CS194 Seam Carving
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I picked an energy function which used a higher-order computation rather than gradient. To compute the energy of a pixel, for each of the 4 neighboring pixels, I subtracted them and squared the error. Then I added the 4 squared differences.
I implemented both vertical and horizontal seam removal.
Results
Using the gradient operator causes single-pixel lines to be registered as having zero energy, and they may be deleted by the algorithm. My energy function avoids this issue and preserves single-pixel lines.
The algorithm produces interesting results with both text and photographic imagery.
The algorithm works quite well for removing large regions of low-energy background.
This seam carving is quite believable. Interestingly, the bird's eye gets carved shut.
Seam carving works relatively well on landscape pictures, but the sky now has diagonal artifacts (possibly because carving a seam introduces a higher-energy edge). The text on the bottom is reproduced nicely.
When faced with skyscrapers, the results are interesting and not perspective-correct, but close enough.
Failure modes
what is anime face? is it a bug-eyed demon? (Renge Miyauchi from Non Non Biyori. I watch anime with cute girls because I want to be a cute girl and have a non-abusive childhood.)
In this screenshot of Motif apps, the textured background has a noticeably higher entropy/energy than the flat foreground. Destruction ensues. I think this OS doesn't feel so good.
My theory is that this couple is a victim of a black hole. The curved horizon is indicative of gravitational lensing, and the woman's lower body appears to be a relativistic jet of matter and energy being ejected along the black hole's rotation axis.