[General] Photobooth Software Updates

[Venkat Raghavan V.C.]

Yes, fairly easy to do. Will do so in the evening.

On Thu, Mar 5, 2009 at 8:52 AM, Bob <themostbob at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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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