JP2011215709A - Apparatus, method and program for assisting cartoon creation - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an apparatus for assisting cartoon creation capable of automatically determining, based on a level of the importance of an object arranged in a three-dimensional space, appropriate emphasis information for emphasizing the object, a method and a program.SOLUTION: A level of importance is determined based on emotion information and temperament information set to each character. The level of importance represents the importance of a character in each field of a cartoon. A character with a high level of importance is given with emphasis information represented by a focusing line, balloon information, and a font size. The addition of the emphasis information can draw reader's attention to the character.

Description

  The present invention relates to a comic creation support method. Specifically, the present invention relates to a technique for emphasizing each object in accordance with the importance of the object arranged in the three-dimensional space.

  Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2004-152082 discloses a technique for creating a single frame of a cartoon by using an object generated in a three-dimensional space by CG (Computer Graphics). Specifically, an object stored in advance or an object manually generated by a user is stored in a predetermined database. The user selects a desired object from the database. By combining the objects selected by the user, one frame of the comic is generated.

2004-152082 gazette

  An object appearing in a comic may be emphasized using the technique disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Publication No. 2004-152082. In this case, a user who has a wealth of comic creation knowledge and comic creation experience can select an appropriate object for emphasis without requiring time or trial and error. On the other hand, a user who has little knowledge of comic creation and experience in comic creation takes a long time because trial and error are required to select an appropriate object. For this reason, a user with poor knowledge and experience takes a long time to select the emphasis information intended by the user, and it is difficult to select an appropriate object for emphasis.

  The present invention has been made to solve the above-described problems. An object of the present invention is to provide a comic creation support apparatus, a creation support method, and a creation support method capable of automatically determining appropriate emphasis information for emphasizing each object in accordance with the importance of the objects arranged in the three-dimensional space. Is to provide a program.

  According to the first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a comic generation support device that supports generation of a comic including at least one frame, and sets an object to appear in a predetermined frame displayed on the display unit. 1 setting unit, a determining unit that determines the importance level representing the importance of the object set by the first setting unit within the frame, and the importance level determined by the determining unit is a predetermined threshold value or more A determination unit for determining whether or not there is an addition for adding emphasis information for emphasizing the object to the object set by the setting unit when the determination unit determines that the importance is equal to or greater than a predetermined threshold A comic creation support device.

  According to a second aspect of the present invention, the first setting unit sets a character to which emotion information representing emotion can be given as an object to appear in a predetermined frame, and the determination unit includes the emotion information. The importance is determined based on the determination, the determination unit determines whether the importance determined by the determination unit is above a predetermined threshold, and the importance is greater than or equal to a predetermined threshold by the determination unit When it is determined that the character is, the adding unit adds the emphasis information that emphasizes the emotion of the character.

  According to the invention described in claim 3, the first setting unit sets a character to which the emotion information and temper information representing temper indicating the undulation of the emotion of the object can be given, and the determination unit , Determining the importance based on the emotion information and the temperament information, the determination unit determines whether the importance determined by the determination unit is on a predetermined threshold, and the determination unit When the importance is determined to be greater than or equal to a predetermined threshold, the adding unit adds the emphasis information that emphasizes the emotion of the character.

  According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, the first setting unit sets a plurality of different characters to which an emotion can be given as an object to appear in a predetermined frame, and the determination unit sets the first setting. Determine the importance of each character set by the unit, and the determination unit determines whether there is a character having an importance level equal to or higher than a predetermined threshold among the importance levels set for the plurality of characters. And when the determination unit determines that there is a character having an importance level equal to or higher than a predetermined threshold value among the importance levels set for the plurality of characters, the granting unit determines that the predetermined threshold value is The emphasis information for emphasizing the emotion of the character having the above importance is provided.

  According to the invention of claim 5, the character set by the first setting unit includes a second setting unit that sets predetermined emotion information from a plurality of emotion information representing the emotion of the character, The determination unit determines the importance degree according to emotion information set by the second setting unit.

  According to the invention described in claim 6, the second setting unit sets the emotion information including the first emotion information representing anger or surprise as the plurality of emotion information by the first setting unit. When the emotion information set to the character and the emotion information set by the second setting unit is the first emotion information, the second determination unit is more than the emotion intensity corresponding to the emotion information different from the first emotion information, A high emotion intensity corresponding to the first emotion information is determined.

  According to the invention of claim 7, the first setting unit sets the object and balloon information displayed on the display unit including the content that the object is talking to, and the determination unit When the importance is determined to be equal to or greater than a predetermined threshold value, the adding unit adds the predetermined emphasis information to the periphery of the balloon displayed on the display unit based on the balloon information. .

  According to the invention described in claim 8, the adding unit adds the emphasis information having a plurality of cusps directed from the inside to the outside of the balloon, around the balloon displayed on the display unit. Features.

  According to the invention of claim 9, the first setting unit sets the object and character information representing characters related to the action of the object in one frame where the object is set, and the determination unit When the importance is determined to be equal to or greater than a predetermined threshold, the adding unit increases the size of the character information displayed on the display unit as the emphasis information.

  According to the invention of claim 10, when the importance is determined to be equal to or greater than a predetermined threshold by the determination unit, the addition unit puts the object at a display position where the object is displayed on the display unit. Concentrated line information representing a concentrated line to be emphasized is added as the emphasized information.

  According to the eleventh aspect of the present invention, there is provided a comic generation support method for supporting generation of a comic including at least one frame, in which an object to appear in a predetermined frame displayed on the display unit is set. 1 setting step, a determining step for determining the importance level representing the importance of the object set by the first setting step in the frame, and the importance level determined by the determining step being equal to or greater than a predetermined threshold value A determination step for determining whether or not there is an addition, and adding emphasis information for emphasizing the object to the object set by the setting step when the importance is determined to be equal to or greater than a predetermined threshold by the determination step And a method for supporting creation of a manga including steps.

  According to the twelfth aspect of the present invention, in the computer of the comic generation support apparatus that supports the generation of a comic including at least one frame, an object to be displayed in a predetermined frame displayed on the display unit is set. 1 setting step, a determining step for determining the importance level representing the importance of the object set by the first setting step in the frame, and the importance level determined by the determining step being equal to or greater than a predetermined threshold value A determination step for determining whether or not there is an addition, and adding emphasis information for emphasizing the object to the object set by the setting step when the importance is determined to be equal to or greater than a predetermined threshold by the determination step And a step.

  According to the first aspect of the present invention, the adding unit adds the emphasis information for emphasizing the object to the object set by the setting unit when the determining unit determines that the importance is equal to or higher than the predetermined threshold. Therefore, the emphasis information can be automatically determined based on the importance set for the object. As a result, even a user who has little knowledge and experience in creating a comic can easily set information for emphasizing an object without trial and error.

  According to the second aspect of the present invention, when the determination unit determines that the importance is equal to or greater than the predetermined threshold, the adding unit adds the emphasis information that emphasizes the emotion of the character. Accordingly, the emphasis information can be automatically determined based on the emotion strength set for the character. As a result, even a user who has little knowledge and experience in creating a comic can easily set information for emphasizing the emotion of the character without trial and error.

  According to the third aspect of the present invention, the first setting unit sets a character to which emotion information and temper information representing temper indicating the undulation of the character's emotion can be given. A determination part determines importance based on emotion information and temperament information. Therefore, the importance can be determined in consideration of the character's temperament and emotion. As a result, the importance level of the character can be determined more accurately than when the importance level is determined only by emotion.

