Abstract
This paper describes a“Motion Emphasis Filter”for making mental motion of 3D characters in computer animation. Mental motion is an exaggerated motion which human feel as real motion. Emphasized expression is an effective way of making motion in animation. However, it is difficult to learn and use the expression, because it depends on the experienced hand of the animator. We analyzed the fundamental method of motion emphasis. We proposed a method of Motion Emphasis Filter for generating emphasized motion effects automatically., we can control and design a character motion. Motion Emphasis Filter accepts keyframes and Motion capture data as input motion and transforms these into emphasized motions. Emphasis motion is controlled by some parameters. It works interactively and is friendly to most users who wish to design animation. Our proposed method is possible to generate the unique emphasized motion using the value of acceleration. We can make an animation with emphasis motion easily.
