Content-aware image resizing
The below video demonstrates a method of resizing images that leaves the important areas intact. The software analyses an image for the least important curved lines of pixels, based on a gradient magnitude1, then adds or removes them as necessary. This results in apparently seamless (at youtube resolution, anyway) real-time contraction or expansion of the image area. Easier to see than to explain:
I'm sure they're using images that suit the process, but it's impressive nevertheless. They're surely talking to Adobe about licensing...Found via Waxy.
- I'm not entirely certain what this is, but I'd guess it's related to the average brightness/colour difference between neighbouring pixels? [↩]
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