By taking a regular image as the input noise texture and the extracted gradients as the vector field (Figure 1), the image can be blurred (Figure 2) through a LIC process. Image warping (Figure 3) may be achieved when a separate vector field is used as the external driving force.
 
Figure 1. Derive a vector field from the image itself to blur the image using LIC.
 
Figure 2. Two images and the blurred results.
 
Figure 3. Image warping.
     
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