Petrify
Open-source computer-vision tool that removes people from fixed-camera footage while keeping the timestamp ticking.
Creator / Starside Labs
Python OpenCV FFmpeg NumPy
Freeze the world, keep the clock ticking
Petrify detects and removes people from fixed-camera footage, replacing them with a clean background still while the timestamp keeps updating in real time. It runs entirely on your own machine.
What it does
- Removes people from footage, preserves the live timestamp overlay
- Use cases: privacy compliance, footage compression, space analysis, hazard detection, training-data prep
- Hardware acceleration for Apple Silicon and NVIDIA GPUs
Stack
Python 3.10+ with OpenCV, FFmpeg, NumPy, and tqdm. Apache 2.0 licensed. Part of the Starside Labs initiative.