In this paper we describe an approach to the automated creation of
procedural textures to be used in image synthesis. Procedural textures
exhibit many advantages over traditional surface texturing techniques,
but unfortunately finding the correct procedural texture and
appropriate parameters to create the desired texture can be a daunting
task for even the most experienced computer graphics artists. The
method we propose here, which we refer to as image-based
procedural texturing, allows the specification of the desired texture
in the form of a digital input image. From this sample texture, a
corresponding procedural texture is found which produces a texture
which is perceptually similar to the input sample.