Real-Time Multi-View Facial Capture with Synthetic Training
Journal Article
Klaudiny, M., McDonagh, S., Bradley, D., Beeler, T., & Mitchell, K. (2017)
Real-Time Multi-View Facial Capture with Synthetic Training. Computer Graphics Forum, 36(2), 325-336. https://doi.org/10.1111/cgf.13129
We present a real-time multi-view facial capture system facilitated by synthetic training imagery. Our method is able to achieve high-quality markerless facial performance cap...
Pixel history linear models for real-time temporal filtering.
Journal Article
Iglesias-Guitian, J. A., Moon, B., Koniaris, C., Smolikowski, E., & Mitchell, K. (2016)
Pixel history linear models for real-time temporal filtering. Computer Graphics Forum, 35(7), 363-372. https://doi.org/10.1111/cgf.13033
We propose a new real-time temporal filtering and antialiasing (AA) method for rasterization graphics pipelines. Our method is based on Pixel History Linear Models (PHLM), a n...
Nonlinearly Weighted First-order Regression for Denoising Monte Carlo Renderings
Journal Article
Bitterli, B., Rousselle, F., Moon, B., Iglesias-Guitián, J. A., Adler, D., Mitchell, K., …Novák, J. (2016)
Nonlinearly Weighted First-order Regression for Denoising Monte Carlo Renderings. Computer Graphics Forum, 35(4), 107-117. https://doi.org/10.1111/cgf.12954
We address the problem of denoising Monte Carlo renderings by studying existing approaches and proposing a new algorithm that yields state-of-the-art performance on a wide ran...
Adaptive polynomial rendering
Journal Article
Moon, B., McDonagh, S., Mitchell, K., & Gross, M. (2016)
Adaptive polynomial rendering. ACM transactions on graphics, 35(4), 1-10. https://doi.org/10.1145/2897824.2925936
In this paper, we propose a new adaptive rendering method to improve the performance of Monte Carlo ray tracing, by reducing noise contained in rendered images while preservin...
Guided ecological simulation for artistic editing of plant distributions in natural scenes
Journal Article
Bradbury, G. A., Subr, K., Koniaris, C., Mitchell, K., & Weyrich, T. (2015)
Guided ecological simulation for artistic editing of plant distributions in natural scenes. The Journal of Computer Graphics Techniques, 4(4),
In this paper we present a novel approach to author vegetation cover of large natural scenes. Unlike stochastic scatter-instancing tools for plant placement (such as multi-cla...
Adaptive rendering with linear predictions
Journal Article
Moon, B., Iglesias-Guitian, J. A., Yoon, S., & Mitchell, K. (2015)
Adaptive rendering with linear predictions. ACM transactions on graphics, 34(4), 121:1-121:11. https://doi.org/10.1145/2766992
We propose a new adaptive rendering algorithm that enhances the
performance of Monte Carlo ray tracing by reducing the noise, i.e.,
variance, while preserving a variety of hig...
A Task Taxonomy for Temporal Graph Visualisation
Journal Article
Kerracher, N., Kennedy, J., & Chalmers, K. (2015)
A Task Taxonomy for Temporal Graph Visualisation. IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics, 21(10), 1160-1172. https://doi.org/10.1109/tvcg.2015.2424889
By extending and instantiating an existing formal task framework, we define a task taxonomy and task design space for temporal graph visualisation. We discuss the process invo...
Planar character animation using genetic algorithms and GPU parallel computing
Journal Article
Kenwright, B. (2014)
Planar character animation using genetic algorithms and GPU parallel computing. Entertainment Computing, 5(4), 285-294. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.entcom.2014.09.003
The emergence of evolving search techniques (e.g., genetic algorithms) has paved the way for innovative character animation solutions. For example, generating human movements ...
Visualization beyond the desktop--the Next Big Thing.
Journal Article
Roberts, J. C., Ritsos, P. D., Badam, S. K., Brodbeck, D., Kennedy, J., & Elmqvist, N. (2014)
Visualization beyond the desktop--the Next Big Thing. IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications, 34(6), 26-34. https://doi.org/10.1109/MCG.2014.82
Visualization is coming of age. With visual depictions being seamlessly integrated into documents, and data visualization techniques being used to understand increasingly larg...
Error analysis of estimators that use combinations of stochastic sampling strategies for direct illumination
Journal Article
Subr, K., Nowrouzezahrai, D., Jarosz, W., Kautz, J., & Mitchell, K. (2014)
Error analysis of estimators that use combinations of stochastic sampling strategies for direct illumination. Computer Graphics Forum, 33(4), 93-102. https://doi.org/10.1111/cgf.12416
We present a theoretical analysis of error of combinations of Monte Carlo estimators used in image synthesis. Importance sampling and multiple importance sampling are popular ...