Trolling My Mom With an E-Paper Picture

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  • Опубліковано 27 жов 2020
  • Ben, over at Applied Science made a video on e-paper displays and got me hooked on this thing.
    Here is the link to the code for this project: github.com/cnlohr/epaper_proj...
    Schematic: github.com/cnlohr/what_im_up_...
    Here is the module:
    www.waveshare.com/product/dis...
    Patreon: / cnlohr
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  • @kritsadventures
    @kritsadventures Рік тому +4922

    The smart thing to do with this is to take the same photo and make subtle and terrifying changes to it over the course of the entire two years to make the person feel like they're going insane or the thing is haunted.

    • @25566
      @25566 Рік тому +742

      I thought that was the idea... Get a group pic and start changing things moving people around, adding famous people, putting weird hats every day. Someone did that manually swapping the picture every day until their parents noticed, can't find the video.

    • @MelroyvandenBerg
      @MelroyvandenBerg Рік тому +8

      exactly this!

    • @d3ath1nsuranc3
      @d3ath1nsuranc3 Рік тому +61

      or something like dorian gray would be funny

    • @levoniust
      @levoniust Рік тому +42

      Back to the future. That would be a great prank.

    • @Ben-OConnor
      @Ben-OConnor Рік тому +14

      This might be the best idea there has ever been in the history of humanity!

  • @ilusions4
    @ilusions4 3 роки тому +2337

    all that work for your mom to be mildly impressed

    • @kaustubhumak8504
      @kaustubhumak8504 Рік тому +188

      For moms anythings worth it.

    • @ethyr
      @ethyr Рік тому +131

      she seems very smart. probably knew what was up immediately

    • @moritz584
      @moritz584 Рік тому +1

      @@ethyr yeah, you don’t set up a cam to give your mom a framed pic

    • @Hellsong89
      @Hellsong89 Рік тому +31

      Curse of high expectations. Its good to fail sometimes and tell about it, so you dont get miracle worker reputation. I mean sure i can do miracles but that takes time and there are things even i cant do, mostly coding and electronics.

    • @lePoMo
      @lePoMo Рік тому +76

      This may me a case of: In Poker, you can't bluff a player who doesn't know the value of the cards.
      Meaning unless she follows along tech, she can't judge how special this is.
      There's smartphones, there's smart-homes that control themselves, there are AI voice assisants. A photo frame that changes pictures will not shock such a user.

  • @kaustubhumak8504
    @kaustubhumak8504 Рік тому +183

    "Mom look what I made" is a feeling, same for kids of all ages.

    • @CNLohr
      @CNLohr  Рік тому +31

      I'm glad I could still do that for my mom.

    • @reidleblanc3140
      @reidleblanc3140 Рік тому +7

      I wish I understood that feeling

    • @CNLohr
      @CNLohr  Рік тому +6

      @@Mega-Brick :(

  • @TymexComputing
    @TymexComputing Рік тому +2118

    Your Mom is a great user - she knew exactly that it has changed itself after 24 hours and only asked you for a single "Yes Mum!" :)

    • @LRM12o8
      @LRM12o8 Рік тому +54

      She probably opened the picture frame the moment she thought something was weird XD

    • @Nevil_Ton
      @Nevil_Ton Рік тому +64

      Behind the any smart man defensively is a smart Mom.

    • @makers_lab
      @makers_lab Рік тому +15

      Great project, but not so sure about trying to make his mum think she has Alzheimer's. Happy that she knew exactly what was going on.

    • @TheTuttle99
      @TheTuttle99 Рік тому +45

      @@makers_lab BARF. give it up. You don't have to find something to complain about with everything you come across. And that one's a stretch.

    • @makers_lab
      @makers_lab Рік тому +10

      @@TheTuttle99 Of course that wasn't his intention, and it's a fun gag, but it wouldn't have been nice to have pushed it further.

  • @costascostas1760
    @costascostas1760 Рік тому +499

    The fact that she realised it changed means she really liked it and put it on display where she would be able to look at it everyday ❤️

    • @hippopotamus86
      @hippopotamus86 Рік тому +35

      "Bill, shall I throw this POS gift out? It's the same damn picture as I already got, how did he not know? Oh wait, never mind".

    • @CNLohr
      @CNLohr  Рік тому +42

      He totes promised me he wouldn't say anything.

    • @swedneck
      @swedneck Рік тому +13

      "Damnit mom you were supposed to be confused not appreciative!"

    • @agentspencer6276
      @agentspencer6276 8 місяців тому +3

      I figured she just tried to switch out the photo and use the frame since she already had it up. Then she noticed all the wires and was like, nope...

