Motion Filter for Emphasizing Expressions in Animation Processing

Abstract

Emphasizing expressions are an effective way of creating motion in moving pictures. The author proposes a “Motion Filter” which is a computerized tool to design the motion of characters for animation. Computer animation has been in great demand in the field of TV processing. However most animation has been crteated by animators who paint their work directed onto celluloid in cartoon films. The writer asked those experts about their techniques and analysed these in order to be able to transfer them into a computer system. Motion Filter accepts keyframes as input motion and transforms these into emphasized motions. It works interactively and is friendly to most users who wish to design animation.