ABSTRACT Style is a ubiquitous aspect of the design of both graphical and physical objects, usually more readily demonstrated by presenting an example of the style than by describing the style in words. What constitutes a specific style is often implicit and indicated by a reference example. The explicit description of such styles, e.g., to define a given style, usually involves static illustrations of exemplars and a written guide to the interpretation of its salient stylistic features. The formal comparison of styles conventionally involves presentation of exemplars, and a comparative description of their stylistic differences, often using a specialized vocabulary. Rather than words and labels to direct attention to stylistic features, one can take advantage of an innate property of the human visual system to detect differences through motion. By modeling sculptures of different styles as variations on a common shape, blend animation allows one style to change smoothly into another by interpolation. The viewer can now appreciate style differences, not by shifting gaze from one to another, but by watching one become another, wherein their differences attract visual attention. The dynamic visualization of stylistic change can thus help illustrate styles change, and in general, offers new animation tools.

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通过3D动画可视化样式差异

摘要样式是图形和物理对象设计中普遍存在的方面，通常通过呈现样式示例而不是用文字描述样式更容易证明。构成特定样式的内容通常是隐含的，并通过参考示例进行指示。对此类样式的明确描述（例如，定义给定样式）通常涉及示例的静态插图和有关其显着风格特征的解释的书面指南。样式的形式比较通常涉及示例的表示，并通常使用专门的词汇对它们的风格差异进行比较描述。除了可以用文字和标签来吸引人们注意文体特征外，还可以利用人类视觉系统的先天特性来通过运动来检测差异。通过将不同样式的雕塑建模为同一形状上的变化，混合动画可以通过插值将一种样式平滑地转换为另一种样式。观看者现在可以欣赏风格的差异，而不是通过将视线从一个转向另一个，而是通过观看一个变成另一种，其中的差异吸引了视觉注意力。样式变化的动态可视化因此可以帮助说明样式变化，并且通常提供新的动画工具。