METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR EDITING AVATAR CHARACTER OF 3D ANIMATION HAVING RENDERING INFORMATION BY LAYERS

摘要

PURPOSE:A method and an apparatus for editing an avatar character of 3D animation having rendering information by layers is provided to reduce time for editing 3D animation. CONSTITUTION:Modeling data of a three-dimensional object is generated. A superposition ranking is granted to a plurality of three-dimensional objects entering on one frame of 3D(Dimensional) animation from the lowest layer to the utmost layer for storing position information of the three-dimensional objects by layers. Based on the position information and the modeling data, rendering data by layers are generated. Modeling data by layers of the three-dimensional objects to be changed into avatar characters are accessed to form modeling data of three-dimensional avatar characters. Rendering data by layers of the three-dimensional avatar characters are generated by using the position information by layers. The rendering data by layers of the three-dimensional objects are exchanged with the rendering data by layers of the three-dimensional avatar characters. The rendering data by layers belonging to each frame is superposed according to the superposition ranking to synthesize one image per frame, so that sequential frames are generated.