3D Object Manipulation in a Single Photograph using Stock 3D Models

http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~om3d/ Check out our campaign on Experiment.com at https://experiment.com/projects/editing-photographs-in-three-dimensions for accelerating 3D model alignment to photographs using GPUs! With your support in achieving our funding goals, users will be able to perform object manipulations at interactive rates. We present an approach to manipulate objects in photographs in three dimensions. We use publicly available 3D models to seamlessly reveal hidden parts of objects while maintaining plausible shadows and illumination. As input, the user provides a photograph, together with a 3D model obtained using a word search on a public repository, and an object-free background filled in using in-painting techniques. Using our approach, users can create artistic compositions, manipulate vintage photographs, and even create animations.