Camera control in computer graphics

Computer Graphics Forum

Volumn 27, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 2197-2218

  Christie, Marc ^a   Olivier, Patrick ^b   Normand, Jean Marie ^c  

^a INRIA   (France)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE NANTES   (France)

Author keywords

Camera planning; Virtual camera control; Virtual cinematography

Indexed keywords

CAMERAS; MOTION PLANNING; VIRTUAL REALITY;

CAMERA PLANNING; COMPUTER GRAPHICS APPLICATIONS; CONSTRAINT-BASED; INTERACTIVE APPLICATIONS; INTERACTIVE GRAPHICS; SOLUTION TECHNIQUES; VIRTUAL CAMERA CONTROL; VIRTUAL CINEMATOGRAPHY;

COMPUTER GRAPHICS;

EID: 56749179145     PISSN: 01677055     EISSN: 14678659     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8659.2008.01181.x     Document Type: Article

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