Automatic generation of subject-based image transitions

  • Authors:
  • Edoardo Ardizzone;Roberto Gallea;Marco La Cascia;Marco Morana

  • Affiliations:
  • Università degli Studi di Palermo;Università degli Studi di Palermo;Università degli Studi di Palermo;Università degli Studi di Palermo

  • Venue:
  • ICIAP'11 Proceedings of the 16th international conference on Image analysis and processing: Part I
  • Year:
  • 2011

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Abstract

This paper presents a novel approach for the automatic generation of image slideshows. Counter to standard cross-fading, the idea is to operate the image transitions keeping the subject focused in the intermediate frames by automatically identifying him/her and preserving face and facial features alignment. This is done by using a novel Active Shape Model and time-series Image Registration. The final result is an aesthetically appealing slideshow which emphasizes the subject. The results have been evaluated with a users' response survey. The outcomes show that the proposed slideshow concept is widely preferred by final users w.r.t. standard image transitions.