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Recent approaches have achieved great success in image generation from structured inputs, e.g., semantic segmentation, scene graph or layout. Although these methods allow specification of objects and their locations at image-level, they…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2020-08-28 Ke Ma , Bo Zhao , Leonid Sigal

Creating realistic 3D head assets for virtual characters that match a precise artistic vision remains labor-intensive. We present a novel framework that streamlines this process by providing artists with intuitive control over generated 3D…

Recent generative AI advances present new possibilities for supporting visual art creation, but how such promise might assist novice artists during early-stage processes requires investigation. How novices adopt or resist these tools can…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2025-10-01 Cindy Peng , Alice Qian , Linghao Jin , Jieneng Chen , Evans Xu Han , Paul Pu Liang , Hong Shen , Haiyi Zhu , Jane Hsieh

Despite remarkable progress in computer vision, modern recognition systems remain fundamentally limited by their dependence on rich, redundant visual inputs. In contrast, humans can effortlessly understand sparse, minimal representations…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-11-13 Tianqin Li , George Liu , Tai Sing Lee

Visual information plays a critical role in human decision-making process. While recent developments on visually-aware recommender systems have taken the product image into account, none of them has considered the aesthetic aspect. We argue…

Information Retrieval · Computer Science 2021-01-19 Wenhui Yu , Xiangnan He , Jian Pei , Xu Chen , Li Xiong , Jinfei Liu , Zheng Qin

With the increased sophistication of AI techniques, the application of these systems has been expanding to ever newer fields. Increasingly, these systems are being used in modeling of human aesthetics and creativity, e.g. how humans create…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2019-09-17 Vanessa Utz , Steve DiPaola

Recent diffusion-based generators can produce high-quality images from textual prompts. However, they often disregard textual instructions that specify the spatial layout of the composition. We propose a simple approach that achieves robust…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2023-11-30 Minghao Chen , Iro Laina , Andrea Vedaldi

The aesthetic quality of an image is defined as the measure or appreciation of the beauty of an image. Aesthetics is inherently a subjective property but there are certain factors that influence it such as, the semantic content of the…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2022-08-25 Luigi Celona , Marco Leonardi , Paolo Napoletano , Alessandro Rozza

We present an assistive system for clipart design by providing visual scaffolds from the unseen viewpoints. Inspired by the artists' creation process, our system constructs the visual scaffold by first synthesizing the reference 3D shape of…

Graphics · Computer Science 2020-12-08 I-Chao Shen , Kuan-Hung Liu , Li-Wen Su , Yu-Ting Wu , Bing-Yu Chen

Drawing principles, or aesthetics, are important in graph drawing. They are used as criteria for algorithm design and for quality evaluation. Current aesthetics are described as visual properties that a drawing is required to have to be…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2016-09-27 Weidong Huang

A well-designed document communicates not only through its words but also through its visual eloquence. Authors utilize aesthetic elements such as colors, fonts, graphics, and layouts to shape the perception of information. Thoughtful…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2024-03-28 Hsiu-Wei Yang , Abhinav Agrawal , Pavlos Fragkogiannis , Shubham Nitin Mulay

It is difficult to design a visually appealing layout for common users, which takes time even for professional designers. In this paper, we present an interactive layout design system with shadow guidance and layout retrieval to help users…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2022-12-27 Jiahao Weng , Haoran Xie

Visual information displays are typically composed of multiple visualizations that are used to facilitate an understanding of the underlying data. A common example are dashboards, which are frequently used in domains such as finance,…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2021-09-20 Yngve S. Kristiansen , Laura Garrison , Stefan Bruckner

Text logo design heavily relies on the creativity and expertise of professional designers, in which arranging element layouts is one of the most important procedures. However, few attention has been paid to this task which needs to take…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2022-04-07 Yizhi Wang , Guo Pu , Wenhan Luo , Yexin Wang , Pengfei Xiong , Hongwen Kang , Zhouhui Lian

The goal of this work is to generate step-by-step visual instructions in the form of a sequence of images, given an input image that provides the scene context and the sequence of textual instructions. This is a challenging problem as it…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-03-26 Tomáš Souček , Prajwal Gatti , Michael Wray , Ivan Laptev , Dima Damen , Josef Sivic

Previous work in aesthetic categorization and explainability utilizes manual labeling and classification to explain aesthetic scores. These methods require a complex labeling process and are limited in size. Our proposed approach attempts…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-02-05 Max Lisaius , Scott Wehrwein

Retrieving semantically similar but visually distinct contents has been a critical capability in visual search systems. In this work, we aim to tackle this problem with Visual Product Graph (VPG), leveraging high-performance infrastructure…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-05-28 Yue Li Du , Ben Alexander , Mikhail Antonenka , Rohan Mahadev , Hao-yu Wu , Dmitry Kislyuk

This paper proposes a way to understand neural network artworks as juxtapositions of natural image cues. It is hypothesized that images with unusual combinations of realistic visual cues are interesting, and, neural models trained to model…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2019-03-19 Aaron Hertzmann

Visual search is an important strategy of the human visual system for fast scene perception. The guided search theory suggests that the global layout or other top-down sources of scenes play a crucial role in guiding object searching. In…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2019-12-23 Kai-Fu Yang , Wen-Wen Jiang , Teng-Fei Zhan , Yong-Jie Li

In fine art, especially painting, humans have mastered the skill to create unique visual experiences through composing a complex interplay between the content and style of an image. Thus far the algorithmic basis of this process is unknown…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2015-09-03 Leon A. Gatys , Alexander S. Ecker , Matthias Bethge