Lucasfilm Entertainment Company Ltd.

Victor Schutz, Iv

Patrick Conran

John Knoll

Mark Nettleton

An animation analyzer is configured to receive an animation sequence and to identify a subsample of the frames that are to be rendered. A rendering engine is configured to render the subsample of the frames. The rendering engine is further configured to identify the frames that have not been rendered and to generate in-betweens for the frames that have not been rendered. The rendering engine is further configured to assemble the subsample of frames and the in-betweens into a video sequence depicting the animation sequence.

Adaptive temporal sampling

A method of rendering stereo images includes receiving a first image of an object comprising rendered color information. The first image of the object is rendered using a first camera position. The method also includes receiving a second image of the object. The second image of the object is rendered using a second camera position, and pixels in the second image comprise locations of corresponding pixels in the first image. The method additionally includes coloring the pixels in the second image using colors of the corresponding pixels in the first image. The second image and the third image are stereo images for a 3-D presentation.

Post-render motion blur

A method of applying a post-render motion blur to an object may include receiving a first image of the object. The first image need not be motion blurred, and the first image may include a first pixel and rendered color information for the first pixel. The method may also include receiving a second image of the object. The second image may be motion blurred, and the second image may include a second pixel and a location of the second pixel before the second image was motion blurred. Areas that are occluded in the second image may be identified and colored using a third image rendering only those areas. Unoccluded areas of the second image may be colored using information from the first image.

A method of applying a post-render motion blur to an object may include receiving a first image of the object. The first image need not be motion blurred, and the first image may include a first pixel and rendered color information for the first pixel. The method may also include receiving a second image of the object. The second image may be motion blurred, and the second image may include a second pixel and a location of the second pixel before the second image was motion blurred. The method may additionally include locating the first pixel in the first image using the location of the second pixel before the second image was motion blurred. The method may further include coloring the second pixel using the rendered color information for the first pixel.

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Novato, CA, United States of America

Victor Schutz, Iv