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Mathematically Optimal Restoration and Stabilization of the Patterson-Gimlin Film with Computation Feature Detection
Isaac Y. Tian, Bill Munns, Jeff Meldrum, 2022. The Relict Hominoid Inquiry 11: 263–287.
Photographs 150 frames around the "lookback" frame (F354) from eight independent second-generation prints, aligns them with SIFT features, stabilises them to a background with a RANSAC-fitted homography, colour-corrects each, and composites them to raise the signal-to-noise ratio without manual retouching or AI interpolation; renders at 16 fps on the basis of the K-100's minimum speed.
What it's used for here
The current best reproducible restoration method for the film and a statement of its date and witnesses.
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Research copy, for editors and curators. The work is the publisher's, so readers are sent to it. We keep this copy so the citation can be checked if the page changes or goes.
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Tian, I. Y., Munns, B., & Meldrum, J. (2022). Mathematically Optimal Restoration and Stabilization of the Patterson-Gimlin Film with Computation Feature Detection. The Relict Hominoid Inquiry 11: 263–287. https://www.isu.edu/media/libraries/rhi/research-papers/Tian-manuscript_revised.pdf
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author = {Tian, Isaac Y. and Munns, Bill and Meldrum, Jeff},
title = {Mathematically Optimal Restoration and Stabilization of the Patterson-Gimlin Film with Computation Feature Detection},
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year = {2022},
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Tian, Isaac Y. et al.. “Mathematically Optimal Restoration and Stabilization of the Patterson-Gimlin Film with Computation Feature Detection.” The Relict Hominoid Inquiry 11: 263–287 (2022).