A Proposal of a Visualization Method Focusing on Speech Balloon of Comic’s Panels

Abstract

Video production utilizing a comic requires its expert skill, and it is difficult for a beginner to get into this field. We propose a video effect method with speech balloon extraction by an image processing technique. The balloon is categorized according to three types that are rectangle, circle, and jaggy, and categorized precision are more than 70%. Significant differences, “good”, “readable”, and “funny”, are indicated in multiple choice questionnaire.