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It's a tough day for the art world as Frank Frazetta died at age 82. Tarzan, Conan the Barbarian, Buck Rogers... he left a legacy for Fantasy Art.
On a lighter note, a couple of good friends got themselves interviewed.
One of the jobs I recently did actually involved tweaking a common algorithm for green screen removal; a company had a promotion which involved photographing people and sticking them in different places in the world, and the green screen had to be removed in "real-time" and with as few problems as possible. A typical story: what they got off the shelf/what was easily found failed to do the job, so they had to make improvements to it.
On a lighter note, a couple of good friends got themselves interviewed.
One of the jobs I recently did actually involved tweaking a common algorithm for green screen removal; a company had a promotion which involved photographing people and sticking them in different places in the world, and the green screen had to be removed in "real-time" and with as few problems as possible. A typical story: what they got off the shelf/what was easily found failed to do the job, so they had to make improvements to it.