Title
Freeform vector graphics with controlled thin-plate splines
Abstract
Recent work defines vector graphics using diffusion between colored curves. We explore higher-order fairing to enable more natural interpolation and greater expressive control. Specifically, we build on thin-plate splines which provide smoothness everywhere except at user-specified tears and creases (discontinuities in value and derivative respectively). Our system lets a user sketch discontinuity curves without fixing their colors, and sprinkle color constraints at sparse interior points to obtain smooth interpolation subject to the outlines. We refine the representation with novel contour and slope curves, which anisotropically constrain interpolation derivatives. Compound curves further increase editing power by expanding a single curve into multiple offsets of various basic types (value, tear, crease, slope, and contour). The vector constraints are discretized over an image grid, and satisfied using a hierarchical solver. We demonstrate interactive authoring on a desktop CPU.
Year
DOI
Venue
2011
10.1145/2024156.2024200
ACM Trans. Graph.
Keywords
Field
DocType
desktop cpu,vector constraint,novel contour,smooth interpolation subject,slope curve,controlled thin-plate spline,vector graphics,freeform vector graphics,compound curve,color constraint,interpolation derivative,natural interpolation,satisfiability,thin plate spline,higher order,interior point
Spline (mathematics),Vector graphics,Mathematical optimization,Classification of discontinuities,Thin plate spline,Computer graphics (images),Computer science,Discontinuity (linguistics),Interpolation,Algorithm,Solver,Smoothness
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
30
6
0730-0301
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
39
1.23
24
Authors
3
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Mark Finch1874.65
John Snyder22579172.17
Hugues Hoppe39563754.57