Sunday, April 22, 2012

TIP | Blending Quicktime video layers to improve nightime videos

In my last video filter-processing tip, Blending Quicktime Video Layers to Penetrate Demon Cloaks, I provided a Quicktime video layer blending combination that will expose hidden and hard-to-see demons shot on video in darkly lit environments; however, the caveat is a loss of original color, in that any two colors that are similar have to be drastically changed in order to better distinguish between the two.
For example, 10% gray and 11% gray, which are virtually indistinguishable from each other, must be changed at least by 10% to be distinguishable, resulting in a wild-colored video. This is fine, if you're looking for otherwise impossible to see demons; but, if not, retaining the natural color of the video is far preferable.

The still frame below is a perfect example of an over-dark, over-saturated video. In the background, there is very little detail—the shelves on the cabinets blend together; the only distinction among them is there distance from each other. Also, my lips are way too red, and there is a color blotch on my cheek and lower eyelid; moreover, my skin is a blotchy and pinkish, and my lips are ruby-red.
Oversaturated in some places, shadow bleeding in others
Overly dark areas in a video are not just caused by dimly lit environments, but also over saturation, which is common is cheaper digital video cameras. To correct both, that is, to expose detail in dark areas of your video and correct the over-saturation, duplicate the video layer of your Quicktime move four times (for a total of 5 layers), and set the Graphics Mode to the following values:
Adjust only the blend layers (3 and 5) to reach the optimal contrast and saturation levels; set all others (1, 2, 4) as shown
Then, make adjustments to only layers 3 and 5—the blend layers—until you can see detail in the shadows, just like in the still frame below.
The change is subtle, but look closely at the following:
  • The objects in the shadows are sharper (look at the lampstand)

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After
  • The leaves are the correct color and so are the shadows; there is also more detail

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After

  • The lips and face are now a more natural color, and the splotchiness is reduced greatly

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After
For your reference
Transfer Modes
The term transfer mode may be considered as a generic term encompassing three different transfer mode types. Each has to do with the way source pixels interact with destination pixels during drawing, painting, erasing, filling, and copying operations. The three types of transfer mode are as follows:
  • Boolean Pattern Mode. Boolean pattern modes apply to line drawing, framing, painting, erasing, and filling operations. 
  • Boolean Source Mode. Boolean source modes apply to text drawing and copying operations. 
  • Arithmetic Source Mode. Arithmetic source modes apply to drawing (including text drawing), painting, and copying operations.


Boolean Source Modes
The Boolean source modes are the equivalent in text drawing and copying to the Boolean pattern mode used for non-text drawing, painting, filling, and erasing operations.
The relevant constants are srcCopy, srcOr, srcXor, srcBic, notSrcCopy, notSrcOr, notSrcXor, and notSrcBic. The additional non-standard mode grayishTextOr is useful for drawing text in deactivated or disabled user interface objects. (This mode is considered non-standard because it is not stored in pictures and printing with it is undefined.)
srcCopy
If the source is black, apply the foreground color to the destination; if the source is white, apply the background color; otherwise apply weighted portions of the foreground and background colors.
srcOr
If the source is black, apply the foreground color to the destination; if the source is white, do nothing; otherwise apply weighted portions of the foreground color.
srcXor
If the source is black, invert the destination (this operation is undefined for a colored destination). Otherwise, do nothing.
srcBic
If the source is black, apply the background color to the destination. If the source is white, do nothing. Otherwise, apply weighted portions of the background color.
notSrcCopy
If the source is white, apply the foreground color to the destination; if the source is black, apply the background color; otherwise apply weighted portions of the foreground and background colors.
notSrcOr
If the source is white, apply the foreground color to the destination; if the source is black, do nothing; otherwise apply weighted portions of the foreground color.
notSrcXor
If the source is white, invert the destination (this operation is undefined for a colored destination pixel). Otherwise, do nothing.
notSrcBic
If the source is white, apply the background color to the destination. If the source is black, do nothing. Otherwise, apply weighted portions of the background color.
Boolean Pattern Modes
Pattern modes may be set as pen transfer modes in the graphics port using the PenMode function. The modes are represented by eight constants, each of which relates to a specific Boolean operation (COPY, OR, XOR, and BIC (for bit clear)) and their inverse variants.
The effects of these modes are best explained assuming a 1-bit (black-and-white) environment in which the foreground colour is black and the background colour is white. The following lists the pattern modes and describes the effect of source pixels on destination pixels in such an environment.
Pattern Mode
Action On Destination Pixel
If source pixel is black
If source pixel is white
patCopy
Apply foreground colour.
Apply background colour.
patOr
Apply foreground colour.
Leave alone.
patXor
Invert.
Leave alone.
patBic
Apply background colour.
Leave alone.
notPatCopy
Apply background colour.
Apply foreground colour.
notPatOr
Leave alone.
Force black.
notPatXor
Leave alone.
Invert.
notPatBic
Leave alone.
Apply background colour.

