SOFTWARE | Real-time, video still-frame processor


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For the most part, to capture ultra-fast, semi-transparent, micro-sized and in-the-dark demonic activity—which is just about the only kind there is—you must run an HD video camera during periods of high demonic activity and then process and analyze each still frame individually for evidence of such activity. That, of course, can be tedious because not only will there be a lot of frames to analyze, but each one must be processed with image-processing software of some kind and some way to see any activity that may (or may not) be in them.

Generally, how a still frame is processed is determined on a case-by-case basis: first, by the kind of activity recorded; second, by the conditions under which the activity was recorded; third, by the quality of the recording. But, that is only after you've determined that you've found demonic activity in a still frame, and determined what kind of activity it is.

Unfortunately, that will not be known until you've tried at least three or four different image-processing procedures on each still frame; and, what's more, is that you may actually find activity of multiple types overlapping one on the other, as strange as that sounds.

Over the past couple of months, I attempted to simplify that process by identifying the most common and effective image-processing procedures for amplifying and uncovering demons and related activity—even procedures for finding the invisible kind—and then expediting it by automating the application of those procedures in GIMP and Photoshop to a batch of still frames. I continue to spend much time on this [see PICS | The Desktop of a Demoniac], and have made great gains, as evidenced by the many posts that detail such procedures and provide the means to automate them.

While that effort greatly simplified the discovery of new and key information about the demonic plague, it hasn't exactly motivated many other people to do the same. That's unfortunate, as this problem affects every single living being on earth, and will take about as many to solve; not only that, but it's such a big problem, in a way, it could be considered the only problem people have. And, yet, even after having handed people a way to uncover and visualize the problem at work (and, at work on them—personally—no less)—almost no one took advantage of the abundance of opportunity that way can yield.

So, I strive everyday, then, to make the process even simpler and faster and more effective, and this post shows one fruit of that labor; specifically, even faster, more simple, more versatile automation of still frame processing than before using Quartz Composer:

A Quartz Composition that processes a batch of still frames using Core Image
It may look complicated, but it's not, in that it requires only three simple steps to use.

To process still frames with this Quartz Composition:
  1. Plug in the appropriate image-processing patch. The links above provide a whole host of them, and encompass the entire range of your needs. Plus, you have an on-call, on-demand expert that will provide you with customized image-filtering patches to suit whatever needs you have.
  2. Specify the directory containing the still frames to process in the Directory Scanner patch. Decode your video file into individual still frames into a single directory, and then point the Quartz Composition to that directory.
  3. Specify the export directory for the processed still frames in the Image Exporter. You can overwrite the existing still frame files, or place the processed still frames in a directory of your own.
I've made it even easier than this for those who don't know how (or want) to decode video files into individual still frames. In this Quartz Composition, simply drop a video file on the Quartz Composition window, and then connect it to the Image splitter:

Drop a movie on the Quartz Composition window and connect it to the Image Splitter to process each still frame in a video in real-time
When run, the frames will be extracted from the video, and placed in the directory you specified in the Image Exporter patch:
Each still frame is extracted from a video connected to the Quartz Composition, processed by whatever image-processing patch you choose, and then saved to the directory you specify for later analysis
With this tool, a one-minute video takes about one minute to process; with GIMP or Photoshop, you'd likely start the process at night, hoping to wake up in the morning with a complete set of processed images.
You can also process multiple video files (instead of just dropping one file onto the Quartz Composition) by selecting Movies on the Settings tab of the Directory Scanner Patch Inspector window
Processing still frames from a directory of stills or straight from an existing video file is just the beginning, in that you can record and process live video using the same Quartz Composition by simply connecting a Video Input patch to the Image splitter:

