Coherent Stylized Silhouettes

ACM Transactions on Graphics (Proc. SIGGRAPH), July 2003

Robert D. Kalnins, Philip L. Davidson,
Lee Markosian, Adam Finkelstein

We describe a way to render stylized silhouettes of animated 3D models with temporal coherence. Coherence is one of the central challenges for non-photorealistic rendering. It is especially difficult for silhouettes, because they may not have obvious correspondences between frames. We demonstrate various coherence effects for stylized silhouettes with a robust working system. Our method runs in real-time for models of moderate complexity, making it suitable for both interactive applications and offline animation.

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Robert D. Kalnins, Philip L. Davidson, Lee Markosian, and Adam Finkelstein.
"Coherent Stylized Silhouettes."
ACM Transactions on Graphics (Proc. SIGGRAPH) 22(3):856-861, July 2003.

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