These effects are illustrated at Fig 4. Note particularly that patCopy causes the destination pixels to be completely over-written. patCopy is the transfer mode initially set in the graphics port.

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Text dimming
grayishTextOr
Dim the destination. If in color, replace it with a blend of the foreground and background; if black-and-white, replace it with dithered black and white. This mode is used primarily for text.

Highlighting
Highlighting
hilite
Replace the background color with the highlight color.
hilitetransfermode
Replace the background color with the highlight color.

Arithmetic Source Modes
Arithmetic source modes may be set in the graphics port, and may be passed as parameters in QuickDraw functions for copying pixel images.
Arithmetic source modes perform arithmetic operations on the values of the red, green and blue components of the source and destination pixels. Because they work with RGB colours rather than colour table indexes, arithmetic transfer modes produce predictable results on indexed devices. The arithmetic source modes and their effects in a colour environment are as follows:

Constant
Value
Description
blend
32
Destination pixel is replaced with a blend of the source and destination pixel colours. Revert to srcCopy mode if the destination is a bitmap or 1-bit pixel image.
addPin
33
Destination pixel is replaced with the sum of the source and destination pixel colours up to a maximum allowable value. Revert to srcBic mode if the destination is a bitmap or 1-bit pixel image.
addOver
34
Destination pixel is replaced with the sum of the source and destination pixel colours, but if the value of the red, green or blue component exceeds 65,536, then subtract 65,536 from that value. Revert to srcXor mode if the destination is a bitmap or 1-bit pixel image.
subPin
35
Destination pixel is replaced with the difference of the source and destination pixel colours, but not less than a minimum allowable value. Revert to srcOr mode if the destination is a bitmap or 1-bit pixel image.
transparent
36
Source and destination pixel are replaced with the source pixel if the source pixel is not equal to the background colour.
addMax
37
Destination pixel is replaced with the colour containing the greater saturation of each of the RGB components of the source and destination pixels. Revert to srcBic mode if the destination is a bitmap or 1-bit pixel image.
subOver
38
Destination pixel is replaced with the difference of the source and destination pixel colours, but if the value of the red, green or blue is less than 0, add the negative result to 65,536. Revert to srcXor mode if the destination is a bitmap or 1-bit pixel image.
adMin
39
Destination pixel is replaced with the colour containing the lesser saturation of each of the RGB components of the source and destination pixels. Revert to srcOr mode if the destination is a bitmap or 1-bit pixel image.

Add Dithering to Transfer Modes
ditherCopy
Replace the destination with a dither mix of the source and destination.

Transparent mode
transparent
Replace the destination with the source if the source is not equal to the background.

HOME | Demonic plan to oust me from new apartment backfires on roommate

The Voices Demons have railed against the fact that I have a roof over my head, and am in loving possession of my cat, Scratchen.