  According to the invention of claim 4, when it is determined that there is a character having an importance level equal to or higher than a predetermined threshold among the importance levels set for the plurality of characters by the determination unit, Emphasis information for emphasizing the emotion of a character having an importance level equal to or higher than a predetermined threshold is given. Therefore, the emphasis information can be automatically determined based on the importance set for a plurality of characters. As a result, even when a plurality of characters appear in one frame, information for emphasizing the character's emotion can be easily set without requiring trial and error.

  According to the fifth aspect of the present invention, the determining unit determines the importance according to the emotion information set by the second setting unit. Therefore, the emphasis information can be automatically determined simply by setting the emotion of the character. As a result, even a user who has little knowledge and experience in creating a comic can easily set information for emphasizing the character's emotions simply by setting the character's emotions.

  According to the invention described in claim 6, the second setting unit sets the emotion information including the first emotion information representing anger or surprise as the plurality of emotion information in the object set by the first setting unit. To do. When the emotion information set by the second setting unit is the first emotion information, the second determination unit determines the importance corresponding to the first emotion information rather than the importance corresponding to emotion information different from the first emotion information. Determine high. Therefore, when the emotion of a character is strongly expressed by the first emotion information represented by anger, surprise, or despair, the importance is set higher than that of other emotions. As a result, information for emphasizing the character's emotion can be easily set only by setting the character's emotion that strongly expresses the emotion of the character.

  According to the seventh aspect of the present invention, when the determination unit determines that the importance level is equal to or higher than a predetermined threshold, the adding unit emphasizes the periphery of the balloon displayed on the display unit based on the balloon information. Add information. Therefore, it is possible to automatically determine the emphasis information for emphasizing the periphery of the balloon based on the importance set for the object. As a result, the reader can automatically emphasize the expression of the object and the conversation.

  According to the invention described in claim 8, the adding unit adds the emphasis information having a plurality of cusps directed from the inside to the outside of the balloon, around the balloon displayed on the display unit. As a result, it is possible to automatically set a balloon having a cusp for emphasizing the object expression and the conversation.

  According to the invention described in claim 9, the first setting unit sets the object and character information representing characters relating to the action of the object in one frame where the object is set. When the determination unit determines that the importance is greater than or equal to a predetermined threshold, the adding unit increases the size of the character information displayed on the display unit as the emphasis information. Therefore, the character size relating to the motion of the object can be automatically determined based on the importance set for the object. As a result, the character size can be automatically set to emphasize the character representing the motion of the object.

  According to the invention described in claim 10, when the determination unit determines that the importance is equal to or higher than the predetermined threshold, the adding unit displays a concentration line that emphasizes the object at a display position where the object is displayed on the display unit. The concentrated line information to express is added as emphasis information. As a result, a concentration line that emphasizes the object can be automatically set based on the importance set for the object.

  According to the invention described in claim 11 or claim 12, in the adding step, the emphasis information for emphasizing the object on the object set in the setting step when the importance level is determined to be equal to or higher than the predetermined threshold value in the determining step. Is added. Therefore, the emphasis information can be automatically determined based on the importance set for the object. As a result, even a user who has little knowledge and experience in creating a comic can easily set information for emphasizing an object without trial and error.

It is an operation screen displayed on the display part of a comic creation assistance apparatus. It is explanatory drawing explaining the detail of the exercise | movement image information used by this embodiment. FIG. 3A is a conceptual diagram showing the coordinate positions of the human body parts represented by the figure A shown in FIG. FIG. 3B is an explanatory diagram showing the coordinate positions of P1 to P17 representing each body part in FIG. It is explanatory drawing explaining the method of the two-dimensional image in this embodiment. It is explanatory drawing which shows an example of the drawing method of a concentrated line. It is explanatory drawing explaining the arrangement | positioning method of the balloon in this embodiment. It is a block diagram which shows the electric constitution of the comic creation support apparatus 1 of this embodiment. It is a conceptual diagram which shows the memory | storage state where emotion information is memorize | stored in the emotion information storage area. It is a conceptual diagram which shows the memory | storage state by which temperament information is memorize | stored in the temperament information storage area. It is a conceptual diagram showing the specific example of 1st temperament information. It is a conceptual diagram showing the specific example of 2nd temperament information. It is a conceptual diagram which shows the memory | storage state by which balloon information is memorize | stored in the balloon information storage area 75. FIG. 5 is a conceptual diagram showing a storage state in which font information is stored in a font information storage area 76. FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure of a main operation in the comic creation support device 1.

[Best Embodiment]
Hereinafter, the best mode of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. As the best embodiment, an example in which a comic creation support program is installed in a personal computer will be used. In this embodiment, a personal computer on which a comic creation support program is installed is an example of a comic creation support apparatus.

<External view of manga creation support device>
FIG. 1 is an operation screen displayed on the display unit of the comic creation support apparatus. The operation screen 20 is displayed on the display unit when the comic creation support program is started. While viewing the operation screen 20, the user inputs data for creating a comic using a keyboard or a mouse.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the operation screen 20 includes two display areas, a frame display area 21 and a character setting area 31. The frame display area 21 displays comic frames used in the comic creation support apparatus. On the other hand, the character setting area 31 displays various setting conditions for characters displayed in the frames displayed in the frame display area 21. Details of the various setting conditions will be described later.

  The frame display area 21 includes a frame image display area 22, a scene selection list 23, a candidate selection button 24, a new frame creation button 25, and a frame number 26.

  In the frame image display area 22, an image in a three-dimensional virtual space 60 shown in FIG. Specifically, the inside of the three-dimensional virtual space 60 is projected by a virtual camera. An image projected by a virtual camera is used as one frame of a comic.

  The scene selection list 23 is a list box for setting scenes to be used preferentially as frame images. When the user clicks and presses the inverted triangle mark at the right corner of the list box with the cursor of the mouse 11, the scene selection candidates are displayed. In the present embodiment, as the priority scene, any one of the “close-up scene” and the “far-shot scene” can be selected. A close-up scene is a scene in which an image including a character's face is preferentially used as a frame image. Specifically, a close-up scene is a scene in which a character is taken close-up and an image mainly including the character's face or chest is used as a frame. The far-field scene refers to a scene that preferentially uses a background image on which a character is arranged as a frame image. In other words, the far-field scene is an image of the character viewed from a distance. The image displayed in the frame image display area 22 is changed according to the priority scene selected in the scene selection list 23.

  The candidate selection button 24 is a button for displaying an image different from the image displayed in the frame image display area 22 as a frame image candidate. Specifically, the candidate selection button 24 presents an image displayed by a virtual camera different from the virtual camera that displays the image to be output to the frame image display area 22 as a candidate on the display unit.

  The new frame creation button 25 is a button operated when creating a new frame. The frame number 26 is an identification number of the frame represented in the frame image display area 22. The identification number indicates the order in which the generated frame images are output. When the new frame creation button 25 is operated, a new frame image display area 22, a scene selection list 23, and a candidate selection button 24 together with a new frame number 26 are already displayed in the frame display area 21, etc. It is additionally displayed at the bottom of. When the number of frames increases, the frame display area 21 can be scrolled up and down with the scroll bar 27.

  The character setting area 31 includes a speech input box 32, an emotion selection list 33, a new character creation button 35, a character selection list 36, and a temper selection list 39.

