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In scientific visualization, volume rendering is commonly used to show three-dimensional, time-varying data sets. To understand the spatial structure of volume data sets and how they change over time, animation is often necessary. Most current visualization tools use conventional keyframe-based interfaces to create animations, which can be tedious and time-consuming. We present a new, semi-automatic approach to creating animations of volume data based on a user’s interaction history as they navigate through a data set and adjust rendering parameters. Through a user study, we show that this new method requires significantly less time and perceived effort on the part of users compared to keyframe-based approaches, while still generating animations of comparable quality.
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Liao, I., Hsu, WH., Ma, KL. (2014). Storytelling via Navigation: A Novel Approach to Animation for Scientific Visualization. In: Christie, M., Li, TY. (eds) Smart Graphics. SG 2014. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 8698. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-11650-1_1
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