Automatic preview video generation for mesh sequences

We present a novel method that automatically generates a preview video of a mesh sequence. To make the preview appealing to users, the important features of the mesh model should be captured in the preview video, while preserving the constraint that the transitions of the camera are as smooth as possible. Our approach models the important features by defining a surface saliency and by measuring the appearance of the mesh sequence. The task of generating the preview video is then formulated as a shortest-path problem and we find an optimal camera path by using Dijkstra's algorithm.