In graphic design, vector graphics are some of the most versatile forms of content generation. Vector graphics are used in a wide range of contexts including icons, logos, fonts, maps, and other designs. Typically, vector graphics are created with solid fills and strokes which gives them a distinctly flat shading appearance. With the growth in use of vector graphics, an increasing trend to photo-realistic appearances for graphic designs presents a challenge for resolution independent representations for the graphic designs. Representing three-dimensionally rendered images presents further challenges with distortion or pixelation when different levels of zoom or scaling are applied.
Introduced here are techniques/technologies that relate to generating two-dimensional (2-D) vector graphics that represent a three dimensional (3-D) rendered image. A 3-D vectorization system performs an inversion of a rendering process. The 2-D vector graphics representation is achieved by performing an inverse projection of colors onto vertices of a 2-D mesh that approximates a 3-D mesh having sharp edges and smooth shading. The inverse projection is performed in primitive space which provides the ability to preserve the fidelity of appearance and downstream compatibility. To perform the inverse projection, a triangle mesh is created, and the triangles are subdivided uniformly along the base edge. The inverse projection provides clear, crisp edges and allows the final image to be scaled without loss of clarity or quality as compared to existing technologies. To improve the processing times and memory capacity, the system accounts for lighting and camera vantage points and removes triangles which are not visible based on the object and camera position. The vertices of the remaining triangles are assigned a color based on the pixel of the 3-D rendered image. After completing the color assignment, the system performs a nearest neighbor color propagation for triangles that are not assigned a color (e.g., very small triangles or near positions where triangles are removed). The triangles are subsequently sorted by depth and the z-values are discarded. The 2-D positions of the triangles and vertices are encoded, and the result is a 2-D image that is scalable without loss of pixel clarity, edge definition, or distortion.
By performing the inverse projection of colors onto vertices of the 2-D mesh, accurate representations of the 3-D edges and shading are preserved in the 2-D representation. Additionally, the final 2-D image is transformed using a scaling, zooming, or other adjustment without having pixelation or distortion.
Additional features and advantages of exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure will be set forth in the description which follows, and in part will be obvious from the description, or may be learned by the practice of such exemplary embodiments.
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One or more embodiments of the present disclosure includes a 3-D vectorization system that generates a 2-D vector graphic from a rendered 3-D image. Challenges are presented when trying to represent high frequency details or photo-realistic appearances. Further challenges are presented when changing attributes such as scaling or zooming which often results in pixelation or distortion. Some research has been performed on converting a raster image to a gradient mesh (bi-cubic path mesh). The limitation with existing approaches that attempt to produce vectors given a raster image, is that they must accurately infer all of the edges in the image. Furthermore, in many cases they must “invert” the antialiasing process which is an under-constrained problem. As a result, they tend to produce sub-optimal results and suffer from issues such as color bleeding across edges, or loss of important edge features.
As discussed, conventional techniques lack the ability to represent high frequency details or photo-realistic appearances when performing scaling or zooming. As a result, scaling a zooming of conventional systems result in pixelation or distortion. This results in an undesirable output image that does not accurately represent the edges, objects, and depth relationships of the 3-D rendering. Alternatively, reperforming a traditional rendering process is computationally expensive and not suitable for processing images in high volume.
To address these and other deficiencies in conventional systems, embodiments perform an inverse projection of colors of the 3-D rendered image onto vertices of the 2-D mesh, accurate representations of the 3-D edges and shading are preserved in the 2-D representation. Additionally, the final 2-D image is transformed using a scaling, zooming, or other adjustment without having pixelation or distortion.
The 3-D vectorization system obtains a three-dimensional rendered image and a camera position. A triangle mesh is generated to represent the three-dimensional rendered image. Using the camera position, the 3-D vectorization system creates a reduced triangle mesh by removing some triangles from the triangle mesh depending on the camera position. The reduced triangle mesh is subdivided so that each triangle of the reduced triangle mesh is split into one or more subdivided triangles. After subdivision, the 3-D vectorization system performs a mapping of each pixel of the three-dimensional rendered image to the reduced triangle mesh. A color value is assigned to each vertex of the reduced triangle mesh. The reduced triangle mesh is sorted using a depth value of each triangle and a two-dimensional triangle mesh is generated using the sorted triangles of the reduced triangle mesh.
Embodiments provide a capability to manipulate the output 2-D image without pixelation or distortion. By using the inverse projection of colors onto vertices of the 2-D mesh, the 3-D vectorization system is able to retain edge definition and high frequency object information. While some of the description of the figures refers to triangles, embodiments can include using other primitives, e.g., polygons of other shapes and polygonal meshes accordingly.