  The character selection list 36 is a list box for selecting the appearance of a character (Computer Graphics: CG) arranged in the three-dimensional virtual space 60. An arbitrary character is designated by a list box from a plurality of pre-installed characters. Specifically, names are associated with a plurality of characters. The names are, for example, a figure A and a figure B described later. In the character selection list 36, the name of the selected character is displayed.

  The serif input box 32 is a text box that can input serifs of characters arranged in the three-dimensional virtual space 60 shown in FIG. If no words are input, no words are displayed on the frame image. The text data input to the speech input box 32 is displayed in the frame image display area 22. Specifically, it is displayed inside a balloon arranged in the frame image display area 22. Details of the balloon will be described later.

  The emotion selection list 33 is a list box for setting emotions such as emotions to the character. When the user clicks and presses the inverted triangle mark at the right corner of the list box with the mouse cursor, the character emotion selection candidates are displayed. In the present embodiment, emotions such as “joy”, “anger”, “sorrow”, and “easy” can be selected. For each emotion, a numerical value corresponding to the degree of emotion is set in advance as an emotion point. Emotion points allow you to compare how the character's emotions grow in magnitude. The character's posture, attitude, facial expression, etc. displayed in the frame image display area 22 are changed to those drawn by a technique for expressing the emotion selected in the emotion selection list 33. The kind of emotion is not limited to the above emotions. Details of emotions used in this embodiment will be described later.

  The temper selection list 39 is a list box for setting the temper of the character. Temper indicates the undulation of the character's emotions. When the user clicks and presses the inverted triangle mark at the right corner of the list box with the mouse cursor, the character's temper selection candidates are displayed. In the present embodiment, it is possible to select a temper such as “moderate”, “shyness”, “emotional”, “angry”. In other words, temper represents the character of the character. For example, suppose that “Odaka” is set for a character. In this case, the emotion point for the character set with “Odaka” is set lower than that of the normal character. Also, assume that “emotional” is set for a character. In this case, the emotion point for a character for which “emotional” is set is set higher than that for a normal character. Also assume that “shy” is set for a character. In this case, the emotion point for the character for which “shyness” is set is set lower than that for the character for which “moderate” is set. Further, it is assumed that “angry” is set for a character. The temper “angry” is a temper specialized for a predetermined emotion. Specifically, the temper “anger-like” is a temper specialized for the emotion “anger”. In this case, the emotion point regarding the character set with “anger-like” is set higher than the normal character. Details of the temper will be described later.

  The new character creation button 35 is a button that is operated when a new character is placed in the three-dimensional virtual space 60 (see FIG. 3). When the new character creation button 35 is operated, an item for a new character is displayed in the character setting area 31. For example, it is assumed that the figure A is first arranged in the frame image display area 22. In this case, the character setting area 31 corresponding to the figure A is displayed. At this time, it is assumed that the figure B is newly arranged in the frame image display area 22 by the operation of the new character creation button 35. At this time, the dialogue input box 42 corresponding to the figure B, the emotion selection list 43, the character selection list 46, and the temper selection list 49 are displayed on the display unit. An item corresponding to the figure B is added to the lower part of the dialogue input box 32 of the figure A or the like. The state shown in FIG. 1 is this state. As described above, when the number of characters increases, the character setting area 31 can be scrolled up and down with the scroll bar 37. Information selected in the menu selection result and text box is stored in a predetermined storage area of the designated RAM.

<Outline of 3D CG character of comic creation support device>
Next, FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram illustrating details of the motion video information used in the present embodiment. First, in order to display the figure A by the three-dimensional CG, the three-dimensional virtual space 60 is secured in a predetermined storage area of the RAM 8 by the CPU 6 according to a program. The three-dimensional virtual space 60 of this embodiment is defined as coordinate data based on the XYZ coordinate axes 65. Specifically, the figure A or the like arranged in the three-dimensional virtual space 60 is defined as coordinate data based on the XYZ coordinate axes 65.

  Further, various “●” (black circles in the figure) installed in the three-dimensional virtual space 60 are viewpoints for projecting the figure A on the display 4 or the frame image display area 22. Each viewpoint is arranged at 24 fixed positions shown in FIG. A virtual camera is arranged at each viewpoint. The image captured by the virtual camera is displayed on the display 4 or the frame image display area 22 so that the figure A is displayed. A predetermined shooting direction 62 (gaze direction) and angle of view (vertical angle of view θ1, horizontal angle of view θ2) are set in the virtual camera. The number of viewpoints arranged in the three-dimensional virtual space 60 is an example. The number of viewpoints can be arbitrarily increased or decreased. In the present embodiment, it is assumed that a captured video is displayed on the display 4 or the frame image display area 22 from the virtual camera 61 arranged at a predetermined viewpoint shown in FIG.

  FIG. 3A is a conceptual diagram showing the coordinate positions of the human body parts represented by the figure A shown in FIG. The figure A is generated based on the coordinate position of each body part shown in FIG. P1 to P17 in FIG. 3A represent the body parts of the figure A. FIG. 3B is an explanatory diagram showing the coordinate positions of P1 to P17 representing each body part in FIG. The image representing the coordinate position shown in FIG. 3B is displayed on the display 4 or the frame image display area 22 so that the figure A is displayed.

  Here, a process of photographing the inside of the three-dimensional virtual space 60 with a virtual camera and generating a two-dimensional image will be briefly described. In the present embodiment, the process of converting the figure A arranged in the three-dimensional virtual space 60 into a two-dimensional image is performed by a series of coordinate conversion processes based on affine transformation. The affine transformation is a transformation method that is used for two-dimensional coordinate transformation and combines linear transformation such as enlargement, reduction, inversion, and parallel movement. By using the affine transformation, coordinates (for example, local coordinates) set for each object arranged in the three-dimensional virtual space 60 are sequentially converted into world coordinates, view coordinates, screen coordinates, and device coordinates to obtain two. Dimensional coordinates can be used. Thereby, an image in which the object is viewed from the viewpoint can be generated. Specific processing of coordinate transformation by this affine transformation is known. Hereinafter, an outline of a series of processes until the coordinates of the figure A arranged in the three-dimensional virtual space 60 are converted into device coordinates will be described.

  As shown in FIG. 4, the figure A includes coordinate data based on XYZ coordinate axes 65 in which body parts (indicated by black circles) such as the head, chest, right hand, left hand, and various legs are shown as important points. Is defined as The coordinates of each of these body parts are defined by XYZ coordinate axes 65, respectively. The details of the body are further defined by coordinate data based on each of these body parts, and the texture mapping technique expressed by known texture mapping or the like is a known technique. For the sake of simplification, detailed description is omitted.

  The coordinates of the XYZ coordinate axis 65 (world coordinate system) defining the three-dimensional virtual space 60 are converted into the coordinates of the view coordinate system 66 with the position coordinate of the viewpoint position of the virtual camera 61 as the origin. Then, a planar virtual screen 68 is defined in the three-dimensional virtual space 60 defined as the coordinates of the view coordinate system 66. Then, an image of the figure A seen through the virtual screen 68 from the virtual camera 61 is formed on the virtual screen 68. Specifically, in the view coordinate system 66, a virtual line (indicated by a one-dot chain line in the figure) connecting the virtual camera 61 and each body part of the figure A intersects the virtual screen 68 with respect to the coordinates of each body part of the figure A. Convert to point coordinates (screen coordinates).

