Perceived stretch from partial view of twist
Alec Jacobson
August 31, 2011
Here's a twist applied to a bar.
But when the movie is cropped the viewer gets a sense that the bar is also being stretched, to the right.
Putting a texture (here just a the edges of the 3D model's mesh), helps perceive the true deformation: twist.
It also helps reduce the perceived stretch effect on the original full-view movie.