Author Topic: Keycapize me (aka the MonaKey) (Read 4893 times)

Matt3o · « **on:** Sat, 28 December 2013, 13:24:50 »

Okay I'm building a database of keycaps to be used as a reference to obtain this kind of images thanks to a software I'm writing (please consider it's in a very early development phase)

It's a very long process, I have just 140 keycaps so far to test the algorithm but the end result is very nice already, so I'll keep grabbing keycaps around to achieve better results. I believe the sweet spot is around 400-500 keycaps. I especially miss the light not-saturated colors (light blues, light greens, light yellows, skin tones, ...).

If you find pictures of keycaps taken from above please post them (the higher the resolution, the better). If there's interest in such a tool I'll put it online and release under open source license so you can keycapize your own pictures.

mindoculus · « **Reply #1 on:** Sat, 28 December 2013, 17:47:13 »

Brilliant. No modifiers for the lips or eyes ?

terran5992 · « **Reply #2 on:** Sat, 28 December 2013, 21:34:37 »

I think if you could use more keycaps it would look amazing

Matt3o · « **Reply #3 on:** Sun, 29 December 2013, 02:03:16 »

Quote from: mindoculus on Sat, 28 December 2013, 17:47:13

Brilliant. No modifiers for the lips or eyes ?

tiles have to be square to keep the algo relatively simple

Quote from: terran5992 on Sat, 28 December 2013, 21:34:37

I think if you could use more keycaps it would look amazing

that's what I'm trying to do but it's a long process.

HendyZone · « **Reply #4 on:** Sun, 29 December 2013, 02:21:26 »

wow will be great software Matt3o

keep up the great works

RESPRiT · « **Reply #5 on:** Sun, 29 December 2013, 03:07:23 »

That's really neat! What kind of keycaps did you need?

Matt3o · « **Reply #6 on:** Sun, 29 December 2013, 03:27:47 »

I especially need skin tones and light colors, but any color that is not gray/black/beige is fine. The picture need to be taken straight from top (a little angle is fine). Thanks!

Matt3o · « **Reply #7 on:** Sun, 29 December 2013, 04:08:49 »

Same picture with 225 reference images.

Same picture with smaller tiles

Matt3o · « **Reply #8 on:** Sun, 29 December 2013, 04:53:02 »

more fun

TheSoulhunter · « **Reply #9 on:** Sun, 29 December 2013, 05:57:46 »

Haha, awesome!

terran5992 · « **Reply #10 on:** Sun, 29 December 2013, 07:48:16 »

Would it be possible to do the scream

Matt3o · « **Reply #11 on:** Sun, 29 December 2013, 07:58:46 »

I need more caps...

RESPRiT · « **Reply #12 on:** Sun, 29 December 2013, 08:28:44 »

How does it look with just basic pixel art? Maybe try doing a keyboard pixel art thingy

Matt3o · « **Reply #13 on:** Sun, 29 December 2013, 08:36:09 »

that's really out of the scope of the project

RESPRiT · « **Reply #14 on:** Sun, 29 December 2013, 08:37:21 »

Ah, I thought you just plugged in whatever image file and it spit out a keycapped version

Matt3o · « **Reply #15 on:** Sun, 29 December 2013, 08:49:50 »

sure you can spit out anything. not sure I understand your previous suggestion then, sorry

RESPRiT · « **Reply #16 on:** Sun, 29 December 2013, 08:53:02 »

I was wondering how a keycap version of a keyboard pixel art thing would look, like the images in my signature

Matt3o · « **Reply #17 on:** Sun, 29 December 2013, 09:10:06 »

oh okay sorry

RESPRiT · « **Reply #18 on:** Sun, 29 December 2013, 09:52:21 »

Quote from: Matt3o on Sun, 29 December 2013, 09:10:06

oh okay sorry

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No problem haha, looks neat!

infiniti · « **Reply #19 on:** Sun, 29 December 2013, 11:05:50 »

Pretty cool Matt3o!

kenmai9 · « **Reply #20 on:** Sun, 29 December 2013, 11:14:30 »

This is really creative and cool.