At numeral 1, the 3-D vectorization system 102 obtains a 3-D rendered image 106 and a 3-D triangle mesh 104. For instance, the 3-D triangle mesh represents the geometry of the 3-D rendered image. The 3-D rendered image is a raster image that represents a 3-D image including a camera angle from which the 3-D rendered image is being viewed. Turning briefly to
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At numeral 2, the mesh generator 108 identifies a set of triangles of the 3-D triangle mesh that are disposed in a position that is not visible from the camera position. The mesh generator 108 uses the camera position 116 of the 3-D rendered image 106 to determine the set of triangles of the 3-D triangle mesh 104 that are not visible. For example, the set of triangles includes triangles that are rear-facing or on the bottom of an object. The mesh generator 108 generates a reduced triangle mesh that has a significant reduction in primitives from the 3-D triangle mesh. Because the set of triangles that are removed are not visible to the camera position, the appearance is unchanged, but the reduction in primitives improves processing time. Additional details relating to removing triangles are likely best understood with additional reference to
The mesh generator 108 outputs the reduced triangle mesh to the vectorizer 110. At numeral 3, the vectorizer 110 performs a subdivision of each triangle of the reduced triangle mesh into one or more additional triangles. In some embodiments, the number of subdivisions performed on each edge of each triangle is proportional to the edge length. In the reduced triangle mesh, the size of triangles in the input 3D mesh may not be uniform. The vectorizer applies subdivision proportional to the edge length so that the resulting subdivided triangle mesh has triangles with greater uniformity. The vectorizer 110 also analyzes the triangle shape before performing subdivision. In some triangles that have a shape that has a short base and long edges (e.g., “narrow”), the vectorizer 110 splits the triangle sides to generate triangles that have more equal length edges. By applying this analysis, the vectorizer 110 generates the subdivided triangle mesh with greater uniformity of triangle shapes across the mesh. The vectorizer 110 also determines that a subset of edges for one or more triangles of the reduced triangle mesh are below a threshold length for subdivision. The threshold length is a pre-determined value or adaptive dependent on the size of the reduced triangle mesh. For edges below the threshold length, the vectorizer 110 can skip performing a subdivision. In some examples, the threshold length is set to a value that ensures all of the triangles of the subdivided triangle mesh remain connected. The vectorizer 110 enforces the connection of the subdivided triangle mesh by forming a number of smaller triangles including a sub-edge (i.e., a subdivision of a larger edge) and a connecting edge with the connecting edge being a second sub-edge of an adjacent smaller triangle. The use of adjacent sub-edges during subdivision ensures that the vectorizer 110 is only inserting additional vertices of subdivision where the additional vertices will share at least one edge with the adjacent smaller triangle of the subdivided triangle mesh.
After subdivision of the reduced triangle mesh, the vectorizer 110 also performs a mapping of each pixel of the three-dimensional rendered image to the reduced triangle mesh. The vectorizer 110 performs the mapping by inverse projection of the colors of each pixel of the 3-D triangle mesh 104 to a corresponding pixel of the subdivided triangle mesh. The vectorizer 110 rasterizes the 3-D triangle mesh 104 into a buffer that includes color information and depth information (e.g., an RGB+Depth buffer). By using a depth test, the vectorizer 110 maps each pixel and a corresponding triangle in the subdivided triangle mesh. For each pixel of the 3-D triangle mesh 104, the vectorizer 110 computes a barycentric weight for each pixel using the vertices of a particular triangle that includes the pixel. The barycentric weight for each of the vertices is stored in the color information (e.g., RGB channel information).
The vectorizer 110 assigns a color to each vertex of the reduced triangle mesh using the barycentric weight for each vertex. In some examples, a group of vertices may not be mapped to a pixel and thus not having a color assigned. For instance, some triangles contain fractions of a pixel or be partially occluded. Examples include very small triangles around the edges where the triangle are only partially visible or at high frequency triangle locations such as the center of a circle. The vectorizer 110 applies a color propagation to any vertices that do not have a color mapping using a nearest neighbor (e.g., the nearest neighbor triangle) color propagation. The color propagation by the vectorizer 110 is iteratively repeated until all vertices are mapped to a color assignment.
