PatchMatch: Structural Image Editing

[inkydigit]

http://vimeo.com/5024379
from the page...This short video demonstrates advanced image editing techniques made possible by a new algorithm we have developed for quickly finding good matches between all parts (patches) of two different image regions.

[Zairyn Arsyn]

wow... that's amazing,
that's going to change image editing...

[nikita]

You're a bit late here
Tools based on this are already implemented in Photoshop.

[N810]

wow this makes using photoshop CS4,
seem like using a rock and a chisel.  

Wait a minute...
What version of Photoshop..?

[inkydigit]

a bit late maybe, this was posted in 2009, I believe...only a year late!!!
http://www.cs.princeton.edu/gfx/pubs/Barnes_2009_PAR/index.php
http://www.adobe.com/technology/graphics/patchmatch.html
i still found it vey impressive!