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An Interactive 2D-to-3D Cartoon Modeling System

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E-Learning and Games (Edutainment 2016)

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In this paper, we propose an interactive system that can quickly convert a 2D cartoon painting into a 3D textured cartoon model, enabling non-professional adults and children to easily create personalized 3D contents. Our system exploits a new approach based on solving Poisson equations to generate 3D models, which is free from the limitations of spherical topology in prior works. We also propose a novel method to generate whole textures for both sides of the models to deliver colorful appearances, making it possible to obtain stylized models rendered with cartoon textures. The results have shown that our method can greatly simplify the modeling process comparing with both traditional modeling softwares and prior sketch-based systems.

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Acknowledgments

We are grateful to all the volunteers who participated in our user studies. This work is supported in part by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (nos. 61173105 and 61373085) and the National High Technology Research and Development Program of China (no. 2015AA016404).

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    Lele Feng, Xubo Yang, Shuangjiu Xiao & Fan Jiang

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  1. Computer Science, John Moores University, Liverpool, United Kingdom

    Abdennour El Rhalibi

  2. Science and Technology, Bournemouth University, Bournemouth, United Kingdom

    Feng Tian

  3. Hangzhou Normal University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China

    Zhigeng Pan

  4. Computer Science and Technology, University of Bedfordshire, Luton, United Kingdom

    Baoquan Liu

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Feng, L., Yang, X., Xiao, S., Jiang, F. (2016). An Interactive 2D-to-3D Cartoon Modeling System. In: El Rhalibi, A., Tian, F., Pan, Z., Liu, B. (eds) E-Learning and Games. Edutainment 2016. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 9654. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-40259-8_17

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