Need help clearing up an image of a front license plate from a break in at my office
I had a break in at my office and got a video of the car and front plate. Unfortunately Dropcam's quality is not great so the image is a little blurry. I'm hoping someone on this forum can help me clear it up. I've tried various filters in Photoshop but can't make it out. Please help! We've been broken into twice and this guy just came back for a third time. If you want the video PM me.
Well, this is about as good as I could get it. I "upsized" by 400%, then used smart sharpen and part of a technique used by retouchers - frequency separation.
Dot not quote me, but it could be 65FZ51E.
I am not under any obligation or liability for this.
Good luck!
Benjamin
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package spaceinvaderss;
import java.awt.Canvas;
import java.awt.Color;
import java.awt.Dimension;
import java.awt.Graphics2D;
import java.awt.Image;
import java.awt.Toolkit;
import java.awt.event.KeyAdapter;
import java.awt.event.KeyEvent;
import java.awt.event.WindowAdapter;
import java.awt.event.WindowEvent;
import java.awt.image.BufferStrategy;
import java.util.ArrayList;
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import javax.swing.JPanel;
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/*A Canvas component represents a blank rectangular area of the screen onto which the application can draw or from which the application can trap input events from the user.
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/** The list of all the entities that exist in our game */
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/** The list of entities that need to be removed from the game this loop */
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/** The entity representing the player */
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/** The entity representing the alien */
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/** The interval between our players shot (ms) */
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/** The message to display which waiting for a key press */
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/** True if the right cursor key is currently pressed */
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/** True if game logic needs to be applied this loop, normally as a result of a game event */
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/** The constant fot the length*/
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/** The constant for the number of rows of aliens */
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/** The constant for the number of aliens per row */
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/** The constant for the percent of which the speed increases*/
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/** Starts the variable that counts the shots*/
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/** Construct our game and set it running.*/
public Main() {
// Creates a frame to contain Main.
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// Gets a hold of the content of the frame and sets up the resolution of the game
// Names the inside of the "container" as panel.
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// Stes the demensions of the panel.
panel.setPreferredSize(new Dimension(DOMAIN,RANGE));
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panel.setLayout(null);
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setBounds(0, 0, DOMAIN, RANGE);
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// Tell AWT not to bother repainting our canvas since we're
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// Actually sizes the window approximately.
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container.setResizable(false);
// Makes the window visible.
container.setVisible(true);
// Add a listener to respond to the user pressing the x.
// End the program when the window is closed.
container.addWindowListener(new WindowAdapter() {
public void windowClosing(WindowEvent e) {
System.exit(0);
// add a key input system (defined below) to our canvas
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addKeyListener(new KeyInputHandler());
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requestFocus();
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createBufferStrategy(2);
strategy = getBufferStrategy();
// initialise the entities in our game so there's something
// to see at startup
initEntities();
time = System.currentTimeMillis();
* Start a fresh game, this should clear out any old data and
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entities.clear();
initEntities();
// blank out any keyboard settings we might currently have
leftPressed = false;
rightPressed = false;
firePressed = false;
* Initialise the starting state of the entities (ship and aliens). Each
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ClassLoader cloader = Main.class.getClassLoader();
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ship = new ShipEntity(this,"background.gif", 0, (RANGE - 75));
entities.add(ship);
ship = new ShipEntity(this,"ship.gif", (DOMAIN / 2) - 0, (RANGE - 50));
entities.add(ship);
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alienCount = 0;
for (int row = 0; row < numbaofrows; row++) {
for (int x = 0; x < aliensperrow; x++) {
alien = new AlienEntity(this,"alien.gif", 100 + (x*50),(50)+row*30);
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* Notification from a game entity that the logic of the game
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public void removeEntity(Entity entity) {
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public void notifyDeath() {
message = "Oh no! The aliens win, wanna try again?";
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public void notifyWin() {
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notifyWin();
// if there are still some aliens left then they all need to get faster, so
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public void tryToFire() {
// check that we have been waiting long enough to fire
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lastFire = System.currentTimeMillis();
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entities.add(shot);
* The main game loop. This loop is running during all game
* play as is responsible for the following activities:
* - Working out the speed of the game loop to update moves
* - Moving the game entities
* - Drawing the screen contents (entities, text)
* - Updating game events
* - Checking Input
public void gameLoop() {
long lastLoopTime = System.currentTimeMillis();
// Keep looping around till the game ends.
while (gameRunning) {
// Work out how long its been since the last update, this
// will be used to calculate how far the entities should
// move this loop.
long delta = System.currentTimeMillis() - lastLoopTime;
lastLoopTime = System.currentTimeMillis();
// Get hold of a graphics context for the accelerated
// surface and black it out.
