An Image-based Hair Styling System Using Layered Texture Pieces

Abstract

We present an interactive system that allows the user to finely edit a hairstyle image so that the image can be naturally synthesized onto a given facial image. In our system, a hairstyle is composed by stacking texture pieces (textured belt-shaped polygons) that represent hair wisps. By warping these pieces, the user can perform typical manipulations for hairstyles, such as lengthening/shortening, combing (modification of the flows of hair) and scissoring. We demonstrate the effectiveness of our system through experimental results with various hairstyle images and facial images.