It has been their oft-stated goal to render me homeless, at all costs; and, last night, was their latest attempt to oust me by police intervention. The story, as posted on Google+:
A crazed Victor Salazar, my new--but soon-to-be former--roommate, burst through our chain-locked front door tonight in a fury of explitives, as if the demons plaguing every corner of the house weren't enough.
His excuse: he doesn't like the front door to be locked. He said that it was immature of me to use it, and that no one is going to rob us. 
As his tirade continued, which consisted of more ranting, further raving, and the occasional lunge preceded by a fighting stance, I called the cops. 
Long story short: the cops make him leave the apartment for the night, and the landlord, who mysteriously shows up out of nowhere, asks me to leave permanently. 
As that was the plan anyway, I'm happy to oblige.
There's definitely more to this story; but, for the first time since all of this began, I'm going to move on without investigating things.
The hitch in their plan to rile me up and then call the cops is, happened when I stayed calm and called 911 first, just as I was taught by an anger management instructor, who is quite aware of the demon problem in San Jose, and is therefore privy to their tactics; basically, I didn't react in any way negative, as the demons and others had hoped, and which could have resulted in my arrest, but, instead, when my roommate burst through the door, busting the chain lock in the process, yelling expletives, throwing things and charging at me as if he was going to hit me (I could tell he was working up the nerve).

The chain lock was destroyed when my roommate suddenly
(and inexplicably) kicked our front door open last night
Instead, I stayed as calm as I could, and I simply asked the Santa Clara Police Department to escort him from the premises for the night (versus filing charges, since that is a despicable act, considering that the demonic agenda is intertwined with the penal system in this area).

Still, even while dodging one bullet, I was hit by another: the landlord, who mysteriously and inexplicably appeared while the police were at my apartment, asked me to move out as soon as possible, which was nothing more than what he had planned to do before I even moved in, per the Voices Demons.

NOTE | A scheme to generate a list of incidences that can be used to disparage character has been at work for some time, and is intended for use as a defense against my lawsuits, as well a use in future criminal proceedings. The landlord's request immediately follows the eviction from my last apartment, which was not only unlawful, but unwarranted (an appeal has been filed, and a judicial council review for misconduct is planned).

80-year old woman knows her sucker demons, knows how to fight voices demons

If you missed church this morning, subscribe to Joyce Meyer's podcast on iTunes. It won't make up for "forsaking the assembling of ourselves together," [Hebrews 10:25], but you'll still be better off.

In her "Battlefield of the Mind" podcast radio and television series, Joyce Meyer talks about the tactics the devil uses to gain a stronghold in our mind, so that he can later use us as tools of evil; she explains how the Holy Spirit helps us recognize those tactics, and how the word of God teaches us to overcome them.

The following excerpt from her related title, "Battlefield of the Mind," explains it better:

Excerpt from the 12-page preview available online
Not so coincidentally, these tactics are the only ones employed by the Voices Demons, who are invariably on the front line in any every demon offensive. In preparation for an attack on the mind, Voices Demons surveil their target unknowingly for years, and even decades, before any other kind of demonic attack, in order to gain knowledge about how you think and what has happened. They are so effective at working that knowledge into guilt, anger, sorrow, and other negative emotions by and through their intimate knowledge of how you think, that no one who has ever strayed from God could withstand an attack without His guidance and protection going forward.

If you think your past experiences or present circumstances have left the door open to an attack on the mind by the devil, make a point to get in right-standing with God, right now. And, for added support and encouragement—and to know exactly how to shore up past hurts and regrets in anticipation of the very kind of an attack the devil (and Voices Demons) will bring—listen to the Battlefield of the Mind series from Joyce Meyer on iTunes.

TIDBIT | It was from one of Joyce Meyer's messages that I designated "Sucker Demons" to the demons so ascribed. If you've been attacked by Voices Demons, or have had any relationship to or experience with the demons plaguing the Bay Area of Northern California, you will immediately recognize that Joyce Meyer has had such experiences, too, just by the way she talks and the things she says.

Online calendar to create a timeline of demonic activity

Going forward, any significant event related to demonic activity, whether past or future, will be published to my Google Calendar.


The calendar can be viewed on Google.