  The coordinates of each body part of the figure A thus converted into the coordinates on the virtual screen 68 are still defined as three-dimensional coordinates in the view coordinate system 66 at this point, and are then converted to the coordinates of the two-dimensional plane. Convert to The coordinates (device coordinates) on the two-dimensional virtual screen 69 indicated by the device coordinate system 67 having a size for displaying the coordinates (screen coordinates) on the virtual screen 68 indicated by the view coordinate system 66 on the display 4 described above. Convert to

  With the above affine transformation, an image in which the figure A is projected on the virtual screen 68 viewed from the viewpoint arranged in the three-dimensional virtual space 60 can be obtained. An image acquired by affine transformation is displayed in the frame image display area 22.

<How to add emphasis information>
A concentrated line drawing method according to this embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. 4 and 5. In the present embodiment, a concentrated line is output for characters whose importance is greater than or equal to a predetermined value. A description will be given below using an example in which the degree of importance of the figure A shown in FIG.

  In the present embodiment, a concentrated line is output for characters whose importance is greater than or equal to a predetermined value. Concentrated lines are one of the techniques used when drawing comics. This is a comic creation method that allows a user who browses comics to attract attention to a predetermined character. Specifically, it is a method of attracting attention to a character by drawing many lines toward the character that wants to attract attention. FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram illustrating an example of a concentrated line drawing method. Similar to the method of FIG. 4, the coordinate position of the figure A on the XYZ coordinate axes 65 is converted into the coordinates of the two-dimensional virtual screen 69.

  After the conversion, a large number of coordinates from the coordinate position of the outer frame of the virtual screen 68 shown in FIG. 5 (the coordinate system of the two-dimensional virtual screen 69) toward the coordinate position of the figure A (the coordinate system of the two-dimensional virtual screen 69). A concentrated line is drawn. As in the virtual screen 69 of FIG. 5, a large number of concentrated lines 70 are drawn from the coordinate position of the outer frame of the virtual screen 68 toward the figure A. In the present embodiment, the concentrated line 70 is drawn after being converted into the coordinate system of the two-dimensional virtual screen 69, but the present invention is not limited to this. In the coordinate system of the XYZ coordinate axis 65, the concentrated line 70 may be drawn. In this case, the concentrated line 70 is drawn from the outer frame of the virtual screen 68 in the coordinate system of the XYZ coordinate axis 65 toward the coordinate position of the figure A. The figure A on which the concentrated line is drawn may be converted into a two-dimensional virtual screen 69 by affine transformation and displayed in the frame image display area 22. Further, in FIG. 5, the case where the number of characters whose importance is equal to or higher than a predetermined value is one has been described. In the present embodiment, there may be a plurality of characters whose importance is greater than or equal to a predetermined value. In this case, similarly to the method shown in FIG. 5, the coordinate positions of the plurality of characters (two-dimensional virtual image) are determined from the coordinate positions of the outer frame of the virtual screen 68 shown in FIG. 5 (the coordinate system of the two-dimensional virtual screen 69). Many concentrated lines are drawn toward the coordinate system of the screen 69. In the present embodiment, the thickness of the concentrated line or the number of concentrated lines may be determined based on the importance described later. When the importance is greater than or equal to a predetermined value, the concentrated lines may be thicker or the number of concentrated lines may be increased. When the importance is less than or equal to a predetermined value, the concentrated lines may be thin or the number of concentrated lines may be reduced.

  FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram for explaining a balloon arrangement method according to this embodiment. Similar to the method of drawing a concentrated line of speech balloons, the coordinate position of the figure A on the XYZ coordinate axes 65 is converted into the coordinates of the two-dimensional virtual screen 69 as in the method of FIG.

  At this time, the coordinate position of the body part of the figure A on the two-dimensional virtual screen 69 is determined. Specifically, the position coordinates of the XYZ coordinate axis 65 shown in FIGS. 3A and 3B are converted into the position coordinates of the two-dimensional virtual screen 69. Based on the converted position coordinates, the coordinates of P1 (head) in FIG. 3B on the two-dimensional virtual screen 69 are determined. Based on the determined coordinates of P1 (head), a balloon is drawn at a position away from the coordinates of P1 (head) by a predetermined distance. A balloon 80 shown in FIG. 6 is arranged at a position separated from the position coordinate of P1 (head) of the figure A on the two-dimensional virtual screen 69 by a predetermined distance. In the present embodiment, the shape of the balloon 80 is determined according to the importance of the figure A. A method for determining the shape of the balloon 80 will be described later. Furthermore, in this embodiment, the font of the character displayed in the balloon 80 is changed according to the importance of the figure A. Details of the font changing method will be described later. The concentrated line, balloon information, and font size in this embodiment are examples of the emphasis information of the present invention.

<Electric Configuration of Manga Creation Support Device 1>
FIG. 7 is a block diagram showing an electrical configuration of the comic book creation support apparatus 1 of the present embodiment. As shown in FIG. 7, the comic creation support device 1 of this embodiment includes a CPU 6 that controls the comic creation support device 1. A display 4, an information input unit 5, an HDD 7, a RAM 8, and a network connection unit 9 are electrically connected to the CPU 6. The CPU 6 constitutes a computer that controls the operation of the comic creation support apparatus 1 together with storage means such as the HDD 7 and the RAM 8. The network connection unit 9 communicates information with an external server or the like via the Internet.

  The HDD 7 includes a program information storage area 71, an emotion information storage area 73, a temperament information storage area 74, and an emphasis information storage area 75. Program information storage area 71 includes main operation program information storage area 72. The main operation program information storage area 72 stores main operation program information for controlling the comic creation support apparatus 1. The main operation program information is a main operation program for operating the comic creation support apparatus 1. The program may be downloaded from a predetermined server on the network, for example, or may be recorded on a recording medium such as a CD-ROM and read via the recording medium. good.

  The emotion information storage area 73 stores emotion information. Emotion information represents the emotion described above. Based on the emotion information stored in the emotion information storage area 73, the emotion selection list 33 selects a predetermined emotion. Specifically, when the user clicks and presses the inverted triangle mark of the list box of the emotion selection list 33 with the mouse cursor, selection candidates are displayed from the emotion information stored in the emotion information storage area 73. The FIG. 8 is a conceptual diagram showing a storage state in which emotion information is stored in the emotion information storage area 73.

  As shown in FIG. 8, information representing emotions such as “joy”, “excitement”, “anger”,... Is stored in the emotion information storage area 73 as emotion information. The emotion represented by the emotion information stored in the emotion information storage area 73 is selected from the emotion selection list 33. In the present embodiment, emotion information shown in FIG. 8 and emotion type information are stored in association with each other. Emotion type information is information representing the type of emotion information. In other words, the emotion type information is information for classifying the emotion represented by each emotion information. Specifically, the emotion type information includes at least information for classifying emotions of emotions. In the present embodiment, “surprise”, “scary”, and “other” are stored in the emotion information storage area 73 as emotion type information in addition to emotion classification of emotions. The emotion type information “other” is associated with emotion information that is not classified into any of the emotion type information “joy”, “anger”, “sorrow”, “easy”, “surprised”, and “scary”. For example, “I can be shy”, “I am amazed”, “I am proud”

  As shown in FIG. 8, emotion type information “joy” is associated with emotion information “joy” and emotion information “excitement”. “Inspiring” is an emotion in which the character has a greater degree of joy than “joy”. Also, the emotion type information “anger” is associated with emotion information “anger” and “furious”. “Enraged” is an emotion in which the character's anger is greater than “anger”. As described above, in the present embodiment, emotion type information other than the emotion type information “others” is associated with emotion information having a large degree of emotion and emotion information having a small degree for each emotion type information.