At numeral 4, the flattening engine 112 generates a 2-D triangle mesh that is output. The flattening engine 112 receives the reduced triangle mesh with the color assignments for each vertex, such as with an RGB+Depth buffer. Unlike a traditional rendering engine that operates at the fragment level, the flattening engine 112 performs the flattening in primitive space to preserve the fidelity of appearance. The flattening engine 112 sorts the reduced triangle mesh using the depth information. The sorting is performed by comparing the depth information for each triangle at centroids of the triangles. A centroid of a triangle is defined as a point of intersection between line segments that connect a vertex of interior angles of a triangle to a midpoint of the opposing side. The flattening engine 112 compares the centroid position and the depth information to determine a drawing order of triangles. For instance, two triangles have centroids that are within a threshold proximity that indicates overlap between triangle positions when viewed from the camera position. The flattening engine 112 removes the overlap by discarding the triangle information with depth information that indicates a triangle is “below” another triangle at the centroid position. By applying the depth comparison, the flattening engine 112 only draws the triangles which are visible.
At numeral 5, the 3-D vectorization system 102 outputs an output image 114. The 3-D vectorization system 102 can communicate the output image 114 to a screen or another presentation device such as by a user interface.
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The storage manager 810 also include an output image 824. The output image 824 represents the output of the 3-D vectorization system 800 that are stored or presented by a display device to the user during operation of the 3-D vectorization system 800.
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The components 802-810 and their corresponding elements can comprise software, hardware, or both. For example, the components 802-810 and their corresponding elements comprise one or more instructions stored on a computer-readable storage medium and executable by processors of one or more computing devices. When executed by the one or more processors, the computer-executable instructions of the 3-D vectorization system 800 cause a client device and/or a server device to perform the methods described herein. Alternatively, the components 802-810 and their corresponding elements can comprise hardware, such as a special purpose processing device to perform a certain function or group of functions. Additionally, the components 802-810 and their corresponding elements can comprise a combination of computer-executable instructions and hardware.
Furthermore, the components 802-810 of the 3-D vectorization system 800 may, for example, be implemented as one or more stand-alone applications, as one or more modules of an application, as one or more plug-ins, as one or more library functions or functions that may be called by other applications, and/or as a cloud-computing model. Thus, the components 802-810 of 3-D vectorization system 800 may be implemented as a stand-alone application, such as a desktop or mobile application. Furthermore, the components 802-810 of the 3-D vectorization system 800 may be implemented as one or more web-based applications hosted on a remote server. Alternatively, or additionally, the components of the 3-D vectorization system 800 may be implemented in a suit of mobile device applications or “apps.”
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In addition, the environment 1000 may also include one or more servers 1004. The one or more servers 1004 may generate, store, receive, and transmit any type of data, including 3-D triangle mesh 818, 3-D rendered image 820, reduced triangle mesh 822, output image 824, or other information. For example, a server 1004 may receive data from a client device, such as the client device 1006A, and send the data to another client device, such as the client device 1002B and/or 1002N. The server 1004 can also transmit electronic messages between one or more users of the environment 1000. In one example embodiment, the server 1004 is a data server. The server 1004 can also comprise a communication server or a web-hosting server. Additional details regarding the server 1004 will be discussed below with respect to
As mentioned, in one or more embodiments, the one or more servers 1004 can include or implement at least a portion of the 3-D vectorization system 800. In particular, the 3-D vectorization system 800 can comprise an application running on the one or more servers 1004 or a portion of the 3-D vectorization system 800 is downloaded from the one or more servers 1004. For example, the 3-D vectorization system 800 can include a web hosting application that allows the client devices 1006A-1006N to interact with content hosted at the one or more servers 1004. To illustrate, in one or more embodiments of the environment 1000, one or more client devices 1006A-1006N can access a webpage supported by the one or more servers 1004. In particular, the client device 1006A can run a web application (e.g., a web browser) to allow a user to access, view, and/or interact with a webpage or website hosted at the one or more servers 1004.
Upon the client device 1006A accessing a webpage or other web application hosted at the one or more servers 1004, in one or more embodiments, the one or more servers 1004 can provide access to one or more 3-D triangle mesh 818 or 3-D rendered images 820 stored at the one or more servers 1004. Moreover, the client device 1006A can receive a request (i.e., via user input) to generate an output image 824 and provide the request to the one or more servers 1004. Upon receiving the request, the one or more servers 1004 can automatically perform the methods and processes described above to generate output audio representative of the drawing tool, canvas material, and real-time raw drawing parameters. The one or more servers 1004 can provide all or output image 824, to the client device 1006A for presentation to the user.
