Perceived stretch from partial view of twist

Alec Jacobson

August 31, 2011

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Here's a twist applied to a bar. But when the movie is cropped the viewer gets a sense that the bar is also being stretched, to the right. Putting a texture (here just a the edges of the 3D model's mesh), helps perceive the true deformation: twist. It also helps reduce the perceived stretch effect on the original full-view movie.