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PASCAL: physics augmented space canvases for animating locomotion
Author(s) -
Fei Guangzheng,
Lee WonSook,
Xin Zijun,
Dong Huikai,
Joslin Chris
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
computer animation and virtual worlds
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.225
H-Index - 49
eISSN - 1546-427X
pISSN - 1546-4261
DOI - 10.1002/cav.323
Subject(s) - sketch , animation , computer science , pascal (unit) , usability , computer graphics (images) , human–computer interaction , space (punctuation) , computer animation , multimedia , programming language , algorithm , operating system
We describe an animation creation system called PASCAL that supports sketch‐based modeling and physics augmented locomotion simultaneously. The system uses sketches and reconfigurable space canvases as basic modeling primitives and uses physics to improve the expressiveness and efficiency of several animation techniques to obtain controllable and plausible locomotion animation. The usability evaluation of the system was conducted both with professional and novice animators. Copyright © 2009 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.