Davison, TimothySamavati, FaramarzJacob, Christian2018-04-042018-04-042018-04-02Davison, T., Samavati, F., and Jacob, C. (2018). Interactive example-palettes for discrete element texture synthesis (Technical Report). University of Calgary, Canada.http://hdl.handle.net/1880/106471Textures composed of individual discrete elements are found in everything from human-made glass-tilings to forests and tropical coral. Previous work in discrete element texture synthesis has been limited to synthesizing scenes composed of one discrete element texture. We propose an interactive sketch-based system for synthesizing scenes composed of many discrete element textures. Our main idea is an example-palette, where a user can use our sketch-based tools to create and combine discrete element textures before painting them into a scene. Our interactive sketch-based tools use a new and fast region-growing algorithm that iteratively synthesizes new elements derived from the example-palette. We demonstrate the application of our system for building virtual worlds (such as for video games) and sketch-based modeling. We achieve results that are not possible with state-of-the-art techniques.enUnless otherwise indicated, this material is protected by copyright and has been made available with authorization from the copyright owner. You may use this material in any way that is permitted by the Copyright Act or through licensing that has been assigned to the document. For uses that are not allowable under copyright legislation or licensing, you are required to seek permission.https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0discrete element texture synthesissketch-basedtechnical reporthttp://dx.doi.org/10.11575/PRISM/31763