Researchers develop algorithms to fix bad photos

Researchers at Tel-Aviv University (Israel) and Zhejiang University (P.R.China) have developed algorithms to calculate an image’s aesthetics based on photographers’ rules on composition (object placement, color, and shape). Results from their work are presented at the Eurographics 2010 conference in Norrköping, Sweden, in May, in a paper titled, "Optimizing Photo Composition" (Ligang G. Liu, Renjie J. Chen, Lior Wolf, and Daniel Cohen-Or). More information is available in a NewScientist article.