Hi there! I’m trying to get Edge detection from a MovieFileIn and sending that data to a SOP, via TraceSOP. Then, I’m connecting it to the LaserCHOP and sending that to a LaserCube 2.5Wifi.
The idea is to get the edges of an image projected with the laser. Something like the video I’ll link here.
I’m using the Trace SOP for that operation, but it is a really heavy operator, my fps drops to 20 or less
Is there any way to make this process just using TOPs / other method?, or some way to improve the performance of the Trace SOP?
Here’s an image of what i’m doing, and a .toe file
I’d say, don’t use Edge TOP as Trace will give you a line on both sides of the edge… zoom in displaying wireframe to see that there is a double line. Instead use Threshold TOP, or get your image into monochrome. Get the mono image into a nice clean form before you send to Trace.
Make your Trace SOP’s Step Size parameter larger, like 25… a laser does not need that high amount of detail.
It helps too if you lower the resolution of the image you feed to Trace… on TOP Common page, set resolution to Half.
