Reveal Invisible Motion With This Clever Video Trick
What it is
Steve Mould explains motion amplification and video magnification, techniques that find tiny changes in video invisible to the eye and exaggerate them. He covers the MIT research and industrial uses such as diagnosing vibrating machinery.
Why Hacker News recommends it
Pointed to as an approachable layperson's explanation whenever video magnification or vibration visualization comes up.
- 1 people recommended it
- 1 different months
- 0 strong recommendations
- first 2020, last 2022
What HN commenters said
“Steve Mould's layman's video”
Layman-friendly explanation of video magnification
djmips, 2020-09 · Recommendation · in “Eulerian Video Magnification”
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Topics: eulerian video magnification, motion amplification, vibration, computer vision, steve mould
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