{"id":3119,"date":"2020-04-21T11:20:56","date_gmt":"2020-04-21T10:20:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.feedingedge.co.uk\/blog\/?p=3119"},"modified":"2020-04-21T11:20:59","modified_gmt":"2020-04-21T10:20:59","slug":"video-trickery-lockdown-fun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.feedingedge.co.uk\/blog\/2020\/04\/21\/video-trickery-lockdown-fun\/","title":{"rendered":"Video trickery &#8211; lockdown fun"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"twitter-share\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?via=epredator\" class=\"twitter-share-button\">Tweet<\/a><\/div>\n\n<p>Lots more people are playing with\/using video now with the lockdown. Every conference is a video conference. We are communicating with friends, family, customers and colleagues in a variety of ways and a stack of different contexts. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I sparked up <a href=\"https:\/\/apps.apple.com\/us\/app\/faceapp-ai-face-editor\/id1180884341\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Faceapp<\/a> on my phone, something I had tinkered with a while back and found that it now not only does mad crazy things with great accuracy to photos but can also do video for some of those effects. With still images like this before and after example, or they they the other way around \ud83d\ude42 you decide. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-flickr wp-block-embed is-type-photo is-provider-flickr\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/flic.kr\/p\/2iSpP2c\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/49797228153_769ec748f6_c.jpg\" alt=\"Before\/after face app\" width=\"600\" height=\"800\" \/><\/a>\n<\/div><figcaption>Before\/after faceapp<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-flickr wp-block-embed is-type-photo is-provider-flickr\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/flic.kr\/p\/2iSuc9V\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/49798083057_28ee13ab40_c.jpg\" alt=\"Before\/after faceapp\" width=\"600\" height=\"800\" \/><\/a>\n<\/div><figcaption>Before\/after faceapp ?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The video though&#8230;. mind blowing stuff. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Faceapp live video replacement\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/onsu_1-APzs?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>There is also lots of fun to be had with the<a href=\"https:\/\/snapcamera.snapchat.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"> snapchat virtual camera <\/a>on PC and Mac able to feed into any of the video conference tools you use by diverting your main camera to it first then selecting the snap camera as your webcam. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lots can be done in foreground and background replacement. I mean who would turn up at a meeting in a predator costume? (like its 2006)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-flickr wp-block-embed is-type-photo is-provider-flickr\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/flic.kr\/p\/2iLxQmu\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/49730894556_935c3f7735_z.jpg\" alt=\"Snap predator\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" \/><\/a>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Like my <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/www.secondlife.com\" target=\"_blank\">Second Life<\/a> avatar (below) I cant claim to have created this one. But it was great to see it on the list of snap chat lenses. My SL avatar has a custom jacket (my original RL one) and a feeding edge T-shirt so there are always tweaks to be made. Yes SL is still there, yes I still have 2 islands, yes you should sign up\/re-login.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-flickr wp-block-embed is-type-photo is-provider-flickr\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/flic.kr\/p\/2gwmk2E\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/48257505196_fa38b4eb29_z.jpg\" alt=\"Visiting Hursley and IQ\" width=\"640\" height=\"347\" \/><\/a>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Back in the UGC world of SL in 2006 we had lots of interesting uses for logos and brands, like the Wimbledon Tennis flying towel and Wimbledon contact lenses (Official sanctioned I should add). I dived into the Snapchat <a href=\"https:\/\/lensstudio.snapchat.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Lens Studio <\/a>to see what I could quickly create. This was knowing full well there was a very rich 3d animation and code\/no-code environment that could be a career for some talented artists. I used one of the base models and tweaked it a bit and gave myself some shades with a subtle mention of 451 Research (now part of S&amp;P Global Market Intelligence). Obviously that would all not fit on the glasses, but you get the idea. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-flickr wp-block-embed is-type-photo is-provider-flickr\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/flic.kr\/p\/2iSMcoD\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/49801400757_217f1031e9_c.jpg\" alt=\"Snapchat lens - lenses\" width=\"407\" height=\"800\" \/><\/a>\n<\/div><figcaption>451 snap camera lenses for video conferencing<br><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I have always talked about putting logos and our own designs into game environments like my <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/www.feedingedge.co.uk\/blog\/2015\/10\/27\/every-advert-counts-fast-cars-work-too\/\" target=\"_blank\">reconfigure car to advertise my novels<\/a>. Before that back in 2006 putting eightbar into games too ( in the link above too). Now I have a feeding edge logo in <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendo.com\/games\/detail\/animal-crossing-new-horizons-switch\/\" target=\"_blank\">Animal Crossing New Horizons.<\/a> I am planning on doing a reconfigure one too. Only a few pixels to work but its fun to try. Our entire family is obsessed with this game at the moment, on top of all the other various games we play its a unifying experience as we tend to our islands, or live on one another&#8217;s. (Hmmm another SL like reference) <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-flickr wp-block-embed is-type-photo is-provider-flickr\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/flic.kr\/p\/2iLdgNx\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/49727077927_44606596b5_z.jpg\" alt=\"Animal crossing\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" \/><\/a>\n<\/div><figcaption>Animal Crossing merch<br><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Of course this lockdown is driving us all crazy, but having a bit of fun is essential. Back to snapchat it was good to see the Trolls movie had some official snapchat lenses. When I tweeted this I was told I looked like Eddie Izzard \ud83d\ude42 <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-flickr wp-block-embed is-type-photo is-provider-flickr\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/flic.kr\/p\/2iQGsVC\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/49777844462_b9db23dab9_c.jpg\" alt=\"How\u2019s your day going ?\" width=\"406\" height=\"800\" \/><\/a>\n<\/div><figcaption>Troll lens<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The family joined in too, but not posting them without permission \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Having said that all this tech is great, but I also felt the need to try a real life filter and broke out this costume left over from The Cool Stuff Collective TV show (I didn&#8217;t wear it on the show, but at the wrap party). It was certainly a shock for my colleagues on video. The neighbours probably thought I had lost it too as I ran around the garden in it, doing a real life animal crossing manoeuvre.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-flickr wp-block-embed is-type-photo is-provider-flickr\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/flic.kr\/p\/2iMAd5K\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/49742674371_1dd73aa1a0_c.jpg\" alt=\"Best snapchat filter ever, but it seems to have transitioned into the physical world.\" width=\"600\" height=\"800\" \/><\/a>\n<\/div><figcaption>Squawk<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Stay safe everyone, have some fun with the tech and lark around a bit!<\/p>\n<iframe src=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.feedingedge.co.uk%2Fblog%2F2020%2F04%2F21%2Fvideo-trickery-lockdown-fun%2F&amp;layout=standard&amp;show_faces=true&amp;width=450&amp;action=like&amp;colorscheme=light&amp;height=80\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border:none; overflow:hidden; width:450px; height:80px;\" allowTransparency=\"true\"><\/iframe><div name=\"googleone_share_1\" style=\"position:relative;z-index:5;float: right; margin-left: 10px;\"><g:plusone size=\"tall\" count=\"1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.feedingedge.co.uk\/blog\/2020\/04\/21\/video-trickery-lockdown-fun\/\"><\/g:plusone><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lots more people are playing with\/using video now with the lockdown. 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