Artistic Image Generation by Deviation Mapping
Author(s): Liu Wenyin, Xin Tong, Ying-Qing Xu, Heung-Yeung Shum, Zhong Hua.
Article: International Journal of Image and Graphics, Vol. 1, No. 4, November,
2001.
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Abstract:
This paper describes a novel technique (deviation mapping) that generates images with
artistic appearances, e.g. spray painted wall, embossment, cashmere painting, etc. Our
technique employs a deviation map constructed from a single background image in the
image generation process. Instead of recovering the exact geometry from the background
image, the deviation map can be regarded as a virtual surface. This virtual surface is
then painted with a foreground image and illuminated to generate the final result. Interestingly, the synthesized images exhibit some artistic appearances. Our method is very fast and very simple to implement.