METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CREATING A LIVE ARTISTIC SKETCH OF AN IMAGE

摘要

The present invention provides a method and apparatus of creating a live artistic sketch of an image. In one embodiment, a method of an image processing device for creating a live artistic sketch from an image includes detecting a plurality of edges in an input image received from an image source, creating an artistic sketch of the input image in a pre-defined sequence based on the plurality of detected edges, and substantially simultaneously rendering the creation of the artistic sketch of the input image on a graphical user interface of an image processing device. The method includes storing the artistic sketch of the input image as an image file. Alternatively, the method includes generating a video file containing one or more frames associated with the creation of artistic sketch.