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13: Perceptual and Artistic Principles for Effective
Computer Depiction

Sunday, Full Day
8:30 am 5:15 pm
Room 006AB
For both artists and scientists: an exploration of artistic
techniques, their successful adaptation to computer
depiction, and how the perceptual and cognitive sciences
illuminate the connections between human perception
and picture production.
Prerequisites
Attendees should be familiar with pictures, open-minded,
and curious about the connections between art and science.
Topics
Art and science, perception, visualization, color, cognitive
psychology, perspective distortion, limitations of the
medium, overcoming the flatness of pictures, depth cues,
contrast management, Gestalt and picture organization,
gaze and focus, route maps, neurology, aesthetics, effective
shape visualization. This course does not include topics
such as image difference metrics and perceptually adaptive
rendering.
Organizer
Frédo Durand
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Lecturers
Maneesh Agrawala
Stanford University
Frédo Durand
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Bruce Gooch
University of Utah
Victoria Interrante
University of Minnesota
Victor Ostromoukhov
University of Montreal
Denis Zorin
New York University
Schedule
| Overcoming
the Limitations of the Medium |
| 8:30 |
-Introduction
-Limitations of the Medium
Durand |
| 9:25 |
Perception
and Representation of Shape and Depth
Interrante |
| 10:15 |
Break |
| Color
and Perspective |
| 10:30 |
Color
Ostromoukhov |
| 11:25 |
Perspective
and Perception
Zorin |
| 12:15 |
Lunch |
| Picture
Composition and Organization |
| 1:30 |
Focus
and gaze
Durand |
| 1:55 |
Gestalt
and Composition
Ostromoukhov |
| 2:35 |
Neurological
Theories of Aesthetic
Gooch |
| 3:15 |
Break |
| Beyond
Projection |
| 3:30 |
Computational
Vision and Pictures
Durand |
| 4:25 |
Effective
Visualization and Illustration Using Cognitive Science
Agrawala |
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