Megabite
Creative
photo manipulation app
SHOW HN2016
How HN took it
8 positive, 3 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 3 critical, out of 15 comments about the project. Thread score +0.29.
Idea: 3 for, 0 againstDocs: 3 for, 0 againstExecution: 2 for, 1 againstDesign: 0 for, 2 against
The thread, comment by comment
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positive neutral or mixed critical about another commenter or something else the maker
What HN said
What people liked
Excellent, well-illustrated article explaining the algorithm
From 4 comments
Fun project, excellent article! Your figures made the algorithms incredibly easy to grasp.
megalodon on HNThis is a fantastic example of an interesting academic task, and very well explained. Thanks for sharing!
saspiesas on HNGreat! This article is a perfect example of excellent documentation for source code. It would be great if any project had such a good documentation.
andretti1977 on HNGreat article, well explained and illustrated. The name is funnier than the app though. It literally translates to "giant dick" in French.
throwthroughtho on HN
Technically challenging problem that is hard to appreciate
From 1 comment
This seems like a great example of a technically/algorithmically challenging problem that the layman would not appreciate, more so if this could be refined and applied to a wider…
huehehue on HN
Objections
Plate reconstruction replaces the plate with a plain white one, so it works best on single-colour plates
From 2 comments
That's a great question! My original plan that once I had extracted all the items from the plate, the app would then detect the average colour of the remaining regions and "fill"…
aaronrandall on HNIt discards original plate and puts everything on image of an empty plate [0][1]. The effect is surely a bit more impressive when the plates match :) [0]…
mbel on HN
Name has an unfortunate meaning in French
From 1 comment
Great article, well explained and illustrated. The name is funnier than the app though. It literally translates to "giant dick" in French.
throwthroughtho on HN
Requests
More example images
From 1 comment
Are there other example images? I don't have access to an iOS device right now.
gedsic on HN
Questions
How is the covered part of the plate reconstructed?
From 1 comment
I don't understand how the part of the plate that was covered with food is reconstructed. Does this assume that the plate has an uniform color and round symmetry? Does this work…
gus_massa on HN
Alternatives named
Arcimboldo's paintings
From 1 comment
Not bad, but not quite Arcimbaldo [0].…
dewarrn1 on HN
Deepdream
From 1 comment
There are tons of tasks that are easy for a human to perform, but challenging for a computer to perform. Deepdream certainly seems to impress the layman.
RIMR on HN