  • @s8wc3
    @s8wc3 3 роки тому +1132

    1:04 the way this changes on this particular photo looks awesome... it looks like the light is turning on and illuminating the scene

    • @CNLohr
      @CNLohr  3 роки тому +154

      I think this is a particularly compelling aspect of the display.

    • @HarryPorpise
      @HarryPorpise Рік тому +53

      It looks a lot like the RDR2 loading screens with the developing film, it looks really cool!

    • @libertyauto
      @libertyauto Рік тому +31

      @s8wc3 No kidding! Even sort of blinking like an old Neon light struggling to start up.

    • @gacattack1234
      @gacattack1234 Рік тому +3

      Needs to change over more often, a charging circuit and a USB socket is in order.

    • @jonathanclark7444
      @jonathanclark7444 Рік тому +2

      @@HarryPorpise thats what I was going to say it really does

  • @floogulinc
    @floogulinc Рік тому +137

    This is actually a really good implementation of a digital photo frame. The use of e-ink and only changing the photo every 24 hours (or more) makes it much more unobtrusive than the ones that were such a fad over a decade ago.

    • @ThomasLock
      @ThomasLock 9 місяців тому +10

      Absolutely. Add a changeable battery and maybe bleutooth for changing images and this is a great product.

    • @tenalpoen
      @tenalpoen 8 місяців тому +12

      It's literally just the screen. It doesn't come with malware or ANY ware.
      The guy had to make his own driver for it.
      Did you even watch the video?

    • @goigle
      @goigle 7 місяців тому +2

      @@tenalpoen they are referring to an incident with old digital photo frames that had malware. that's why he said "like the old ones"

    • @tenalpoen
      @tenalpoen 7 місяців тому

      Everyone knows about those.
      This is not a digital photo frame product being sold by anyone.
      It's just a display with no driver, power supply, or anything else.
      If you were to buy it, you wouldn't be able to do anything with it on its own.

    • @goigle
      @goigle 7 місяців тому

      @@tenalpoen yeah he was just making a joke lmao

  • @foogod4237
    @foogod4237 Рік тому +305

    I really think what you should have done was have a series of the same picture, but edited more and more with Photoshop so that it diverged more and more from reality over time (change the position of people, fiddle with hairstyles, change the color of clothing, etc), and saw how long it took her to notice that something wasn't right...

    • @andreivaughn1468
      @andreivaughn1468 Рік тому +7

      This is a very good suggestion, the best thing he could have done!

    • @JaydenLawson
      @JaydenLawson Рік тому +2

      Had the same idea! Made subtle changes to make her lose her mind haha. And only change things every few days or once a week - not once a day.

    • @andreivaughn1468
      @andreivaughn1468 Рік тому +2

      ​@@Melian_Dialogue Dude, you and all the people saying "don't make your mom think she's got memory/congnitive issues, that's a mean thing to do" can really shut up. Don't you realise this kind of "joke" can be played on almost anybody? It's not made extra funny just because you do it to an older person. Literally most normal people aren't thinking that, I've only seen it mentioned in comments criticising the joke!
      There are some "stars" that need to line up for this to work, namely you need someone who would appreciate such a gift in the first place, and actually still puts up pictures around the house, but someone that's not gonna fuss over matching styles and reframing the photo, etc etc. A mom makes perfect sense for this kind of thing... and sure you get some wholesome points for it too, but the joke works just as well if it were some 22 y/o doing it to their 49 y/o mom, no need to have connotations of "going senile". You and others are just fabricating that, because it seems you can't fathom such a joke being ok?

    • @CNLohr
      @CNLohr  Рік тому +40

      I really like this idea! I wish I had thought of this more before doing it. If only I had two moms.

    • @brett-westgrove-country-music
      @brett-westgrove-country-music 9 місяців тому +1

      My thoughts exactly! Could have been a much better pay off

  • @AsymptoteInverse
    @AsymptoteInverse 3 роки тому +372

    When I saw the title and the thumbnail, I thought you were making a picture frame that, when your mother was visiting, displayed an edited version of a picture with some family member she didn't get along with edited out.
    I'm very pleased that the actual project was so much more wholesome, and that it worked so well, and that your mom didn't seem remotely surprised that you made something like this. Cheers!

    • @CNLohr
      @CNLohr  3 роки тому +20

      Thanks :)

    • @jackkraken3888
      @jackkraken3888 Рік тому +13

      I was thinking they were going to do like a photoshop type prank where while no one noticed a picture is taken and then added to the picture frame.

