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 09:27:00 GMT

At Innovation Day in Brussels, I spoke with two very cool guys from MS Research in Redmond, Bryan Ressler and Matt Uyttendaele. They filled me in on HD View and how to create my own HD View images using Windows Live Photo Gallery.

HD View is a new technology developed by Microsoft Research's Interactive Visual Media Group to aid in the display and interaction with very large images. And by very large images, they mean billions of pixels (Gigapixels)! It is a browser plug-in that enables you to pan back and forth or up and down and to zoom in or out to examine an area of interest in the very large images while still maintaining the high resolution details. The new version of Windows Live Photo Gallery has a new image stitching component that allows you to select a group of photos that have some overlap and the result is a panoramic view photo.

Check out the HD View team’s blog for more details…http://hdview.spaces.live.com

HD View Beta 2 Released - Now with Firefox support

Nic — Thu, 16 Aug 2007 05:34:00 GMT

HD View Beta 2 was released last week in conjunction with Siggraph 2007 in San Diego.

The big news in this version is the addition of Firefox support.

Firefox users wanting to get their "gigapixel on" will now be prompted to install a plugin when viewing sites with HD view collections. (Plugin available here)

Another new feature is Auto Tone Adjust. This works like an auto gain; adjusting brightness and contrast ratios in darker (or hazier) areas of a photo to increase clarity.

Check out the HD View Windows Live Spaces blog or the official HD View web site for more on gigapixel imaging.

Gigapixel Panoramic Images with HD View from MS Research

Nic — Wed, 23 May 2007 02:25:00 GMT

HD View is a new image viewer technology developed by Microsoft Research's Interactive Visual Media Group to aid in the display and interaction with very large images. (as in Gigapixel large which equates to billions of pixels)

Check out this cool video overview of creating and viewing Gigapixel images with HD View. There's a walkthrough of the image capturing process, stitching principles and comparisons with other technologies.

More info: http://research.microsoft.com/ivm/HDView.htm
and http://hdview.spaces.live.com/

Can't wait to see a popfly mashup of HD View + Silverlight + Photosynth + Virtual Earth :)

Video: Creating and Viewing Gigapixel Images

As seen on James Senior's Technet blog (thanks Kirk)

TechFest '07: HD Viewer!

Laura — Wed, 21 Mar 2007 18:05:00 GMT

I couldn't resist stopping at the HD view booth at TechFest '07 because of the sheer magnitude of the camera on display. But, to my surprise and excitement - that huge camera is NOT necessary to pull off the amazing technology HD View is giving us. I chatted up Michael Cohen and he gave a quick demo where you can zoom out to almost satellite distance and then zoom right into detailed ground level on these pictures. You have to see it to believe it...so go see it.