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Human vision and image rendering: Is the story over, or is it just beginning?

Allebach, 1998

Document ID
7065538217534709587
Author
Allebach J
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Human Vision and Electronic Imaging III

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Human vision plays an essential role, either implicity or explicitly in image rendering, especially digital halftoning. In this paper, we review the progress that has been made in the past 16 years in understanding the visual characteristics of halftone texture and in the use of …
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