Matt3o · « **Reply #21 on:** Sun, 29 December 2013, 12:28:58 »

Geekhack desktop wallpaper

RESPRiT · « **Reply #22 on:** Sun, 29 December 2013, 12:38:46 »

Quote from: Matt3o on Sun, 29 December 2013, 12:28:58

Geekhack desktop wallpaper

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Ok, this is just straight up amazing! Awesome job dude!

yjfknt · « **Reply #23 on:** Sun, 29 December 2013, 13:12:32 »

Quote from: Matt3o on Sun, 29 December 2013, 12:28:58

Geekhack desktop wallpaper

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Can you make this widescreen? 1080p if possible

RESPRiT · « **Reply #24 on:** Sun, 29 December 2013, 13:18:21 »

Quote from: yjfknt on Sun, 29 December 2013, 13:12:32

Quote from: Matt3o on Sun, 29 December 2013, 12:28:58
Geekhack desktop wallpaper

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Can you make this widescreen? 1080p if possible

I second this :D

Matt3o · « **Reply #25 on:** Sun, 29 December 2013, 13:23:17 »

1080p

HoffmanMyster · « **Reply #26 on:** Sun, 29 December 2013, 23:22:50 »

This is really fun! I'll go through my SP crap bag and take pictures of all the interesting colors as soon as I get a chance. I know there are some good yellows, pinks, reds, blues, and such. Looking good so far Matt30!

Matt3o · « **Reply #27 on:** Mon, 30 December 2013, 01:16:12 »

Quote from: HoffmanMyster on Sun, 29 December 2013, 23:22:50

This is really fun! I'll go through my SP crap bag and take pictures of all the interesting colors as soon as I get a chance. I know there are some good yellows, pinks, reds, blues, and such. Looking good so far Matt30!

thanks! Looking forward to your caps

HairyBob · « **Reply #28 on:** Mon, 30 December 2013, 16:50:35 »

Quote from: Matt3o on Sun, 29 December 2013, 13:23:17

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I like that. A lot.

1pq · « **Reply #29 on:** Mon, 30 December 2013, 17:42:04 »

edit: previous post was an oops.

These look amazing!

dadgh · « **Reply #30 on:** Mon, 30 December 2013, 22:15:48 »

Quote from: Matt3o on Sun, 29 December 2013, 13:23:17

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That's amazing. What will it take to get the bottom part legible?

Matt3o · « **Reply #31 on:** Tue, 31 December 2013, 01:40:38 »

if you notice "geekhack" (which is already huge) is barely readable, making "keyboard enthusiasts" legible would require to reduce the size of the caps too much making them just indefinite little squares.

Oobly · « **Reply #32 on:** Tue, 31 December 2013, 01:54:49 »

Quote from: Matt3o on Tue, 31 December 2013, 01:40:38

if you notice "geekhack" (which is already huge) is barely readable, making "keyboard enthusiasts" legible would require to reduce the size of the caps too much making them just indefinite little squares.

I assume it's using the colour average of the cap pic to do the matching, but if you make the image small enough you can use individual caps to spell the "keyboard enthusiasts" part, although then "geekhack" will most likely be unreadable.. sigh. Perhaps if you find the smallest size that geekhack is still legible, ignoring the keyboard enthusiasts bit and then just manually add it with single caps after, even though it will be smaller than in the original image... just throwing ideas around.

This is a very cool little project. I only have white and black blanks, so I'm afraid I can't contribute much.

Matt3o · « **Reply #33 on:** Tue, 31 December 2013, 02:37:07 »

yes, manually adding the "keyboard enthusiasts" thing made out of single keycaps would be feasible. very nice solution actually! I'll try to work on it.

Matt3o · « **Reply #34 on:** Tue, 31 December 2013, 08:43:38 »

This is the best I can do with the reference images I have so far

osi · « **Reply #35 on:** Tue, 31 December 2013, 08:47:06 »

Very cool

RESPRiT · « **Reply #36 on:** Tue, 31 December 2013, 11:38:28 »

That looks fantastic, I love these!

Canious · « **Reply #37 on:** Tue, 31 December 2013, 19:26:57 »

I'm not gonna lie, this is some amazing work...

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Author Topic: Keycapize me (aka the MonaKey) (Read 4893 times)