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Barbara J. Meier
Visiting Assistant ProfessorContact Information
Box 1910Brown University
Providence, RI 02912
Email: bjm at cs.brown.edu
Personal home page: http://www.cs.brown.edu/~bjm/
Research Areas
| Computer Graphics |
Research Themes
| Connections between Art and Computer Science |
Research Topics or Projects
| Accessible Color |
| Art-based Modeling and Rendering |
| Algorithms for Optimization Problems in Planar Graphs |
Courses Taught
| CSCI1250 | Introduction to Computer Animation | |
| CSCI1280 | Intermediate 3D Computer Animation |
Research Interests
I teach introductory and intermediate computer animation to undergrad and grad students. In the intro course, students learn the steps of the animation production pipeline including story/script writing, planning, modeling, shading, lighting, animating, and compositing. They use commercial software to complete exercises and a short finished animation. In the intermediate course, students learn the technical workflows for character modeling, rigging, animating, shading, and lighting in more depth.
My research is in computer graphics techniques. My focus is creating and using tools for artists. My most recent work is WYSIWYG NPR, or "What you see is what you get non-photorealistic rendering." In this prototype system, artists draw directly on 3d models to create stylized silhouettes, shading, and decal designs. I also worked on the Accessible Color Project to make color easier to use in graphics programs for both novices and experts. Our most recent project is Interactive Color Palette Tools.
I am interested in figuring out ways that artists, especially animators, can use computers in conjunction with their current skills to alleviate some of the tedium of creating scores of images as well as to explore new looks and techniques.
In addition, I work on personal animated films.
Selected Publications
Meier, B. J., Spalter, A. M., and Karelitz, D. Interactive Color Palette Tools. IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications 24 (2004). [ pdf ]
Kalnins, R. D., Markosian, L., Meier, B. J., Kowalski, M. A., Lee, J. C., Davidson, P. L., Webb, M., Hughes, J. F., and Finkelstein, A. WYSIWYG NPR: Drawing Strokes Directly on 3D Models. ACM Transactions on Graphics 21, 3 (Jul 2002), 755-762. [ pdf ]
All publications by Barbara J. Meier
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