Paint Bucket Colorization Using Anime Character Color Design Sheets

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2410.19424v1
• Date: Fri, 25 Oct 2024 09:33:27 GMT
• Title: Paint Bucket Colorization Using Anime Character Color Design Sheets
• Authors: Yuekun Dai, Qinyue Li, Shangchen Zhou, Yihang Luo, Chongyi Li, Chen Change Loy,
• Abstract summary: We introduce inclusion matching, which allows the network to understand the relationships between segments. Our network's training pipeline significantly improves performance in both colorization and consecutive frame colorization. To support our network's training, we have developed a unique dataset named PaintBucket-Character.
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• Abstract: Line art colorization plays a crucial role in hand-drawn animation production, where digital artists manually colorize segments using a paint bucket tool, guided by RGB values from character color design sheets. This process, often called paint bucket colorization, involves two main tasks: keyframe colorization, where colors are applied according to the character's color design sheet, and consecutive frame colorization, where these colors are replicated across adjacent frames. Current automated colorization methods primarily focus on reference-based and segment-matching approaches. However, reference-based methods often fail to accurately assign specific colors to each region, while matching-based methods are limited to consecutive frame colorization and struggle with issues like significant deformation and occlusion. In this work, we introduce inclusion matching, which allows the network to understand the inclusion relationships between segments, rather than relying solely on direct visual correspondences. By integrating this approach with segment parsing and color warping modules, our inclusion matching pipeline significantly improves performance in both keyframe colorization and consecutive frame colorization. To support our network's training, we have developed a unique dataset named PaintBucket-Character, which includes rendered line arts alongside their colorized versions and shading annotations for various 3D characters. To replicate industry animation data formats, we also created color design sheets for each character, with semantic information for each color and standard pose reference images. Experiments highlight the superiority of our method, demonstrating accurate and consistent colorization across both our proposed benchmarks and hand-drawn animations.

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