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Animation, Image Representation and Compositing |
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We are interested in
applications of vision and graphics to animation, film and special effects,
especially for image representation, high-quality rendering,
non-photorealistic rendering and compositing.
This is joint work between:
Professor Philip Willis, MTRC, University of Bath
Dr Peter Hall, MTRC, University of Bath
Dr John Collomosse, MTRC, University of Bath
Dr Neil Dodgson, University of Cambridge
Dr John Patterson, University of Glasgow
Professor Frank Van Reeth, University of Limburg
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What we have done |
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Movies tend to be large. Please allow time for them to download.
Drawn Animation
Re-rendering Images
No more pixels! Digital capture and display is fine but continuous
representations, such as our VPI format, are better for manipulation.
The problem is, how to do this
with continuous tone colour images. This is how.
Compositing
There is so much more you can do with digital compositing than the 20-year old
standard model supports. We offer theoretical breakthroughs as well as
practical results.
Re-rendering Movies
Capture a movie, then change its visual style. We also show new uses for our continuous
image representation.
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Research Results |
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Our papers are available
for download by name
or
for download by year.
"Highly Drawn Stylized Animation", Fabian Di Fiore, Frank Van
Reeth, John Patterson and Philip Willis, Computer Graphics International, 2006.
"Video Motion Analysis for the Synthesis of Dynamic Cues and Futurist Art",
J. P. Collomosse and P. M. Hall, Graphics Models November 2007.
"Projective Alpha Colour"
P J Willis
Computer Graphics Forum. Vol. 25, no. 3, pp. 557-566. (ISSN 0167-7055)
Eurographics Conference issue, Sept 2006.
UK Patent:
P40290GB "Method for effective, easy, and low cost manipulation of light in
digital imaging". Sept 2006.
"Generalised Compositing"
P J Willis
ACM Graphite 2007, pp. 129-134 and 312 (colour plate).
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Funding Agency |
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Largely funded by EPSRC.
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