Panorama activity

[Eben Eliason]

>
> I had a much simpler idea: overlay the previous frame on the video field,
> offset
> by the desired amount (say, 70%).  This is what many consumer digicams do
> in
> panorama mode, including my cell phone.  It is then obvious to the user to
> turn
> the screen until the overlaid image aligns with the camera output.  Based
> on the
> Video Chat/Virtual Whiteboard mockups, it seems like we have accelerated
> alpha
> on top of video on the LX, but I don't know this for sure...
>

Well, that's just so much better!  That makes a lot of sense, and requires
no extra CPU (apart from the compositing, as you mention).  I'll take that
idea into account and mockup a few screenshots for how this could integrate
with Record when I get a chance.

- Eben
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