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A 3-D effect is added to a single image by adding depth to the single image. Depth can be added to the single image by selecting an arbitrary region or a number of pixels. A user interface simultaneously displays the single image and novel views of the single original image taken from virtual camera

A 3-D effect is added to a single image by adding depth to the single image. Depth can be added to the single image by selecting an arbitrary region or a number of pixels. A user interface simultaneously displays the single image and novel views of the single original image taken from virtual camera positions rotated relative to the original field of view. Depths given to the original image allow pixels to be reprojected onto the novel views to allow the user to observe the depth changes as they are being added. Functions are provided to edit gaps or voids generated in the process of adding depth to the single image. The gaps occur because of depth discontinuities between regions to which depth has been added and the voids are due to the uncovering of previously occluded surfaces in the original image.

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1. A method of rendering, from a single original two dimensional image of a single field of view taken from a single point of view, an image taken from a new point of view, the method comprising:assigning non-computed depth to pixels in the two dimensional image of the single field of view taken fro

1. A method of rendering, from a single original two dimensional image of a single field of view taken from a single point of view, an image taken from a new point of view, the method comprising:assigning non-computed depth to pixels in the two dimensional image of the single field of view taken from the single point of view, the two dimensional image including a foreground object; adding non-imaged pixels with depth to a portion of a layer which is covered by the foreground object in the original image; from the new point of view and dimensional information of the original image, including the assigned depth, calculating image locations of pixels from the original image and added pixels which are reprojected to the new point of view; and displaying the reprojected pixels at the calculated locations.