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In this paper, we present a computationally simple yet effective image recoloring method based on color harmonization. Our method permits the user to obtain recolored results interactively by rotating a harmonious template after completing color harmonization. Two main improvements are made in this paper. Firstly, we give a new strategy for finding the most harmonious scheme, in terms of finding the template which best matches the hue distribution of the input image. Secondly, in order to achieve spatially coherent harmonization, geodesic distances are used to move hues lying outside the harmonious sectors to inside them. Experiments show that our approach can produce higher-quality visually pleasing recolored images than existing methods. Moreover, our method is simple and easy to implement, and has good runtime performance.
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Xujie Li is a lecturer at Wenzhou University, China. He received his B.Eng. degree in communication engineering from Ningbo University in 2005 and M.Eng. degree in communications and information systems from Ningbo University in 2008. His research interests include computer graphics, image processing, and GPU parallel computing.
Hanli Zhao is an associate professor at Wenzhou University, China. He received his B.Eng. degree in software engineering from Sichuan University in 2004 and Ph.D. degree in computer science from Zhejiang University in 2009. He is both the members of ACM and CCF. His current research interests include interactive image editing, computer animation, geometric processing, and GPU parallel computing.
Guizhi Nie is a postgraduate student at Wenzhou University, China. She received her B.Eng. degree in computer science from Weifang Science and Technology College in 2012. Her research interests include interactive image editing and GPU parallel computing.
Hui Huang is a lecturer at Intelligent Information Systems Institute, Wenzhou University, China. He received his B.Eng. degree in computer science from Wenzhou Normal College in 2005 and M.Eng. degree in computer software and theory from Zhejiang University of Technology in 2008. His research interests include computer graphics and image processing.
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Li, X., Zhao, H., Nie, G. et al. Image recoloring using geodesic distance based color harmonization. Comp. Visual Media 1, 143–155 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s41095-015-0013-5
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