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Our Place - A Photographic Celebration of the Worlds Heritage Research Highlights - Foundation for Research and Technology - Hellas Researchers of the Institute of Computer Science - FORTH received the First Award in software contest organized in Japan Nov 27, 2012 Researchers at the Institute of Computer Science (ICS) Foundation for Research and Technology – Hellas (FORTH) received the First Award in the “Gesture Recognition Challenge” contest with their work titled “Giving a hand to Kinect”. The contest was organized in conjunction with the “International Conference on Pattern Recognition (ICPR) 2012” in Tsukuba, Japan, 10-11 November 2012 and was sponsored by Microsoft Research, Redmond, USA. The gesture recognition challenge is part of the initiative “CHALEARN - Challenges in Machine Learning” which aims at developing computational methods that enable computers to improve their problem solving capabilities as they gain more experience. The awarded work is part of the Computer Vision research that is carried out at FORTH-ICS. Contact Information: Antonis Argyros, e-mail: argyros@ics.forth.gr

Carnegie Mellon University - CMU Graphics Lab - motion capture library ceriscope OSCeleton - GIThub Motion capture data BVH tools and files For everybody who is interest in using motion capture data, here is a list of services which could be useful to you. Most of them are free or are very affordable. Free Motion Capture Data Files: Over 2500 files at CG Speed: This site features a large data base of motion capture files from the Carnegie Mellon University Motion Capture Database The original site can be found here Advanced Computing Center for the Arts and Design: Commercial online Motion Capture Rig/Animate tool with Motion request option: Mixamo is an online system where you can either buy models or upload your own and apply pre-recorded motions. It is not free however the system runs very well and you can also request the team to record a special motion for you. Free BVH File editor and previewer: Bvhacker 1.6.1-

Martin Krasser's Blog Open Kinect 6 Stop Motion Beginner Mistakes (and how to avoid them) | Stopmotion Explosion Don't be a n00b! Apply these techniques and your animated films will be better, get more likes, and amaze your audience. Animation Flicker A lot of stop motion films suffer from flicker issues. Is the camera auto-exposure turned on? (Here's a video which shows how to turn off a webcam's auto exposure with the AMCAP application). Are there lights behind you? Camera Shake When you're animating a film with toy characters, like LEGO minifigs, you want the camera to be as still as possible, or move gracefully, like a camera does in a feature film. What NEVER looks good, is a camera image that's constantly wobbling off-kilter, as the animator bumps it with their sleeve. Some animations made with larger figures, like this Paper Mario animation get away with camera shake, because the action is happening all over the room. Low Frame Rate A lot of new animators post movies they've made with still-cameras. Turn down the volume for this one ;-). Poor Camera Angles Blurry Images No Story

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