Flow Curves: an Intuitive Interface for Coherent Scene Deformation

• Published in: Computer graphics forum Vol. 35; no. 7; pp. 247 - 256
• Main Authors: Ciccone, L., Guay, M., Sumner, R.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.10.2016
• Subjects: 3-D graphics; Algorithms; Analysis; Artists; Categories and Subject Descriptors (according to ACM CCS); Coherence; Composition effects; Deformation; Eyes; I.3.6 [Computer Graphics]: Methodology and Techniques-Interaction techniques; Image processing systems; Representations; Studies; Tasks; Visual artists; Workflow

Effective composition in visual arts relies on the principle of movement, where the viewer's eye is directed along subjective curves to a center of interest. We call these curves subjective because they may span the edges and/or center‐lines of multiple objects, as well as contain missing porti...