I prepared this material when I was working as a Tracking, Rigging and Animation Artist. I hope you find this material useful. All the best for your career.
The document is an attempt to give insights into digital payments space on the whole. It describes the different payment scenarios or methods and how the underlying technology works. Topics covered - NFC;;contacless payments;Mobile Payments;smart cards chips technology;apple pay;Card operating system
What is Cashless Economy ? Advantages, Disadvantages, Different Cashless payment methods, internet banking, plastic money, e-wallet, Point of sale, how to secure your cashless payment, future of cashless payment.
For the full video of this presentation, please visit:
https://www.embedded-vision.com/platinum-members/embedded-vision-alliance/embedded-vision-training/videos/pages/sep-2019-alliance-vitf-ucberkeley
For more information about embedded vision, please visit:
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Shruti Agarwal, Ph.D. Candidate at U.C. Berkeley, delivers the presentation "Creating, Weaponizing,and Detecting Deep Fakes" at the Embedded Vision Alliance's September 2019 Vision Industry and Technology Forum. Agarwal explains how to use computer vision to detect "deepfakes."
Eye mouse is a computationally efficient, reliable and cost effective solution for determination of gaze in real time. In a gaze determination system, images of the eye are taken by a camera and sent to an image processing system. The image is processed from a low resolution camera to determine the location of the user’s iris in relation to the rest of the eye. This location is passed through a specialized set of algorithms and gaze direction is determined. This data is used to control mouse events on a computer display.
You can download a beta version from here: http://eyemouse.org/
The document is an attempt to give insights into digital payments space on the whole. It describes the different payment scenarios or methods and how the underlying technology works. Topics covered - NFC;;contacless payments;Mobile Payments;smart cards chips technology;apple pay;Card operating system
What is Cashless Economy ? Advantages, Disadvantages, Different Cashless payment methods, internet banking, plastic money, e-wallet, Point of sale, how to secure your cashless payment, future of cashless payment.
For the full video of this presentation, please visit:
https://www.embedded-vision.com/platinum-members/embedded-vision-alliance/embedded-vision-training/videos/pages/sep-2019-alliance-vitf-ucberkeley
For more information about embedded vision, please visit:
http://www.embedded-vision.com
Shruti Agarwal, Ph.D. Candidate at U.C. Berkeley, delivers the presentation "Creating, Weaponizing,and Detecting Deep Fakes" at the Embedded Vision Alliance's September 2019 Vision Industry and Technology Forum. Agarwal explains how to use computer vision to detect "deepfakes."
Eye mouse is a computationally efficient, reliable and cost effective solution for determination of gaze in real time. In a gaze determination system, images of the eye are taken by a camera and sent to an image processing system. The image is processed from a low resolution camera to determine the location of the user’s iris in relation to the rest of the eye. This location is passed through a specialized set of algorithms and gaze direction is determined. This data is used to control mouse events on a computer display.
You can download a beta version from here: http://eyemouse.org/
When editing finished product photographs in Photoshop, shortcuts are a terrific method to expedite the editing process. But, there are so many that it's impossible to keep track of them all, especially if photo editing isn't your primary duty.
For this reason, we've put together a useful guide that includes a printable cheat sheet that you can pin to your desktop or use as a quick reference for all the Photoshop shortcuts you need to know to make pixel-perfect alterations to product photos.
How to crop a photo on Windows 11? Is there a free app to crop photos? What is the best photo crop app? Can you crop a photo online? Get the answers here!
A simplified character rigging & animation tutorial using the Spine animation tool. This is so easy to learn and use.
For creative content services, please visit our website:
https://www.artmiker.com
Detailed instructions about how you can customize you destination guide App that was created with the GuideMaker Engine.
Find more info at www.wantmyguide.com
I prepared this material when I was working as a Tracking, Rigging and Animation Artist. I hope you find this material useful. All the best for your career.
Procedure of animation in 3 d autodesk maya tools & techniquesijcga
At present time a new technique to approaches for producing computer animation by using software. It is introduced at university level as a text for under graduates and post graduates. It is also useful for those who want to become computer graphics programmers or animation professionals. It is newly introduced techniques in which anyone can create animation for game, education or for entertainment. It addresses the issue of computer-based animation which primarily deals with multiple 2 dimensional planes. This document concentrates on full 3D computer animation by using Autodesk Maya software which is latest for animation and identifies the useful methods and techniques to move objects in interesting ways. In present time many film makers uses it for creating cartoon character for characterize their visualization on screen. A lot of softwares are available in market which helps to create such kind of animation and effect with help of computer graphics.
Macroeconomics- Movie Location
This will be used as part of your Personal Professional Portfolio once graded.
