Kolor experiments video stitching
For the first time, Kolor stitched videos together, using Autopano Server. As for static image stitching, the technologies available in Autopano were applied to video stitching. This creates a color-corrected final video with invisible seems between source videos.
The whole process is automatic; the only manual step is the video synchronization at the beginning of the stitching.
The projection mode is determined once for the whole sequence whereas the color correction adapts in real time.
For this experiment, 3 different SD camcorders were placed on a same rod and auto-stabilization was disabled. To minimize parallax errors, the subject should not be too close to the camcorders.
Smartblend ghost-remover can be improved, using temporal information.
The result obtained with this simple hardware enables to imagine very good results if using professional sequences (greater video resolution, accurate synchronization, global stabilization…).
The 3 individual video sources and the final assembled video:
Tags: assemblage video, stitching videos, video assembling, video stitching
September 10th, 2008 at 8:37 pm
Ah quand une Google Street View Car “low cost” .. genre avec des webcam ?
Tout ça en utilisant des GPU “low cost” de chez NVIDIA
Les années à venir promettent d’être très amusantes !!!
Félicitations à l’équipe, j’aime beaucoup ce genre de travaux
September 10th, 2008 at 9:47 pm
Amazing! You are really good at kolor
Is this an overview of your future appllications ?
September 10th, 2008 at 10:30 pm
So awesome!!! I’ve wanted to do something like that for a while. How do you synchronize the time codes between the camcorders?
September 11th, 2008 at 11:48 am
Formidable nouvelle ! Nous suivrons l’équipe Kolor dans cette nouvelle voie, c’est acquis.
September 11th, 2008 at 12:10 pm
Amazing… loads of ideas spring to mind. More info please
September 12th, 2008 at 1:57 am
Mindblowing….just amazing!
Keep up the great work!
Henrik
A Dane Down Under
September 12th, 2008 at 3:29 pm
WoW, it’s great.
September 21st, 2008 at 10:35 am
Et ben, bravo !
Dommage que ma salle vidéoprojecteur ne soit pas assez grande pour installer un nouvel écran qui puisse accueillir ces divines images panoramiques…
Et ça doit être beau aussi des vues sous la mer, non ?
Bon courage pour la suite du travail,
Nolwenn
October 1st, 2008 at 2:20 pm
Bluffant, le panoramique en vidéo (et sans règlage sur la pupille d’entrée).
Je suppose que ça fonctionne aussi avec deux caméras.
Voilà une découverte majeure à un prix raisonnable.
Je pense que bientôt on pourra faire des vidéos sur 180° ou plus.
Bravo,
Roland
P.S. J’ai cru reconnaitre le Mont Granier?
October 18th, 2008 at 2:31 pm
can i do this with autopano pro ?
October 30th, 2008 at 4:58 pm
I use AvStumpfl’s Wings Platinum 3 Multidisplay software to display panoramics (Dataton’s Watchout is a similar product). We use a single high res source which is split by the Wings software and re-distributed to Slave PCs controlled by a Master to achieve what you have here. To get live video, we need a capture card installed in all the PCs (Master and Slaves), and final display alignment (of the projectors) is critical.
The amazing thing with Autopano Server is that the 3 cameras are not even aligned!!
When will Autopano Server come to market? I can see a huge potential for your product in the presentations/entertainment market.
Carry on the good work!!
Thomas Leong