    • @DieselRamcharger
      @DieselRamcharger Рік тому

      Covid believers tend to not ask many questions.

    • @Axodus
      @Axodus Рік тому +6

      Based on the thumbnail and title I assumed the video was going to be a prank in the more typical sense where when your mother is alone it displays a ghost in the background of the photos but when other people are there the ghost disappears.

    • @dieSpinnt
      @dieSpinnt Рік тому

      @@DieselRamcharger I am very sorry that I have to disappoint you. There's no reason for "believe" here at all. Such things can easily be proved by science.
      Your saying says a lot more about you than you might be aware of, because apparently YOUR world view is based on such naive foundations and you simply infer others from yourself. So you made just an absolute complete idiot out of yourself beside that you brabble was off-topic. Oh and you can't be a troll. They have usually more than one brain-cells (in most cases two ... so that they can be friends in that desert).

  • @yelowpunk
    @yelowpunk Рік тому +56

    10 minutes of Ben being a technical wizard and a bonus minute of Ben's mom being twice as smart as he is. ❤

  • @10e999
    @10e999 3 роки тому +50

    +1 for in depth video

    • @CNLohr
      @CNLohr  3 роки тому

      Ok, ok, I get it. This comment has 42 upvotes.

  • @spacemanmat
    @spacemanmat Рік тому +53

    What would be a bit more tricky would be to load it with a number of almost identical shots. Usually for family photos you’d take maybe 6 shots and the choose the best, imagine check the photo each morning and wondering if that expression on someone’s face was the same as yesterday?

    • @CNLohr
      @CNLohr  Рік тому +7

      That is *really* sneaky!

  • @dontpokejosh
    @dontpokejosh Рік тому +33

    was half hoping each day was a subtly different edited picture and after 2 months its a completely different picture... and now i'm imagining frames from a video that progressively gets weirder
    amazing idea and really sweet execution

    • @CNLohr
      @CNLohr  Рік тому +1

      A couple other people have suggested similar ideas. I really like it.

  • @BoomBrush
    @BoomBrush 3 роки тому +246

    You say moving forward your videos wont be as in depth? I really loved the depth of this project and i think its a really cool idea

    • @zaprodk
      @zaprodk 3 роки тому +6

      Agree.

    • @CNLohr
      @CNLohr  3 роки тому +75

      This is literally the most liked video I have ever made at 1,000 views, I think. We're at under 3,000 and I'm already up to 630 likes. So, maybe I can't get out of making other videos like this?

    • @jakecrowley6
      @jakecrowley6 3 роки тому +6

      I certainly enjoy the more in depth videos

    • @zaprodk
      @zaprodk 3 роки тому +1

      @@CNLohr Yassssss!

    • @klaernie
      @klaernie 3 роки тому +7

      @@CNLohr I think the problem is: you explain clearly your what you want to do, and how you achieved it. Some of your other videos turned me off, because somewhere along the way you lost me. I generally like what you do, and am really impressed by the amount of knowledge you have, I myself couldn't implement a protocol like scsi for life of me, but the process there sometimes is long winded and hard to understand, so I get it that editing this down and preparing a nice presentation is really hard.

  • @cooltop101
    @cooltop101 Рік тому +13

    For anyone that's thinking of making something like this today, there's this company called Pimoroni that has made a board with an eink display, rpi pico w, SD card reader, and some other features built right in. They also have custom firmware that makes setting pictures super easy. Highly recommend if you want something more simple and easy to set up

  • @Maxjoker98
    @Maxjoker98 3 роки тому +45

    Floyd-Steinberg dithering is awesome. I like how simple it is, and that it only looks ahead in the buffer, not requiring a second buffer for final image storage("In-place").

    • @CNLohr
      @CNLohr  3 роки тому +21

      It really is amazing, but I found out bizquit has something that's even better for some applications. I hope to try it in the future. Look up "Joel Yliluoma's arbitrary-palette positional dithering algorithm"

    • @Maxjoker98
      @Maxjoker98 3 роки тому +7

      @@CNLohr Hehe, already knew that one :P
      It's great though, way more capable than "vanilla" Floyd-Steinberg(but also more complex). bizquit is awesome, he's the main reason I started doing graphics programming.

  • @RobertShippey
    @RobertShippey 9 місяців тому +8

    I had no ida there was a 7 colour display like this. It honestly looks really good. Cool project too, it's funny how mum's are pleased even if they don't understand it haha.