As just described, the 3-D vectorization system 800 may be implemented in whole, or in part, by the individual elements 1002-1008 of the environment 1000. It will be appreciated that although certain components of the 3-D Vectorization system 800 are described in the previous examples with regard to particular elements of the environment 1000, various alternative implementations are possible. For instance, in one or more embodiments, the 3-D Vectorization system 800 is implemented on any of the client devices 1006A-N. Similarly, in one or more embodiments, the 3-D Vectorization system 800 may be implemented on the one or more servers 1004. Moreover, different components and functions of the 3-D vectorization system 800 may be implemented separately among client devices 1006A-1006N, the one or more servers 1004, and the network 1008.
Embodiments of the present disclosure may comprise or utilize a special purpose or general-purpose computer including computer hardware, such as, for example, one or more processors and system memory, as discussed in greater detail below. Embodiments within the scope of the present disclosure also include physical and other computer-readable media for carrying or storing computer-executable instructions and/or data structures. In particular, one or more of the processes described herein may be implemented at least in part as instructions embodied in a non-transitory computer-readable medium and executable by one or more computing devices (e.g., any of the media content access devices described herein). In general, a processor (e.g., a microprocessor) receives instructions, from a non-transitory computer-readable medium, (e.g., a memory, etc.), and executes those instructions, thereby performing one or more processes, including one or more of the processes described herein.
Computer-readable media is any available media that is accessed by a general purpose or special purpose computer system. Computer-readable media that store computer-executable instructions are non-transitory computer-readable storage media (devices). Computer-readable media that carry computer-executable instructions are transmission media. Thus, by way of example, and not limitation, embodiments of the disclosure can comprise at least two distinctly different kinds of computer-readable media: non-transitory computer-readable storage media (devices) and transmission media.
Non-transitory computer-readable storage media (devices) includes RAM, ROM, EEPROM, CD-ROM, solid state drives (“SSDs”) (e.g., based on RAM), Flash memory, phase-change memory (“PCM”), other types of memory, other optical disk storage, magnetic disk storage or other magnetic storage devices, or any other medium which is used to store desired program code means in the form of computer-executable instructions or data structures and which is accessed by a general purpose or special purpose computer.
A “network” is defined as one or more data links that enable the transport of electronic data between computer systems and/or modules and/or other electronic devices. When information is transferred or provided over a network or another communications connection (either hardwired, wireless, or a combination of hardwired or wireless) to a computer, the computer properly views the connection as a transmission medium. Transmission media can include a network and/or data links which is used to carry desired program code means in the form of computer-executable instructions or data structures and which is accessed by a general purpose or special purpose computer. Combinations of the above should also be included within the scope of computer-readable media.
Further, upon reaching various computer system components, program code means in the form of computer-executable instructions or data structures is transferred automatically from transmission media to non-transitory computer-readable storage media (devices) (or vice versa). For example, computer-executable instructions or data structures received over a network or data link is buffered in RAM within a network interface module (e.g., a “NIC”), and then eventually transferred to computer system RAM and/or to less volatile computer storage media (devices) at a computer system. Thus, it should be understood that non-transitory computer-readable storage media (devices) is included in computer system components that also (or even primarily) utilize transmission media.
Computer-executable instructions comprise, for example, instructions and data which, when executed at a processor, cause a general-purpose computer, special purpose computer, or special purpose processing device to perform a certain function or group of functions. In some embodiments, computer-executable instructions are executed on a general-purpose computer to turn the general-purpose computer into a special purpose computer implementing elements of the disclosure. The computer executable instructions may be, for example, binaries, intermediate format instructions such as assembly language, or even source code. Although the subject matter has been described in language specific to structural features and/or methodological acts, it is to be understood that the subject matter defined in the appended claims is not necessarily limited to the described features or acts described above. Rather, the described features and acts are disclosed as example forms of implementing the claims.
Those skilled in the art will appreciate that the disclosure may be practiced in network computing environments with many types of computer system configurations, including, personal computers, desktop computers, laptop computers, message processors, hand-held devices, multi-processor systems, microprocessor-based or programmable consumer electronics, network PCs, minicomputers, mainframe computers, mobile telephones, PDAs, tablets, pagers, routers, switches, and the like. The disclosure may also be practiced in distributed system environments where local and remote computer systems, which are linked (either by hardwired data links, wireless data links, or by a combination of hardwired and wireless data links) through a network, both perform tasks. In a distributed system environment, program modules may be located in both local and remote memory storage devices.
Embodiments of the present disclosure can also be implemented in cloud computing environments. In this description, “cloud computing” is defined as a model for enabling on-demand network access to a shared pool of configurable computing resources. For example, cloud computing is employed in the marketplace to offer ubiquitous and convenient on-demand access to the shared pool of configurable computing resources. The shared pool of configurable computing resources is rapidly provisioned via virtualization and released with low management effort or service provider interaction, and then scaled accordingly.