Objective:
Prepare a presentation or a paper using research, basic comparative analysis, data organization and application of economic information. You will make an informed assessment of an economic climate outside of the United States to accomplish an entertainment industry objective.
Model Attribute Check Company Auto PropertyCeline George
In Odoo, the multi-company feature allows you to manage multiple companies within a single Odoo database instance. Each company can have its own configurations while still sharing common resources such as products, customers, and suppliers.
When editing finished product photographs in Photoshop, shortcuts are a terrific method to expedite the editing process. But, there are so many that it's impossible to keep track of them all, especially if photo editing isn't your primary duty.
For this reason, we've put together a useful guide that includes a printable cheat sheet that you can pin to your desktop or use as a quick reference for all the Photoshop shortcuts you need to know to make pixel-perfect alterations to product photos.
How to crop a photo on Windows 11? Is there a free app to crop photos? What is the best photo crop app? Can you crop a photo online? Get the answers here!
A simplified character rigging & animation tutorial using the Spine animation tool. This is so easy to learn and use.
For creative content services, please visit our website:
https://www.artmiker.com
Detailed instructions about how you can customize you destination guide App that was created with the GuideMaker Engine.
Find more info at www.wantmyguide.com
I prepared this material when I was working as a Tracking, Rigging and Animation Artist. I hope you find this material useful. All the best for your career.
Procedure of animation in 3 d autodesk maya tools & techniquesijcga
At present time a new technique to approaches for producing computer animation by using software. It is introduced at university level as a text for under graduates and post graduates. It is also useful for those who want to become computer graphics programmers or animation professionals. It is newly introduced techniques in which anyone can create animation for game, education or for entertainment. It addresses the issue of computer-based animation which primarily deals with multiple 2 dimensional planes. This document concentrates on full 3D computer animation by using Autodesk Maya software which is latest for animation and identifies the useful methods and techniques to move objects in interesting ways. In present time many film makers uses it for creating cartoon character for characterize their visualization on screen. A lot of softwares are available in market which helps to create such kind of animation and effect with help of computer graphics.
Macroeconomics- Movie Location
This will be used as part of your Personal Professional Portfolio once graded.
Objective:
Prepare a presentation or a paper using research, basic comparative analysis, data organization and application of economic information. You will make an informed assessment of an economic climate outside of the United States to accomplish an entertainment industry objective.
Model Attribute Check Company Auto PropertyCeline George
In Odoo, the multi-company feature allows you to manage multiple companies within a single Odoo database instance. Each company can have its own configurations while still sharing common resources such as products, customers, and suppliers.
June 3, 2024 Anti-Semitism Letter Sent to MIT President Kornbluth and MIT Cor...Levi Shapiro
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Dear Dr. Kornbluth and Mr. Gorenberg,
The US House of Representatives is deeply concerned by ongoing and pervasive acts of antisemitic
harassment and intimidation at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Failing to act decisively to ensure a safe learning environment for all students would be a grave dereliction of your responsibilities as President of MIT and Chair of the MIT Corporation.
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students that opportunity and have been hijacked to become venues for the promotion of terrorism, antisemitic harassment and intimidation, unlawful encampments, and in some cases, assaults and riots.
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• The Committee on Education and the Workforce has been investigating your institution since December 7, 2023. The Committee has broad jurisdiction over postsecondary education, including its compliance with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act, campus safety concerns over disruptions to the learning environment, and the awarding of federal student aid under the Higher Education Act.
• The Committee on Oversight and Accountability is investigating the sources of funding and other support flowing to groups espousing pro-Hamas propaganda and engaged in antisemitic harassment and intimidation of students. The Committee on Oversight and Accountability is the principal oversight committee of the US House of Representatives and has broad authority to investigate “any matter” at “any time” under House Rule X.
• The Committee on Ways and Means has been investigating several universities since November 15, 2023, when the Committee held a hearing entitled From Ivory Towers to Dark Corners: Investigating the Nexus Between Antisemitism, Tax-Exempt Universities, and Terror Financing. The Committee followed the hearing with letters to those institutions on January 10, 202
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Published classroom materials form the basis of syllabuses, drive teacher professional development, and have a potentially huge influence on learners, teachers and education systems. All teachers also create their own materials, whether a few sentences on a blackboard, a highly-structured fully-realised online course, or anything in between. Despite this, the knowledge and skills needed to create effective language learning materials are rarely part of teacher training, and are mostly learnt by trial and error.
Knowledge and skills frameworks, generally called competency frameworks, for ELT teachers, trainers and managers have existed for a few years now. However, until I created one for my MA dissertation, there wasn’t one drawing together what we need to know and do to be able to effectively produce language learning materials.
This webinar will introduce you to my framework, highlighting the key competencies I identified from my research. It will also show how anybody involved in language teaching (any language, not just English!), teacher training, managing schools or developing language learning materials can benefit from using the framework.