  • @Gameplayer55055
    @Gameplayer55055 3 роки тому +161

    Your mum has a great son, actually.
    Your code is optimised (in first look), and you always do great job with all of your projects.

    • @CNLohr
      @CNLohr  3 роки тому +17

      Thanks

    • @seanseoltoir
      @seanseoltoir Рік тому +3

      Because every "great son" tries to make their mother think she has Alzheimer's? :(

    • @weegle.
      @weegle. Рік тому

      @@seanseoltoir oh shut up you old hack

    • @Qstate
      @Qstate Рік тому +15

      Because only a great son writes efficient code

  • @wiiu7640
    @wiiu7640 Рік тому +7

    I think a lot of people would rather have something like this because it's less distracting when you have it in your living room. It's also cool to see it change if it changes every hour or so. You can have all your memories in one house now!

    • @wiiu7640
      @wiiu7640 Рік тому +1

      @@kurtlamprecht93 No you haven't. The reason why you couldn't store all your memories in your house is because you were unable to frame every picture. technically you can have a photo album or box of photos, but what I'm saying is very different. You don't really have all of your memories when it's in a box or the hard drive of a computer. Having an e-inc display for photos gives you some of those memories back because otherwise they would be collecting dust or taking up storage on your phone or something like that. You are right, but if you're going to go that far you could easily say that the only place where all of your memories are stored is your brain.

  • @LucasHartmann
    @LucasHartmann 3 роки тому +11

    Really awesome. I once gave my mother an electronic picture frame, but the required power supply forced it permanently inside a drawer.

  • @Jennn
    @Jennn Рік тому +4

    My Gosh! I clicked on this just because the Title was Interesting. The level of Detail and all the technical Knowledge you provided to us is just Phenominal. Thank You for taking the time!

  • @ra_benton
    @ra_benton 3 роки тому +7

    I really appreciated all of the detail that you went into here. I hope that you make more videos like that.

  • @pdlbackup
    @pdlbackup 3 роки тому +6

    This just gave me an idea for a photo where the eyes follow you.

  • @SakariNy
    @SakariNy Рік тому +6

    I think to confuse her you could've photoshopped a series of the same photo, just move persons around, add hats etc. Then it could've taken a while to really figure out what has happened. But more seriously, that's a sweet gift!

  • @Roxor05
    @Roxor05 3 роки тому +21

    What an awesome project, thanks for sharing!

  • @jamesbrown99991
    @jamesbrown99991 3 роки тому +21

    I read the title as "epaper picture that changes my mum", i.e. a nice family pic that cycles through potential other mothers you could've had? I think my mum would appreciate that.

    • @misaalanshori
      @misaalanshori 3 роки тому +2

      That's how i read the first time too lol

  • @Markfps
    @Markfps 3 роки тому +6

    This was an amazing investigation and implementation, I've never seen any other UA-camr, colleague, or person be more invested in a project than you normally do.

    • @CNLohr
      @CNLohr  3 роки тому +3

      I usually don't go in unless I go all in :-D

  • @alecwhatshisname5170
    @alecwhatshisname5170 9 місяців тому +42

    Bro wears a mask programming alone in his house 😂
    With glasses, I could never

    • @Lipi19821
      @Lipi19821 8 місяців тому +9

      yea I could not believe the insanity....
      😮
      edit: yea its 3 year old video, but still...I would never ever, even then😂😂😂😂

    • @CellTherapyCream
      @CellTherapyCream 7 місяців тому +7

      LOLZ the brainwashing is strong with this one.

    • @SimonCoates
      @SimonCoates 7 місяців тому +3

      Bro not posted a video in 6 months. Hope he's fully boosted.

  • @xecoq
    @xecoq 3 роки тому +27

    E ink is awesome stuff, cant wait for them to get even better.

    • @JL-pc2eh
      @JL-pc2eh 2 роки тому +5

      27th - 29th April at Taiwan Touch (a fair) a new generation of E Ink will be presented. This new gen of screens will be able too do animations and videos. They didn't announce a refreshrate. I can't wait for it.

    • @CircuitrinosOfficial
      @CircuitrinosOfficial Рік тому

      @kızgın tosbağa 15 second refresh is kinda slow

    • @CircuitrinosOfficial
      @CircuitrinosOfficial Рік тому

      @kızgın tosbağa Even for a color e-reader. Waiting 15 seconds to turn the page of a color comic book is a bit tedious.

    • @CircuitrinosOfficial
      @CircuitrinosOfficial Рік тому

      @kızgın tosbağa did you mean to say "seconds" ?

