Interactive authoring of 3D scenes and movies

Details Interactive authoring of 3D scenes and movies Interactive authoring of 3D scenes and movies

1996-11-13

1999-11-02

Nguyen, Phu K.

Computer graphics processing and selective visual display system

Computer graphics processing

Three-dimension

G06T 1700

Patent

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059779780

ABSTRACT:
Three-dimensional scenes or movies are generated by a user of a computer system by interactively selecting a stage from among several available 3D stages, each of which has at least one predetermined feature such as a pedestal, lighting characteristics, a camera path or the like. The user may import predefined 3D objects into the selected stage and move and resize the objects as desired to compose a scene. Once composed, the scene is rendered to generate an image or a series of successive scenes is rendered to generate an animated movie.

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