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PFTrack
• PFTrack enables computer generated effects to be exactly matched with film or video sequences.
• The handling of proxy image resolutions, manipulation of an image data and batch processing of tracked
shots over a cross platform network, allowing multiple shots to be accessed and processed
simultaneously.
• PFTrack Offers:
1. Fully automatic tracking.
2. Advanced user feature tracking.
3. Object tracking.
4. Geometry based tracking.
5. Editable post solve camera parameters.
6. Single solve of multiple camera motions.
• Unlike other match moving applications, PFTrack allows you to manipulate tracking data many levels.
• Editing of individual camera parameters via spline-based-F-curves.
Improved geometry based tracking functionality provithe des all the tools you need to improve geometry
and track this into your sequence. This can be used for extracting motion for head and face replacement
or to track an entire set model.
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Creating New Project:
When you first open up the application you’ll find a blank interface, like the one shown
below,
The first thing to do is creating a New Project. A Project can contain any number of shots.
To create a New Project, select file > New Project.
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Then shown the new project dialog in which you can set the location of the new project and its name.
If you are returning to a project created earlier, select file > Open Project ( Ctrl+o ) . And navigate to
its location to load it.
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PFTrack projects are split into a number of files within the directory.
The .ptp file is the main file holding all the links to the various shots, and each shot is stored in its own
directory.
Once a project is saved, PFTrack can automatically open the last project your working on.
Importing And Modifying Footage:
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To import footage into PFTrack, select File > Import Footage ( Ctrl+I ).
Then shown the Import Footage dialog in which you can navigate to the footage you need.
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Click on your chosen sequence and then click load.
The first frame will now appear in the main image window and the footage will appear high-lighted in
the shot overview panel.
You can play the sequence through by using the playback button at the bottom of the screen or pressing
the Space Bar on your keyboard.
If you want to make any changes to the appearance of footage, such as altering contrast, brightness or
saturation in order to obtain better track. To do this right-click on the name of the footage and select
manipulate.
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Then shown the Manipulations Options pop-up window
This process is non-destructive and can reset at any point.
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You are able to set a proxy resolution by selecting the proxy option when right-click on footage.
PFtrack able to generate proxy resolution images allowing you to better manage your projects when
working at 2K and above. To set a proxy simply selects the required resolution from the pop-up menu.
If you have problem tracking you can switch to a higher resolution at any time.
Make sure that you set the correct motion type in the camera parameters dialog. To do this select,
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Camera > Camera Parameters ( Ctrl+p)
.
Then shown Camera Parameters pop-up window
From the Motion drop down menu select the type of shot your working with.
1. A Free Motion camera is one that is free to move (often hand-held).
2. A Translation Only: Camera motion with no Rotation
3. A Rotation Only: Pan, Tilt and Zoom with no Translation
4. Linear Translation: Rotation Straight line camera motion, a dolly shot could produce this
motion.
5. A Stationary a shot is where the camera doesn’t undergo any rotation and translation.
6. The other main setting to consider at this point is the Focal Length. PFTrack can estimate the
focal length value itself but you must tell it if the shot has a constant or varying.
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Auto Track And Calibrate Footage:
You’ll notice a white line around the edge of the displayed frame. Click on ay edge of this line with the
left-mouse-button and drag it in to mask out any unwanted edge details.
Select Tracking > Track and Solve ( Ctrl+F6 ).or click on Track and Solve icon
PFTrack now begins analyzing the footage to identify and track a number of points or features and then
uses this information to solve the camera and produce an accurate 3D point cloud for the shot, along
with an animated camera path.
The time this takes depends upon the length of your sequence, the complexity of camera motion and the
speed of your machine.
A progress window will be displayed where you can follow the progress of your shot.
The green ones indicate a good track and the red are not so good.
If the camera solve fails at any point, PFTrack will still give you a partial camera track for as much as
the shot as possible.
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When the track and calibration process is completed you will see that your footage has returned to the
frame from which you started, but is now covered with green and red dots.
You can click on the 3D-view icon at top-right corner to view the point cloud
and camera path in 3D and navigate around the scene using the mouse buttons.
It is also possible to carry out the tracking process and calibrating process as separate operations. It is
useful when you want to clean up your feature tracks before calibration.
To carry out the steps as separate processes first select, Tracking > Auto Track ( Shift+F5 ).
or click on AutoTrack icon .
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Once track is complete you can select Tracking > Clean Auto-Feature Tracks..
Then shown clean auto-feature track pop-up window
By changing the Tracking Threshold slider you can remove any poor tracks.
You can then select, Camera > Solve Motion ( Shift+F7 ).
