Reconstructing Image Composition: Computation of Leading Lines
The composition of an image is a critical element chosen by the author to construct an image that conveys a narrative and related emotions. Other key elements include framing, lighting, and colors. Assessing classical and simple composition rules in an image, such as the well-known “rule of thirds”,...
| Main Authors: | , , , |
|---|---|
| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
MDPI AG
2023-12-01
|
| Series: | Journal of Imaging |
| Subjects: | |
| Online Access: | https://www.mdpi.com/2313-433X/10/1/5 |
| _version_ | 1797343375437856768 |
|---|---|
| author | Jing Zhang Rémi Synave Samuel Delepoulle Rémi Cozot |
| author_facet | Jing Zhang Rémi Synave Samuel Delepoulle Rémi Cozot |
| author_sort | Jing Zhang |
| collection | DOAJ |
| description | The composition of an image is a critical element chosen by the author to construct an image that conveys a narrative and related emotions. Other key elements include framing, lighting, and colors. Assessing classical and simple composition rules in an image, such as the well-known “rule of thirds”, has proven effective in evaluating the aesthetic quality of an image. It is widely acknowledged that composition is emphasized by the presence of leading lines. While these leading lines may not be explicitly visible in the image, they connect key points within the image and can also serve as boundaries between different areas of the image. For instance, the boundary between the sky and the ground can be considered a leading line in the image. Making the image’s composition explicit through a set of leading lines is valuable when analyzing an image or assisting in photography. To the best of our knowledge, no computational method has been proposed to trace image leading lines. We conducted user studies to assess the agreement among image experts when requesting them to draw leading lines on images. According to these studies, which demonstrate that experts concur in identifying leading lines, this paper introduces a fully automatic computational method for recovering the leading lines that underlie the image’s composition. Our method consists of two steps: firstly, based on feature detection, potential weighted leading lines are established; secondly, these weighted leading lines are grouped to generate the leading lines of the image. We evaluate our method through both subjective and objective studies, and we propose an objective metric to compare two sets of leading lines. |
| first_indexed | 2024-03-08T10:46:43Z |
| format | Article |
| id | doaj.art-e6d70b1b9ad64911964c03126377cc1c |
| institution | Directory Open Access Journal |
| issn | 2313-433X |
| language | English |
| last_indexed | 2024-03-08T10:46:43Z |
| publishDate | 2023-12-01 |
| publisher | MDPI AG |
| record_format | Article |
| series | Journal of Imaging |
| spelling | doaj.art-e6d70b1b9ad64911964c03126377cc1c2024-01-26T17:11:00ZengMDPI AGJournal of Imaging2313-433X2023-12-01101510.3390/jimaging10010005Reconstructing Image Composition: Computation of Leading LinesJing Zhang0Rémi Synave1Samuel Delepoulle2Rémi Cozot3Laboratoire d’Informatique Signal et Image de la Côte d’Opale (LISIC), Université du Littoral Côte d’Opale, UR 4491, F-62228 Calais, FranceLaboratoire d’Informatique Signal et Image de la Côte d’Opale (LISIC), Université du Littoral Côte d’Opale, UR 4491, F-62228 Calais, FranceLaboratoire d’Informatique Signal et Image de la Côte d’Opale (LISIC), Université du Littoral Côte d’Opale, UR 4491, F-62228 Calais, FranceLaboratoire d’Informatique Signal et Image de la Côte d’Opale (LISIC), Université du Littoral Côte d’Opale, UR 4491, F-62228 Calais, FranceThe composition of an image is a critical element chosen by the author to construct an image that conveys a narrative and related emotions. Other key elements include framing, lighting, and colors. Assessing classical and simple composition rules in an image, such as the well-known “rule of thirds”, has proven effective in evaluating the aesthetic quality of an image. It is widely acknowledged that composition is emphasized by the presence of leading lines. While these leading lines may not be explicitly visible in the image, they connect key points within the image and can also serve as boundaries between different areas of the image. For instance, the boundary between the sky and the ground can be considered a leading line in the image. Making the image’s composition explicit through a set of leading lines is valuable when analyzing an image or assisting in photography. To the best of our knowledge, no computational method has been proposed to trace image leading lines. We conducted user studies to assess the agreement among image experts when requesting them to draw leading lines on images. According to these studies, which demonstrate that experts concur in identifying leading lines, this paper introduces a fully automatic computational method for recovering the leading lines that underlie the image’s composition. Our method consists of two steps: firstly, based on feature detection, potential weighted leading lines are established; secondly, these weighted leading lines are grouped to generate the leading lines of the image. We evaluate our method through both subjective and objective studies, and we propose an objective metric to compare two sets of leading lines.https://www.mdpi.com/2313-433X/10/1/5image compositionleading linesgrouping linesimage aesthetic |
| spellingShingle | Jing Zhang Rémi Synave Samuel Delepoulle Rémi Cozot Reconstructing Image Composition: Computation of Leading Lines Journal of Imaging image composition leading lines grouping lines image aesthetic |
| title | Reconstructing Image Composition: Computation of Leading Lines |
| title_full | Reconstructing Image Composition: Computation of Leading Lines |
| title_fullStr | Reconstructing Image Composition: Computation of Leading Lines |
| title_full_unstemmed | Reconstructing Image Composition: Computation of Leading Lines |
| title_short | Reconstructing Image Composition: Computation of Leading Lines |
| title_sort | reconstructing image composition computation of leading lines |
| topic | image composition leading lines grouping lines image aesthetic |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2313-433X/10/1/5 |
| work_keys_str_mv | AT jingzhang reconstructingimagecompositioncomputationofleadinglines AT remisynave reconstructingimagecompositioncomputationofleadinglines AT samueldelepoulle reconstructingimagecompositioncomputationofleadinglines AT remicozot reconstructingimagecompositioncomputationofleadinglines |