{"id":112042,"date":"2017-10-26T10:46:12","date_gmt":"2017-10-26T09:46:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/amateurphotographer.co.uk\/?p=112042"},"modified":"2017-10-26T10:46:12","modified_gmt":"2017-10-26T09:46:12","slug":"software-still-photography","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/latest\/articles\/software-still-photography\/","title":{"rendered":"This new software brings still photography to life"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\"><strong><span class=\"s1\">Developers have created a new programme to bring still photography to life through animation software.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The project was designed in Israel by academics at Tel Aviv University and programmers at Facebook.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Computer graphics PhD student Hadar Averbuch-Elor started the project when she was working as a research intern at the social media giant.<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t<div id=&quot;attachment_112043&quot;  class=\"c-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 349px\">\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-112043\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/3XY7BWwGolk_driven_by_11_01.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"329\" height=\"438\" \/>\t\t\t<p class=\"c-caption__text\">Credit: Bringing Portraits to Life<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s2\">She told <em>Amateur Photographer<\/em>: &#8220;<\/span><span class=\"s1\">We wanted to address an important question in computer graphics, which is can we animate\u00a0realistic\u00a0facial expressions from a single image? <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">&#8220;This field is packed with research because many cool things can come out of it, but also because it\u2019s not an easy problem, since humans are extremely sensitive to the most slight nuances in facial animation and there\u2019s always the fear of falling into the uncanny valley, where it just doesn\u2019t seem real.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The software works by using a video of someone else and mimicking their reactions through geometric facial transformations.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">After this, extra details are added in, which are associated with facial expressions, like creases and wrinkles, to make the animation look more realistic.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"s1\">Averbuch-Elor developed the<\/span> programme with Daniel Cohen-Or at Tel Aviv University alongside Johannes Kopf and Michael F. Cohen from Facebook.<\/p>\n\t\t<div id=&quot;attachment_112045&quot;  class=\"c-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 350px\">\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-112045 \" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/fine_refined_Portrait_0010_driven_by_11_01_target_1-1.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"330\" height=\"491\" \/>\t\t\t<p class=\"c-caption__text\">The software even works with portraits, like the enigmatic Mona Lisa, Credit: Bringing Portraits to Life<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">What do developments like this one mean for the future of static photography?<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Averbuch-Elor said: &#8220;On the one hand, taking a still photo will always be the easiest form of communication, expressing yourself, etc.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">&#8220;But on the other hand, we are witnessing all over that people want to have more immersive experiences, perhaps by sharing a video, 360 photo, or even using virtual reality. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">&#8220;Our research aims at closing the gap &#8211; people can capture a single image but it allows it to become more than just a still.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\">So what do you think of the software means for future of still photography? 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