• Title/Summary/Keyword: Computer Animation

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Face and Its Components Extraction of Animation Characters Based on Dominant Colors (주색상 기반의 애니메이션 캐릭터 얼굴과 구성요소 검출)

  • Jang, Seok-Woo;Shin, Hyun-Min;Kim, Gye-Young
    • Journal of the Korea Society of Computer and Information
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    • v.16 no.10
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    • pp.93-100
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    • 2011
  • The necessity of research on extracting information of face and facial components in animation characters have been increasing since they can effectively express the emotion and personality of characters. In this paper, we introduce a method to extract face and facial components of animation characters by defining a mesh model adequate for characters and by using dominant colors. The suggested algorithm first generates a mesh model for animation characters, and extracts dominant colors for face and facial components by adapting the mesh model to the face of a model character. Then, using the dominant colors, we extract candidate areas of the face and facial components from input images and verify if the extracted areas are real face or facial components by means of color similarity measure. The experimental results show that our method can reliably detect face and facial components of animation characters.

A Motion Data Definition for Compatible Human Animation (호환성 있는 인체 애니메이션을 위한 모션 데이터 정의)

  • Jung, Chul-Hee;Lee, Myeong-Won
    • Journal of the Korea Computer Graphics Society
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    • v.14 no.2
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    • pp.35-41
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    • 2008
  • H-Anim is an international standard that Humanoid Animation Working Group in Web3D Consortium defined the data structure necessary for human animation. Various libraries and tools have been generated according to the structure, but they still have restrictions to represent realistic humanoid motions. This paper presents the method of generating realistic human motion using motion capture data in order to define motion for humanoid animation based on H-Anim standard. In order to implement this, we have defined a data structure capable of receiving motion capture data and implemented a motion browser. The human motion data structure defined in this paper is based on X3D and intended to have compatibility through networks and various browsers.

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A Study on the production of A 3D Game Character animation using Motion Capture System (Motion Capture 시스템을 이용한 3D 게임 Character 애니메이션 제작에 관한 연구)

  • Kim Tae-Yul;Ryu Seuc-Ho;Kyung Byung-Pyo;Lee Dong-Lyeor
    • Proceedings of the Korea Contents Association Conference
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    • 2005.05a
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    • pp.59-63
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    • 2005
  • 2D And 3D the animation joins in and with development of computer technique it accomplishes a continuous growth and a development. The computer hardware and software technique quick change(evolution) it leads and 2D and 3D the animation is the tendency which provides the growth which is infinite. 3D Present time in the technique which produces the animation it uses the Motion Capture System which and it is using plentifully 3D the process which produces the animation of game Character it leads and against a Motion Capture technique it examines and against the animation production which it follows in quality of the Character it researches.

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An Agent-based System for Character Motion Animation Control (캐릭터 동작 애니메이션 제어를 위한 에이전트 시스템)

  • Kim, Ki-Hyun;Kim, Sang-Wook
    • Journal of KIISE:Computing Practices and Letters
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    • v.7 no.5
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    • pp.467-474
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    • 2001
  • When user wants to animate more than one character, some unexpected motion animation like a collision between characters may occur. Therefore, this problem must be resolved using a proper control mechanism. Therefore, this problem must be resolved using a proper control mechanism. This paper proposes an agent-based system that controls the motion animation of the character for representing animation scenario reflecting user\`s intention. This system provides a method that coordinates a type of motion and avoids collision between characters according to the moving path of a character in three-dimensional space. Agent communicates with others for motion synchronization. Agent is extended into several intelligent agents that coordinate character\`s motion. Agent system enables not only an intended motion animation, but also the scheduling of motion to an entire character animation. It designs automata model using Petri-net analysis tool for the agent\`s interaction as a method that passes the agent\`s information and infers the current state of agents. We implement this agent system to control the motion of character using agent technology and show an example of controlling the motion of human character model to prove the possiblity of motion control.

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Estimation of 3D Rotation Information of Animation Character Face (애니메이션 캐릭터 얼굴의 3차원 회전정보 측정)

  • Jang, Seok-Woo;Weon, Sun-Hee;Choi, Hyung-Il
    • Journal of the Korea Society of Computer and Information
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    • v.16 no.8
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    • pp.49-56
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    • 2011
  • Recently, animation contents has become extensively available along with the development of cultural industry. In this paper, we propose a method to analyze a face of animation character and extract 3D rotational information of the face. The suggested method first generates a dominant color model of a face by learning the face image of animation character. Our system then detects the face and its components with the model, and establishes two coordinate systems: base coordinate system and target coordinate system. Our system estimates three dimensional rotational information of the animation character face using the geometric relationship of the two coordinate systems. Finally, in order to visually represent the extracted 3D information, a 3D face model in which the rotation information is reflected is displayed. In experiments, we show that our method can extract 3D rotation information of a character face reasonably.