Graphics2D g = (Graphics2D) strategy.getDrawGraphics();
g.setColor(Color.black);
g.fillRect(0, 0, DOMAIN, RANGE);
// Cycle around asking for each entity to move itself.
if (!waitingForKeyPress) {
for (int i = 0; i < entities.size(); i++) {
Entity entity = (Entity) entities.get(i);
entity.move(delta);
// cycle round drawing all the entities we have in the game
for (int i = 0; i < entities.size(); i++) {
Entity entity = (Entity) entities.get(i);
entity.draw(g);
// brute force collisions, compare every entity against
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for (int p = 0; p < entities.size(); p++) {
for (int s = p + 1; s < entities.size(); s++) {
Entity me = (Entity) entities.get(p);
Entity him = (Entity) entities.get(s);
if (me.collidesWith(him)) {
me.collidedWith(him);
him.collidedWith(me);
// remove any entity that has been marked for clear up
entities.removeAll(removeList);
removeList.clear();
// if a game event has indicated that game logic should
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if (logicRequiredThisLoop) {
for (int i = 0; i < entities.size(); i++) {
Entity entity = (Entity) entities.get(i);
entity.doLogic();
logicRequiredThisLoop = false;
// if we're waiting for an "any key" press then draw the
// current message
if (waitingForKeyPress) {
g.setColor(Color.green);
g.drawString(message,(DOMAIN-g.getFontMetrics().stringWidth(message)) / 2, 250);
g.drawString("TO PLAY, PRESS ANY KEY : )", (DOMAIN-g.getFontMetrics().stringWidth("TO PLAY, PRESS ANY KEY : )")) / 2, 40);
// Clear up the graphics.
g.dispose();
// Flip the buffer over.
strategy.show();
// resolve the movement of the ship. First assume the ship
// isn't moving. If either cursor key is pressed then
// update the movement appropraitely
ship.setHorizontalMovement(0);
if ((leftPressed) && (!rightPressed)) {
ship.setHorizontalMovement(-moveSpeed);
} else if ((rightPressed) && (!leftPressed)) {
ship.setHorizontalMovement(moveSpeed);
// if we're pressing fire, attempt to fire
if (firePressed) {
shotsfired++;
tryToFire();
// finally pause for a bit. Note: this should run us at about
// 100 fps but on windows this might vary each loop due to
// a bad implementation of timer
try { Thread.sleep(10); } catch (Exception e) {}
* A class to handle keyboard input from the user. The class
* handles both dynamic input during game play, i.e. left/right
* and shoot, and more static type input (i.e. press any key to
* continue)
* This has been implemented as an inner class more through
* habbit then anything else. Its perfectly normal to implement
* this as seperate class if slight less convienient.
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* Notification from AWT that a key has been pressed. Note that
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- The character needs the following actions to be available: Running, Standing, Dying -> On the ground (+This also counts falling down or sleeping+), Attacking / Swinging, Ranged attacks (+bow and arrow+).
- To at least offer some kind or animateable look, there should be at least 2 frames for each action.
As you can see, there is quite a lot. The approach i have already taken is fairly powerful. I decided to scrap the Java Sprites as it couldn't do what i needed it to do so i created my own caching system. A special MAP file stores the information on all the frames, and another class retrieves this on demand from the file, but only takes certain chunks. A initial class manages file access and loads the entire image into memory, and another uses this class to extract the frame it wants. When the other class is finished, the file-opening class then drops the full file from memory and attempts to reclaim the used memory. So far, it works well. The reason i have taken this appraoch is there is just too much data to have it all laoded into memory, it has to be done on demand and store as little information as possible. If i can represent 5 different characters by using a combination of other frames, i should have excellent results. I am trying to find a good balance between memory consumption and CPU usage. So, in a long winded answer:
--There are a LOT of frames that may need to be transparent at any one time.
