[General] Photobooth Software Updates

[Venkat Raghavan V.C.]

Please see attached file for code that provides basic fotocabinet
functionality. It does require a bunch of python modules, all of which
are readily apt-gettable.

http://imgur.com/EGBZ.jpg is sample image.

Still to do -
exif tags - GPS coordinates, link back to makers local
Makers Logo
Popup a window with the final image.
Resize the window to UPMC size, kill the taskbar.

Mystery Mode has not been implemented. If someone has a stock of
images to put in, it should be fairly easy to load up a random image
to do so

Thanks,
Venkat


On Fri, Feb 27, 2009 at 9:18 AM, Nathan W. <greenfday6 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Venkat
>
> Thats cool, and like Sara said.  Thanks for your help.
>
> Nathan
> - Show quoted text -
>
> On Thu, Feb 26, 2009 at 11:40 PM, Sara Neale <saratheneale at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Thanks for all your help on this Venkat. It looks promising :)
>>
>> Sara
>>
>> On Thu, Feb 26, 2009 at 7:38 PM, Venkat Raghavan V.C.
>> <venkatraghavan at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> Nathan,
>>>
>>> I have not been able to work on the software for this as I was in
>>> Houston for work the past couple of days. I should be back in hsv
>>> tomorrow, so i probably will get the rest done over the weekend.
>>>
>>> Venkat
>>>
>>> On Thu, Feb 26, 2009 at 1:43 PM, Nathan W. <greenfday6 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> > Venkat
>>> >
>>> > Hay man, just wanted to ping you and see how things are going?
>>> >
>>> > Thanks
>>> > Nathan
>>> >
>>> > On Wed, Feb 18, 2009 at 9:13 PM, Venkat Raghavan
>>> > <venkatraghavan at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> >> Guys,
>>> >>
>>> >> Here is a list of progress updates on the software side of things.
>>> >>
>>> >>  a. Photobooth mode - take 4 pictures save then as a strip.
>>> >> I have been successful in taking a picture and saving it to a PNG.
>>> >>
>>> >> To do:
>>> >> 1) Create a unique filename based on mmddyyyy-hhmmss
>>> >> 2) Configuring storage locations based on ini file
>>> >> 3) Check and see if picture is better when a 2.0 MP or greater webcam
>>> >> is
>>> >> used
>>> >> 4) Use Imagemagick to stitch the image files together.
>>> >> 5) See how to embed 256.makerslocal.org in image file metadata
>>> >> 6) Add display captions on screen - (say cheese!)
>>> >> 7) Check possibility of adding a non intrusive 256.makerslocal.org
>>> >> sign
>>> >> on the bottom, on the OUTSIDE of the picture strip.
>>> >>
>>> >>>  b. Video mode - take video 12-15sec
>>> >> Currently, I am using mediacontrol API provided by VLC. This
>>> >> unfortunately does not do video. The other option is to use libvlc,
>>> >> which I will look into, but I am not sure how that will pan out.
>>> >>
>>> >>>  c. Mystery Mode
>>> >> To do: Have to add a button, and a gtk window that pops up and closes
>>> >> after a certain time elapses. The directory source of the image
>>> >> displayed will be configurable in the ini file, and will pick random
>>> >> pictures to display.
>>> >>
>>> >>> 2. Linux Based
>>> >> what else :)
>>> >>
>>> >>> 3. Use version control system, preferable the svn server at the shop.
>>> >> Will commit code when I have access. I also need the address of the
>>> >> svn
>>> >> server.
>>> >>
>>> >>> 4. Highest resolution/fast as possible.
>>> >> It does not look like we can use the camera on the UPMC. The image
>>> >> seems
>>> >> to be all distorted, if it displays at all. Anyways, this will be
>>> >> controlled by what webcam we can obtain for the project.
>>> >>
>>> >> Also, hardware design needs to account for this.
>>> >>
>>> >> Regards,
>>> >> Venkat
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >>
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