Image Aesthetics Assessment Based on Multi-stream CNN Architecture and Saliency Features
In this paper, we explore how higher-level perceptual information based on visual attention can be used for aesthetic assessment of images. We assume that visually dominant subjects in a photograph influence stronger aesthetic interest. In other words, visual attention may be a key to predicting pho...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Taylor & Francis Group
2021-01-01
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Series: | Applied Artificial Intelligence |
Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/08839514.2020.1839197 |
Summary: | In this paper, we explore how higher-level perceptual information based on visual attention can be used for aesthetic assessment of images. We assume that visually dominant subjects in a photograph influence stronger aesthetic interest. In other words, visual attention may be a key to predicting photographic aesthetics. Our proposed aesthetic assessment method, which is based on multi-stream and multi-task convolutional neural networks (CNNs), extracts global features and saliency features from an input image. These provide higher-level visual information such as the quality of the photo subject and the subject–background relationship. Results from our experiments support the effectiveness of our approach. |
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ISSN: | 0883-9514 1087-6545 |