We investigate some problems commonly found when dealing with stereo images. Working within the context of visual effects for films, we explore software solutions to issues arising with stereo images captured on-set. These images originate from a wide variety of hardware which may or may not provide additional data support for post-production needs. Generic software solutions are thus greatly to be preferred. This dissertation documents contributions in the following three areas. Each project was undertaken at Double Negative and investigated with the aim of improving the post-production pipeline for 3D films. Colour matching is the process whereby the colours of one view from a stereo pair are matched with those of the other view. This process is necessary due to the fact that slight differences in hardware and viewing angle can result in some surprisingly large colour discrepancies. Chapter 3 presents a novel approach to colour matching between stereo pairs of images, with a new tool for visual effects artists given in section 6.2.Vertical alignment of stereo images is key to providing a comfortable experience for the viewer, yet we are rarely presented with perfectly aligned footage from the outset. In chapter 4 we discuss the importance of correcting misalignments for both the final audience and the artists working on these images. We provide a tool for correcting misalignments in section 6.3.Disparity maps are used in many areas of post-production, and so in chapter 5 we investigate ways in which disparity map generation can be improved for the benefit of many existing tools at Double Negative. In addition, we povide an extensive exploration of the requirements of 3D films in order to make them presentable in the cinema. Through these projects, we have provided improvements to the stereo workflow and shown that academic research is a necessary component of developing tools for the visual effects pipeline. We have provided new algorithms to improve the 3D experience for moviegoers, as well as artists, and conclude by discussing the future work that will provide further gains in the field.

Submitted by Marlene Santos (marlene.bc.ufg@gmail.com) on 2017-09-04T16:56:52Z No. of bitstreams: 2 Dissertação - Lais Cândido Rodrigues da Silva Lopes - 2017.pdf: 3651786 bytes, checksum: 544801154cf6cd32456e6887eaa09b85 (MD5) license_rdf: 0 bytes, checksum: d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Luciana Ferreira (lucgeral@gmail.com) on 2017-09-15T13:52:55Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 2 Dissertação - Lais Cândido Rodrigues da Silva Lopes - 2017.pdf: 3651786 bytes, checksum: 544801154cf6cd32456e6887eaa09b85 (MD5) license_rdf: 0 bytes, checksum: d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2017-09-15T13:52:55Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 2 Dissertação - Lais Cândido Rodrigues da Silva Lopes - 2017.pdf: 3651786 bytes, checksum: 544801154cf6cd32456e6887eaa09b85 (MD5) license_rdf: 0 bytes, checksum: d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e (MD5) Previous issue date: 2017-08-03 / Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de Goiás - FAPEG / The capture of images by multiple positions allows to recover the three-dimensional information of the environment applying the knowledge about the geometry of the cameras and the correspondences between the points of the images. The correspondence of characteristics in images is the task of relating regions of different images to the same point of interest, being considered a problem of difficult solution, since it suffers with ambiguities, occlusions, variation of illumination, besides local distortions. For having so many challenges, this subject is one of the most investigated in the field of computer vision cite Scharstein2001. The present dissertation aims to generate dense disparity maps, using graph cutting, from search spaces constructed with matching metrics based on laws of the Gestalt theory. A hybrid approach was developed, consisting of a local algorithm to construct the image disparity space (EDI), and a global algorithm used to optimize the disparities. The results were maps of disparities close to the expected maps ( textit groundtruth). It was also perceived the best performance of the methodology proposed in relation to the separate methods that compose it. / A captura de imagens por múltiplas posições permite recuperar a informação tridimensional do ambiente aplicando o conhecimento sobre a geometria das câmeras e as correspondências entre os pontos das imagens. A correspondência de características em imagens é a tarefa de relacionar regiões de imagens diferentes a um mesmo ponto de interesse, sendo considerado um problema de difícil solução, uma vez que, sofre com ambiguidades, oclusões, variação de iluminação, além de distorções locais. Por contar com tantos desafios, este tema é um dos mais investigados na área de visão computacional [Scharstein e Szeliski 2002]. A presente dissertação tem por objetivo gerar mapas de disparidade densos, usando corte de grafos, a partir de espaços de busca construídos com métricas de correspondência baseadas em leis da teoria Gestalt. Foi desenvolvida uma abordagem híbrida, composta de um algoritmo local para construir o espaço de disparidades da imagem (EDI), e um algoritmo global utilizado para otimizar as disparidades. Os resultados foram mapas de disparidades próximos dos mapas esperados (ground-truth). Percebeu-se a melhor performance da metodologia proposta em relação aos métodos em separado que a compõe.