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Qilin Wu, Oct 2

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Concept: Creating portraits that are extracted from de-warped photographs of soap bubbles

BUBBLE FISHEYE CAMERA

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Portal Picture 360 Painting

  • Machine: Bubble Fisheye Camera
  • Typology: Selfie with Rich Context

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Creating portraits that are extracted from de-warped photographs of soap bubbles:

          • Create Bubbles
          • Capture Bubbles
          • De-fishing Bubbles

1. CONCEPT AND INSPIRATION

Fisheye Camera and Bubbles

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2. WORKFLOWS

Giant Bubble Recipe

  • Workflow of Bubble Fisheye Camera

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  1. Prepare the bubble solution.
  2. Capture a photo of the bubble.
  3. Create a self-portrait within a specific environment (using a fisheye camera with variable perspectives).
  4. Apply software for perspective correction.

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3. TECH-DEFISHEYE

Photoshop Adaptive Wide Angle

Photoshop Adaptive Wide Angle

  • Edge pixels are lost.
  • Customizable parameter adjustment capability is poor.

Processing Programming

  • Can obtain specific data from fisheye cameras
  • Customized adjustment parameters
  • More interactive

Processing Programming

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4. CAPTURAL DETAILS

  • Bubble Photograph Setting
    1. Autofocus
    2. Continuous shooting mode
    3. High-speed shutter

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  • Adjustable Parameters for Programming
  • thetaMax
  • Center of circle + Radius (drawn in the canvas)

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  • De-fish Criteria

Refer to the original curves and straight lines in the real world

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  • Explore Interaction
  • De-fisheye for different focus points based on the location of the user mouse
  • Print parameters

Fisheye Mathematic

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5. CHALLENGES

Bubbles of any shape except for round

  • Whether

I prepared the bubble water and waited for 24 hours to start one week in advance, however, it rains every day in Pittsburgh. If the wind is strong, the bubbles will burst, not to mention the rainy day, and to capture the reflection of the bubble, the requirement for sunlight is very high. So, I can only wait for the weather to be sunny.

  • Photograph of Moving Bubbles

The first time I took a group of photos of bubbles, I found that the pixels of the photo were enough, but the bubbles would be blurred when I focused on them because they were always flying. Later, I used the continuous shooting mode, autofocus, and high-speed shutter, and finally take clear photos of the moving bubbles.

  • Bubble Shape

Fisheye restoration hopes that the bubbles are round, but the bubbles are affected by gravity, the surface solution is uneven, and coupled with wind disturbances, round bubbles are really valuable.

  • Unwrap Fisheye Image

Fisheye Mathematic and Processing. Thanks to Golan & Leo!!! :)

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Qilin Wu, Oct 2

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Concept: Creating portraits that are extracted from de-warped photographs of soap bubbles

BUBBLE FISHEYE CAMERA

6. INTERESTING DISCOVERY

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BUBBLE FISHEYE CAMERA

7. CONCLUSION

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  1. Round bubbles are better capture machines!
  2. Dark environments are better for capturing bubble images!
  3. Don't blow bubbles too big, they will be deformed!

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Bubbles =

Fisheye Camera + Prism Rainbow Filter for Selfie With Rich Context

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  1. the surface of the bubble can contain up to 150 unbalanced film layers, reflecting different colors of sunlight.
  2. I like this capture machine because of its randomness: shooting angle, weather, bubble size and thickness will bring unexpected surprises to the final selfie!