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Real-time image marbleization

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We present a new real-time image marbleization method that converts an image into a marble-like appearance automatically. The approach models the marbleization process as a two-dimensional fluid dynamics problem, whereby color advection of an input image results in a marbleized image. During the fluid dynamics simulation, we add a pixel-level external force field which is tangent to salient features in the image. The forces are computed from the image characteristics without user intervention. A stylized image with marble-like appearance is easily created that maintains the basic shape of objects in the input image. The entire modeling framework is implemented on a graphics processing unit, thus enabling real-time visual feedback. This approach provides a new tool to design figurative marbling textures without mixing of colors, which are almost impossible with previous computer-generated marbling methods.

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Acknowledgements

We would like to thank the anonymous reviewers for their constructive comments. This work was supported by the NSFC-MSRA Joint Funding (Grant No. 60970159), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 60933007 and 60833007) and Zhejiang Provincial Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant no. Z1110154). Hanli Zhao was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No.61100146) and Zhejiang Provincial Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. Y1110004).

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  1. State Key Lab of CAD & CG, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310027, People’s Republic of China

    Shufang Lu, Xiaogang Jin & Yandan Zhao

  2. Wenzhou University, Wenzhou, 325035, People’s Republic of China

    Hanli Zhao

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Lu, S., Jin, X., Zhao, H. et al. Real-time image marbleization. Multimed Tools Appl 64, 795–808 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11042-012-0989-0

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