Computer-simulated knitting goes right down to the yarn (w/ Video)
Friday, August 17, 2012 - 23:00
in Earth & Climate
To put clothes on their characters, computer graphic artists usually simulate cloth by creating a thin sheet, then adding some sort of texture. But that doesn’t work for knit sweaters. To make the image realistic, the computer has to simulate the surface right down to the intricate intertwining of yarn.