NPR Lenses: Interactive Tools for Non-photorealistic Line Drawings

  • Authors:
  • Petra Neumann;Tobias Isenberg;Sheelagh Carpendale

  • Affiliations:
  • Department of Computer Science, University of Calgary, Canada;Department of Computer Science, University of Calgary, Canada;Department of Computer Science, University of Calgary, Canada

  • Venue:
  • SG '07 Proceedings of the 8th international symposium on Smart Graphics
  • Year:
  • 2007

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Abstract

NPR Lenses is an interactive technique for producing expressive non-photorealistic renderings. It provides an intuitive visual interaction tool for illustrators, allowing them to seamlessly apply a large variety of emphasis techniques. Advantages of 3D scene manipulation are combined with the capabilities of viewer-aligned lenses by inserting 2D lens controls into the 3D rendering pipeline. By using lenses that are spatially explicit and constrained we enable object-independent adjustments in 3D. Regions of emphasis can be easily created by adjusting lens parameters and any combination of line style, type, shape, and position of computer-generated lines. NPR Lenses support the creation of effects similar to those found in many existing hand-drawn illustrations and allow creative freedom through interactive control at the same time.