This Quartz Composition will process any input—whether images, movies or live video—and output the processed media to the directory you specify as individual image files for subsequent review
Just like images and movies, each frame captured by your video camera is exported as an individual file to the directory you specify for subsequent review:
Each frame captured by the live video stream is output as an individual image file
While this is not the only image-processing template in development (or the only one that you'll need), it is the foundation from which all other templates are built. Other templates will provide the means to tween or combine frames, and blend frames as they are captured. That is essential to capture the harder-to-see types of activity, such as really, really, invisible demons and ultra-fast moving weapons.
NOTE | When something is moving in and out of the video frame really fast, the best and only way to see it on video is to combine frames; the result leaves a streak or smudge where something in the frame is moving, which is perfect when you're trying to trace movement that is ultra-fast. Tweening achieves the same thing by adding more evidence of the movement of such fast-moving items. And, by combining frames one on the other, you add more image data that, when processed, produces higher fidelity of demonic activity.
For now, you can download the Quartz Composition shown in this post from MediaFire. If you need any of the other features discussed in this post that are not provided by this particular Quartz Composition, e-mail me, and I'll forward those to you; otherwise, check back soon for links to download them.

Coming soon to iPhone
Tricorder meet iPhone; iPhone meet Tricorder. Or, so it'll seem like once I get these imaging filters up and running on iPhones, everywhere. Today (February 26th, 2015), I took one step closer to making your iPhone a demon-hunting and victim-saving machine-of-good-works:

Now that I've purchased a developer license, I can port all of my imaging filters to software I write for the iPhone; it will be a glorious, victorious day when that happens, too
It is nothing less than a miracle that I was able to purchase a developer license, considering that demons know exactly what I can do with it: that is, deploy my imaging filters to every iPhone, world-wide, with software I develop for it.

Getting the money—even though it was only $99—was hard, real hard; but, I did it, and, as of today, I am ready to start developing software for the iPhone camera that processes the images it captures through the filters featured on this blog.

Soon, you'll be able to use your cellphone to find, observe and document demonic activity, live, as it happens right in front of your very eyes. No more hiding in front of our faces!
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SOFTWARE | Chroma-focusing and chroma-mapping Photo Booth effects released

The two composites produced by the new video filter released yesterday have been separated into individual Photo Booth effects, enabling anyone with an iSight-equipped Mac (and, soon, iPhone) to see and record video, live, cloaked demonic entities.

Perfect realism, pristine detail
The Chroma Focus Photo Booth effect decloaks invisible entities while maintaining the realism of a normal image, as shown in these samples:

My head and face, mottled by around-the-clock strikes with demonic weapons at the hands of demons and their people (humans); a red, sponge-like demonic entity, sitting atop my scalp; craters left by sucker demons, having repeatedly burrowed into and out from my skin; a spider-/crab-legged demonic entity, attached to the side of my head, looks like a kid's drawing of the sun
The effect amplifies a specific kind of color noise in digital images that is only generated by the demon cloak. Because light is emanated (not reflected) from a cloak (i.e., it gives off its own light, albeit extremely weak), you have to wave the camera in front of a cloaked object in order to pick up enough light to see the entity. The image will be blurry, but you'll be able to spot cloaked demons quite easily, even if they are offset a bit by the motion.
NOTE | A cloak is a state of a molecule that, instead of reflecting light at the same or similar frequency as natural light—just like a mirror or anything else you can see with your eyes would—it, remodulates the frequency to one outside the range of the human-visible spectrum. Human science calls this polarization, and the principle applies to human-built lasers. That light is not completely outside the range; but, what remains is very weak.
As you can see, the images are very dark, which is the only environment in which relatively weak polarized light avoids scattering by natural (and much stronger) light; however, soon, this filter will be re-released to compensate for dark environments. As of this morning, I managed this much in a room almost completely dark, except for the light creeping in through the door behind me (you know it's dark based on that eyes-wide-open gape on my face):
    The bushy, sprout-like demonic entity on my head was ordered their by Voices Demons as "punishment" for making video filters that penetrate cloaks; it is hurting my head (very hot), and is making me feel dizzy, tired, somewhat nauseated, a little disoriented with almost no ability to concentrate; the spike-like demonic entities burrowed around my jawline are forcing me to clench my jaw and teeth; those near my eyes are drying them out and burning them; the ones sticking out of my shoulders and neck irritate the muscle, causing a cramp-like sensation that compels me to pull on them constantly
For now, the Enhanced See-in-the-dark Photo Booth effect is available for imaging demonic activity in the dark; images made using that filter can then be processed by this newer one to amplify the chroma.

