Computational models and experimental investigations of effects of balance and symmetry on the aesthetics of text-overlaid images

International Journal of Human Computer Studies

Volumn 68, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 41-56

  Lai, Chien Yin ^a   Chen, Pai Hsun ^b   Shih, Sheng Wen ^a   Liu, Yili ^c   Hong, Jen Shin ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHI NAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NAN KAI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Compositional attributes; Computational aesthetics; Interface design

Indexed keywords

CENTER POINTS; CHINESE TEXT; COLOR PHOTOS; COMPUTATIONAL AESTHETICS; COMPUTATIONAL MODEL; EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; INTERFACE DESIGNS; MAGNITUDE ESTIMATION; PROPORTIONAL RELATION; RADIAL SYMMETRYS; SUBJECTIVE RATING; TEST IMAGES; VERTICAL DIRECTION; VISUAL BALANCE;

COMPUTATION THEORY; FEATURE EXTRACTION;

EXPERIMENTS;

EID: 71949103033     PISSN: 10715819     EISSN: 10959300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhcs.2009.08.008     Document Type: Article

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