MCFI-based animation tweening algorithm for 2D parametric motion flow/optical flow

• Autorzy: Sakchaicharoenkul T.
• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

In hand drawn animation, some of the animations are created at very low frame rates (12 frames per second) because of a limited budget. A simple technique for increasing frame rates is animation tweening. In fact, most animation tweening applications process only vector-based objects. Further, there is no algorithm which can automatically define extensive modelling and animation of 3D objects for the animation tweening process. In this work, a raster-based animation tweening algorithm which does not require extensive modelling and animation of 3D objects is presented. The algorithm is based on motion-compensated frame rate up-conversion (MC-FRC), whose performance depends heavily on motion estimation (ME). A more accurate flow field, which is a combination of 2D parametric motion flow field and optical flow field, is developed. The results obtained for various types of hand drawn animation scenes are illustrated. The experimental results show that higher quality in-between frames can be obtained by the proposed algorithm.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

computer animation; image processing; computer vision

• Wydawca: Institute of Information Technology of the Warsaw University of Life Sciences – SGGW
• Czasopismo: Machine Graphics and Vision
• Rocznik: 2006
• Tom: Vol. 15, No. 1
• Strony: 29--49
• Opis fizyczny: Bibliogr. 18 poz., il.

Twórcy

autor

Sakchaicharoenkul T.

• CSIM, SAT, Asian Institute of Technology, P.O. Box 4 Klong Luang, Pathumthani 12120, Thailand,

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