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In this paper, we present an empirical approach for rendering realistic watercolor effects in real-time. While watercolor being a versatile media, several characteristics of its effects have been categorized in the past. We describe an approach to recreate these effects using the Kubelka-Munk compositing model and the Sobel filter. Using modern per-pixel shading hardware, we present a method to render these effects in an interactive frame-rate.
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Lei, S.I.E., Chang, CF. (2004). Real-Time Rendering of Watercolor Effects for Virtual Environments. In: Aizawa, K., Nakamura, Y., Satoh, S. (eds) Advances in Multimedia Information Processing - PCM 2004. PCM 2004. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 3333. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-30543-9_60
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