Image Manipulation fuses 3D library to achieve photo-realistic, complete object alterations. This is technically brilliant and worth watching (4 minutes).
I do wonder how long it will be before the visual trust factor of what we see starts to erode. What value will photographic evidence have when private investigators can realistically retouch photographic "evidence"? More chilling would be the use by political parties to generate propaganda for a cause, frame an opponent, destroy reputations.
Although every advance contains within it opportunities for exploitation, these do not diminish the plaudits that the technical accomplishment deserves.
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Originally shared by Gregor J. RothfussWe present a method that enables users to perform the full range of 3D manipulations, including scaling, rotation, translation, and nonrigid deformations, to an object in a photograph. As 3D manipulations often reveal parts of the object that are hidden in the original photograph, our approach uses publicly available 3D models to guide the completion of the geometry and appearance of the revealed areas of the object. The completion process leverages the structure and symmetry in the stock 3D model to factor out the effects of illumination, and to complete the appearance of the object. We demonstrate our system by producing object manipulations that would be impossible in traditional 2D photo-editing programs, such as turning a car over, making a paper-crane flap its wings, or manipulating airplanes in a historical photograph to change its story.
We present an approach that allows users to perform 3D manipulations, such as rotations, translations, scaling, deformation, and 3D copy-paste, to objects in...