This is the Kuwahara Filter @Acerola

Uploaded November 2022 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

30 years ago a man attempted to denoise medical imagery and unknowingly set off a chain reaction of research developments leading to a modern day post processing effect that transforms images into paintings, but how did he do it?

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References:
Anisotropic Kuwahara Filtering on the GPU - GPU Pro
http://www.umsl.edu/~kangh/Papers/kang-tpcg2010.pdf

Music:
Joy - Persona 3
Tranquility - Persona 3
Crisis - Persona 3
During The Test - Persona 3
Afternoon Break - Persona 3
This Mysterious Feeling - Persona 3
Muscle Blues - Persona 4
Like A Dream Come True - Persona 4
Dead End Chaos Theatre - Earthbound
Climax Return - Danganronpa
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