Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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529553 | Image and Vision Computing | 2007 | 11 Pages |
Abstract
This paper introduces a methodology for adding color to grayscale images in a way that is completely automatic. Towards this goal, we build on a technique that was recently developed to transfer colors from a user-selected source image to a target grayscale image. More specifically, in order to eliminate the need for manual selection of the source image, we use content-based image retrieval methods to find suitable source images in an image database. To assess the merit of our methodology, we performed a survey where volunteers were asked to rate the plausibility of the colorings generated automatically for grayscale images. In most cases, automatically-colored images were rated either as totally plausible or as mostly plausible.
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Authors
Luiz Filipe M. Vieira, Erickson R. do Nascimento, Fernando A. Fernandes Jr, Rodrigo L. Carceroni, Rafael D. Vilela, Arnaldo de A. Araújo,