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or click on Solve icon
After the solve has finished, you can use the camera transform tools to adjust the position of the camera
inside each segment if required.
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Adding User-Features:
Automatic tracking points are positioned by the software and so they may not be exactly where you
want them.
If you want to track specific component within shot, PFTrack will allow s you to add your own points
and track these through a sequence along with or instead of automatic points.
To create a User-feature, select Tracking > New User Feature ( Shift+F3 ).
or click on icon.
To place the user feature simply left click at the point on the image you want. To place the feature with
greater accuracy, hold Shift along with the left mouse button to magnify the location you have selected
And place your feature by releasing the mouse button.
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Once you have created a new user-feature, it will be selected in the shot information window. Each click
in the image window will change its position.
If you want to create another user-feature, either select Tracking > New User Feature ( Shift+F3 ) or
click on another item in the shot window.
Repeat this process to place as many user-features as you need.
You can alter the region of influence used by clicking on the square box surrounding the feature point
and dragging the mouse to make it larger or smaller.
This changes the size of the region of pixels PFTrack looks at when tracking to determine the movement
of the feature.
By using tyracking playback controls you can track user-feature Forwards and Backwards.
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Right clicking on a user-feature reveals a menu of options, you can select Solve from those options after
tracking the user-feature.
This will calculate the 3D position of the feature and place it in the scene.
You will always nee 6 user-features for a free motion camera nad 4 for a Nodal-Pan.
Generally, the more features you have the better provided they are tracked accurately.
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If your shot contains moving objects, features may not be ideally placed. The way to fix this is to mask
out problem areas with the mask.
Masks can also be set up to track a moving object or key framed to change shape to match problem
areas.
To build a mask select, Tracking > New Mask ( Shilf+F4).
or click on Mask icon .
Left click over the area want to hide. With each click point added to the mask.
These points can be edited once your basic shape is created. Right-click closes the mask.
You can quickly move the entire mask or scale it by holding down the Shift key and using the handles.
When auto tracking, PFTrack will ignore the area under mask and only place auto features in the rest of
the image.
If the 3D point cloud appears at a strange angle it is often because the ground plane is not placed
correctly.
It is important that you spend some time orientating the ground plane, as this provides the point cloud X,
Y and Z coordinates that will be used when exporting to another appllication.
While in navigation mode, find a well solved feature and move the mouse point over this feature. Now
right-click and from the pop-up menu select Set As Origin. The mesh ground plane now snaps to this
selected point.
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In scene orientation mode you can now reposition the ground plane until it is arranged to match real
world orientation.
Now that you have completed the track and solve of your footage. You can export the data by right-
clicking on Camera/object Export in the shot window, and selecting New from the pop-up menu.
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This allows you to choose the format of the export and the file location where the data will be stored.
Object Tracking:
You can track the motion of the rigid object moving independently from the camera, such as a car
driving along a road.
Tracking an object we would first use the default settings for tracking to obtain the camera motion.
The best way to achieve good results is to mask out the object you wish to extract the motion from
before tracking to obtain the camera motion.
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After building a basic mask, track and solve the sequence in the normal way.
Now we have to create a object group that will contain the motion of the object. To do this select,
Tracking > Groups
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The default number of motions set to 1 (i.e. only camera motion). To add a second motion type 2 into
the number of motions box and then hit new button to create a new group.
You can rename this by clicking on “unnamed”.
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A new motion group is also created in the project window, with all the same elements as the default
scene motion group.
To obtain just the motion of the car (the car group must selected), invert the mask to mask the main area
of the sequence. This is done by right-clicking on the mask and selecting Invert from the pop-up menu.
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We can then track features using Track button
Once the track is complete we can solve the motion into the new group by highlighting the group name
and clicking the Solve button.
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You can orient the scene based on the camera motion as you would with a standard track..
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Geometry Tracking:
To use Geometry for tracking after loading up your sequence select, File > Import Tracking Geometry.
Navigate to the Obj Model you want to use and click Open.
The imported model will be placed at the centre of the viewing window. You can switch the way the
model is displayed by using the appearance drop down menu.
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Use the mouse button to rotate, scale and move the model until it matches up with the element in one
frame of the footage (try and find a frame in the sequence that allows you to best align the camera with
the model).
Alternatively you can activate manipulators by selecting translate, rotate or scale from the drop down
menu.
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Hit the track forward or track backward button and you should see the geometry start t track through
your shot.
If you see the geometry start to drift from the image underneath then you can go to that frame and using
the mouse reposition the geometry to better match the footage. This can be repeated as needed.
Hitting the track button will then retrack between keyframes blending the motion of the object
appropriately.
Once complete you will have the camera motion in the camera motion group and car movement in the
new car motion group.
You can choose to export either or both of these when you export to a 3Dapplication.