--The amount of memory I'll need is still in the air at this point. As i build it, I am keeping a hawk-like eye on memory consumption and watching for anything being wasted (+using boolean where possible, If i don't need the capacity of an int, i use byte instead, etc+). This incidently ran me into the strong desire to utilize unsigned values as i don't need negatives anywhere, but I will have to live with that wasted bit.
--I am aware that not all devices support Alpha blending which is why I also aim to support dithering. For example at 50% transparency, more than half the pixels are fully transparent (+Some may already be transparent, so we're not going to go and make them visible!)+
--The transparent character is used to represent a character that is hiding. For example, you may have an Ally character being stealthy, so to make sure YOU the player can still see them, but represent clearly that they are in a special state, i wanted them to be transparent. Also, if there is an enemy stealthing, but you have detected them. I need to be able to represent that they have indeed been detected and that they can be seen, but they are still trying to be stealthy. So yes, one substitute would be to make them entirely black pixels and maybe even just draw the naked character black without any armour or equipment as a stealthing character would assume reduced detail. -
Need Help In Solving Rotation Image Problem
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Hi guys ,
I need your help please. I have spent hours trying to solve it but not working.
I have an image i am rotating when the user clicks on a button. But it is not working.
I would like to see the image rotating gradually till it stops but it doesn't. This it what it does. After i click the button, i don't see it rotating. But when i minimize and maximize the main window, i see the image just rotate(flip) fast like that. It does the rotation but i don't see it as it is doing. It just rotate in a second after minimize and maximize the main window.
I thimk the problem deals with updating the GUI as it is rotating but i don't know how to fix it.
these are the code . Please i have trimed down the code for easy reading.
public class KrusPanel extends JPanel{
private Image crossingImage;
private int currentRotationAngle;
private int imageWidth;
private int imageHeight;
private AffineTransform affineTransform;
private boolean clockwise;
private static int ROTATE_ANGLE_OFFSET = 2;
private int xCoordinate;
private int yCoordinate;
private javax.swing.Timer timer;
private void initialize(){
this.crossingImage = Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit().getImage("images/railCrossing3.JPG");
this.imageWidth = this.getCrossingImage().getWidth(this);
this.imageHeight = this.getCrossingImage().getHeight(this);
this.affineTransform = new AffineTransform();
this.setCurrentRotationAngle(90);
timer = new javax.swing.Timer(20, new MoveListener());
public KrusPanel (int x, int y) {
this.setxCoordinate(x);
this.setyCoordinate(y);
this.setPreferredSize(new Dimension(50, 50));
this.setBackground(Color.red);
TitledBorder border = BorderFactory.createTitledBorder("image");
this.setLayout(new FlowLayout());
this.initialize();
public void paintComponent(Graphics grp){
Rectangle rect = this.getBounds();
Graphics2D g2d = (Graphics2D)grp;
g2d.setColor(Color.BLACK);
this.getAffineTransform().setToTranslation(this.getxCoordinate(), this.getyCoordinate());
this.getAffineTransform().rotate(Math.toRadians(this.getCurrentRotationAngle()), this.getCrossingImage().getWidth(this) /2,
this.getCrossingImage().getHeight(this)/2);
g2d.drawImage(this.getCrossingImage(), this.getAffineTransform(), this);
public void rotateCrossing(){
this.currentRotationAngle += ROTATE_ANGLE_OFFSET;
int test = this.currentRotationAngle % 90;
if(test == 0){
this.setCurrentRotationAngle(this.currentRotationAngle);
timer.stop();
repaint();
private class MoveListener implements ActionListener {
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
rotateCrossing();
repaint();
// There are getters and setters method here but i have removed them to make the code shorter.
