[General] Photobooth Software Updates

[Bob]

Venkat - can orientation be changed to vertical for the grouping?  That's
the traditional photobooth output

Bob



On Thu, Mar 5, 2009 at 1:38 AM, Venkat Raghavan V.C. <
venkatraghavan at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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