(ACM, 2017) Ibrahim, Zaid H.; Bernhard Thomaszewski and KangKang Yin and Rahul Narain
This paper describes a new method to control changes in a character's form during exaggeration, through squash and stretch (SS). The Stretch-Engine is the result of this method, designed to be integrated into an existing animation system, Maya. The Stretch- Engine is a three-part system where the first is a bipedal-humanoid rig with controls necessary for animation and the ability to SS its limbs. The second is a set of rules determined from studying Looney Tunes animation to create a range of SS. The third is a user interface that allows users to control changes in SS using 3D curves created within the Maya interface.