  Furthermore, emotion points are associated with each emotion information and stored in the emotion information storage area 73. The emotion point is a value representing the degree of emotional intensity represented by the emotion information associated with the emotion point. That is, the greater the emotion point value, the greater the degree of emotional intensity. As described above, in this embodiment, emotion type information other than the emotion type information “others” is associated with emotion information having a large degree of emotion and small emotion information for each emotion type information. It has been. Emotion points are used as information representing the degree of emotion. For example, emotion type information “joy” is associated with emotion information “joy” and emotion information “excitement”. “Inspiring” is an emotion in which the character has a greater degree of joy than “joy”. Accordingly, “2” is associated with the emotion point of “joy”, while “3” is associated with the emotion point of “excitement”. In this way, the intensity of each emotion information can be quantified and expressed by the magnitude of the value of the emotion point. Particularly in this embodiment, the emotion type information “anger” and the emotion type information “surprise” are set as emotional points with high emotion points compared to other emotion type information. Specifically, the emotion point corresponding to emotion information “anger” corresponding to emotion type information “anger” and “surprise” corresponding to emotion type information “surprise” is “3”. This is because the emotion information “joy” of the emotion type information “joy”, the emotion information “sadness” of the emotion type information “sorrow”, the emotion information “fun”, the emotion type information “ The value is larger than the emotion point “2” corresponding to the emotion information “scary” of “scary”. In addition, the emotion point corresponding to emotion information “anger” corresponding to emotion type information “anger” and “amazing” corresponding to emotion type information “surprise” is “4”. This is the emotion information “feeling” of emotion type information “joy”, the emotion information “sorrow” of emotion type information “sorrow”, the emotion information “super fun” of emotion type information “easy”, the emotion type information The value is larger than the emotion point “3” corresponding to the emotion information “fear” of “scary”.

  The temperament information storage area 74 stores temperament information. The temper information represents the temper mentioned above. The temperament information indicates the undulation of the character's emotion. Specifically, the value of the emotion point of the present embodiment is changed by the temper information. Based on the temperament information stored in the temperament information storage area 74, the temperament selection list 39 allows a predetermined temperament to be selected. Specifically, when the user clicks and presses the inverted triangle mark in the list box of the temperament selection list 39 with the mouse cursor, selection candidates are displayed from the temperament information stored in the temperament information storage area 74. The FIG. 9 is a conceptual diagram showing a storage state in which the temperament information is stored in the temperament information storage area 74. As shown in FIG. 9, “tempered”, “shyness”, “emotional”, “cool”, “easy to enjoy”, etc. are stored in the temperament information storage area 74 as temperament information.

  The temperament information is roughly divided into first temperament information related to the entire emotion information and second temperament information related to some emotion information. The first temperament information (FIG. 9) is, for example, “moderate”, “shyness”, “emotional”, “cool”. These first temperament information changes the emotion points of all emotion information corresponding to emotion type information “joy”, “anger”, “sorrow”, “easy”, “surprise”, “scary”, “other”. . On the other hand, the second temperament information (FIG. 11) is, for example, “easy to be joyful”, “angery”, “easy to grieve”, “easy to enjoy”, “surprise shop”, “fear”. The second temperament information includes the emotion point of emotion information corresponding to some emotion type information corresponding to emotion type information “joy”, “anger”, “sorrow”, “easy”, “surprise”, and “scary”. To change. In the present embodiment, in particular, the second temperament information corresponds to any one emotion type information of emotion type information “joy”, “anger”, “sorrow”, “easy”, “surprise”, “scary”. . For example, the second temperament information “easy to be joyful” is temperament information corresponding to the emotion type information “joy”. The second temperament information “angry” is temperament information corresponding to the emotion type information “anger”. The second temperament information “easy to be sad” is temperament information corresponding to the emotion type information “sorrow”. The second temperament information “easy to enjoy” is temperament information corresponding to the emotion type information “Easy”. The second temperament information “surprise shop” is temperament information corresponding to the emotion type information “surprise”. The second temperament information “fear” is temperament information corresponding to the emotion type information “fear”. Second temperament information corresponding to the emotion type information “others” may be set.

  FIG. 10 is a conceptual diagram illustrating a specific example of the first temperament information. As shown in FIG. 10, emotion type information, emotion information, and a correction value are stored in the temperament information storage area 74 in association with the first temperament information. The correction value is a value that changes the value of the emotion point shown in FIG. 8 according to the temperament information. The first temperament information is temperament information related to the entire emotion information. Furthermore, each emotion information is associated with a correction value. This correction value is a value for correcting the emotion point of the emotion information associated with the correction value. In the example of FIG. 10, the correction value of emotion information “joy” corresponding to the first temperament information “adaptive” is “0.5”, and the correction value of emotion information “excitement” is “2.0”. In addition, the correction value of the emotion information “anger” corresponding to the first temperament information “shyness” is “0.5”, and the correction value of the emotion information “furious” is also “2.0”. The importance of the present embodiment is determined by the emotion points shown in FIG. 8 and the correction values shown in FIG. In addition, when emotion information is not selected by the operation screen 20, the importance of the character is determined as 1.0. Further, there may be a case where temperament information is not selected on the operation screen 20. At this time, the correction value is determined as “1.0”, and the emotion point is determined.

  In the present embodiment, the character's temper and emotion are input through the operation screen 20 shown in FIG. The importance is determined by the determined temper and emotion. For example, it is assumed that first temperament information “Odaka” and emotion information “anger” are input through the operation screen 20. At this time, as shown in FIG. 10, the correction value corresponding to the emotion information “anger” of the first temperament information “adaptive” is “0.5”. Further, from FIG. 8, the emotion point corresponding to the emotion information “anger” is “3”. Therefore, the importance is obtained by multiplying the correction value “0.5” by the emotion point “3”, and the importance is determined as “1.5”. In the present embodiment, the importance is determined by referring to the emotion point shown in FIG. 8 and the correction value shown in FIG. 10 based on the temper and the emotion input through the operation screen 20 as described above. The importance determination method is not limited to the method described above. For example, the importance may be set directly in the correction value column shown in FIG. 10 without taking the product of the emotion point and the correction value. Further, a table in which importance is determined based on temperament information and emotion information may be used. Whether to add the emphasis information of this embodiment is determined according to the determined importance. A determination method for adding emphasis information will be described with reference to a flowchart.

  Based on the first temperament information, the correction values shown in FIG. 10 are determined. For example, the case of the first temperament information “Odaka” is taken as an example. The first temperament information “Odayaka” represents that the emotional change of the character is gradual. Therefore, the correction value of the emotion information corresponding to the first temperament information “Odaka” is basically a low value of “0.5”. On the other hand, the correction value of the emotion information of “Emotion”, “Furious”, “Lament”, “Super fun”, “Surprise”, “Fear” with a high degree of emotional intensity is “2.0”, The correction value of other emotion information is “0.5”, which is a high value. This is to increase the importance of the character even when the character is “moderate” and is set to an emotion with a high degree of emotional intensity. In addition, for the temperament information “shyness”, the correction value is “0.3”, which is lower than the temperament information “moderate”. This is because shy characters do not express emotions. Similarly to the temperament information “Odaka”, the temperament information “shyness” also has a high degree of emotional intensity, “inspiration”, “furious”, “grief”, “super fun”, “amazing”, “fear” The correction value of emotion information “1.5” is “1.5”, which is a high value while the correction value of other emotion information is “0.3”. This is to increase the importance of the character even if the character is tempered “shy” when the emotion is set to an emotion with a high degree of emotional intensity.

