EUROGRAPHICS 2011 / N. John and B. Wyvill STAR – State of The Art Report A Survey on Video-based Graphics and Video Visualization

In recent years, a collection of new techniques, which deal with videos as the input data, emerged in computer graphics and visualization. In this survey, we report the state of the art in video-based graphics and video visualiza-tion. We provide a comprehensive review of techniques for making photo-realistic or artistic computer-generated imagery from videos, as well as methods for creating summary and/or abstract visual representations to reveal important features and events in videos. We propose a new taxonomy to categorize the concepts and techniques in this newly-emerged body of knowledge. To support this review, we also give a concise overview of the major advances in automated video analysis, as some techniques in this field (e.g., feature extraction, detection, tracking and so on) have been featured in video-based modeling and rendering pipelines for graphics and visualization. 1