VideoStir Engine Patent pending

What is a VideoStir Engine?

The VideoStir Engine is an exclusive patent pending computer vision program that removes the background from any video, resulting in a clip that can "float" over other web-content. The VideoStir Engine biggest advantage is that it works without the need to use a green screen (Chroma key) or professional studio. This makes it easy for you to film your video (in front of any solid color wall). The engine employs dozens of sophisticated algorithms that analyze the video frame and automatically separate and remove the background from the foreground.

The engine that was developed by our talented engineers, applies dozens of our proprietary “computer vision” logics (algorithms)on your video, in order to understand which part is the BG and which is the video’s foreground. It moves from frame to frame and colors the background part with a transparent color (technically called alpha channel).

What are the Engine's main advantages?

Doesn’t need user inputs – learns by itself (machine learning).

Can work on any BG color – not limited to green / blue chroma key colors.

Adjustable - adjust itself to give better results for better videos – as professional your video gets it will tune itself to give you better result.

It doesn’t relate to foreground images as people, so anything in the frame other than the background will be considered as a foreground image.

Its fast and portable - we plan on using it for various types of applications.

What challenges does the Engine tackle?

Although it might sound like a simple task, videos come in many sized/colors/quality/resolutions. The Engine's logic aims to tackle them all.
Here are a few challenges the engine handles:

Background just seem solid at first look - giving it a second looks reveales major color differences in different locations even in one specific frame.

Camera's today tend to dramatically change the frame lighting whenever a person comes in/out of the frame.

Moving object generated a mashed image, that is hard to handle

How can the engine generate the best results?

Any guideline that is followed makes it easier for the engine to create the best possible outcome. As professional the video gets a more professional floating clip will be created.