DrawEZone: Brush Simulation in Painting Based on Easily Accessible Mobile Platforms
Date Issued
2016
Date
2016
Author(s)
Lee, Yen-Chun
Abstract
In computer-aided painting with traditional methods, we usually use a graphics tablet instead of a mouse so that we can draw on the computer screen with a similarly way just as if we are drawing on a paper. However, we still have to practice in the beginning, though it is easier than using a mouse to draw. We still have some problems of postures or habits to overcome at the first time when we use a graphics tablet. With the improvement in hardware and the popularity of the mobile platform nowadays, many users turn to drawing on the pad instead of on the computer. The posture of drawing through this way is closer to the posture when we draw on the paper, but the software we can choose and the function it has is still less than those from the computer. The design of this software is also based on the user experience of the computer. In this thesis, we want to lower the entry barrier of hardware and improve the user experience of computer-aided painting. In the proposed DrawEZone, we expect that we can do a great pressure sensing and orientation detecting job just like what the graphics tablet does based on easily accessible mobile platform to lower the cost of the hardware device. The reason why we choose mobile platform as the base of our system is that we want to reserve the advantage of the posture of drawing, and most of the users don’t need to purchase other hardware since it is universal. There is no worry about environment setting and the operating barrier is lower because people are used to use the mobile platforms. We design a user interface by the user habit of mobile platform and implement the functions we usually use when we are drawing on papers. Therefore, users can use it naturally. Our system has the brush simulation so that the output can be more realistic. We provide a system of brush simulation in painting based on easily accessible mobile platforms. We combine the pads or the smart phones close to the users and get the result like graphics tablets. Our system also provides an appropriate interface for drawing and makes the computer-aided painting easier and more realistic.
Subjects
computer-aided painting
mobile platform
pressure sensing
orientation detecting
brush simulation
Type
thesis