  The first temperament information “emotional” represents that the character's emotional change is intense. Therefore, the correction values corresponding to the first temperament information “emotional” are all high as “1.5”. Further, the first temperament information “cool” represents that the character rarely expresses intense emotions. Therefore, the correction values for emotional information with high emotional intensity, such as “inspiring”, “furious”, “grief”, “super fun”, “surprise”, “fear”, are “0.8”, etc. The emotion information correction value is “1.0”, whereas it is a low value. In this manner, by setting each correction value according to the temperament characteristic represented by the temperament information, the importance can be accurately determined according to the temperament of each character. For this reason, emphasis information can be added according to the importance determined correctly.

  FIG. 11 is a conceptual diagram illustrating a specific example of the second temperament information. As shown in FIG. 11, emotion type information and a correction value are stored in the temperament information storage area 74 in association with the second temperament information. The second temperament information is temperament information related to some emotion information. In other words, the second temperament information corresponds to some emotion type information corresponding to emotion type information “joy”, “anger”, “sorrow”, “easy”, “surprise”, “scary”, “other” The emotion point of emotion information to be changed is changed. In the present embodiment, in particular, the second temperament information is one of the emotion type information “joy”, “anger”, “sorrow”, “easy”, “surprise”, “scary”, “other”. Corresponds to information. In the present embodiment, the second temperament information shown in FIG. 11 is associated with one emotion type information. For example, the second temperament information “easy to be joyful” is associated with the emotion type information “joy”. Similarly, for the other second temperament information, the second temperament information “angry” is associated with the emotion type information “anger”. Furthermore, each emotion type information is associated with a correction value. This correction value is a value for correcting the emotion point of the emotion information included in the emotion type information associated with the correction value. In the example of FIG. 11, the correction value of the emotion type information “joy” corresponding to the second temperament information “easy to enjoy” is “2.0”. This is because, when the temperament information input through the operation screen 20 is “easy to be joyful”, when either emotion information “joy” or “inspiring” is input, the emotion information “joy” or “inspiring” This represents that the emotion point corresponding to is changed based on the correction value. Specifically, when the emotion information “joy” is input when the temperament information input through the operation screen 20 is “joyful”, the importance is a correction value “2.0” and “joy” Is multiplied by the emotion point “2”, and the importance is determined to be “4.0”. On the other hand, when the temperament information input through the operation screen 20 is “easy to be joyful” and the emotion information other than the emotion information “joy” or “inspiring” is selected, the correction value is “1.0”. Used as

  The enhancement information storage area 75 includes a balloon information storage area 76 and a font information storage area 77. The balloon information storage area stores balloon information.

  FIG. 12 is a conceptual diagram showing a storage state in which the balloon information is stored in the balloon information storage area 76. As shown in FIG. 12, in the balloon information storage area 76, importance and balloon information are stored in association with each other. The balloon information output to the display unit is changed according to the determined importance. In creating a comic, generally, a speech balloon having an arcuate outer frame shape corresponding to a value of importance 0.0 or more and 2.0 or less shown in FIG. 12 is used. On the other hand, the shape of the outer frame of the speech balloon is changed from an arc shape for the speech balloon to be emphasized in order to attract the attention of the comic reader. For example, in order to attract the attention of a manga reader, a part of the shape of the outer frame of the balloon may have a plurality of extensions that extend from the inside to the outside of the balloon. In particular, a shape in which a part of the shape of the outer frame of the balloon has a plurality of cusps extending from the inside to the outside of the balloon is used. As shown in FIG. 12, when the importance level of a character is 0.0 or more and 2.0 or less, the character is determined to be a character with relatively low importance. Therefore, a balloon whose outer frame is in an arc shape is stored in the balloon information storage area 75 in association with a value of importance 0.0 or more and 2.0 or less. If the importance is greater than 2.0 and less than 4.0, the character is determined to have a higher importance compared to a character having an importance of 0.0 or more and 2.0 or less. For this reason, the blowout having a shape having a plurality of extended portions or cusps in the outer frame shape of the blowout is stored in association with a value greater than the importance 2.0 and smaller than 4.0. Further, when the importance is 4.0 or more, the character is determined to be a character having a high importance as compared with a character that is larger than the importance 2.0 and smaller than 4.0. A blowout having a shape having a plurality of extended portions or cusps in the outer frame shape of the balloon is stored in association with a value of importance 4.0 or higher. Note that balloon information stored in association with a value of importance 4.0 or higher is higher than balloon information stored in association with a value greater than importance 2.0 and smaller than 4.0. The balloon has a large number of parts or cusps. Moreover, it is a balloon with a large area of an extension part or a point part. A large number of extensions or cusps, or a large area of extensions or cusps, can draw more attention to the reader.

  The font information storage area 77 stores font information. FIG. 13 is a conceptual diagram showing a storage state in which font information is stored in the font information storage area 77. As illustrated in FIG. 13, the importance level and the font size are stored in the font information storage area 77 in association with each other. The font size output to the display unit is changed according to the determined importance. The font size corresponding to the value of importance 0.0 or more and 2.0 or less shown in FIG. 13 is 8 points. The font size corresponding to a value greater than the importance 2.0 and smaller than 4.0 is 12 points. The font size corresponding to a value of importance 4.0 or higher is 16 points and is bold. Thus, as the importance of the character increases, the font size is increased or the character is bolded, so that the character can make the reader pay attention. Further, the font type may be changed according to the importance.

  The RAM 8 includes an importance degree temporary storage area 81. The importance level temporary storage area 81 temporarily stores the importance level. The degree of importance is determined by selecting temperament information and emotion information through the operation screen 20. The determined importance is associated with identification information for identifying each character and stored in the importance temporary storage area 81.

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The operation and action of the comic creation support apparatus 1 of the present embodiment having the above-described configuration will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings. FIG. 14 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure of the main operation in the comic creation support apparatus 1. The main operation is performed by the CPU 6 executing the main operation program when an external power source such as a commercial power source and the exercise support apparatus 1 are connected via a power source or an outlet. The processing shown below is processed by the CPU 6.

  In the comic creation support apparatus 1, first, in step S <b> 101, it is determined whether a power switch (not shown) of the apparatus is turned on by the user. Step S101 is repeated until it is determined that the power switch is turned on. The power switch may be a hardware switch or a power switch operated by software. When the power switch is turned on, step S102 is executed.

  In step S102, an arrangement setting process is executed. Specifically, in the coordinate system of the XYZ coordinates 65, a position where an object such as a background or a character is arranged in the three-dimensional virtual space 60 is determined. In addition, coordinates of an arrangement position such as a viewpoint in the three-dimensional virtual space 60 are also set. A virtual camera 61 is arranged at each viewpoint. Then, for each virtual camera 61, a line-of-sight direction (shooting direction 62) and a field angle (vertical field angle θ1, horizontal field angle θ2) are set. In the present embodiment, it is assumed that the viewing direction and the angle of view of the virtual camera 61 for each viewpoint are determined in advance. In the initial setting of character placement, one character is placed in the three-dimensional virtual space 60. A second character may be added by operating the new character creation button 35. Any number of characters may be arranged in the three-dimensional virtual space 60. A character is arranged in the three-dimensional virtual space 60, and the coordinates of the character are converted based on the affine transformation described above. Then, texture data is given. As a result, as shown in FIG. 2, the character (figure A) is virtually arranged in the three-dimensional virtual space 60. The same applies to the arrangement of the second and subsequent characters. The number of characters arranged is temporarily stored in a predetermined storage area of the RAM 8. The computer of this embodiment and step S102 are an example of a first setting unit of the present invention. Moreover, step S102 of this embodiment is an example of a first setting step of the present invention.

