Video: Adobe dabbles in video-object manipulation
By Darren Murph 
posted Nov 29th 2008 11:54PM
posted Nov 29th 2008 11:54PM
Interactive Video Object Manipulation from Dan Goldman on Vimeo.
posted Nov 29th 2008 11:54PM
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Wow that is pretty amazing actually ZOMG
"Blog about it"? That's Adobe's feedback mechanism?
It's all well and good to implement SIGGRAPH papers, but Adobe can't even field working updaters or a decent UI for Photoshop or Illustrator. They need to clean up the wretched mess that is the Creative Suite before dicking around with anything else.
And they can start by listening to customers, which they essentially NEVER do. Just look at their "feature request" forums.
@ Information Central
I'm totally high-ranking you, man! I feel the same way about Adobe. Their PS CS4 is a UI sluggish hell! I don't use much of their other apps, but PS is a foundation for my DCC work! And I DEMAND it to NOT slow me down when I want to work on whatever I want to work!
My mind has officially been blown. It was way too early in the morning for this lol
I have been longing for software like this so I can teach my mom how to work on my projects!
:/
Yep, it's pretty amazing how easy those features are to use. Here's hoping they appear in the next version of Adobe Premiere Elements!...
Information Central, I couldn't agree more on the updates. It's damn near impossible to maintain patches on thousands of Adobe Acrobat Reader, Flash, etc., because their patching mechanisms suck. You'd think they'd want to save on bandwidth when possible, but it seems like they WANT people to get all their patches and updates for each client, each time through automatic updater.
How long until we see airbrushing of models in recorded events, say fashion shows?
Information Central: Adobe does have different departments, you know.
The department responsible for Photoshop CS4's UI is not the same one that makes stuff to tag objects in videos.
(Disclaimer: I haven't used CS4.)
I want to grab some video titties and move them around.
Now I can see what my graffiti looks like before I start tagging up city.
bring a sweater, it's chilly outside this time of year.
Very cool, and I didn't know you guys worked around the clock!
Spoiler:
The background scenery behind Dan Goldman is actually...AFTER EFFECTS.
No. The background is really Seattle. The bridge is the Aurora Avenue Bridge (US-99) and is a popular jumping off place.
Haha, I actually live right behind the camera man, and I'm pretty sure that's real...
How many people who've jumped off would reccomend it?
Nothing I can't do with pftrack and after effects....
Holy crap I've been waiting for this FOREVER!!
Cool. Maybe those geniuses at Adobe have it in them to put together a version of Acrobat Reader that doesn't hog 20% of my CPU or take ten seconds to start up.
We all know that's never going to happen.
You mean, like, evince?
or maybe one that doesn't crash on my vista system every time, even after i have installed every update.
Foxit PDF reader is the way to go, it takes up almost no CPU or memory.
I used to use Foxit, but too many PDFs gave me problems; then I found PDF-XCHANGE VIEWER, and never looked back.
If this system consistently works as well as the video demonstrates, there's only one word: AWESOME.
This is the kind of natural interaction that computers should be about. Make things work by doing what "feels right", not by doing an hour's work for ten seconds of footage in AfterEffects.
I've got no problem doing hours of work in After Effects for 10 seconds of footage that a client is willing to pay $100,000 for... think commercial motion graphics. Concept consumer apps like this can't enable such scenarios. Don't get me wrong they're sick and I want 'em, but there's always going to be a time and a place for robust editing tools like AE.
@Wulile, why do you think that such an app wouldn't be good for commercial purposes? Simply because it's consumer-oriented? Wouldn't you rather get paid that amount of cash for doing the same job in half the time? It's not definite that it would work, and yes, there will always be a place for powerful apps like AE, but you shouldn't shun it just because it's geared for consumers.
Sorry, I don't recall shunning it, I actually said I wanted it so calm down. I think applications like this are brilliant and fun. The idea of providing this sort of power to a novice is one of the most liberating parts of software design. I'm just pointing out that complexity, like you find in AE isn't always bad. I think quite often its necessary and healthy. Trying too hard to eliminate complexity can lead to bad design. I think it's much more useful to try and manage it.
Statements like "this is the kind of natural interaction that computers should be about. Make things work by doing what 'feels right'..." sound to me like naive Apple fanboy-isms. And before you flame me again, keep in mind I own an iPhone and I love it.
I would prefer that they dabble in a 64-bit version of Flash. Please, Adobe?
64-bit flash is available on linux, why not use that if it is so important?
Wow, you're absolutely right. I must have been living in the gutter for rhe last couple of weeks to miss that announcement. Sorry about my eagerness to bash Adobe. =D
LBP meets Adobe! Epic.
you gotta wonder how powerful of a system that's running on though, it might run like in the video on an 8-core mac pro, but how's it gonna run on the average schmo's computer?
Probably just like Acrobat Reader... =\
The average schmo won't be able to afford this software.
@Josh
Let me introduce you to the internet.
There are people out there who pay for adobe?
Made on a Mac. Just sayin'.
Thanks for telling me!!!
oh yeah. It appears to use plain-ol' gtk+ widgets.
oooh... motion tracking. Can anyone say "shake"?
Yes there are several ways of accomplishing this already. Shake has a pretty steep learning curve IMHO though and is not that widely used by the masses... thus everyones surprise...
I use to use this type of technology eons ago when I use to work in special effects (I now create games) way before Shake. . . and after Apple bought Shake and dropped Window version.
Can't wait to get to work on my first bit of blackmail video.
How many cores do I need to process one second of video in under an hour?
only one, so long as its liquid nitrogen cooled and oc'd to at least 6 ghz
...And that you are not running Acrobat at the same time. We all know you cannot run Acrobat alongside another application (Yes, the OS is also included in this generalization)
that was amazing
his friends look 12