    • @CircuitrinosOfficial
      @CircuitrinosOfficial Рік тому

      @kızgın tosbağa It would be very good as a billboard since you only need to turn on lights at light. During the day it would use almost no power.

  • @huntershortrepairs
    @huntershortrepairs Рік тому +3

    What a neat idea! I love electronics projects, and this one seems like a pretty fun gift idea!

  • @DicePunk
    @DicePunk Рік тому +2

    Your mom is so sweet, I wouldn't have the heart to gaslight her into thinking she was going bonkers either.

  • @ashes48
    @ashes48 Рік тому +2

    That's really nice that you did that for your mom. very cool project!

  • @andcrafter4790
    @andcrafter4790 Рік тому +8

    i want to make something like this for one of my siblings and have it slowly zoom in over the course of like 3 months

    • @CNLohr
      @CNLohr  Рік тому +1

      That would be really cool. It's unfortunate the color displays need to redraw the whole display to update.

    • @Daniel_WR_Hart
      @Daniel_WR_Hart Рік тому

      Or make them slowly get fatter lol

  • @UntrackedEndorphins
    @UntrackedEndorphins 3 роки тому +6

    Woah 7 colors, that's amazing

  • @araghon007
    @araghon007 2 місяці тому

    Every now and then I come back to this video and think about making one on my own. It seems Waveshare actually started selling a 7.3 inch version in a wooden picture frame! They sure know their audience

  • @jasonwhite2028
    @jasonwhite2028 9 місяців тому

    Wow your mom knew exactly what was going on, i would have been thinking i was going crazy for a while seeing how well you packaged everything

  • @velox__
    @velox__ 3 роки тому +3

    Awesome! can't wait for e-paper displays to come down in price a little more

  • @Seed
    @Seed 9 місяців тому +46

    You should have made a replica of the original photo, then switched it out to the changing one haha..

  • @aurora902
    @aurora902 8 місяців тому

    I want to make one of these for a friend but just use, like, 20 images in sequence that are just the same picture of us but more and more zoomed in for each one, until after a couple of weeks it’s just, like, their eyes or something.
    What an incredible video! Love how much detail you put into what could have just been a basic rundown of a silly project!

  • @majorlycunningham5439
    @majorlycunningham5439 Рік тому +1

    Not really a prank, more like a unique gift that ended up being wholesome in the end! 😊

  • @nickisashkir
    @nickisashkir Рік тому +6

    This is above my level of understanding, but, this is completely awesome. eInk displays have come a long way and I hope for a very long and bright future for them.

    • @CNLohr
      @CNLohr  Рік тому +1

      Someday I hope to play with them in a way where I can control them with more fidelity.

  • @rpontonjr
    @rpontonjr Рік тому +3

    OMG, the prank/gaslighting possibilities for this are hilarious/terrifying. e.g. Replace family picture with photoshopped version with a specter in the background at Halloween. Switch to embarrassing child photo for your brother when his girlfriend's phone's bluetooth ID is detected.

    • @CNLohr
      @CNLohr  Рік тому +1

      I hadn't considered any of these when I made this!

  • @overlisted
    @overlisted 3 роки тому +1

    really cool! and that i can make this same thing myself for my mom is just amazing.

  • @terrabrown3739
    @terrabrown3739 8 місяців тому

    note, i absolutely loved how in-depth this video was. you seem like you know a lot of cool stuff :)

  • @Kevindarrah
    @Kevindarrah 3 роки тому +3

    cool - I need to get one of those displays asap! game changer for e-paper

  • @kaleygoode1681
    @kaleygoode1681 3 роки тому +11

    Finish what you started!!!
    Figure out how to get this produced and sold!
    I'm retired now and frustrated at all the times I made things and had no idea how cool customers would have thought they were if I'd only made them available! 😬😅

    • @CNLohr
      @CNLohr  2 роки тому +1

      There will only ever be one!

    • @JL-pc2eh
      @JL-pc2eh 2 роки тому +7

      @@CNLohr I would buy it because I have no time for making it myself. Love the idea.

    • @weorldedit
      @weorldedit Рік тому

      You can buy a changing picture frame. It just uses more power, so it has a wire attached to it.

    • @VulpeculaJoy
      @VulpeculaJoy Рік тому

      @@weorldedit That's the problem these days. There is always a tradeoff between high fidelity and high power consumption. With people so used to plugging/charging any and every electronic device they own, they rather have a 4K smart picture frame that uses 10W and needs a power cable, than a dithered, low-res e-ink one that lasts over a year on a single 760mAh charge.

