Disney Research Unveils an Automated Video Editor With Human Taste
With increasingly innovative video cameras now a nearly ever-present part of every facet of our lives, the tools to help us better utilize the resulting footage are gradually evolving, too.
Keying in on this trend of social cameras, that is, wearable cameras like the GoPro, Disney Research has devised an ingenious tool that can automatically edit the final footage together with an intuitive, human-style editing approach.
By estimating the 3D motion of each camera, the software is able to lock in on what the cameras are paying the most attention to and thereby correctly determine when and where to make a cut to another camera. Additionally, the algorithm can determine which camera has the best view of the subject and switch to it, effectively mirroring the subtle decision-making process of a human video editor.
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