本論文的主要目的是將多層次的紋理片段，重組於單張圖片中的物體表面。我們提出了一個新的紋理合成方法，針對多層次的半透明紋理，能夠合成出效果更為逼真的紋理。整體的處理架構可以分成兩個部份：首先，我們必須將小張的多層次紋理樣本，重組成更大的紋理影像；其次，以每一個像素為單位，計算出其各自的法向量，並以法向量的方向為基準，將法向量相似的像素聚合成單一平面，作為紋理重組的基本單位。和之前方法的不同之處，是我們在重組紋理片段時，不將其視為單層的紋理，而是將重疊區域視為多層片段的堆疊，依據每一個像素的前景機率做處理，並保留每一單層片段的紋理特徵。在平面法向量的推算過程中，我們試圖重建出一個近似的物體表面結構，並將多層次紋理依據平面法向量重組在物體表面上。除此之外，我們還可以將具有不同紋理的物件作結合，利用其前景機率產生各種不同的視覺效果。

The aim of this work is to transfer natural layered textures onto an unknown surface shown in a single image. The process of transferring textures can thus be divided into two parts: First, we need to recover the surface normals from the input image; second, we use a small template of natural texture to synthesize a large texture map, and then try to transfer it onto the surface according to the recovered surface normals. To produce visually pleasing results of texture transfer, we introduce a novel method of texture transfer called ''texture matting'' which can deal with layered texture and preserve their transparency to represent the layered effect.

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