A Video Object Generation Tool Allowing Friendly User Interaction

In this paper we describe an interactive video object segmentationtool developedin the framework of the ACTS- AC098 MOMUSYSproject. The Video Object Generator with User Environment (VOGUE) combines three differ- ent sets of automatic and semi-automatic tools (spatial segmentation, object tracking and temporal segmentation) with general purpose tools for user interaction. The re- sult is an integrated environmentallowingthe user-assisted segmentation of any sort of video sequences in a friendly and efficient manner.