The last two weeks have been tiring. I was asked to look into the avatar system and see if an html implementation is possible. Now the complexity is not with the creation of the main avatar. This could be done using the combine command available with Image Magick. The problem is that the technique does not give you a perfect image. The preview is also a problem. Either we could create static images with all the possible combinations (eye style one, face style three etc.). Adding of another part is something that creates a problem.
Cartoonizing an image is also something that I was looking into. This is possible by various transformation using Image Magick, but the results where not upto industrial standards. Rotoscope is an application which facilitates the creation of an image which looks like a cartoon. But this does not have a command interface. I went through many algorithms as well which mae this conversation possible. I then stumbled upon an application which used the Open Source Gimp, called GMIC. I did all the required dependency installations using mac ports. But the main installation of GMIC got stuck because of the Imagick++ extension in C++. This comes with Graphics Magick, a C++ extension for Image Magick. The configure did not work even after this installation. I am still not able to compile it. Help required for this.
The other task was to take interviews. Generally for Ruby on Rails and implementation aspects of a architecture. Conducting interviews is a fun thing to do. I got to learn a lot from the interviewees as well. Interaction with people, when to say what, great intellectual conversations etc. Its a little tiring to talk continuously for more than an hour, but its worth it.
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