Real-time Bas-Relief Generation from Depth-and-Normal Maps on GPU

dc.contributor.authorJi, Zhongpingen_US
dc.contributor.authorSun, Xianfangen_US
dc.contributor.authorLi, Shien_US
dc.contributor.authorWang, Yigangen_US
dc.contributor.editorThomas Funkhouser and Shi-Min Huen_US
dc.date.accessioned2015-03-03T12:41:43Z
dc.date.available2015-03-03T12:41:43Z
dc.date.issued2014en_US
dc.description.abstractTo design a bas-relief from a 3D scene is an inherently interactive task in many scenarios. The user normally needs to get instant feedback to select a proper viewpoint. However, current methods are too slow to facilitate this interaction. This paper proposes a two-scale bas-relief modeling method, which is computationally efficient and easy to produce different styles of bas-reliefs. The input 3D scene is first rendered into two textures, one recording the depth information and the other recording the normal information. The depth map is then compressed to produce a base surface with level-of-depth, and the normal map is used to extract local details with two different schemes. One scheme provides certain freedom to design bas-reliefs with different visual appearances, and the other provides a control over the level of detail. Finally, the local feature details are added into the base surface to produce the final result. Our approach allows for real-time computation due to its implementation on graphics hardware. Experiments with a wide range of 3D models and scenes show that our approach can effectively generate digital bas-reliefs in real time.en_US
dc.description.seriesinformationComputer Graphics Forumen_US
dc.identifier.doi10.1111/cgf.12433en_US
dc.identifier.issn1467-8659en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1111/cgf.12433en_US
dc.publisherThe Eurographics Association and John Wiley and Sons Ltd.en_US
dc.titleReal-time Bas-Relief Generation from Depth-and-Normal Maps on GPUen_US
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