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From: andrea@hp-sdd.hp.com (Andrea K. Frankel)
Newsgroups: comp.graphics
Subject: Re: Hair Replacement (was: Differential forms)
Keywords: 3d modeling, image compositing, etc, etc
Message-ID: <1804@hp-sdd.hp.com>
Date: 8 Mar 89 23:04:09 GMT
References: <18579@adm.BRL.MIL>
Reply-To: andrea@hp-sdd.UUCP (Andrea K. Frankel)
Organization: Hewlett-Packard, San Diego Division
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What you want does exist, but I can't give you a pointer.  I recall
seeing an article in the popular press showing use by a hairstylist,
where the client could try on various styles and colors before
committing themselves.  There was some mention of use by surgeons (for
reconstruction) and possibly in crime fighting (identification), but I
don't know if that was in use or projected usage.

This system was PC-based, and was more than a simple 2-D paint system.
The hairstyles were stored in a form that permitted them to be resized
so that they adapted to the person's head (rather than being a straight
pixel-level overlay), and also to be manipulated (pull out a curve a bit
more, lengthen or shorten).


Andrea Frankel, Hewlett-Packard (San Diego Division) (619) 592-4664
	"wake now!  Discover that you are the song that the morning brings..."
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