The Journal of the Society for Art and Science Cover sheet for paper submissions * Paper Types (choose one) - Original Short Paper (less than 1500 words) * Paper Fieldichoose one 3) Fusion (Art and Science) * Categories (choose one or more) a-4) Computer Graphics (Visualization) a-6) Image Processing a-7) Audio Information Processing b-2) Virtual Reality c-4) Media Art Content * Special Issue Correspondence (choose one - General Submission * Title Automatic Generation of Visual Effects from Movement of Athletes in Sports Videos * Author(s) Fumiya Sawai (Non-Member) Yuki Morimoto (Regular Member) * Author Affiliation(s) School of Design, Kyushu University Faculty of Design, Kyushu University * Author E-mail Address(es) morimoto@design.kyushu-u.ac.jp * Name, Address, Affiliation, Telephone number, Fax number, and E-mail Address of the Contact Person Yuki Morimoto, Shiobaru 4-9-1, Minami-ku, Fukuoka, Japan * Abstract (approx. 100 words) Sports broadcasts can be made more entertaining by adding visual effects. Currently, such effect animations are added manually in a real-time or post process. Or many cases require depth information. Here, we automatically add visual effects to sports videos by extracting optical flow and automatically adjusting the brightness of regions that include athletes. The proposed method can be used to easily and quickly add effects to make sports broadcasts more enjoyable without depth information. * Keywords (around five) Entertainment, Visual effects, ** Authors should submit their manuscripts (PDF or WORD format) to the secretariat of The Society of Art and Science by e-mail, with a cover sheet (in plain text). The secretariat will inform the author of the receipt number after receiving the manuscript. ** No manuscripts bigger than 10 MB will be accepted. If the file size exceeds 10 MB, please upload it to an authorfs website.