  • @F_I_J_I_W_A_T_E_R
    @F_I_J_I_W_A_T_E_R 3 роки тому +1

    I watched the stream of you messing with this a while ago, glad to see it finished!

  • @braddeicide
    @braddeicide Рік тому +1

    Wow, that was nice of you to wait until it was back in stock before posting

    • @CNLohr
      @CNLohr  Рік тому

      It's been so long now, and it's been in and out of stock many times since.

  • @Bakamoichigei
    @Bakamoichigei 3 роки тому +11

    Meanwhile I can't even get the mono and two-color Waveshare e-paper displays to work when I _copy and paste their code samples._ Am I just dumb? 😩 Please continue with your in-depth videos, they're not only interesting and educational, they're inspiring! 👍

    • @CNLohr
      @CNLohr  3 роки тому +1

      Use a logic analyzer to look at the waveforms and make sure they are correct.

  • @swagswap
    @swagswap 3 роки тому +4

    I am also a big waveshare fan. I'm really looking forward to a 2.7 inch 7-color display.

  • @ojotabe3
    @ojotabe3 Рік тому +1

    Tries to prank his mom and actually gives her a gift she loves because it's not one of those ugly electronic displays but has a lot of new pics

  • @miodice3
    @miodice3 8 місяців тому

    Very creative - love watching what other makers are up to

  • @sanderbuschify
    @sanderbuschify 3 роки тому +5

    Awesome video, keep the video format

    • @CNLohr
      @CNLohr  3 роки тому

      Ok, just one more.

  • @thisguy6559
    @thisguy6559 Рік тому +3

    Nice one. I have been waiting patiently for full colour epaper to hit the market, for the explicit purpose of having a digital picture frame that isn't a bright lcd affaIr. looks like there are finally some reasonably sized 4096 color displays coming onto the market now. Would love to see a similar project done with those!

    • @CNLohr
      @CNLohr  Рік тому

      Would be cool!

  • @tigerchills2079
    @tigerchills2079 8 місяців тому

    thanks for linking the Applied Science video in the description. that was actually really interesting to watch!

  • @nrdesign1991
    @nrdesign1991 3 роки тому +1

    Awesome project, I'll definitely make something like this in the future

  • @spencerswartz3056
    @spencerswartz3056 2 роки тому +8

    Love this idea, any thoughts on how to tie this in with something like a Google photos album? Additional steps would be to connect to wifi, download the new image and then process it. I wonder what additional power consumption would be?

    • @CNLohr
      @CNLohr  2 роки тому +2

      Considering the ESP8266 does great deep sleep, you could probably make it last a loong time. That said, this uses a little less power.

  • @tootalldan5702
    @tootalldan5702 3 роки тому +3

    A very nice job. I would add a magnetic reed switch to flip to the next picture. Maybe a battery low corner indicator but like you said, the time to recharge is very long. Liked.

    • @CNLohr
      @CNLohr  3 роки тому +2

      All good ideas, but my mom's birthday came too soon.

  • @shompy12
    @shompy12 Рік тому +2

    I like your attempt at trying to do a kind of profiling of the displayed colors through photographing it at around 04:55 - Color calibration and color management is a deep rabbit hole and I appreciate you including this in the video. I think the flaw was that what you did would be only useful at providing the palette for a soft proofing profile on your LC or Oled display of your computer. To extract the display-able colors you would have to measure them under a known light source and also correct for the reflectance of the display (this is why your black levels where off and looked washed out). Nonetheless a very exciting project 😍👍

    • @CNLohr
      @CNLohr  Рік тому +1

      I think the biggest issue was that I cannot accurately display the colors because they are not as vivid. So, doing it the way I landed on provides the "most" vividness that can be done without supersaturation.

    • @shompy12
      @shompy12 Рік тому

      Yes exactly. This is because the gamut volume of the display is far smaller because it is based on subtractive color science and not additive. Meaning it can only reflect light and not produce it like say an Oled panel. This is also why printing color spaces are narrower than display color spaces. So soft proofing is used on the display to simulate the narrower space of a printing medium. Additionally, you are basically working with a kind of 3bit display 😂 so only 1 bit for brightness info and 2bits for the shades and then using dithering to trick the eye into seeing colors that are not there. But actually using the palette you derived from the picture you took in the conversion algorithm would basically be a way to soft proof or simulate, what the final picture would look under the specific lighting conditions you took the photo under. So you could technically use it in extreme cases to then adjust the original picture (say you observed severe banding on the eInk display and wanted to adjust the picture before converting it again), then simulate the output on your pc monitor without the need to send it to your mum to put it on the display, maybe tweak it again and then use the 'optimal' palette on the picture for the final conversion. Anyways this is a great example of color spaces and working with limited color volume 👍

  • @Manawyrm
    @Manawyrm 3 роки тому +2

    this video (and especially the new style of editing and recording) was awesome! I know it's quite a lot of work, but I think it's worth it...

