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Granular Material Deposition for Simulation and Texturing

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Articulated Motion and Deformable Objects (AMDO 2012)

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Dry granular materials are commonly needed in visual effects. To simulate a material involving individual grains, every granule must first be settled into place by running a pre-simulation. This pre-simulation can take minutes or hours, and the resulting look can be difficult to control. We introduce a faster, more directable method for depositing particles. We scatter granules in the desired area, guaranteeing that they are interpenetrating, then push them apart by means of penetration resolution such that they are in contact but not overlapping. This results in a natural, aperiodic layout of granules that mimics settled granular materials with little cost to production time. We also introduce particle shaders, a method for generating granular detail at render time.

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  1. Computer Science Department, Brigham Young University, USA

    Seth Holladay & Parris Egbert

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  1. Dept. of Computer Science and Mathematics, UIB – Universitat de les Illes Balears, C/ Valldemossa km 7.5, PC 07122, Palma de Mallorca, Spain

    Francisco J. Perales

  2. School of Informatics, University of Edinburgh, 1.26 Informatics Forum, 10 Crichton St., EH8 9AB, Edinburgh, UK

    Robert B. Fisher

  3. Dept. for Architecture, Design and Media Technology, Aalborg University, Niels Jernes Vej 14, 9220, Aalborg East, Denmark

    Thomas B. Moeslund

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Holladay, S., Egbert, P. (2012). Granular Material Deposition for Simulation and Texturing. In: Perales, F.J., Fisher, R.B., Moeslund, T.B. (eds) Articulated Motion and Deformable Objects. AMDO 2012. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 7378. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-31567-1_16

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