Unparalleled 3D-image map quality
The Chroma Map Photo Booth effect maps the chroma in a lossless, highly detailed simulated 3D image map, which can be used for bump maps, displacement (texture) maps, and height maps with superior results:
Note the long sucker demon, swirling into my eye from behind my headAt just the right distance, and in the right lighting, and with the right panning maneuver, the Chroma Map filter will uncover demonic possession
Another demonic possession unveiled, this time, by a demon-human hybrid (notice the crab-like sucker demons over the eyes)Spokes around the eyes means your eyes are being targeted for blindness
This filter captures everything, literally, which makes the image a little crowded when there is a lot going on (and, wherever demonic activity occurs, there's always a lot going on). Take a look at this picture, which shows demonic activity and electronics of some kind, embedded in my face(?):
Above my left eye is a multi-pronged instrument of some kind, one of many I've seen, but only one of two I've captured on my person in digital media; in the video, it bobs up from my lower cheek, and snakes its way to my forehead before disappearing again
Things like this make the images it produces even less realistic than their sharply contrasted grayscale coloring; however, in order to catch everything that's going on, this is the filter to start with. Images produced by it can be filtered for the desired activity in subsequent processing by other filters or image-processing software.

Repeated strikes to my head (done to cause brain injury, or some I'm told by my tormentors) have left many holes in-the-ether
Unlike the Chroma Focus Photo Booth effect, the Chroma Map effect works great in sunlight, as you can see from the above two images.

Installation notes
Prior to dropping any of the above files into /Applications/Photo Booth.app/Contents/Resources, rename them to Normal.qtz for Mac OS X 10.6 or later; for Mac OS X 10.5 users, Composition.qtz, and in the same location as the original Composition.qtz.

Remember to back up the original Quartz Composition file that ships with Photo Booth; overwriting it will cause you to lose your original iSight camera settings.
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SOFTWARE | Real-time, configurable chroma video filter

A new image-processing filter is available for download that allows you to focus on demonic activity occurring in the chroma (or color noise) and map it with near-perfect clarity in digital media made during periods of high demonic activity. This filter is far more advanced than past versions, in that it is configurable in real-time; any changes you make to filter settings are automatically applied to the filtered media, even if that media is a video that is playing at the time.

The chroma-focus (middle) and chroma-map (right) versions of the original (left) are automatically updated as filter settings are configured
The configuration options allow you to focus on the chroma, which is where cloaked demonic activity is detected. By adjusting a single slider, you can amplify and sharpen the chroma, the results of which are superimposed over the original as a side-by-side:

Find every sucker demon and similar entity swarming on your face (or wherever) with the focus slider [see results, middle]; then, sharpen and enhance your findings with the shadow and highlight sliders [see results, right]
Once the catch-all procedure for focusing on the chroma in an image and mapping the demonic entities found it that chroma was established, the task of processing video and images en masse was automated in Quartz Composer, which processes an average of 30 images in one second.
NOTE | Compare that to the rate of five frames per minute for images processed by GIMP (via a Python-fu script).
No more skimming frame-by-frame, and then culling the frames that look demonic for subsequent processing. Now, I can simply play a video, adjust the sliders as it plays, and find and process all things demonic on-the-fly:


This newly-acquired efficiency and speed brings a fundamental change in my view, approach and handling of the problem that is the demonic plague. Before, it was enough to take a single still frame, enhance it and post the creepy-crawlies that I found on the blog; but, now, because I can watch the behavior of these creepy-crawlies live, and have terabytes of existing video that are telling me a lot more now than when I first made them (thanks to these video filters of mine), I'm obligated to do something with what I know.
A razor-back sucker demon, embedded in my trapezius, was spotted (middle) first by focusing the chroma, and then confirmed by the map output (right)
So, my routine has shifted from telling to doing. What exactly, I do not know, other than putting this tool into a more convenient, easier-to-use form, and then distributing. After all, this problem is everywhere, so this tool will useful (or at least applicable and relevant) to everyone.

