Camera Lookat Point Based On Texture Sequence

Maya
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Hello,

I have somewhat interesting problem.
I'd like to automatically create camera lookat points for a grey scale texture sequence.
At every frame the lookat point should be at the highest intensity of the grey texture.

This would involve sampling of all pixels in an image and find the location in pixel space and in world coordinate space where maximum intensity occurs.

The goal is to create camera path automatically for a given textue sequence.

Any pointers on how to implement this would be great.

Thanks
--Amit

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what if there are 2 of these points?

Id use maya live to track the point.

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QUOTE(Joojaa @ 02/14/07, 01:57 AM) [snapback]259830[/snapback]
what if there are 2 of these points?

Id use maya live to track the point.

Yes that is a valid point Joojaa.
I'll need to set some arbitration rules for getting rid of ambiguities.

I have not used tracking before so I'll need to RTFM that.
Do you think tracking for this purpose can be automated and made to run in batch mode of Maya?

Thanks
--Amit

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if the tracker knows the start point yes. (and the datas coherent enough)

also your algorithm may work like tracking by searching the highest value within a cartain sarch area this would laso speed up the process alot

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QUOTE(Joojaa @ 02/14/07, 02:29 AM) [snapback]259836[/snapback]
also your algorithm may work like tracking by searching the highest value within a cartain sarch area this would laso speed up the process alot

Any pointers for sampling the pixel color and getting world coordinate system for a gievn pixel?