TheAlgorithmsandPrinciplesofNon-photorealisticGraphicsArtisticRenderingandCartoonAnimationprovidesaconceptualframeworkforandcomprehensiveandup-to-datecoverageof
researchonnon-photorealisticcomputergraphicsincludingmethodologies,algorithnasandsoftwaretoolsdedicatedtogeneratingartisticandmeaningfulimagesandanimations.’Ibisbook
mainlydiscusseshowtocreateartfromablankcanvas,howtoconvertthesourceimagesintopictureswiththedesiredvisualeffects,howtogenerateartisticrenditionsfrom3Dmodels,howtosynthesizeexpressivepicturesfromtextual,graphicalandpictorialdata、andhowtospeeduptheproductionofcartoonanimationsequenceswithtemporalcoherence.Itisintendedforresearchersandgraduatestudentsinthefieldsofcomputergraphics,digitalmediaarts,andcartoonanimation.
Dr.WeidongGengisaprofessorattheDepartmentofDigitalMediaTechnologyandStateKeyLaboratoryofComputerAidedDesignandComputerGraphics,ZhejiangUniversity,China.