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Subject:	Re: Software to merge video frames to obtain higher quality stills?
Newsgroups:	lugnet.publish
Date:	Tue, 11 Apr 2000 10:25:50 GMT
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"Richard Franks" <spontificus@yahoo.com> writes: > I got a cheap webcam (~$60), and it is okay, but a bit grainy. I > just want to take still pictures of LEGO, so I reckon that it > should be possible to take X frames a second and merge them into > one, eliminating the grain and getting a nice clear picture. I'm not sure what you mean by "merge", but if you mean take the average of a series of images, this can be done with Image Magick. The command line tool "convert" can be used like this: % convert -average input1.png input2.png ... inputn.png outpu1.png Fredrik

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		Re: Software to merge video frames to obtain higher quality stills?
(...) Thanks - I'll give it a try! I think what I'm after is something a bit smarter - that expects to find random 'grain' and filters it out. Assuming that if you have 10 frames (taken successively of a static scene with stable lighting), each with (...) (25 years ago, 12-Apr-00, to lugnet.publish)

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		Software to merge video frames to obtain higher quality stills?
I got a cheap webcam (~$60), and it is okay, but a bit grainy. I just want to take still pictures of LEGO, so I reckon that it should be possible to take X frames a second and merge them into one, eliminating the grain and getting a nice clear (...) (25 years ago, 10-Apr-00, to lugnet.publish)

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