    • @CNLohr
      @CNLohr  3 роки тому +2

      I've got one more video like it now, that I really put a ton of effort into. Hopefully it gets approved by all parties and will release this week.

    • @Manawyrm
      @Manawyrm 3 роки тому

      @@CNLohr Very cool! I'm subscribed to the Patreon and will be watching out for it :)

  • @ickipoo
    @ickipoo 3 роки тому +4

    Nice work, but your mum is just too smart!

  • @fortunateson6070
    @fortunateson6070 Рік тому +8

    I think for a lot of people the thought of losing their grip on reality is their greatest fear, so that being said giving your mom a picture frame that makes her think she's crazy is....hilarious. So long as you eventually reveal the secret to her!

    • @CNLohr
      @CNLohr  Рік тому

      Or she saw riiight through it.

  • @MikeSims70
    @MikeSims70 6 місяців тому

    E-Ink is one of the best technology inventions of the last 15-ish years ... I knew we would eventually get them in color I just didn't think it would be this soon. Nice project!

    • @CNLohr
      @CNLohr  4 місяці тому +1

      Thanks!

  • @chemicalbenzeneccl4
    @chemicalbenzeneccl4 Рік тому

    In depth video is appreciated. That is hilarious; your mom is great.

  • @ninjasploit
    @ninjasploit 3 роки тому +3

    this is pretty darn cool

  • @diegoalonso8573
    @diegoalonso8573 3 роки тому +3

    like when you do something expecting to surprise or amaze anyone ... and finally for them is pretty normal :-(

  • @Palozon
    @Palozon Рік тому +1

    Should've gone for the long con. Letting it "settle in" to its new environment would help lower suspicion for when it does finally change, and lower its chance of discovery.

  • @EweChewBrrr01
    @EweChewBrrr01 Рік тому

    All of that set up and planning just for your Mum to see right through it. DANG.

  • @gurnardherded3539
    @gurnardherded3539 Рік тому +3

    since he left a little bit of the audio from the b roll videos in the background i kept thinking there was someone talking in my house...... i live alone.....
    also wtf is the point of wearing a mask when your alone or when your just gonna take it off when you talk

  • @Dom-Nom-Nom
    @Dom-Nom-Nom 3 роки тому +5

    That's pretty sweet.
    A minor thing you could improve in your videos is to use a pop filter for the microphone. Some of the "P"s in (e.g. in "paper") put a bit of pressure on the ears.

    • @CNLohr
      @CNLohr  3 роки тому +2

      Unfortunately, I still did not have one for my upcoming video... but, I will get one sooner or later.

  • @MartinPittBradley
    @MartinPittBradley 9 місяців тому

    Lol, I’m proud when I find a library that does what I need, and this guy WRITES them!

  • @ionryan
    @ionryan Рік тому

    Man, you're incredibly smart. I envy someone with your mind. Awesome stuff! Lots of fun

    • @CNLohr
      @CNLohr  Рік тому

      Just learn and keep learning!

  • @fen4ri
    @fen4ri Рік тому +6

    LOL that's barely a prank at all, just a surprising gift! I thought for sure at first that this is a prime scenario for photo-shopping a ghost into the background of a normal picture, and it only appears on some nights of the week. Otherwise it could look like just a static photo. or maybe the facial expressions get changed sometimes. Something subtle like that would be a really funny but long term prank.

  • @kordru
    @kordru 3 роки тому +3

    i am buying this now!!!

  • @Raiden_N7
    @Raiden_N7 Рік тому +1

    If it was me I'd take a photo of a group of 20 people and photoshop multiple iterations until eventually no one was left. Each night it would update and someone would vanish from the frame, like a Soviet-era purge.

  • @RebellionFreedom
    @RebellionFreedom Рік тому

    Love the project and details. Thank you for sharing this.

  • @trinidad17
    @trinidad17 3 роки тому +7

    1:30 top-right: How to avoid getting the computer virus version of CoViD
    _Touches mask every 10s_ uh oh lol

  • @ArchosTLB
    @ArchosTLB 3 роки тому +27

    Imagine streaming alone with a fucking mask on lmao

  • @vidyaabhimaan
    @vidyaabhimaan 8 місяців тому +1

    Mom is not surprised at all.. anywho great work man.

