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Saliency-preserving distinctive low-footprint photograph aging effect

  • US 9,373,179 B2
  • Filed: 06/23/2014
  • Issued: 06/21/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/23/2014
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method performed on at least one computing device, the method comprising:

  • detecting a salient feature in an image;

    projecting a repeller point at a location on effect layers that correspond to a location of the salient feature in the image;

    rendering film effects on the effect layers, where the rendered film effects include simulated dust, fiber, and scratch effects, where the rendering comprises positioning at least one of the rendered film effects at a random position on at least one of the effect layers;

    adjusting the positioning according to a probability computed based on a distance between the random position and the location of the repeller point;

    generating a border effect on at least one other of the effect layers; and

    blending, in response to the adjusting and the generating, the effect layers with the image resulting in a final image.

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