Visual quality beyond artifact visibility

Judith A. Redi

doi:10.1117/12.2006353

14 March 2013 Visual quality beyond artifact visibility

Judith A. Redi

Proceedings Volume 8651, Human Vision and Electronic Imaging XVIII; 86510N (2013) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2006353
Event: IS&T/SPIE Electronic Imaging, 2013, Burlingame, California, United States

Abstract

The Electronic imaging community has devoted a lot of effort to the development of technologies that can predict the visual quality of images and videos, as a basis for the delivery of optimal visual quality to the user. These systems have been based for the most part on a visibility-centric approach, assuming the more artifacts are visible, the higher is the annoyance they provoke, the lower the visual quality. Despite the remarkable results achieved with this approach, recently a number of studies suggested that the visibility-centric approach to visual quality might have limitations, and that other factors might influence the overall quality impression of an image or video, depending on cognitive and affective mechanisms that work on top of perception. In particular, interest in the visual content, engagement and context of usage have been found to impact on the overall quality impression of the image/video. In this paper, we review these studies and explore the impact that affective and cognitive processes have on the visual quality. In addition, as a case study, we present the results of an experiment investigating on the impact of aesthetic appeal on visual quality, and we show that users tend to be more demanding in terms of visual quality judging beautiful images.

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Judith A. Redi "Visual quality beyond artifact visibility", Proc. SPIE 8651, Human Vision and Electronic Imaging XVIII, 86510N (14 March 2013); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2006353

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