This paper surveys the state-of-the-art of research in patch-based synthesis. Patch-based
methods synthesize output images by copying small regions from exemplar imagery. This
line of research originated from an area called “texture synthesis”, which focused on creating
regular or semi-regular textures from small exemplars. However, more recently, much
research has focused on synthesis of larger and more diverse imagery, such as photos,
photo collections, videos, and light fields. Additionally, recent research has focused on …