Vision Quest
Assorted Filters - Part II
Aura Detectors and Life Infusers

LIFE!
LIFE!
I HAVE CREATED

LIFE!!!

store mannequin with wig and sunglasses - ghostlyAura effect
...or at least a cool effect.

This is the second page of the Min-Max Ghostly Aura Article
Min-Max Filters - first page
Ghostly Aura Story Time

Raw Images

forest of balboa tree trunks - raw image tropical cemetery with stone  gravestone marker - raw image store mannequin with wig and sunglasses - raw image pink water pipes - raw image TOP_SECRET_CLASSIFIED - raw image Timmy the Terrific Tortoise - raw image
all images posted at 375x375 resolution

Assorted Filters

import scipy.ndimage
scipy.ndimage.filters.test_filter_in_question(img, x)

all images in greyscale
where applicable x=3, filterKernelSize=(3,3)

Gaussian Filter

forest of balboa tree trunks - gaussian_filter tropical cemetery with stone  gravestone marker - gaussian_filter store mannequin with wig and sunglasses - gaussian_filter pink water pipes - gaussian_filter TOP_SECRET_CLASSIFIED - gaussian_filter Timmy the Terrific Tortoise - gaussian_filter
scipy.ndimage.filters.gaussian_filter

Gaussian Laplace Filter

forest of balboa tree trunks - gaussian_laplace tropical cemetery with stone  gravestone marker - gaussian_laplace store mannequin with wig and sunglasses - gaussian_laplace pink water pipes - gaussian_laplace TOP_SECRET_CLASSIFIED - gaussian_laplace Timmy the Terrific Tortoise - gaussian_laplace
scipy.ndimage.filters.gaussian_laplace

Laplace Filter

forest of balboa tree trunks - _laplace tropical cemetery with stone  gravestone marker - _laplace store mannequin with wig and sunglasses - _laplace pink water pipes - _laplace TOP_SECRET_CLASSIFIED - _laplace Timmy the Terrific Tortoise - _laplace
scipy.ndimage.filters.laplace

Prewitt Filter

forest of balboa tree trunks - _prewitt tropical cemetery with stone  gravestone marker - _prewitt store mannequin with wig and sunglasses - _prewitt pink water pipes - _prewitt TOP_SECRET_CLASSIFIED - _prewitt Timmy the Terrific Tortoise - _prewitt
scipy.ndimage.filters.prewitt

Sobol Filter

forest of balboa tree trunks - _sobel tropical cemetery with stone  gravestone marker - _sobel store mannequin with wig and sunglasses - _sobel pink water pipes - _sobel TOP_SECRET_CLASSIFIED - _sobel Timmy the Terrific Tortoise - _sobel
scipy.ndimage.filters.sobel

Uniform Filter

forest of balboa tree trunks - _uniform_filter tropical cemetery with stone  gravestone marker - _uniform_filter store mannequin with wig and sunglasses - _uniform_filter pink water pipes - _uniform_filter TOP_SECRET_CLASSIFIED - _uniform_filter Timmy the Terrific Tortoise - _uniform_filter
scipy.ndimage.filters.uniform_filter

If it looks like I'm just going down a list, I was.
Just checking out what's available off the shelf.
Gaussian Laplance looked pretty promising.
But then, I found this next...

Gaussian Gradient Magnitued Filter

forest of balboa tree trunks - gaussian_gradient_magnitude tropical cemetery with stone cross gravestone marker - gaussian_gradient_magnitude store mannequin with wig and sunglasses - gaussian_gradient_magnitude pink water pipes - gaussian_gradient_magnitude TOP_SECRET_CLASSIFIED - gaussian_gradient_magnitude Timmy the Terrific Tortoise - gaussian_gradient_magnitude
gaussian_gradient_magnitude

I hope it's obvious that the image effect displayed at the top of this page is taken almost directly from this simple little function: nice and easy and off the shelf.

forest of balboa tree trunks - gaussian_gradient_magnitude tropical cemetery with stone cross gravestone marker - gaussian_gradient_magnitude store mannequin with wig and sunglasses - gaussian_gradient_magnitude pink water pipes - gaussian_gradient_magnitude TOP_SECRET_CLASSIFIED - gaussian_gradient_magnitude Timmy the Terrific Tortoise - gaussian_gradient_magnitude
The trick is to apply variations on a theme.

forest of balboa tree trunks - gaussian_gradient_magnitude tropical cemetery with stone cross gravestone marker - gaussian_gradient_magnitude store mannequin with wig and sunglasses - gaussian_gradient_magnitude pink water pipes - gaussian_gradient_magnitude TOP_SECRET_CLASSIFIED - gaussian_gradient_magnitude Timmy the Terrific Tortoise - gaussian_gradient_magnitude
Some folks say you can take a thing to far.
I say, nonsense.


And that's about it.
Truthfully, from there, it's just a matter of pluggin and chuggin until one gets an effect they are happy with.

Not all effects are created equally.


forest of balboa tree trunks - ghostlyAura_ tropical cemetery with stone cross gravestone marker - ghostlyAura_ store mannequin with wig and sunglasses - ghostlyAura_ pink water pipes - ghostlyAura_ TOP_SECRET_CLASSIFIED - ghostlyAura_ Timmy the Terrific Tortoise - ghostlyAura_

Not all images are created equally.


store mannequin with wig and sunglasses - ghostlyAura_

Not all store mannequins are created equally.


There must be a story in there somewhere...

LIFE!
LIFE!
I HAVE CREATED

LIFE!!!

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