Introduction to a Scientific Aesthetics

We investigate the optimal aesthetic location and size of a single dominant salient region in a photographic image. Existing algorithms for photographic composition do not take full account of spatial positioning or sizes of these salient regions. We present a set of experiments to assess aesthetic preferences, inspired by theories of centeredness, principal lines, and Rule-of-Thirds. Our experimental results show a clear preference for the salient region to be centered in the image and that there is a preferred size of non-salient border around this salient region. We thus propose a novel image cropping mechanism for images containing a single salient region to achieve the best aesthetic balance. Our results show that the Rule-of-Thirds guideline is not generally valid but also allow us to hypothesise in which situations it is useful and in which it is inappropriate.

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Introduction to a Scientific Aesthetics

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