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We introduce the concept of graphical objects, the abstraction paradigms to study them, and their applications in computer graphics. Intuitively, graphical objects encompass all the entities manipulated in a graphics system. This notion makes it possible to unify similar research topics appearing in the literature separately. We study the problem of object metamorphosis, which includes the problem of image metamorphosis. Although we are not primarily concerned with implementation issues in this paper, the concepts we introduce can be exploited for system design and development that use object-oriented programming.

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  1. IMPA — Institute of Pure and Applied Mathematics, Estrada Dona Castorina, 110, 22460-320, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil

    Jonas Gomes, Bruno Costa, Lucia Darsa & Luiz Velho

  2. Computer Science Department, State University of New York at Stony Brook, 11794, Stony Brook, NY, USA

    Bruno Costa & Lucia Darsa

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Gomes, J., Costa, B., Darsa, L. et al. Graphical objects. The Visual Computer 12, 269–282 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01782289

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