Grandma, Long assign blame for others' demonic behavior

Grandma never gave a lick about Scratchen's welfare before (nor mine); but, she certainly found a way to use her when it suited her and the demonic agenda, which was to assign blame to the problems they cause or allow to perpetuate and deflect focus from the resulting needs. Two days ago, I received this e-mail from her:
I read your blog about Scratchen being [possessed]. If you think that, [then] why didn't you let Long keep her[?] You are probably scaring her to death. She has been through enough stuff already. 
Grandma
The video she is referring to is in Newly discovered demonic activity in months-old Scratchen video, which has since been butchered by those who do not want others to see it (repairs are underway).

Even though this type of behavior is par-for-the-course for her and others since my troubles began in 2006 (but not once, before), I am still stupefied, especially considering that, in the movie that she is talking about, I am there, too; and, in all the other movies like it, I'm the one being knocked cold, bleeding, and am otherwise being scared to death; but, I've never heard a word from her on that—just like every time I was physically battered by one of the gang-stalkers or after a suicide attempt.

Instead of acknowledging a single injury or crime committed against me since this resumed in 2006, she implies in her e-mail that I am not in danger, but that I am placing someone else in danger by willfully and intentionally exposing them to demonic activity that I somehow am responsible for and have control over.

My grandma is not a stupid woman. So, what's the explanation?

After all, I am not safe, and I have said nothing but that I am not safe. I have a recorded phone conversation with grandma, saying as much (forthcoming). This blog says that, in that it is not about my state of bliss; but rather, about physical and mental torment at the hands of demons and their human collaborators. And, if you're not picking up on that, the videos, audio recordings and photos alone should raise some flags.

And, speaking of videos, if the video causing concern for Scratchen is any indication of what Scratchen's life is like, then here's what it says about mine, too:
  • if Scratchen is possessed, then I am, too. I'm not the Exorcist, and am otherwise no match for demons. If demons do something, it gets done according to their wishes. I have no control and am i no way to blame. Is this not common sense? And, by the way, this is a town-wide problem—not a personal one, like crabs. Am I to blame for that, too, now that I've blown the lid off this town's dirty little secret? I didn't wallow in whatever filth they did in order to attract this problem; and, I seem to be the only one fighting it, too; so, I'd say there are those who are willing; but, it should be clear to anyone reading this blog that I am not.
  • if Scratchen is being scared to death, then I am, too. The demons aren't after Scratchen, per se; rather, they are after me. No one has expressed an interest in that fact yet. Certainly not my family.
  • if Scratchen has been through enough, then I have, too. I've said that on many occasions. I have begged my family to help me get away from those intent on hurting me; instead, they've done nothing but facilitate harm.
  • if Scratchen should be with Long, then I am a monkey's uncle. Long is no better off than me; in fact, he's worse, in that he cooperates with the demons plaguing him and has been working with them for many years prior to their appearance to me. In fact, just this morning, he pulled the same shenanigans as grandma did in her e-mail by fishing for a way to blame me for my roommates' police encounter last night.
Long also indicates his allegiance to the demons with an identically themed and positioned spate of text messages, which we exchange just this morning:
Long Cao (9:18 AM): I don't knw why any toilet u lived flooded
Me (9:19AM): It was broken when I moved in.
Long Cao (9:20 AM): How broke
Me (9:22AM): Who cares?
Long Cao (9:22 AM): What? Call landlord let him knw
Me (9:23AM): He knows. He just hasn't responded.
Long Cao (9:25 AM): Call ur roommate let him knw
Me (9:26 AM): He knows. The police arrested him last night.
Me (9:27 AM): I need to go to MetroPCS. My cable is not working.
Long Cao (9:29 AM): Wat? He went home last nite and police came to arrested him? Wat happen
Me (9:30 AM): He broke the door and toilet, and was screaming and yelling.
Me (9:32 AM): No. I didn't fight him. The neighbors saw him and complained.
Me (9:33 AM): I stayed in my room, playing toys with Scratchen, as usual.
Long Cao (9:32 AM): U guys fighting each other? And u call police?
Long Cao (9:34 AM): Why he yelling?
Me (9:35 AM): Not sure. Apparently, he was very high.
Long Cao (9:36 AM): He lived there for long time with no prolem til u moved in he has arrested
Long Cao (9:38 AM): He did drug or only weed? How about his dog nw
Long Cao (9:45 AM): I saw him very clean and neat guy but I don't knw wat happen
Me (9:50 AM): Actually, after last time you talked to him, you complained about how rude he was.
Long Cao (9:53 AM): Wat door he broke? How he broke toilet?If he broke toile the landlord not responsibility
Long Cao (9:53 AM): Wat door he broke? How he broke toilet?If he broke toile the landlord not responsibility
Me (9:54 AM): He came home and kicked it.
Me (9:54 AM): He didn't say anything. He just kicked it open.
Long Cao (9:54 AM): U can feed dog for him.
Me (9:54 AM): No, he is home now.
Me (9:55 AM): It is very sad.
Long Cao (9:56 AM): He has not mad with u at all?
Me (9:56 AM): I don't know. He didn't say anything.
Me (9:57 AM): He just burst into the apartment.
Me (9:57 AM): He acted very weird on the day that you said he was very rude.
Long Cao (9:58 AM): He arrested why he home nw? If he broke toile he has to fix not u
Me (9:59 AM): What happened was this: I was washing my dishes, and decided to wash his, too, to be nice...
Me (10:00 AM): ...and later, he tells me that I have to be more clean.
Long Cao (10:00 AM): I don't think u guys get along
Me (10:00 AM): No, I don't think we are.
Long Cao (10:01 AM): I don't think u guys get along
Long Cao (10:02 AM): Only u live alone ur own place
Long Cao (10:05 AM): Yeah if u live with roommate with clean guy u have to more clean bath and kitchen too
Long Cao (10:10 AM): I already knw that not last long if u live with roommate
Me (10:22 AM): I've never had any roommates before.
Me (10:22 AM): Also, I haven't caused any problems.
These pictures are of my former home, which I opened to Long Cao, free-of-charge, for nearly eight years; they are intended to provide you with a reference to my cleanliness:


