Taking the Pixel Out of the Picture

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Publisher: SMPTE — White Plains, NY, USA
Doc Type: Journal Article
Content Type: Original Research
Abbreviated Title: SMPTE Mot. Imag J.
Volume: 124, No. 2, pp. 41–46
Abstract: A contour-based image and movie representation has been developed that takes the pixel out of the picture. Contours are used, which are scale-free and can readily be rendered back to an image at a new resolution independent of the original. They are easy to rotate and zoom by fractional amounts. They can act as a universal intermediate during post-production. They provide a single delivery mechanism, whether to mobile phone, television screen, or cinema. They are future-proof, taking high-definition resolution and beyond in their stride. This is not a disruptive technology: Moving between pixels and contours can happen at any stage in the pipeline and does not need special cameras or displays.
Publication Date: 2015-03-01
DOI: 10.5594/j18515
ISSN: Print: 1545-0279 | Electronic: 2160-2492
Link: https://doi.org/10.5594/j18515
Author(s): Philip Willis
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Philip Willis is professor of computing at the University of Bath. He is director of a national doctoral training centre, the Centre for Digital Entertainment (CDE). CDE supports doctoral research students placed in visual effects, computer games, and computer animation companies. The Centre is heavily funded by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council, the Digital Economy Programme and the many partner companies. Willis' research interests are in computer graphics and image representation.
John Patterson
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John Patterson is retired, having spent his academic career at the University of Glasgow. His research interests are in cartoon animation and the extension of cartoon technology to image manipulation and film effects technology generally.
Peter Balch
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Peter Balch has been an independent computer consultant since 1978. He has worked on finding covert radio bugs, speech analysis, vision for industrial robotics, monitoring coalmine roofs and power stations, analyzing ultrasound and MRI images, compressing 3D images and simulating tethered satellites, human tongues and paint drying.
Jan Paxton
bio
Jan Paxton is currently employed at Parabola Research, where he works on realtime H.265 encoding. He previously worked at the University of Bath as the research programmer responsible for the codec described in this paperg. He has an extensive background as a developer.
Copyright: © 2015 Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers, Inc.

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