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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 28, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 14, 2013
Dreamworks Animation Llc, Glendale, CA (US);
Philip McNally, Eagle Rock, CA (US);
Matthew Low, Santa Monica, CA (US);
DreamWorks Animation LLC, Glendale, CA (US);
Abstract
A computer-implemented method determining a user-defined stereo effect for a computer-generated scene. A set of bounded-parallax constraints including a near-parallax value and a far-parallax value is obtained. A stereo-volume value is obtained, wherein the stereo-volume value represents a percentage of parallax. A stereo-shift value is also obtained, wherein the stereo-shift value represents a distance across one of: an area associated with a camera sensor of a pair of stereoscopic cameras adapted to film the computer-generated scene; and a screen adapted to depict a stereoscopic image of the computer-generated scene. A creative near-parallax value is calculated based on the stereo-shift value, the stereo-volume, and the near-parallax value. A creative far-parallax value is also calculated based on the stereo-shift value and the product of the stereo-volume and the far-parallax value. The creative near-parallax value and creative far-parallax value are stored in a computer memory as the user-defined stereo effect.