}Next 2 Classes
// I have removed many thins in this class so simplicity. This class is consists of Tiles of BufferdImage and the
// KrusPanel class is at the array position [2][2]. It is the KrusPanel class that i want to rotate.
public class SeePanel extends JPanel{
private static KrusPanel crossing;
private void initializeComponents(){
timer = new javax.swing.Timer(70, new MoveListener());
this.crossing = new CrossingPanel(261,261);
public SeePanel(){
this.initializeComponents();
public void paintComponent(Graphics comp){
super.paintComponent(comp);
comp2D = (Graphics2D)comp;
BasicStroke pen = new BasicStroke(15.0F, BasicStroke.CAP_BUTT,BasicStroke.JOIN_ROUND);
comp2D.setRenderingHint(RenderingHints.KEY_ANTIALIASING,
RenderingHints.VALUE_ANTIALIAS_ON);
comp2D.setPaint(Color.red);
comp2D.setBackground(Color.WHITE);
comp2D.drawImage(img, 0, 0, null);
comp2D.draw(this.horizontalRail);
this.crossing.paintComponent(comp2D);
this.rob.drawRobot(comp2D);
public static void rotateCrossing(){
this.crossing.getTimer().start();
repaint();
// i tried below code also it didn't work. so i put them in comments
Runnable rotateCrossing1 = new Runnable(){ // to be removed
public void run() {
crossing.getTimer().start();
SwingUtilities.invokeLater(rotateCrossing1);
// MAIN CLASS
// This is the GUI class which consists of buttons and others
public class MainAPP{
SeePanel = new SeePanel();
// Buttons declarations here and others
public MainAPP(){
// all listener registers here
// Here i call the rotateCrossing() of the SeePanel class but it is not working as i want.
// I would like to see the image rotating gradually till it stops but it doesn't.
//This it what it does. After i click the button, i don't see it rotating. But when i minimize and maximize the main window,
// i see the image just rotate(flip) fast like that.
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e){
SeePanel.rotateCrossing();
public static main(string[] str){
}Please do help me to fix it.
thankskap wrote:
1 down vote favoriteHuh?
..Please i have trimed down the code for easy reading. ..Perhaps I am just lazy, but I don't actually like reading code until I've seen it compile in my editor & run. That is why I will advise that for better help sooner, post an SSCCE. For SSCCEs that use images, either generate an image in the code, or hot-link to an image available on the internet. I offer some [images at my site|http://pscode.org/media/#image] that you can hot-link to. -
Need Help with Complex Background Images
Hey, Macromedia, I mean, Adobe Dreamweaver users. I have a
dilemma, before you read further, look at this website:
https://statons.rtotogo.com/rtotogostore/rto_store/sign_in.asp.
Notice the background images. The light tan stripe at the top, the
orange/yellow stripe beneath it, and the darker tan color that
encompasses the rest of the background. When you go to a longer
page on the site, the top two colors do not repeat, and as the page
shrinks on smaller pages, so does the darker tan background. How
can I do this? I've seen it done before, and I read the source
code, but I am confused as to how I can accomplish this..... Please
advise! I am in desperate need of your expertise!
Thanks in advance for the help.
ChuckIt's controlled using CSS check out the css script and the
backgounds are
set to repeat along the x axis only
cheers
Ian
[email protected]
http://www.edwards-micros.co.uk
"ChuckRWD" <[email protected]> wrote in
message
news:e93ha7$lmi$[email protected]..
> Hey, Macromedia, I mean, Adobe Dreamweaver users. I have
a dilemma,
> before you
> read further, look at this website:
>
https://statons.rtotogo.com/rtotogostore/rto_store/sign_in.asp.
Notice
> the
> background images. The light tan stripe at the top, the
orange/yellow
> stripe
> beneath it, and the darker tan color that encompasses
the rest of the
> background. When you go to a longer page on the site,
the top two colors
> do
> not repeat, and as the page shrinks on smaller pages, so
does the darker
> tan
> background. How can I do this? I've seen it done before,
and I read the
> source code, but I am confused as to how I can
accomplish this.....
> Please
> advise! I am in desperate need of your expertise!
>
> Thanks in advance for the help.
> Chuck
> -
Needing help to turning a image.
I have a image of a desk that the view is looking at it straight forward. I need to turn it so it will be a side view of the desk. I am making a 3D room and I am trying to put it against the left wall. The only thing I can find is on how to rotate the image. I tried messing with the perspective but could not get that to work if that is the way to go. Thanks for your help.
This reminds me of the lady who wanted to make a much bigger print because the nose of her horse was outside the frame on her 4x6 print, so she wanted an 8x10 to be able to see the whole head of the horse.
Really, Cake Master, it doesn't take "some photoshop genius" to figure it out. Just a minute's reflecting on the question.
Just a clarification:
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A simple thank you would have sufficed.
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