  In step S103, a character setting process is performed. In step S103, the lines of characters arranged in the three-dimensional virtual space 60 are set. Lines are input to the line input box 32 of the operation screen 20 for all the set characters. The lines input to the line input box 32 are temporarily stored in a predetermined storage area of the RAM 8 in association with identification information for identifying each character.

  In step S104, emotion setting processing is performed. The emotion setting process is a process of giving emotion information stored in the emotion information storage area 73 to each character. The emotion information of each character is selected by the emotion selection list 33. The emotion information selected for each character is temporarily stored in a predetermined storage area of the RAM 8 in association with identification information for identifying each character. The computer of this embodiment and step S104 are an example of the second setting unit of the present invention. Moreover, step S104 of the present embodiment is an example of a second setting step of the present invention.

  In step S105, a temper setting process is performed. The temper setting process is a process for giving temper information stored in the temper information storage area 73 to each character. The temperament information of each character is selected by the temperament selection list 39. The temperament information selected for each character is temporarily stored in a predetermined storage area of the RAM 8 in association with identification information for identifying each character.

  In step S106, it is determined whether or not the user has instructed to add emphasis information. Specifically, it is determined whether or not an input for instructing addition of emphasis information has been performed by the information input unit 5 such as a mouse. When it is determined that there is an instruction to add emphasis information (step S106: YES), step S107 is executed. If it is not determined that there is an instruction to add emphasis information (step S106: NO), step S117 is executed.

  In step S107, it is determined whether or not there is one character set on the operation screen 20. Specifically, every time a character is placed on the operation screen 20, the number of placed characters is temporarily stored in a predetermined storage area of the RAM 8. Based on the number of characters temporarily stored in the RAM 8, it is determined whether or not one character is arranged. When it is determined that the number of arranged characters is one (step S107: YES), step S108 is executed. When it is not determined that the number of arranged characters is one (step S107: NO), step S112 is executed.

  In step S108, the importance of the character is determined. In step S108, since only one character is set on the operation screen 20, the importance of the arranged character is determined. The importance is determined based on the character emotion information and the temperament information stored in the predetermined storage area of the RAM 8. The determined importance is temporarily stored in the importance temporary storage area 81. The computer of this embodiment and step S108 are an example of the determination part of this invention. Moreover, step S108 of this embodiment is an example of the determination step of this invention.

  In step S109, it is determined whether or not the importance of the character determined in step S108 is a predetermined value or more. When it is determined that the importance temporarily stored in the importance temporary storage area 81 is greater than or equal to a predetermined value (step S109: YES), step S110 is executed. When the importance temporarily stored in the importance temporary storage area 81 is not determined to be greater than or equal to the predetermined value (step S109: NO), step S111 is executed. The computer of this embodiment and step S109 are examples of the determination unit of the present invention. Moreover, step S109 of this embodiment is an example of the determination step of the present invention.

  In step S110, a concentrated line is added to the arranged characters. The position coordinates of the character whose importance is greater than or equal to a predetermined value are acquired, and a concentrated line is added as shown in FIG. The computer of this embodiment and step S110 are an example of the addition part of this invention. Moreover, step S110 of this embodiment is an example of an additional step of the present invention.

  In step S111, a balloon is added according to the importance determined in step S108. Specifically, a balloon is given to the character based on the balloon information stored in the balloon information storage area 76. Balloon information corresponding to the magnitude of importance stored in the importance level temporary storage area 81 is determined from the balloon information storage area 76. Based on the determined balloon information, a balloon is given to the character. Further, the font size for displaying the speech to be output in the balloon is determined according to the importance from the information stored in the font information storage area 77. Based on the determined font size, lines are displayed in the balloon. The computer of this embodiment and step S111 are an example of the determination part of this invention. Moreover, step S111 of this embodiment is an example of the determination step of the present invention.

  In step S112, it is determined whether or not there are a plurality of characters set on the operation screen 20. Specifically, every time a character is placed on the operation screen 20, the number of placed characters is temporarily stored in a predetermined storage area of the RAM 8. Based on the number of characters temporarily stored in the RAM 8, it is determined whether or not there are a plurality of arranged characters. When it is determined that there are a plurality of arranged characters (step S112: YES), step S113 is executed. When it is not determined that the number of arranged characters is plural (step S112: NO), step S117 is executed.

  In step S113, the importance of each character is determined. In step S113, since there are a plurality of characters set on the operation screen 20, the importance of each arranged character is determined. The importance of each character is determined based on the emotion information and temperament information of each character stored in a predetermined storage area of the RAM 8. The determined importance of each character is temporarily stored in the importance temporary storage area 81 in association with identification information for identifying each character.

  In step S114, based on the importance determined in step S113, it is determined whether or not the difference between the importance indicating the first highest value and the second highest importance is equal to or greater than a predetermined value. . Among the importance levels temporarily stored in the importance level temporary storage area 81, when it is determined that the difference between the importance level indicating the first largest value and the second highest importance level is equal to or greater than a predetermined value ( Step S114: YES), Step S115 is executed. When the difference between the importance indicating the first largest value and the second highest importance among the importance temporarily stored in the importance temporary storage area 81 is not determined to be greater than or equal to a predetermined value. (Step S114: NO), Step S116 is executed. The computer of this embodiment and step S114 are an example of the determination part of this invention. Moreover, step S114 of this embodiment is an example of the determination step of the present invention.

  In step S115, a concentrated line is added to the character having the highest importance level among the importance levels stored in the temporary importance level storage area 81. The position coordinate of the character with the highest importance is acquired, and a concentrated line is added. The computer of this embodiment and step S115 are an example of an addition unit of the present invention. Moreover, step S115 of this embodiment is an example of an additional step of the present invention.

  In step S116, a balloon is added according to the importance determined in step S113. Specifically, a balloon is given to each character based on the balloon information stored in the balloon information storage area 76. For each character, balloon information corresponding to the magnitude of the importance stored in the importance temporary storage area 81 is determined from the balloon information storage area 76. A balloon is given to each character based on the determined balloon information. In addition, the font size for displaying the speech to be output to the balloon of each character is determined from the information stored in the font information storage area 77 according to the importance. Based on the determined font size, a dialogue is displayed in the balloon of each character. The computer of this embodiment and step S116 are an example of the addition part of this invention. Moreover, step S116 of this embodiment is an example of an additional step of the present invention.

  In step S117, it is determined whether or not the user has instructed completion of the frame setting. Specifically, it is determined whether or not an input instructing completion of the frame setting has been performed by the information input unit 5 such as a mouse. When it is determined that the frame setting completion instruction has been received (step S117: YES), step S118 is executed. If it is not determined that the frame setting completion instruction has been issued (step S117: NO), step S102 is executed.

  In step S118, the image generated by the processing from step S102 to step S116 is stored in a predetermined storage area of the HDD 7 as an image of one comic frame.

