Archive for the ‘Graphics’ Category

Mathematical Beauty: The “Law” of Optical Volumes

2007-09-30

[Wired](http://www.wired.com) magazine just had a redesign and trumpeted that their redesigned logo obeyed the [Law of Optical Volumes](http://blog.wired.com/underwire/2007/04/the_math_behind.html). Some commenters noted that this is basic [kerning](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kerning). Well, yes and no. Kerning is not typically this mathematic, which is related to why the word “law” grabbed my eye. This implies there is an algorithm to do this automatically… you know, if this whole exercise isn’t just crap.

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Content Aware Image Resizing

2007-09-01

Algorithm to resize images so “important” details are kept, resulting in images that fit whatever aspect ratio you need:

(or [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c-SSu3tJ3ns](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c-SSu3tJ3ns) )