TR2005-094

Texture Design Using a Simplicial Complex of Morphable Textures


    •  Wojciech Matusik, Matthias Zwicker, Fredo Durand, "Texture Design Using a Simplicial Complex of Morphable Textures", Tech. Rep. TR2005-094, Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories, Cambridge, MA, July 2005.
      BibTeX TR2005-094 PDF
      • @techreport{MERL_TR2005-094,
      • author = {Wojciech Matusik, Matthias Zwicker, Fredo Durand},
      • title = {Texture Design Using a Simplicial Complex of Morphable Textures},
      • institution = {MERL - Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories},
      • address = {Cambridge, MA 02139},
      • number = {TR2005-094},
      • month = jul,
      • year = 2005,
      • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2005-094/}
      • }
Abstract:

We present a system for designing novel textures in the space of textures induced by an input database. We capture the structure of the induced space by a simplicial complex where vertices of the simplices represent input textures. A user can generate new textures by interpolating within individual simplices. We propose a morphable interpolation for textures, which also defines a metric used to build the simplicial complex. To guarantee sharpness in interpolated textures, we enforce histograms of high-frequency content using a novel method for histogram interpolation. We allow users to continuously navigate in the simplicial complex and design new textures using a simple and efficient user interface. We demonstrate the usefulness of our system by integrating it with a 3D texture painting application, where the user interactively designs desired textures.