  In step S119, it is determined whether or not the user has instructed to create a new frame. Specifically, it is determined whether or not the new frame creation button 25 in the operation screen 20 is instructed by the information input unit 5 such as a mouse. When it is determined that there is an instruction to create a new frame (step S119: YES), step S120 is executed. If it is not determined that the frame setting completion instruction has been issued (step S119: NO), step S121 is executed.

  In step S120, an operation screen for creating a new frame is generated in the operation screen 20.

  In step S121, it is determined whether the power switch is turned off by the user. If the power switch is not turned off (step S121: NO), step S119 is executed again. When the power switch is turned off (step S121: YES), the process returns to step S101 and step S101 is executed again.

  In the present embodiment, concentrated lines, balloon information, and font size are used as emphasis information. Any one of the concentrated line, the balloon information, and the font size may be used as the enhancement information. In the present embodiment, a concentrated line is added only for objects whose importance is greater than or equal to a predetermined value in steps S109 and S110, and the balloon information and the font size are switched according to the importance in step S111. In step S109, it is determined whether or not the importance level is equal to or greater than a predetermined value. Only for characters whose importance level is equal to or higher than the predetermined value, concentration lines and assignment, and switching between balloon information and font size corresponding to the importance level are performed. And may be done. Only for characters whose importance is greater than or equal to a predetermined value, switching between balloon information and font size according to importance may be performed.

  In the present embodiment, in step S114, it is determined whether or not the difference in importance between the character having the highest importance and the character having the second highest importance is equal to or greater than a predetermined value. As a modified example, it is also possible to select the top several characters from the characters with the highest importance and give the emphasis information. Further, emphasis information may be given to all characters whose importance is equal to or higher than a predetermined value.

  In the present embodiment, temper information is used to determine the importance. As a modification, the temper information may not be used. The importance may be determined by emotion information without using temper information. The importance may be determined by simply determining whether the character is important without using emotion information. Whether or not the character is important may be determined using parameters other than emotion information.

1 Manga creation support device 1
4 Display 5 Information Input Unit 6 CPU
7 HDD
8 RAM
9 Network connection unit 20 Operation screen 21 Frame display area 22 Frame image display area 23 Scene selection list 24 Candidate selection button 25 New frame creation button 26 Frame number 31 Character setting area 32 Dialog input box 33 Emotion selection list 35 New character creation button 36 Character selection list 39 Temper selection list 42 Dialog input box 43 Emotion selection list 46 Character selection list 49 Temper selection list 60 3D virtual space 61 Virtual camera 62 Shooting direction 65 XYZ coordinate axis 66 View coordinate system 68 Virtual screen 69 2D virtual screen 70 Concentrated line 71 Program information storage area 72 Main action program information storage area 73 Emotion information storage area 74 Temperament information storage area 75 Emphasis information storage area 76 Balloon information storage area 77 Font information Balloon storage area 80

Claims (12)

A comic generation support device that supports generation of a comic including at least one frame,
A first setting unit for setting an object to appear in a predetermined frame to be displayed on the display unit;
A determination unit that determines importance indicating the importance of the object set by the first setting unit in the frame;
A determination unit that determines whether the importance determined by the determination unit is equal to or greater than a predetermined threshold;
An adding unit that adds emphasis information for emphasizing the object to the object set by the setting unit when the importance is determined to be greater than or equal to a predetermined threshold by the determination unit;
A cartoon creation support device characterized by comprising: The first setting unit sets a character to which emotion information representing emotion can be given as an object to appear in a predetermined frame,
The determination unit determines the importance based on the emotion information,
The determination unit determines whether the importance determined by the determination unit is above a predetermined threshold;
The said addition part adds the said emphasis information which emphasizes the expression of the emotion of the said character, when the said determination part determines that the said importance is more than a predetermined threshold value. Cartoon creation support device. The first setting unit sets a character to which the emotion information and temper information representing temper indicating the undulation of the emotion of the object can be given,
The determination unit determines the importance based on the emotion information and the temperament information,
The determination unit determines whether the importance determined by the determination unit is above a predetermined threshold;
3. The comic according to claim 2, wherein when the importance level is determined to be greater than or equal to a predetermined threshold by the determination unit, the addition unit adds the emphasis information that emphasizes the emotion of the character. Creation support device. The first setting unit sets a plurality of different characters that can be given emotion as an object to appear in a predetermined frame,
The determining unit determines the importance of each character set by the first setting unit,
The determination unit determines whether or not there is a character having an importance level equal to or higher than a predetermined threshold among the importance levels set for the plurality of characters,
When it is determined that there is a character having an importance level equal to or higher than a predetermined threshold value among the importance levels set for the plurality of characters by the determination unit, the assigning unit sets the importance level equal to or higher than the predetermined threshold value. The comic creation support apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the emphasis information for emphasizing a character's emotion is given. A second setting unit configured to set predetermined emotion information among a plurality of emotion information representing the character's emotions to the character set by the first setting unit;
5. The comic creation support apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the determination unit determines the importance level according to emotion information set by the second setting unit. 6. The second setting unit sets the emotion information including the first emotion information representing anger or surprise as the plurality of emotion information to the character set by the first setting unit,
When the emotion information set by the second setting unit is the first emotion information, the second determination unit determines the first emotion information rather than the emotion intensity corresponding to emotion information different from the first emotion information. The comic creation support apparatus according to claim 5, wherein the emotion intensity corresponding to is determined to be high. The first setting unit sets the object and balloon information displayed on the display unit including contents of the conversation of the object,
When the determination unit determines that the degree of importance is equal to or greater than a predetermined threshold, the adding unit adds the predetermined emphasis information around the balloon displayed on the display unit based on the balloon information. The cartoon creation support apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein:   8. The comic creation according to claim 7, wherein the adding unit adds the emphasis information having a plurality of cusps directed from the inside to the outside of the speech balloon around the speech balloon displayed on the display section. Support device. The first setting unit sets the object and character information representing characters related to the operation of the object in one frame where the object is set,
The said adding part enlarges the magnitude | size of the said character information displayed on the said display part as said emphasis information, when the said importance determines with the said determination part being more than a predetermined threshold value. The comic creation support device according to any one of claims 1 to 8.   When the importance is determined by the determination unit to be equal to or greater than a predetermined threshold, the adding unit displays concentration line information representing a concentration line that emphasizes the object at a display position where the object is displayed on the display unit. The comic creation support apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the comic creation support apparatus adds the emphasis information. A comic generation support method for supporting generation of a comic including at least one frame,
A first setting step of setting an object to appear in a predetermined frame to be displayed on the display unit;
A determination step for determining an importance level representing the importance of the object set by the first setting step in the frame;
A determination step of determining whether the importance determined by the determination step is equal to or greater than a predetermined threshold;
An adding step of adding emphasis information for emphasizing the object to the object set by the setting step when the importance is determined to be equal to or greater than a predetermined threshold by the determining step;
Manga creation support method including. In the computer of the comic generation support device that supports the generation of comics including at least one frame,
A first setting step of setting an object to appear in a predetermined frame to be displayed on the display unit;
A determination step for determining an importance level representing the importance of the object set by the first setting step in the frame;
A determination step of determining whether the importance determined by the determination step is equal to or greater than a predetermined threshold;
An adding step of adding emphasis information for emphasizing the object to the object set by the setting step when the importance is determined to be equal to or greater than a predetermined threshold by the determining step;
A program characterized by having executed.