[General] NPAR 2008 (Annecy France)

NPAR 2008 (Annecy France), June 9-11 2008 Please send your work to NPAR 2008 ! the main conference on non-photorealistic animation and rendering returns to Annecy, FRance, with the international animated film festival. Note that the sketch based interfaces and modeling conference SBIM08 will also take place the same week in Annecy. Conference Themes Non-photorealistic animation and rendering (NPAR) refers to techniques for visually communicating ideas and information. Such techniques usually generate imagery which is expressive, rather than "photorealistic". We seek new research on both the mechanisms of non-photorealistic rendering techniques as well as the principles of visual communication via such artistic rendering. Specific themes of the conference include, but are not limited to: * Simulation of traditional and new graphical styles * Simulation of natural media * Hardware-accelerated algorithms * Level-of-detail in image space * Abstraction and composition in rendered images * Synthesis of stroke-based patterns * Style transfer * Automatic painting from photographs and video * Temporal and spatial coherence in non-photorealistic rendering * Motion blur and depth of field in non-photorealistic images * Lighting models for NPAR * Non-traditional perspective * Animation systems * Computer-aided cartoon animation * 2D/3D integration * Live-action integration * Computer-aided in-betweening * Computer-aided layout * Matting and compositing * Image-based rendering * Rendering languages and systems * NPAR-based information visualization * Interaction techniques for NPAR * NPAR suitable for practical use This year we accept your work in the form of research papers, posters and animations (see details on http://www.npar.org/2008). Note the main submission deadlines: Papers: 8 February, 2008 Posters: 25 March, 2008 Animations: 15 April, 2008 See you in Annecy ! Ken Anjyo and François Sillion , conference chairs