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Introduction
How it Works
Of Dollars and Cents
Summary
The Las Vegas Overlay
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Understanding Overlays
The Las Vegas Heat
Transfer Systems
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Turbo Speed Print
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Juno. What do you mean for "mask"?
Vulcan. A mask is nothing but an image file in which you have painted a section
of the image white. So, for example, let's take this image file showing Venus as
sculpted by Prassiteles, the great sculptor. If ow, using one of the painting tools,
say a brush, I make Venus' face white and then save the image. That file
becomes a mask file.
Circe. (aside to Juno). I would not select Venus' image. She has put on some
weight too, especially on the hips.
Juno. But Vulcan, why do you make Venus' face white and not, say, another
color?
| Vulcan. White is convenient and it matches the color of the backdrop
against which you will sit in a moment when I will take your picture. The software
makes white "transparent" to video, so the camera when pointed at you will not pick
up the white, it will only pick up your face (or your face and body, should you so
wish). In this case, since we have a body already (that of Venus), we will only pick
up (with the video) your face and use the zoom until it matches perfectly the masked
area in Venus' image, which was, as your recall, Venus' face at the beginning.
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| You can
make
your own
masks |
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Juno. I see but do you have other pictures than Venus'?
Vulcan. Yes, Computer Friends sent me (with the Las Vegas Edition version of
Picture-In-A-Picture) a collection of fabulous pictures on a CD. But with their
system it is quite easy for me to scan and make my own masks. The technique is
simple but quite original and it is well explained in Computer Friends'
instructions.
 | Juno. I see and now show me some of your new
masks. Vulcan (opens an album where he has stored the
numbered samples of various nymphs and nymphettes).
Which one would you like to choose, Juno? Here is Eurydia, a
nymph from Corynth, she helped the shephered Thrysus to
understand Computer Friends' Turbo Speed Print software, and
here is Atalanta, she is gorgeous and has the lean body of an
olympic sprinter, here is Diana whose picture I caught while she
was hunting, or here is Hermione, the beautiful daugher of
Menelaus and Helena. |
Juno. Enough, I think that Hermione will do.
Vulcan. Well then, sit on the bench in front of the easily assembled and
disassembled white backdrop and look at the camera, after I turn on the
photo-studio lights which Computer Friends sent with my system.
Juno. I am ready.
First picture
selected by
Juno | 
Selected picture
with mask | 
Complete
picture with
Juno's face | Vulcan. Ok then,
as I see from the collection
the picture of Hermione is
labeled as #5. Using the
custom keyboard I press 5
and then the button "Load
and Capture" and voila here
comes the picture of
Hermione with her face
masked out. Now Juno, let
me zoom with the camera on
your lovely face until your
features match the mask of
Hermione. What do you
think? |
Juno. This is good Vulcan, but the color of my face does not match the colors
in Hermione's picture. Unless you can match the colors, the picture does not
look very realistic.
Vulcan. No problem. Computer Friends' custom keyboard features a button
called AUTOMATIC COLOR CORRECTION. All I need to do is to press this
button and the colors will be corrected. The program automatically makes a
skillful calculation of the colors around the mask and selects the best
combinations of shades and colors to ensure a perfect match. (presses the
automatic color correction button). Not only, but to ensure a perfect match
between live video and the mask the software includes what is called a "blending
line" between the mask and the live video to ensure a most realistic and high
quality output.
Custom Keyboard | Juno. I like the picture very much - I cannot wait to
give it to Jupiter. Can you print it now? |
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