A cloud-computing model is composed of various characteristics such as, for example, on-demand self-service, broad network access, resource pooling, rapid elasticity, measured service, and so forth. A cloud-computing model can also expose various service models, such as, for example, Software as a Service (“SaaS”), Platform as a Service (“PaaS”), and Infrastructure as a Service (“IaaS”). A cloud-computing model can also be deployed using different deployment models such as private cloud, community cloud, public cloud, hybrid cloud, and so forth. In this description and in the claims, a “cloud-computing environment” is an environment in which cloud computing is employed.
In particular embodiments, processor(s) 1102 includes hardware for executing instructions, such as those making up a computer program. As an example, and not by way of limitation, to execute instructions, processor(s) 1102 may retrieve (or fetch) the instructions from an internal register, an internal cache, memory 1104, or a storage device 1108 and decode and execute them. In various embodiments, the processor(s) 1102 may include one or more central processing units (CPUs), graphics processing units (GPUs), field programmable gate arrays (FPGAs), systems on chip (SoC), or other processor(s) or combinations of processors.
The computing device 1100 includes memory 1104, which is coupled to the processor(s) 1102. The memory 1104 may be used for storing data, metadata, and programs for execution by the processor(s). The memory 1104 may include one or more of volatile and non-volatile memories, such as Random-Access Memory (“RAM”), Read Only Memory (“ROM”), a solid-state disk (“SSD”), Flash, Phase Change Memory (“PCM”), or other types of data storage. The memory 1104 may be internal or distributed memory.
The computing device 1100 can further include one or more communication interfaces 1106. A communication interface 1106 can include hardware, software, or both. The communication interface 1106 can provide one or more interfaces for communication (such as, for example, packet-based communication) between the computing device and one or more other computing devices 1100 or one or more networks. As an example, and not by way of limitation, communication interface 1106 may include a network interface controller (NIC) or network adapter for communicating with an Ethernet or other wire-based network or a wireless NIC (WNIC) or wireless adapter for communicating with a wireless network, such as a WI-FI. The computing device 1100 can further include a bus 1112. The bus 1112 can comprise hardware, software, or both that couples components of computing device 1100 to each other.
The computing device 1100 includes a storage device 1108 that includes storage for storing data or instructions. As an example, and not by way of limitation, storage device 1108 can comprise a non-transitory storage medium described above. The storage device 1108 may include a hard disk drive (HDD), flash memory, a Universal Serial Bus (USB) drive or a combination of these or other storage devices. The computing device 1100 also includes one or more input or output (“I/O”) devices/interfaces 1110, which are provided to allow a user to provide input to (such as user strokes), receive output from, and otherwise transfer data to and from the computing device 1100. These I/O devices/interfaces 1110 may include a mouse, keypad or a keyboard, a touch screen, camera, optical scanner, network interface, modem, other known I/O devices or a combination of such I/O devices/interfaces 1110. The touch screen may be activated with a stylus or a finger.
The I/O devices/interfaces 1110 may include one or more devices for presenting output to a user, including, but not limited to, a graphics engine, a display (e.g., a display screen), one or more output drivers (e.g., display drivers), one or more audio speakers, and one or more audio drivers. In certain embodiments, I/O devices/interfaces 1110 is configured to provide graphical data to display for presentation to a user. The graphical data is representative of one or more graphical user interfaces and/or any other graphical content that serves a particular implementation.
In the foregoing specification, embodiments have been described with reference to specific exemplary embodiments thereof. Various embodiments are described with reference to details discussed herein, and the accompanying drawings illustrate the various embodiments. The description above and drawings are illustrative of one or more embodiments and are not to be construed as limiting. Numerous specific details are described to provide a thorough understanding of various embodiments.
Embodiments may include other specific forms without departing from its spirit or essential characteristics. The described embodiments are to be considered in all respects only as illustrative and not restrictive. For example, the methods described herein may be performed with less or more steps/acts or the steps/acts may be performed in differing orders. Additionally, the steps/acts described herein may be repeated or performed in parallel with one another or in parallel with different instances of the same or similar steps/acts. The scope of the invention is, therefore, indicated by the appended claims rather than by the foregoing description. All changes that come within the meaning and range of equivalency of the claims are to be embraced within their scope.
In the various embodiments described above, unless specifically noted otherwise, disjunctive language such as the phrase “at least one of A, B, or C,” is intended to be understood to mean either A, B, or C, or any combination thereof (e.g., A, B, and/or C). As such, disjunctive language is not intended to, nor should it be understood to, imply that a given embodiment requires at least one of A, at least one of B, or at least one of C to each be present.
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