Feature-preserving procedural texture

Abstract

This paper presents how to synthesize a texture in a procedural way that preserves the features of the input exemplar. The exemplar is analyzed in both spatial and frequency domains to be decomposed into feature and non-feature parts. Then, the non-feature parts are reproduced as a procedural noise, whereas the features are independently synthesized. They are combined to output a non-repetitive texture that also preserves the exemplar's features. The proposed method allows the user to control the extent of extracted features and also enables a texture to edited quite effectively.