As I make a lot of videos and short films in my free time, anything related to processing videos excites me, so I really wanted to learn how to use the computer vision object built into Max. For this project I used the cv.jit.faces object to be able to alter a face in a movie by either blurring it or placing a virtual spotlight on it. First, I downscale the image to 1/5th of its original size, then convert it to greyscale, and run it through the cv.jit.faces object. I use the output matrix to determine the positions of the face and accordingly place a blurred image with an alpha layer that I made on top of the face or add a spotlight. I hope you like my project!
Original Image:
Blurred Face:
Enhanced Face/Spotlight
Google Drive Link to Code AND Necessary Media:
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/0B_T97VaALHA0U1Z6bVllU0MzWEE?usp=sharing
The code:
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