SilF : A Sketching Tool For Cartool-Like Pseudo-3D Illustrations Based on 3D Outlines

Japanese

Visual Computing / Graphics and CAD Symposium 2004 ( in Japan ) (pdf) [GCAD Award]

SIGGRAPH 2004 Poster (8/8-12) (pdf)

SilF is a Pseudo 3D Sketch Tool by Kota Yonezawa (at Shibayama Lab., Tokyo Institute of Technology)
for my master thesis (March, 2003).

This paper presents a new pseudo-3D representation and its rendering algorithm for producing cartoon-like illustrations, which tolerates changes in viewpoint/viewing angle. Cartoon-like illustrations emphasize outlines, which are drawn in thick, dark lines. In our representation, the target 3D objects are represented as outlines only, not as full 3D geometries. These outlines of the illustration are located in 3D space, not on a 2D plane. We call this 3D curve the 3D outline. Our 3D outline representation is intermediate between typical 3D representations and 2D illustrations. Although this model contains limited 3D information, we can view and rotate the illustration as if there were full 3D geometry.
We have implemented a prototype system, SilF, for viewing and editing 3D outlines with a 2D-like sketching interface using standard 2D input devices.

Video(11.7MB, English)

SilF main window

Download (2004/11/20)

System Requirements
Windows95/98/ME/NT/2000/XP & MFC6.0 runtime

Install
Unzip the archive and place the created folder as you like.

Uninstall
Delete the folder.

Sample files for SilF -- They are not included in the SilF archive.

Room (preview)

Fighter (preview)

Sylph (preview)

"SilF" stands for Silhouette Float

LINKS

k0melab (at) gmail.com