FMX and NPAR 2008

Snapshot Painter. An Interactive Application

is a cooperation between the University of Konstanz, brainPets GbR,
and the Institute of Animation, Visual Effects and Digital Postproduction at the Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg.

Lines scrawl out across the screen, searching out contours and filling in shadows hatching and water colors gradually come together to form an artistic interpretation of an 2d input image. Despite the apparent artistic quality there is no guiding hand in this process, it is a realtime image processing and analysis module within aQtree – a stand-alone non-photorealistic renderer.

Abstract

The Snapshot Painter is a proof-of-concept for the modular structure of the library. This module processes 2d image data such as photographs or renderings, turning them into a computer generated artwork. The algorithms are currently adopted to a watercolor style combined with loose and sketchy strokes. As the intent is to communicate our vision of animated npr content respecting issues of temporal coherence, the image we generate is embedded within a dynamic artwork: the forms evolve in fluid patterns that turn the single image to a dynamic temporal process.

@inproceedings{LMM:2008:SP,
	author		= {Thomas Luft and David Maas and Tatjana Maas},
	title		= {Snapshot Painter. An Interactive aQtree Application.},
	booktitle	= {International Symposium on Non-Photorealistic Animation
			   and Rendering (NPAR), Poster And Animation Proceedings},
	year		= {2008},
	month		= {jun},
	pages		= {11}
}