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Photo Wake-Up: 3D Character Animation from a Single Photo

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Re: Photo Wake-Up: 3D Character Animation from a Single Photo

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Post by PavlovsCat »

denerio-a wrote: post #23
PavlovsCat wrote: post #15

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That artwork is basically saying kids should be flying kites, rather than being bombed by drones while they cry in terror. I find playing around with that tasteless, to put it mildly and charitably, and I said nothing about it, after seeing it and puking into my mouth a little -- if walking on egg shells, and calling it tasteless to be generous, is punished anway, I may as well be honest, and I'm still biting my tong…

FWIW I think you’re completely correct. The use of that image was near as tone deaf as I can imagine. It almost seems intentional. With a very charitable interpretation it could be said that it’s a warning, a harbinger of the callousnness with which this tech will be used - but the reaction of this crowd to your comment is bizarre, and concerning. Wtf HN. Any of ye silent downvoters want to outline where you’re comin…

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Re: Photo Wake-Up: 3D Character Animation from a Single Photo

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Post by goldenkey »

PavlovsCat wrote: post #31
denerio-a wrote: post #23

Earlier quoted context omitted.

FWIW I think you’re completely correct. The use of that image was near as tone deaf as I can imagine. It almost seems intentional. With a very charitable interpretation it could be said that it’s a warning, a harbinger of the callousnness with which this tech will be used - but the reaction of this crowd to your comment is bizarre, and concerning. Wtf HN. Any of ye silent downvoters want to outline where you’re comin…

All I want for Christmas is up- and downvotes being displayed separately. I don't care about the sum whatsoever. Thanks for hearing me.

I thought you brought an important inspection to what I had overlooked. And I don't think it's reactionary to find the use of that image offensive. You're right that CS needs to use art with a little more care because we aren't insulated scientists - we are part of society and culture at large.

Re: Photo Wake-Up: 3D Character Animation from a Single Photo

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Post by IloveHN84 »

aantix wrote: post #17

It’s so frustrating when the code or a binary isn’t released and we can’t play with this ourselves. What’s the point of publicly releasing a paper with no real proof of work? They could be faking the algorithm.

In this case, code is fake and the results are done with video editing

Re: Photo Wake-Up: 3D Character Animation from a Single Photo

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Post by stuntkite »

pohl wrote: post #24

I was surprised at how quickly I went from slack-jawed amazement to wondering why the creators were so enamored with making a character run out of the frame that they never demonstrated using this to animate in context.

I have a feeling that is because they are computer image developers and not animators. I am in the same boat and have a great collection of animations I pull from, but animation is a serious specific skill. Even hooking it to mocap would be another crazy level. Most mocap is gross and needs cleanup, also it would be a distraction from the point. In addition to all of that, by using only a few specific animations it makes the examples easier to compare. Things that look like confusing magic can be hard to quantify on presentation.

Re: Photo Wake-Up: 3D Character Animation from a Single Photo

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Post by bsenftner »

ricardobeat wrote: post #28
bsenftner wrote: post #21

This is a series of known techniques assembled in a visually engaging manner, but is ultimately just a dumb gimmick. * Ability to go from image to model - multiple open source options * Ability to to from image to rigged figure model - multiple open source options * motion capture animation playback - trivial Unless this is instantaneous, which it is not, it's an attention seeking toy with no original ip.

Have you read the paper?

yes.
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