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Has anyone formally defined (something close to) the idea of the "visual center", as described in the article? I'm guessing that the centroid of the shape isn'
by creata 4y ago
Has anyone formally defined (something close to) the idea of the "visual center", as described in the article?
I'm guessing that the centroid of the shape isn't the answer.
- quickthrower2 4y agoMakes me think of a guest complaining our (spirit-level levelled) pictures aren't level and adjusting them by hand/eye.
- SamBam 4y agoAre all the horizontal and vertical elements near your picture level? i.e. the ceiling (often not level) the floor (ditto), the door frames, etc. If those aren't then your "level" picture will look uneven.
- onos 4y agoDid some googling and just found a bunch of assertions for where the visual center is in an image. Sounds like it’s “where people perceive” the center to be and that’s about as good a def as is possible.
- Izkata 4y agoMy reflex was "center of mass", but with some searches people mostly say in a flat 2d figure it's the same thing as centroid.
- davnn 4y agoNot really formal, but there are a ton of books and articles that describe such things from a psychological standpoint. I can recommend „Dondis, Donis A. A primer of visual literacy. Mit Press, 1974.“ to anyone interested in concepts such as those in the linked article.
- IIAOPSW 4y agoMy first guess is it is the centroid. My second guess is because the example isn't a simple convex shape, the brain sees it as two shapes glued together and you want the barrycenter of those.