Name
Abstract | ||
|---|---|---|
We present a video-based interface that allows users of all skill levels to quickly create cutout-style animations by performing the character motions. The puppeteer first creates a cast of physical puppets using paper, markers and scissors. He then physically moves these puppets to tell a story. Using an inexpensive overhead camera our system tracks the motions of the puppets and renders them on a new background while removing the puppeteer's hands. Our system runs in real-time (at 30 fps) so that the puppeteer and the audience can immediately see the animation that is created. Our system also supports a variety of constraints and effects including articulated characters, multi-track animation, scene changes, camera controls, 2 1/2-D environments, shadows, and animation cycles. Users have evaluated our system both quantitatively and qualitatively: In tests of low-level dexterity, our system has similar accuracy to a mouse interface. For simple story telling, users prefer our system over either a mouse interface or traditional puppetry. We demonstrate that even first-time users, including an eleven-year-old, can use our system to quickly turn an original story idea into an animation. |
Year | DOI | Venue |
|---|---|---|
2008 | 10.1145/1457515.1409077 | ACM Trans. Graph. |
Keywords | Field | DocType |
cutout animation,animation,vision,2-d environment,mouse interface,multi-track animation,camera control,animation cycle,real-time,inexpensive overhead camera,tangible user interface,video puppetry,original story idea,simple story,video-based interface,cutout-style animation,performative interface,real time | Performative utterance,Computer vision,Computer graphics (images),Puppetry,Computer science,Animation,Artificial intelligence,Computer facial animation,Computer animation,Tangible user interface | Journal |
Volume | Issue | Citations |
27 | 5 | 39 |
PageRank | References | Authors |
1.85 | 28 | 7 |
Name | Order | Citations | PageRank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Connelly Barnes | 1 | 1729 | 59.07 |
| David E. Jacobs | 2 | 157 | 8.71 |
| Jason Sanders | 3 | 360 | 21.92 |
| Dan B. Goldman | 4 | 2321 | 85.23 |
| Szymon Rusinkiewicz | 5 | 7029 | 350.57 |
| Adam Finkelstein | 6 | 4041 | 299.42 |
| Maneesh Agrawala | 7 | 5192 | 333.08 |