New iPhone app Vhoto scans your videos to find (hopefully) amazing still photographs: “Use the Vhoto camera to record video, or import your existing videos. Vhoto’s Chooser looks at hundreds of still photos hidden inside your videos and finds you the best pics.”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lsELdVAlaU4
GeekWire has a few more details.
Thoughts? I’m reminded of this paper from Adobe’s Aseem Agarwala & UW researchers on selecting candid portraits from video.
[YouTube]
I’m afraid that it’s just another nail in the coffin for the “art” of Photography. What happened to the skill of capturing the decisive moment. Yep, Henri Cartier-Bresson is still spinning in his grave. see link:
http://newcameranews.com/2014/04/01/breaking-news-henri-cartier-bresson-still-dead-but-in-danger-of-catching-fire/