  • @michela1537
    @michela1537 Рік тому

    Cool project with a paper led use case ;-) Thanks for sharing!

  • @shadowhacker27
    @shadowhacker27 9 місяців тому +5

    **Come with hopes there is a smart person making smart stuff while being smart**
    **finds a mentally ill dude wearing a face blanket in his own house**
    **lesve laughing my ars off**

  • @MaxSMoke777
    @MaxSMoke777 Рік тому +8

    Did he... was he.... wearing a mask... all alone.... in his house?

  • @pramitchaudhury1821
    @pramitchaudhury1821 3 роки тому

    Awesome work Brother thanks for shareing such awesome stuff❤️❤️

  • @StarBoy-pp8hn
    @StarBoy-pp8hn Рік тому +1

    You could use this to make a back to the future styled photo where people start to disappear slowly fading away haha

    • @CNLohr
      @CNLohr  Рік тому

      Sadly the whole screen has to be updated at once.

  • @bukszpryt_
    @bukszpryt_ Рік тому +9

    why would you sit alone at your computer with a face mask?

  • @earthclad6833
    @earthclad6833 3 роки тому +4

    interesting

  • @avejst
    @avejst 3 роки тому +1

    Interesting display
    Great find!
    Thanks for sharing :-)

  • @vertisce2845
    @vertisce2845 Рік тому +1

    "A sort of Purply, Whiteish color." -CNLohr
    "Pink?" -Me.

  • @jasonpavlik4904
    @jasonpavlik4904 Рік тому +11

    why TF are you wearing a mask in your home while you are by yourself? Big brain moment.

  • @bobmcbob4399
    @bobmcbob4399 Рік тому +3

    1:48 why do you wear a "breathing" mask indoors?

  • @bloviatingbeluga8553
    @bloviatingbeluga8553 Рік тому

    Gas lighting your audience into thinking your long editing cycle is actually a good thing! I'm here for it. A fun video and a new subscriber

    • @CNLohr
      @CNLohr  Рік тому

      Glad to have you!

  • @wallabra
    @wallabra 9 місяців тому

    Your mom is too smart lol. Keep it up!

  • @SellamAbraham
    @SellamAbraham Рік тому +8

    That conversation at the end was about what you would expect from a mom and son who wear masks around each other.

    • @SellamAbraham
      @SellamAbraham Рік тому +2

      @@alexander5563 That comment is about what you would expect from someone who is bereft of even an iota of wisdom.

    • @SellamAbraham
      @SellamAbraham Рік тому

      @@alexander5563 Is that supposed to be English?

    • @SuperSpecies
      @SuperSpecies 8 місяців тому +1

      Indeed. He was even wearing masks on his live stream alone in a room.

  • @lilstubthumb
    @lilstubthumb Рік тому +25

    holy shit are you sitting in your living room wearing a mask?!?

    • @drkmccy
      @drkmccy Рік тому +7

      Yes, before Covid you could not tell who had extreme and unreasonable levels of mysophobia just by looking at them. Now you can.

  • @PhaTs00p
    @PhaTs00p Рік тому +1

    You pranked her real hard. Momma has no time for your shenanigans.

  • @heelercs
    @heelercs Рік тому

    Lol, all those commits that say, “bump.” are so relatable 😂

    • @CNLohr
      @CNLohr  Рік тому

      I'm not sure what you mean?

  • @TimBaoht
    @TimBaoht Рік тому +3

    No offense meant, but as soon as I say the mask at a family Christmas.... I knew a sense of humor probably wasn't her strong suit.

  • @TMHF
    @TMHF Рік тому +8

    I had to stop watching @1:37 when the dude coding alone in a room by himself is wearing a mask. Cool concept for an e-ink display, I bet the product turned out neat.

  • @Venomous28
    @Venomous28 2 роки тому

    I’m thinking of doing a similar project using the 4.2 inch monochrome screen to display game it camera (2 bit greyscale, 112x128pixel) images.
    In your experience, with these displays, can you achieve the 2 bit effect? (i.e. white, light grey, dark grey, black - or in the case of the colour screen, I guess it would be varying degrees of each colour mixed with white). Or is it more just like turning each pixel on or off?

    • @CNLohr
      @CNLohr  2 роки тому

      I have not experimented with them :-/ I'm not really sure.

  • @acestu
    @acestu 3 роки тому +1

    I bought one of the black and red ones when they first surfaced but I have never found a good use for it yet, now they have more colours though is interesting, nice thing to do for your mother though well done....