Investigation of the role of aesthetics in differentiating between photographs taken by amateur and professional photographers

Shao-Fu Xue; Qian Lin; Daniel R. Tretter; Seungyon Lee; Zygmunt Pizlo; Jan Allebach

doi:10.1117/12.914686

21 February 2012 Investigation of the role of aesthetics in differentiating between photographs taken by amateur and professional photographers

Shao-Fu Xue, Qian Lin, Daniel R. Tretter, Seungyon Lee, Zygmunt Pizlo, Jan Allebach

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Proceedings Volume 8302, Imaging and Printing in a Web 2.0 World III; 83020D (2012) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.914686
Event: IS&T/SPIE Electronic Imaging, 2012, Burlingame, California, United States

Abstract

Automatically quantifying the aesthetic appeal of images is an interesting problem in computer science and image processing. In this paper, we incorporate aesthetic properties and convert them into computable image features for classifying photographs taken by amateur and professional photographers. In particular, color histograms, spatial edge distribution, and repetition identification are used as features. Results of experiments on professional and amateur photograph data sets confirm the discriminative power of these features.

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Shao-Fu Xue, Qian Lin, Daniel R. Tretter, Seungyon Lee, Zygmunt Pizlo, and Jan Allebach "Investigation of the role of aesthetics in differentiating between photographs taken by amateur and professional photographers", Proc. SPIE 8302, Imaging and Printing in a Web 2.0 World III, 83020D (21 February 2012); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.914686

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