Analysis on designer's cognitive thinking process in 3D animation design (3D 애니메이션 제작을 위한 디자이너의 인지적 사고과정 분석)

  • Kim, Kie-Su
    • Cartoon and Animation Studies
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    • s.20
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    • pp.1-14
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    • 2010
  • The success of a three-dimensional blockbuster movie, AVARTA, brought an public attention on the expansion of three-dimensional computer applications, and it allows experts predict further hardware technology developments to support the such applications. Futhermore, an internet based infra structure and three-dimensional structure, third generation network community, advanced computer networks have influenced advancement in computer technology within the 3D game industry and the spread of 2D computer animation technologies. This advancement of computer technologies allow the industry to overcome a limitation of generating cultural design contexts existed within 2D network community. However, despite of the expansion of 2D and 3D computer technologies, a limitation of analysing designers' intentions on morphology of digital contents and user interface still exists. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to analyze (1) present conditions of the 3D industry and (2) protocols of designers' cognitive design processes based on their design communication, contents, and tools. Analysis was conducted based on literature reviews and case precedent analyses. For the analysis, a 2D Avarta sketch character was designed and then applied into a 3D game system. Observations how designers solve cultural problem within the structure via Avarta were conducted. Outcomes were then coded for further analysis.

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The Characteristics of Directing in Digital Animation : Combination of Reality and Exaggeration (디지털 애니메이션의 연출 특성 -사실적 표현과 과장성의 융합-)

  • Kim, Yumi
    • The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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    • v.16 no.12
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    • pp.27-34
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    • 2016
  • The application of computer graphics, which is characterized by reality, has even reinforced reality of image and motion expression in digital animation. But reality of digital animation succeeds to traditional aesthetic characteristics of animation for overcoming physical limitations of the real world and realizing imagination through transformation, rather than copying actuality as it is. But it does not succeed to drawing animation wholly. Digital animation adds cartoonish transformation, based on three-dimensional realistic expression and those animation situations look as if they get over realistic restrictions, while drawing animation constantly reminds of mediality in drawing motion, based on two-dimensional plane and handwork. n other words, cartoonish exaggeration that is intermittently inserted between these reinforced realities, expresses digital animation's own aesthetic characteristics as a dialectical sum by crashing into contrast coming from a cross between reality and imagination.

A Study for 3D Game Process Production Using Virtools (Virtools을 바탕으로한 3D게임 제작방법에 관한 연구)

  • Kim, Sung-Yeon
    • Journal of the Korea Computer Industry Society
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    • v.8 no.2
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    • pp.131-140
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    • 2007
  • The rapidly expanding field of animation is constantly looking for skilled animators in both 2D and 3D applications. The animation industry, as little as 10 years ago, was limited to the occasional blockbuster release. Today, we find animation everywhere, from medical applications to architecture to feature films and gaming, Especially, 3D games have become a way of life, but it still requires a lot of effort, on the programming side, to get it looking respectable. Programmers take a much more charge of part than designersin the real life game production. In this paper, I would analyze how to easily create 3D game animation using Virtools even if you are a non-programmer.

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The Design and Implementation of Shooting Game using Visual Basic

  • Seo, Jeong Man;Kweon, Soon Nyu
    • Journal of the Korea Society of Computer and Information
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    • v.21 no.8
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    • pp.13-20
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    • 2016
  • The purpose of this study is to investigate and suggest nonviolent, emotionally and helpful games for young people. In this paper, the digital animation, advantages, disadvantages, production process, etc. for overseas trends were defined. Also, creating games with the Visual Basic language in the animated feature of the disadvantages of existing algorithms shows case and screen time, so delayed distortion appears respectively. The proposed algorithm improves the speed and distortion through the screen. Simply two games of in-game animation and animation in complex game features were designed for the experiment and showed the superiority of the proposed algorithm by running. In this paper, the user interface of the game for children and proposed relevant algorithms were designed and resultant screens of the game showed. Most of contemporary games are violent to children. Therefore, in order to solve such problems, the game which is not violent but educative and child-friendly was designed and implemented in this paper. The future study on the game with a more in-depth is needed for animation techniques.

An Efficient Compression Algorithm for Simple Computer Cell Animation (단순 컴퓨터 셀 애니메이션 영상에 효율적인 압축 알고리듬)

  • 민병석;정제창;최병욱
    • The Journal of Korean Institute of Communications and Information Sciences
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    • v.27 no.3A
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    • pp.211-220
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    • 2002
  • In this paper, we propose an efficient algorithm to compress simple computer cell animation at very low bit rate. The structure of proposed algorithm consists of intra frame coding and inter frame coding. In inter frame coding, animation is encoded by color quantization using a palette, rearrangement of index, ADPCM used in JPEG-LS, mapping, classification, and entropy coding. In interframe coding, classifying the characteristics of motion, animation is encoded by block based motion replenishment. Experimental results show that the proposed methods turns out to outperform conventional methods including Flash, FLC, Motion-JPEG, MPEG-1, and MPEG-4.