Action abstraction

[T o n g]

Hi,

I coined this term "action abstraction" for not knowing a better phrase
to describe what I want to do.

I want to remove as much details as possible from images so as just to
preserver the "main action". Take a look the following images then you
may understand what I'm talking about:

http://imagebin.ca/view/JFiG6TZ.html
http://imagebin.ca/view/M6Z7FeQ.html

The ideal result would be, a BW cartoon image with no (gray) tones.
Details are remove as much as possible as long as the major elements are
there (I don't even care if nothing is left on their face).

I know there are many photo to sketch scripts out there, but nothing come
close to the abstraction level that I want now. I know it's not an easy
job, so I need your help.

I've prepared a set of 16 images for you to test/try on, some are easy
and some are more difficult, but not in any special order. The above 2
being two of them. I've upload the set to:

http://www.zshare.net/download/811736231ff4e200/
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=5F0VYKE8
http://depositfiles.com/en/files/pqy1jcd76
http://www.badongo.com/file/24286807

Any one of above link will do (all have the same 1.01MB file 'action-
abstract.rar'). Please note that I don't have any account there, so the
file might be gone in several days. Please try to grab a copy as early as
you can.

Thanks a lot for your help.

[Anthony Thyssen]

On Wed, 6 Oct 2010 02:40:44 +0000 (UTC)
magick-users-***@imagemagick.org wrote:
| Hi,
|
| I coined this term "action abstraction" for not knowing a better phrase
| to describe what I want to do.
|
| I want to remove as much details as possible from images so as just to
| preserver the "main action". Take a look the following images then you
| may understand what I'm talking about:
|
| http://imagebin.ca/view/JFiG6TZ.html
| http://imagebin.ca/view/M6Z7FeQ.html
|
| The ideal result would be, a BW cartoon image with no (gray) tones.
| Details are remove as much as possible as long as the major elements are
| there (I don't even care if nothing is left on their face).
|
| I know there are many photo to sketch scripts out there, but nothing come
| close to the abstraction level that I want now. I know it's not an easy
| job, so I need your help.
|
| I've prepared a set of 16 images for you to test/try on, some are easy
| and some are more difficult, but not in any special order. The above 2
| being two of them. I've upload the set to:
|
| http://www.zshare.net/download/811736231ff4e200/
| http://www.megaupload.com/?d=5F0VYKE8
| http://depositfiles.com/en/files/pqy1jcd76
| http://www.badongo.com/file/24286807
|
| Any one of above link will do (all have the same 1.01MB file 'action-
| abstract.rar'). Please note that I don't have any account there, so the
| file might be gone in several days. Please try to grab a copy as early as
| you can.
|
| Thanks a lot for your help.
|

It may be better for you to put this request into the IM users forum
which as a larger following, and even allows other non-members to follow
the discussion.

See http://www.imagemagick.org/discourse-server/viewforum.php?f=1




Anthony Thyssen ( System Programmer ) <***@griffith.edu.au>
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