CARTOON

Computer Assisted Renewal of Classical Cartoon Animations

Coordinatore	THE PROVOST, FELLOWS, FOUNDATION SCHOLARS & THE OTHER MEMBERS OF BOARD OF THE COLLEGE OF THE HOLY & UNDIVIDED TRINITY OF QUEEN ELIZABETH NEAR DUBLIN    more  Organization address address: College Green - city: DUBLIN postcode: 2 contact info Titolo: Ms. Nome: Deirdre Cognome: Savage Email: send email Telefono: +353 1 8961942 Fax: +353 1 7071633
Nazionalità Coordinatore	Ireland [IE]
Totale costo	184˙035 €
EC contributo	184˙035 €
Programma	FP7-PEOPLE Specific programme "People" implementing the Seventh Framework Programme of the European Community for research, technological development and demonstration activities (2007 to 2013)
Code Call	FP7-PEOPLE-2007-2-1-IEF
Funding Scheme	MC-IEF
Anno di inizio	2008
Periodo (anno-mese-giorno)	2008-07-03   -   2010-07-02

 Partecipanti

#	participant	country	role	EC contrib. [€]
1	THE PROVOST, FELLOWS, FOUNDATION SCHOLARS & THE OTHER MEMBERS OF BOARD OF THE COLLEGE OF THE HOLY & UNDIVIDED TRINITY OF QUEEN ELIZABETH NEAR DUBLIN  Organization address address: College Green - city: DUBLIN postcode: 2 contact info Titolo: Ms. Nome: Deirdre Cognome: Savage Email: send email Telefono: +353 1 8961942 Fax: +353 1 7071633	IE (DUBLIN)	coordinator	0.00

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 Obiettivo del progetto (Objective)

'The aim of CARToon project is to attract young audience to classical works. The project will develop new techniques to enhance and synthesise classical cartoon animations from original archival footage in such a way that they could compete with modern visually attractive cinematic production. The key feature of algorithms being developed will be the ability to recover implicit structural and semantic information hidden in cartoon images. Such information later allows to enhance original footage and synthesise new animations consistent with the original drawing style and with human's perception of the scene structure. Besides research objectives the CARToon project also proposes complementary training activities to develop applicant's independent research career. They include namely hands-on training on advanced technology, aim to improve writing and publishing skills, ability to lead successful research group and preparation of master degree course in English language.'

Introduzione (Teaser)

Children love cartoons and now they can enjoy classics of the animator's art thanks to new techniques for enhancing original footage from the archives.

Descrizione progetto (Article)

The 'Computer assisted renewal of classical cartoon animation' (Cartoon) project partners have developed algorithms to retrieve structural and semantic information contained within the images. The so-called LazyBrush algorithm has facilitated the interactive labelling of hand-drawn animations and can be applied to a wide number of drawing styles.

Furthermore, the algorithm is not sensitive to the imprecise positioning of brush strokes. This not only allows delicate structures to be labelled but can also save a great deal of time.

LazyBrush can help improve existing cartoon footage by estimating depth for stereoscopic display, as well as three dimensional (3D) shading and 3D reconstruction. A second algorithm has been developed for implementing a range of new applications, including auto-painting, editing and motion retargeting.

Cartoon has enabled much-loved classics to compete with the latest cinematic productions, allowing new generations of children to experience the magic of masterpieces of animation. At the same time, the EU-funded initiative will provide a boost to Europe's growing knowledge economy.