A project worth checking out
Date Posted: 31st Mar 2013 at 1:53 PM
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While not exclusively sims related, this project is something definitely worth checking out if you're a mesher, recolourer or machinima creator:
http://springfolio.azurewebsites.net/
I spoke for a while with the person behind it a couple of weeks ago. The idea is essentially this; you see (or make) a machinima video of someone's game, and it has a piece of CC in there which you absolutely must have. You run this video through this tool, and it prints out a list of all the different CC used in that clip, along with all the details of the creator.
The tool is still very much a work in progress, but is apparentl showing some very promising results. If it works well, maybe they'll even be able to expand it to work on static images. I can see potential to provide instant CC credits lists for competition entries, an automatic way to answer WCIF queries, and a tool for creators to see all the cool videos and images that their content has been featured in.
At this point, their team needs sample data. That means that they need content and creator information in their database which they can then match to the images they see in the videos. If you're a mesher or recolourer and you want to help out, check out the link above and upload some samples for their database.
I can see a tool like this being useful not just in the sims space, but also in the wider 3D modelling and video game space. If nothing else, think about submitting some stuff just to help out some research students work on building something really clever!
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