Pierrot21 (258 days ago) delete

same trick as in http://photosynth.net/view.aspx?cid=541aaff6-96dc-427c-9a91-7c5364e54a9b

douglas (258 days ago) delete

Cool effect, how long did it take you to make this synth?

swami_worldtraveler (258 days ago) delete

Nice:) I like this creative play and mix w/ synth. Good job.

Pierrot21 (257 days ago) delete

Hi Douglas.
It's not very long to do: choosing a picture with much texture (the street) so uou can bind smaller pictures with the 2 objects; and some tests ...
I allready had the 2 objects; each one need a few hours remove the background; that's longer to do!
the knight: http://photosynth.net/view.aspx?cid=d53da88a-e532-4097-9f35-b2d665789b28
the dragon: http://photosynth.net/view.aspx?cid=4616d37c-c131-473f-8867-c355ed729735

Fred_Oxford (255 days ago) delete

very smart!!

Marvin (253 days ago) delete

Very clever.

I would try the following:
1.  Use a black background for the objects - it makes it look nicer.
2.  Try binding more than one picture to each object.  If you can get the correct 3 images to bind to each object, I believe you'll actually get the pointclouds to combine.  That would be **REALLY** cool.

Pierrot21 (249 days ago) delete

Thanks for your advice
I can understand #1 and maybe I'll do it; but I don't understand #2 bindind 3 pictures, do you mean a zoom effect?

Marvin (249 days ago) delete

Hi Pierrot.  I used the word "bind" because that's what you used in a previous comment.
Basically, if you look at the pointcloud, you'll find that while each of the knight and dragon have their own (very nice) pointcloud.
However, you never see their pointclouds combined.

If you want both the dragon and the knight in the same pointcloud, you'll need more than one picture of them in the combined scene (at least 3)

Marvin (249 days ago) delete

A good example of this is:

http://photosynth.net/view.aspx?cid=ebf3e9ad-c0f5-43a0-b3da-fc3c689b62cc

Where he managed to get the pointcloud of the object into the scene.

Pierrot21 (248 days ago) delete

Hi! I didn't understand 3 vs 2 pictures (I know 'to bind' but usually you bind only 2 pictures)
In this other synth the big difference is that there is no (same) background: white background for the object and white sky. Then he made a good job by puting the top of the roof into the white background. I don't think it's possible to calculate a background in such a textured street as mine.
But you give me the idea to introduce the knight into a dark street at night ...

Marvin (247 days ago) delete

I don't think it's as simple as the background issue.  Photosynth needs matching feature points in order to connect things.

Instead of "doing it at night", what if you added a white sky to everything and tried to "bind" shots looking up (from the legs of the dragon/knight).  That way the background would realistically be white?