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… who asked for the image analysis algorithm to be the only thing to crop the photo? You don’t even have to add extra required steps, generate the initial thum
by charrondev 5y ago
… who asked for the image analysis algorithm to be the only thing to crop the photo?
You don’t even have to add extra required steps, generate the initial thumbnail automatically, then allow the user to move the focal point or zoom it.
Sites that allow uploading profile photos have had this type of functionality for more than a decade.
- alanbernstein 5y agoI agree that a manual option should have always been available. I'm just being pedantic: the context here is a "saliency algorithm." In the context of computer vision, the term saliency has a specific meaning. It's about visual perception of images, which doesn't generally include understanding letters, words, sentences, or humor.
- rwmj 5y agoCan't a neural network be trained so it recognizes cartoon panels and only shows the first ones? Seems at least plausible.
- alanbernstein 5y agoSure, if it's designed for cropping cartoon images to show the first panel. This algorithm is designed to work for any image shared on twitter. What should it do for cartoons where the last panel is a much more interesting visual image? Single-panel cartoons that include both the setup and the punchline in one frame (https://twitter.com/PunHubOnline/status/1392509471482683399/photo/1 https://twitter.com/PunHubOnline/status/1392509471482683399/...)? How about before-and-after comparison images?