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Abstract Generating virtualactorsisoneofthemostchallengingfieldsincomputergraphics.Re- construction ofarealisticvirtualactorhasbeenpaidattentionbyacademicresearchersand the cinemaindustrytogenerateahuman-likevirtualactor.Severalmovieswereactedby human-likevirtualactors,wheretheaudiencecannotdistinguishbetweenrealandvirtual actors. Therearemanyapplicationsofthevirtualactorsinthecinemaindustryandadver- tisement. Thesynthesisofrealisticvirtualactorsisconsideredacomplexprocessbecause of thecomplexityofgeneratingarealisticvirtualanimatedhead,body,hair,andclothes. Manytechniquesareusedtogeneratearealisticvirtualactor;however,theyusuallyrequire expensivehardwareequipment.Inthiswork,alow-costsystemthatgeneratesarealistic virtual actorispresented.Thefacialfeaturesoftherealactorareblendedtoavirtualhead that isattachedtotheactorsbody.Thepresentedsystemrequiresonlyonecamerathat records thescene.Forblendingtherealfacialfeaturesoftheactorwiththevirtualhead,a newimageblendingtechniqueispresented.Theproposedimageblendingtechniquepro- duces realisticresultsthatarebetterthanresultsofothercloningtechniques.Themain contributionsoftheproposedworkaresummarizedasfollows: 1- Alow-costsystemforgeneratingrealisticvirtualactorusingasingledigitalcamera. This systemcontributesinbringingdownthecostofthecinemaindustry. 2- Animageblendingtechniqueforcompositingtwoimagesinanaturallook. 3- Afastvideocompletionsystemforremovingunwantedobjectsfromvideos. Comparing withexistingtechniquesandsystems,theproposedsystemisconsidereda low-costsystem.Forevaluatingtherealismoftheresultsthatwereproducedbythepro- posed system,Anonlinequestionnairewasused.Theresultofthequestionnaireshowsthat the resultsoftheproposedsystemareacceptedby64%.Thegeneratedvirtualactorsofthe proposed systemcanbeusedinmanyapplications,suchas:changingfeaturesofactors, dubbing, aging,facereplacement,creatingavatarsofactors,changingtheactor’sheadand hair style,andbringingunavailableactorsinthecinemaindustry. |