Animation, which is basically a form of pictorial presentation, has become the most prominent feature of technology-based learning environments. It refers to simulated motion pictures showing movement of drawn objects. Recently, educational computer animation has turned out to be one of the most elegant tools for presenting multimedia materials for learners, and its significance in helping to u...

How can Implicit Surfaces be used in the context of high-end Computer Animation ? This paper compares two different representations of field functions – the constructive approach and the field image approach. Their respective advantages and limitations for the definition of animation and morphing algorithms, and for the visualization of an animation are discussed. We show that efficient solutio...

Digital content industry is one of the Twin-Star projects in Taiwan. Among the various categories of digital contents, computer animation is the one that presents many technological challenges as well as many applications including computer games, films, TV and architectural design. Two common techniques in producing a computer animation are motion capture and procedural animation. Both approac...

The Computer Graphics and Interactive Media Lab (CGIM) (http://graphics.cs.uh.edu) at the University of Houston (UH) was founded by Dr. Zhigang Deng in October 2006. Its focused research directions include 3D Computer Graphics, computer animation, virtual human modeling and animation, human computer interaction, and medical/scientific visualization. The UH CGIM Lab is equipped with a stateof-th...

Computer reverse projection photogrammetry (CRPP) is a technique of using computer software to obtain information from images. Use of this process can facilitate the analysis of a computer animation that depicts the reconstruction of an accident. This paper defines several digital image analysis techniques with a focus on CRPP and illustrates methods of employing their procedures. Specific aspe...