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PixLens: A lens that turns the scenery you see into pixel art
- gnabgib 2y agoDiscussions 6 months ago: (91 points, 30 comments) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40895907 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40895907 (132 points, 36 comments) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40890633 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40890633
- Daub 2y agoThis is functionally similar to the Claude glass. Taking the form of a dark tinted convex mirror it was used since the 1700s by landscape painters to simplify and reduce the tonal contrast of a view. When I was a student I would improve a similar effect by smearing Vaseline on my glasses.
- phoronixrly 2y agoOh man, I was just about to rant how now we're boiling the ocean instead of using the pixelate feature of literally every graphics editor, and then I looked up what actually is a Claude Glass... It's not that Claude.
- pimlottc 2y agoI assume you meant “improvise”?
- Daub 2y agoYep I did. Too late to edit.
- 0_____0 2y agoPleasantly surprised to see this isn't a GenAI thing.
- yoyo_looming 2y agoThere is a seller in China who sells similar products on the Xiaohongshu platform. Only sold for 50 RMB. https://www.xiaohongshu.com/user/profile/60c6ba3a000000002002c542 https://www.xiaohongshu.com/user/profile/60c6ba3a00000000200...
- Xen9 2y agoHow do the results of such lenses compare to various compression algorhitms?
- lionkor 2y agoThat would be lossful compression, not sure if that's relevant
- Etheryte 2y agoLossy compression is extremely useful and you use it every day. Whether you're listening to music, having a call or looking at a video, most of the time you'll be on the receiving end of lossy compression.
- lionkor 2y agoYes, I'm aware, but we have more efficient methods of compression than just down sampling the image to like 40x40 px
- mdtrooper 2y agoI wish to have a big story (related with computer games) to use this lens to record a movie.
- peterpost2 2y agoJust out of curiosity since this is not my field at all, what software can do something similar?
- ElectRabbit 2y agoFunctionality is called "Pixelate" and almost every free picture editing software can do it.
- huesatbri 2y agoDownsize then size up again with nearest neighbour interpolation. Imagemagick can do it.
- Modified3019 2y agoUsed to do exactly this for reference when learning how to do drawn pixel art
- JKCalhoun 2y agoToo bad Trumbull (I think it was him) didn't have Imagemagick when the original "Westworld" was being filmed. https://youtu.be/MB7YIYER9hk https://youtu.be/MB7YIYER9hk
- yawpitch 2y agoNot Doug Trumbull, it was John Whitney Jr and Gary Demos at Information International Inc (Triple-I) who did the Westworld “android vision” effect. https://web.archive.org/web/20120717074134/http://www.beanblossom.in.us/larryy/cgi.html https://web.archive.org/web/20120717074134/http://www.beanbl...
- JKCalhoun 2y agoThanks for clarifying. Too late to edit my original post.
- magic_hamster 2y agoI have a glass-based cutting borad with a certain pattern that creates this effect. It's also quite large so supposedly you could take some really interesting pictures with it. Funny, but this is the main reason I kept it around.
- atombender 2y agoDo you know the brand, out of interest? But also, isn't a glass cutting board really bad for knives? The reason cutting boards are usually made from wood is that wood is slightly soft and will do less damage to the metal edge of the knife.
- thih9 2y agoIf you’re buying this for the novelty effect, there are cheaper versions; e.g.: https://www.amazon.com/Piegricdiat-Stylized-Keychain-Suitable-Including/dp/B0DDKLDMPV https://www.amazon.com/Piegricdiat-Stylized-Keychain-Suitabl... This listing in particular is interesting, it has a video too.
- alterom 2y agoOr, you can take a photo through a mosquito screen (with the focus on the screen or slightly behind it)[1]. No fancy lens needed :) (Think of the mosquito screen as a pinhole lens array) [1] See e.g. https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/mosquito-net-close-up-background-and-texture-gm691328028-127481303 https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/mosquito-net-close-up-back...
- Almondsetat 2y agoNot even remotely comparable
- elcritch 2y agoI kinda want one, but big enough for a small window. Get a view without getting distracted.
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