A storyboard is a grid-like arrangement of images, or keyframes of videos, that is commonly used to browse image or video collections or to present results of a query in an image or video retrieval tool. We investigate alternatives to the commonly used scroll-based 2D storyboard for the task of browsing a large set of images. Through a user study with 28 participants we evaluate three different...

In this paper we present a variety of browsing interfaces for digital video information. The six interfaces are implemented on top of Físchlár, an operational recording, indexing, browsing and playback system for broadcast TV programmes. In developing the six browsing interfaces, we have been informed by the various dimensions which can be used to distinguish one interface from another. For thi...

This paper presents an approach to segmenting individual news stories in broadcast news programmes. The approach first performs shot boundary detection and keyframe extraction on the programme. Shots are then clustered into groups based on their colour and temporal similarity. The clustering process is controlled using the groups’ statistics. After clustering, a set of criteria are applied and ...

This project, initiated in collaboration with the animation studio DreamWall, studies the use of motion capture as a tool for cartoon animators. We implemented an algorithm for the automatic extraction of “keyframes" from the captured motion, and tackled several technical issues concerning the use of motion capture for the project goal.