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Idea: use machine learning to remove product placements from images/video

by 21stio on 6/13/18, 9:19 PM with 6 comments

• by blackflame7000 on 6/14/18, 7:49 AM

  I studied this in college. The 8 point algorithm as I recall https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eight-point_algorithm

  A sample project I did at UCLA https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B2cbJSismcJbVk02MXd1b2pnU3c...

• by polygot on 6/14/18, 3:25 AM

  The impainting can be global and locally, but it has to be temporally stable to avoid shakiness associated with impainting multiple frames.

  Photoshop unveiled a similar temporally stable algorithm which does just that (provided that you select a marquee selection around the object.) I can't find the link though. Perhaps those two algorithms can be combined to first locate the object then remove it.

• by cautionarytale on 6/13/18, 9:36 PM

  Cool idea. But also, apparently this is a website for submitting and rating ideas themselves?