Computer Vision for Visual Effects

Modern blockbuster movies seamlessly introduce impossible characters and action into real-world settings using digital visual effects. These effects are made possible by research from the field of computer vision, the study of how to automatically understand images. Computer Vision for Visual Effects will educate students, engineers, and researchers about the fundamental computer vision principles and state-of-the-art algorithms used to create cutting-edge visual effects for movies and television. The author describes classical computer vision algorithms used on a regular basis in Hollywood (such as blue screen matting, structure from motion, optical flow, and feature tracking) and exciting recent developments that form the basis for future effects (such as natural image matting, multi-image compositing, image retargeting, and view synthesis). He also discusses the technologies behind motion capture and three-dimensional data acquisition. More than 200 original images demonstrating principles, algorithms, and results, along with in-depth interviews with Hollywood visual effects artists, tie the mathematical concepts to real-world filmmaking.

現代的大片電影利用數位視覺效果將不可能的角色和動作融入現實世界的場景中。這些效果是由計算機視覺領域的研究所實現的，該領域研究如何自動理解圖像。《電影視覺效果的計算機視覺》將向學生、工程師和研究人員介紹基本的計算機視覺原理和用於創造尖端視覺效果的最新算法。作者描述了在好萊塢經常使用的經典計算機視覺算法（如藍幕抠像、運動結構、光流和特徵跟踪），以及未來效果的基礎的令人興奮的最新發展（如自然圖像抠像、多圖像合成、圖像重定向和視角合成）。他還討論了動作捕捉和三維數據獲取背後的技術。超過200張原始圖像展示了原理、算法和結果，並深入訪談了好萊塢視覺效果藝術家，將數學概念與現實世界的電影製作相結合。