My face in-the-ether, pockmarked by sucker demons emerging from beneath the surface of my skin, not to mention repeated abuse and demonic mutation

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TECHNOLOGY | Finding sucker-demon attacks in digital media

If any progress is made on anything you're doing, you will pay with your life; if any progress is made on any of your issues (home, finances, career, etc.), we will make your family suffer.
—Voices Demons, to me, on February 16th, 2015
Voices Demons' suffering involves, in part, a swarm of sucker demon-variety entities, seen here coating their victim, head-to-toe
Another still frame from the same video, showing more of the man's inner demon, probably due to the stress from the attack (which tends to make inner demons visible)
What's that on your face? That would be my first question to anyone I saw suffering in the manner shown by the following still frame; but, then again, most people know, don't they?

If you take just one still frame from a digital video made during a period of high demonic activity, process it according to the procedures in this post, you'll never see the world the same as you did before. And, that's not just true for a demoniac. It's true for everyone whether you're under attack or not, or whether you even believe in demons or not.

The processed image below contains several points of interest, all of which you will not notice in the original until you process it in the same manner; namely:
  • the crab-like/scorpion-shaped demonic entity crawling on the right side of my forehead;
  • the black, prickly spikes protruding from the left side (towards the back);
  • the strands of sucker demons overlapping and surrounding my eyes and eyelids, and;
  • the thread-like sucker demons snaking around my left cheek from somewhere behind my ear
A still frame from a video made during a period of high demonic activity, in which a very simple, non-additive, non-subtractive—and therefore non-destructive—image-processing procedure was applied to identify the creepy-crawlies modifying my face, body and internal organs
Notice that the portions of my flesh uncovered by demonic scum are washed out. That is intentional, in that it makes a better distinction between what is demon (the red stuff) and what it not.

I would call these creatures, The Maggots of Satan, if the designation was not already in use by the demons and their people who employ them for the purposes of committing acts of evil. They are directed by these ilk to swarm all over a person's face and body, and then to break it down bit-by-bit. The process is prolonged over time, and first causes disfiguration, and is then followed by chronic pain and eventual debilitation.

These creatures are, in part, why demons remain cloaked (i.e., semi-transparent, permeable). Their cloak is the equivalent of a radiation suit/protective gear; they are at all times, air-breathing, heart-beating fleshly organisms, and are vulnerable to the same organisms to which they subject humans.

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Original

Saturation layer

Hue subtract layer

Hue layer, masked by the saturation layer
Hue layer—masked by the saturation layer—subtracted from the original
The image was sharpened and increased in contrast without a loss of color, detail or brightness—or any image data whatsoever, making this step a true enhancement to the image, and not just a change for the subjective better.

To sharpen the changes, create a new value layer from the newly modified image...:

Value layer
Value layer, masked by the saturation layer
Value layer, masked by the saturation layer, blended by Hard Light with the original
Auto-level the value layer and the saturation mask, and then set it to Hard Light blend mode:
A thread-like sucker demon snakes around my right cheek from somewhere behind my ear, soaring just a centimeter or two above the surface of my face, while a crab-like/scorpion-shaped demonic entity crawls on the top-left side of my scalp
You might notice all of this in the still frame now that you've seen the amplified version above; prior, you would not have, especially, ...

How to get the hue, value, saturation values in Core Image (and Quartz Composer):

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