Cineast is a multi-feature content-based multimedia retrieval engine. It is capable of retrieving images, audio- and video sequences as well as 3D models based on edge or color sketches, sketch-based motion queries and example objects.

Find more information on Cineast in the following publications:

• Luca Rossetto, Ivan Giangreco and Heiko Schuldt (2014): Cineast: A Multi-Feature Sketch-Based Video Retrieval Engine. Proceedings of the 16th IEEE International Symposium on Multimedia (ISM2014). Taichung, Taiwan. (http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/ISM.2014.38)

• Luca Rossetto, Ivan Giangreco, Silvan Heller, Claudiu Tănase, and Heiko Schuldt (2016): Searching in Video Collections using Sketches and Sample Images - The Cineast System. Proceedings of the 22nd International Conference on Multimedia Modeling (MMM 2016). Miami, FL, USA. (http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-27674-8_30)

Cineast is part of the vitrivr stack and is being developed at the Databases and Information Systems Research Group at the University of Basel, Switzerland.

To get started with Cineast, set up your development environment and have a look at the Getting Started guide.