Fast paint texture

ABSTRACT

We present a technique for simulating the physical appearance of paint strokes under lighting. This technique is easy-to-implement and very fast, yet produces realistic results. The system processes a painting composed of a list of brush strokes. A height map is assigned to each stroke, and a height field for the painting is produced by rendering the brush strokes textured with the height maps. The final painting is rendered by bump-mapping the painting's colors with the height map. The entire process takes only a few seconds on current hardware.

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INDEX TERMS

Primary Classification:
  I. Computing Methodologies
  I.3 COMPUTER GRAPHICS
      I.3.3 Picture/Image Generation
          Subjects: Display algorithms

Additional Classification:
  J. Computer Applications
  J.5 ARTS AND HUMANITIES
      Subjects: Fine arts

Keywords:
non-photorealistic rendering, paint simulation, painterly rendering