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Skills: image processing work flowConcepts: history of image processing, evolution of technology from prototype to mainstream, image processing programs, image processing examples, image processing operations
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What is image processing?
Where does this topic fit?
• Internet concepts– Applications– Technology– Implications
• Internet skills– Application development– Content creation (image)– User skills
When data types went mainstream
Data type Decade
Numeric 1950s
Alphanumeric 1960s
Text 1970s
Image 1990s
Speech 2000s
Music 2000s
Video 2000s
HD video 2010s
Image processing in 1962
Sketchpad video: http://youtu.be/495nCzxM9PI
Image processing is mainstream today
65 %Work reports
Term papers
Web pages
Press releases
Emails
TweetsBlog posts
Brochures
Presentations
Ads
Manuals
Image for a Dove soap billboard
Video of the transformation, 1m 15sA similar video, 2m 14s
Word processing operations
• Select text• Cut text• Copy text• Move text• Delete text• Change fonts• Change text size• Change text color• Change footnote style• Check spelling• Compress a text file• Etc. etc.
These are word processing operations. Can you think of some image processing operations?
Word and image processing operations
• Select text• Cut text• Copy text• Move text• Delete text• Change fonts• Change text size• Change text color• Change footnote style• Check spelling• Compress a text file• Etc. etc.
• Select a portion of the image• Crop an image• Copy a portion of an image• Move a portion of an image• Delete a portion of an image• Resize an image• Rotate an image• Change image brightness• Change image contrast• Change colors• Compress an image file• Etc. etc.
Text data Image data
Popular image processing programs
Adobe Photoshop (proprietary, stand-alone) expensive – for professionals
Paint.net (open source, stand alone) just right
Photoshop.com (proprietary, in browser) too slow and lacking in features
Adobe Photoshop Express (proprietary phone app)small screen, too slow and lacking in features
How might this change in the future as technology improves?
1. Why didn’t image processing take off until the 1990s if we had been doing it since the 1960s?
2. We listed several word processing operations. Without looking back, can you recall some of them or list them based on your experience?
3. We listed several image processing operations. Without looking back, can you recall some of them or list them based on your experience?
4. We mentioned three image processing programs, what were the characteristics of each?
5. What were the steps in our image processing workflow? Do you understand each?
6. What are the step is an audio processing workflow?7. What technology changes might lead me to one day switch from
Paint.net to a networked image processor like Potoshop.com?
Self-study questions
Ivan Sutherland demonstrating Sketchpad, narrated by Alan Kay:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mOZqRJzE8xg&feature=relatedDove billboard video:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iYhCn0jf46UDeception with image processing:http://cis471.blogspot.com/2010/06/digital-manipulation-in-politics-and.htmlHumorous fake images:http://www.worth1000.comA brief history of fake photography:http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2009/08/23/weekinreview/20090823_FAKE_SS_index.htmlImage play:http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/10/technology/personaltech/10basics.html?_r=1&nl=todaysheadlines&emc=tha26For Paint.net and other image processing programs, see the resources section at:http://som.csudh.edu/fac/lpress/netapps/image/Google image study:http://code.google.com/speed/webp/docs/c_study.htmlGoogle research on compression using the WebP format:https://developers.google.com/speed/webp/Can a cell phone replace a digital camera?http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2394863,00.asp
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