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Autotrace Scanner Darkly Effect

Categories: Rants
Posted: Friday, November 7th, 2008 @ 19:03
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Something fun to do on a Friday afternoon..

A quick hack to make a photo look like something out of the movie Scanner Darkly.. also known as a Rotoscoping effect.

All you need is Autotrace and Inkscape.

apt-get install autotrace
autotrace -despeckle-level 15 -input-format JPG -output-file lh.svg -output-format svg mymugshot.jpg

This gives you an svg file which you can play with in Inkscape before exporting to PNG.

 

2 Responses to “Autotrace Scanner Darkly Effect”

  1. Aragon said on November 8th, 2008 at 00:15

    Nifty, joe. Like VectorMagic (.com), but free. :)

  2. naulene said on November 11th, 2008 at 08:59

    Nice earings
    ;)

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