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Synthetic Actors

in Computer-Generated 3D Films

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  • © 1990

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Authors:
  1. Nadia Magnenat Thalmann

    1. MIRALab, CUI, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland

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  2. Daniel Thalmann

    1. Computer Graphics Laboratory, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Lausanne, Switzerland

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Part of the book series: Computer Science Workbench (WORKBENCH)

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-X
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  2. How to Make a Film with Synthetic Actors

    • Nadia Magnenat Thalmann, Daniel Thalmann
    Pages 1-8

  3. Three-Dimensional Construction of Synthetic Actors

    • Nadia Magnenat Thalmann, Daniel Thalmann
    Pages 9-24

  4. Human Prototyping

    • Nadia Magnenat Thalmann, Daniel Thalmann
    Pages 25-29

  5. Body Animation of Synthetic Actors

    • Nadia Magnenat Thalmann, Daniel Thalmann
    Pages 31-43

  6. Hand Animation, Object Grasping, and Foot Animation

    • Nadia Magnenat Thalmann, Daniel Thalmann
    Pages 45-54

  7. Facial Animation of Synthetic Actors

    • Nadia Magnenat Thalmann, Daniel Thalmann
    Pages 55-69

  8. Color, Reflectance, Transparency, and Texture

    • Nadia Magnenat Thalmann, Daniel Thalmann
    Pages 71-77

  9. Cameras, Lights, and Shadows

    • Nadia Magnenat Thalmann, Daniel Thalmann
    Pages 79-85

  10. Choreography

    • Nadia Magnenat Thalmann, Daniel Thalmann
    Pages 87-97

  11. Appendix: The HUMAN FACTORY Software

    • Nadia Magnenat Thalmann, Daniel Thalmann
    Pages 99-122

  12. Back Matter

    Pages 123-129
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About this book

This book presents the making of computer-generated films using three-dimensional synthetic actors. It is based mainly on the production of the film Rendez-vous a Montreal, an animated film that uses advanced computer techniques to achieve such effects as reincarnating film stars Humphrey Bogart and Marilyn Monroe. The main purpose of Rendez-vous a Montreal is to show that true synthetic actors can be created. This fllm represents a technological breakthrough which opens up new vistas in motion pictures, television, and advertising. With this technique, it will now be possible to produce short fllms or motion pictures featuring any celebrity in any situation. The book explains in detail how such a film can be produced using numerous drawings and color pictures. In particular, the following topics are presented: - Preparation of object construction: documentation search, and plaster models preparation - Object construction: digitizing and modeling - Body animation - Hand animation and object grasping - Facial animation: expressions, phonemes and emotions - Choreography: decors, actors, cameras, and lights - Realism: colors, lights, shading, shadows, and textures - Image recording: special effects Finally, an extensive appendix describes in detail the HUMAN FACTORY system.

Authors and Affiliations

  • MIRALab, CUI, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland

    Nadia Magnenat Thalmann

  • Computer Graphics Laboratory, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Lausanne, Switzerland

    Daniel Thalmann

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Synthetic Actors

  • Book Subtitle: in Computer-Generated 3D Films

  • Authors: Nadia Magnenat Thalmann, Daniel Thalmann

  • Series Title: Computer Science Workbench

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-75453-1

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 1990

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-75455-5Published: 06 December 2011

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-75453-1Published: 06 December 2012

  • Series ISSN: 1431-1488

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: X, 129

  • Number of Illustrations: 7 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Computer Graphics

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