Modelling from Multiple Photographs Using Points and Silhouettes

SIGGRAPH 2004 Poster

Tim Hawkins

USC Institute for Creative Technologies

Three intermediate view renderings

 

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Abstract:

We present a technique for recovering a 3D model from several photographs of an object. The technique makes use of a relatively small number of user-marked image correspondences as well as user-marked silhouettes. The recovered model is well-suited for rendering with view interpolation using the original photographs as textures. A view interpolation render using this technique is featured in the SIGGRAPH 2004 Electronic Theater piece The Parthenon

 

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Material:

SIGGRAPH 2004 Poster::

• points+silhouettes.pdf, 0.56MB. (Adobe Acrobat)

SIGGRAPH 2004 Video:

• poseidon.avi, 2min, 28.72MB. (MPEG-4)

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ADDITIONAL RESOURCES:

More information on how this technique was used in production is available in the shot-by-shot breakdown of the Parthenon film.