Patent ID: 8035643

Claim:
A computer implemented method for animation mapping comprising: creating a mapping, using a computer system, from a first configuration of a source shape to a first configuration of a target shape, wherein the mapping is created using a training set of previous associations of other configurations of the source shape with other configurations of the target shape, respectively, wherein the previous associations were created by user selection of source positions of the other configurations of the source shape for association with target positions of the other configurations of the target shape; applying, using the computer system, the mapping to the target shape and displaying the first configuration of the target shape; receiving input in the computer system generated by a user sculpting the first configuration of the target shape into a second configuration; and modifying the training set, using the computer system and based on the input, the training set modified to generate a refined mapping from the first configuration of the source shape to the second configuration of the target shape.