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I remember first seeing content aware image scaling at Adobe MAX in Barcelona I think it was. We were completely dumbfounded by what was surely magic happening

by mstade 9y ago

I remember first seeing content aware image scaling at Adobe MAX in Barcelona I think it was. We were completely dumbfounded by what was surely magic happening on stage. When they showed removing objects we just lost it, jaws on the floor and all. That was a fun conference.

nojvek 9y ago
Yeah Adobe sure had a lot of magic to show in that conference.
esimov 9y ago
I'm the author of this library. The algorithm permits to remove an object from the image, only it needs somehow to be localized. After localization it can be applied to that area a higher energy map, which means that part will be avoided by the seam carver. I will implement a face detection algorithm to automatically exclude faces to get not altered by the carver.
- rcarmo 9y ago
  There are a few interesting things to explore in that field, with different twists: https://algorithmia.com/algorithms/opencv/SmartThumbnail https://algorithmia.com/algorithms/opencv/SmartThumbnail https://blog.twitter.com/engineering/en_us/topics/infrastructure/2018/Smart-Auto-Cropping-of-Images.html https://blog.twitter.com/engineering/en_us/topics/infrastruc...
- prokoudine 9y ago
  Out of curiosity, liblqr was not good enough for you? :)
amelius 9y ago
See also the Patch-Match algorithm: http://gfx.cs.princeton.edu/pubs/Barnes_2009_PAR/index.php http://gfx.cs.princeton.edu/pubs/Barnes_2009_PAR/index.php (Licensed by Adobe for noncommercial research use only.)
nothis 9y ago
It's super fun but I can't think of many real-world uses. Maybe in subtle, element-wise stretching and reshaping as part of more complex editing? Squeezing images is a huge no-no in any graphic design, and while content-aware resizing is a neat trick to avoid the most glaring problems, it's still image squeezing. You'd rather just crop the image or choose a different one.
- gjem97 9y ago
  > Squeezing images is a huge no-no in any graphic design Surely this is true in journalism. I find it hard to believe it's true in ad work.
  - mavhc 9y ago
    I think the previous comment was about changing the aspect ratio. And while you'd rather crop or choose another image, content aware resizing is now the 3rd option

by mstade 9y ago

nojvek 9y ago

Yeah Adobe sure had a lot of magic to show in that conference.

esimov 9y ago

I'm the author of this library. The algorithm permits to remove an object from the image, only it needs somehow to be localized. After localization it can be applied to that area a higher energy map, which means that part will be avoided by the seam carver. I will implement a face detection algorithm to automatically exclude faces to get not altered by the carver.

rcarmo 9y ago
There are a few interesting things to explore in that field, with different twists: https://algorithmia.com/algorithms/opencv/SmartThumbnail https://algorithmia.com/algorithms/opencv/SmartThumbnail https://blog.twitter.com/engineering/en_us/topics/infrastructure/2018/Smart-Auto-Cropping-of-Images.html https://blog.twitter.com/engineering/en_us/topics/infrastruc...
prokoudine 9y ago
Out of curiosity, liblqr was not good enough for you? :)

amelius 9y ago

See also the Patch-Match algorithm: http://gfx.cs.princeton.edu/pubs/Barnes_2009_PAR/index.php http://gfx.cs.princeton.edu/pubs/Barnes_2009_PAR/index.php (Licensed by Adobe for noncommercial research use only.)

nothis 9y ago

It's super fun but I can't think of many real-world uses. Maybe in subtle, element-wise stretching and reshaping as part of more complex editing? Squeezing images is a huge no-no in any graphic design, and while content-aware resizing is a neat trick to avoid the most glaring problems, it's still image squeezing. You'd rather just crop the image or choose a different one.

gjem97 9y ago
> Squeezing images is a huge no-no in any graphic design Surely this is true in journalism. I find it hard to believe it's true in ad work.
- mavhc 9y ago
  I think the previous comment was about changing the aspect ratio. And while you'd rather crop or choose another image, content aware resizing is now the 3rd option