Anyway, this is not my first rant on this topic, and I bet it won't be my last. I've complained about my family's suspect maneuvers through this problem before—most recently, in Family stalls plan for respite, in spite of injury and suffering at hands of demons, in which I provide a little background on my family's foreknowledge and involvement in my dilemna, as it pertains to the gang-stalkers and the demons since 2006, and between the ages of 5 through 8. In the past, I have explicitly accused them of outright participation in some of the crimes committed against me. That accusation was made with the support of much evidence, none of which is more damning than the combination of e-mails such as this latest one, and the recorded phone calls I have acquired. Their own words condemn them, and otherwise do nothing to disprove any accusation that they are complicit in the acts I've complained of.

The biggest question is though is what this callous e-mail and those text messages portend for my future. If past experience is any indication, these veiled accusations and insinuations will be brought up again in a setting in which they can hurt those most, such as in court or a given social services agency. It thrills the demons to no end to take a well put-together individual, and put him through situations and through places he would consider a nightmare to be put through, and then calling it comeuppance—which invariably is as far from the truth as one can be. Also based on past experiences, I know that trouble looms in the future, in that a spate of oddball e-mails and other statements like the above, as made by those in collaboration with my particular demons, always precipitate hard times. My guess is that Scratchen and I will be separated soon.

It could also be related to any other threat made in the past, some of which are described on this blog in:
There is also the 2006 version of "The Sunnyvale Knock" web site, which is now offline, and which speaks only on this topic, plus the theft of all my property, as well as the loss of my home (see photos, above) at the hands of gang-stalkers.

But, as I've told them before, just as will I tell anyone else: Hell will fail. They have been repeatedly trounced by unwanted public exposé via the Internet and other distribution media, even if they have succeeded in many ways in complicating my life. But, as the Book of Job shows us, no matter what or who you are—or even how good you are—the devil, in the blink of an eye, can take it away. So, credit for any longevity goes solely to God, as does my gratitude.

The history of my existing relationships with those prior to the attack by the gang-stalkers and demons hasn't yet been presented on this blog, so many readers will be confused by some of what I've posted so far; but, as it becomes relevant, such history will be explained in future posts, and should answer any questions.

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