FI12352U1 - System for harmonising the cropping of digital photographs regardless of use - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to a system for harmonizing the limits of digital photographs.

Overview

Composition refers to the placement of items in more appropriate places in the image area. A lot of things have to be taken into account in the composition of the picture. That's why composition is one of the most difficult things to do with photography. This involves the following: • Location in the image area • Rhythm • Golden cut • Diagonal composition • Use of empty space • Purpose of the frame and edge • Importance of the main subject • Cropping

Cropping is one of the basic elements of an image wrap. The graph usually makes a cut when the picture is taken, exactly the size and aspect ratio of the image the camera image is in. If you intend to later delimit the image, it is intentionally described in the form that it is then easily confined to the image processing program as needed.

Previously used solutions

When you crop an image, it deletes parts to highlight the subject of the image or improve the composition. You can crop and straighten your photos using the Image Editor tool.

For example, when a photo is uploaded to an article in a digital media publisher as an article image, it automatically limits the image to the aspect ratio and size desired by that system. This way the original composition of the photo suffers and can even cut out the key information from the image. This is also very harmful if graphics and text are attached to the image and these are then cut off. This is a common sight even in major media publishing articles in online media.

Social media uses a lot of different sizes and proportions. For example, the Facebook service uses dozens of different image sizes from the same image. The top profile of the Facebook profile has a feature that allows the user to define the layout of the image by the aspect ratio and size set by the system.

Invention

The system according to the invention is characterized in that, irrespective of the application, the system comprises, an arrangement for storing the information of the photograph (1) in the internal metadata of the digital photograph (1) regarding several alternative crop options, the publishing medium (2) to which the digital photo (1) can be downloaded by the substrate is used to transmit the original photograph (1) to the service provider's cloud service (3), wherein the cropping information in the metadata is used to delimit the image as needed, and - to retrieve the retention image (3) of the limited image back to the publishing platform (2), where it is published in the desired size.

The cropping information to be stored in the digital photo metadata can be created in your application. This application, which creates a photo metadata to be stored as boundary information, is an image editing software plug-in, installed in a photographic tool, or as a web-based application service. This system is also suitable for framing video. In video mode, it is preferable to use a high resolution video image, such as 4K, to have enough pixels after finishing to produce the final image to be published.

In the creation of the trimming information, the application warns if the trimming is too large in relation to the number of pixels in the original photo file in width or height. Cropping adjustment can be used to prioritize the prioritization of parameters to create some kind of protection zones, mechanically controlling the image, so that these protection areas are always included in the final boundary, and that the parameters can be either best-effort or compulsive (black follow).

On the basis of a single or multiple delimitation and / or priority areas, algorithmically, it is also possible to generate image sizes or ratios to be defined by new crop versions.

The hosting service provides image hosting, whereby the image can be delivered to the hold service either in advance, so that the publishing platform sends the image to the hold service, or by placing the image publicly on the network and attaching the image address to the image service address after the image is published, and when the end user or end user terminal requests the image from the cloud service, the hosting service retrieves the image from its original location, properly delimits it based on cropping information in the image file metadata and possible url parameters, and delivers it to the end user.

Example of url parameters: http://frameright.io/wwww.tunnus.fi/photo.jpg?size=facebookprofilepicture or http://frameright.io/wwww. verkkotunnus.fi/valokuvakuva.jpg?size=300x500)

The original image is stored in the cloud service, so it can be directly used to create new boundaries when needed. Similarly, the delimited image remains in the hold service, so it can be reused without repeating the cropping operation. The user can create their own custom folders in the library and import (export) them (export) for use elsewhere, or to take / restore the backup.

If the user makes a single image limitation for a desired aspect ratio and mini-size, the system informs the user whether the selected crop is too small, whereby the original image can be made to a minimum size dimension.

Advantages of the invention

The most significant advantage of the invention is that the content information of the photographs and other image files is divisible without degradation of the information. The photographer or other graphic artist can influence how the different crop versions of the images appear. Priority areas, such as, for example, faces of people and important text graphics, are not cut off when using the system. You can download the library's general publishing channels using image sizes and ratios to the system cropping application. This allows the photographer or the graphic artist to conveniently produce ready-made versions of different boundaries, which are then stored for use in image metadata. The system does not load publishing platforms with a large number of different images. The cropped image is automatically delivered from the service provider's hosting service to the publishing platform, at the desired size. The service provider can also host the image, so that only the image's url is attached to the publishing platform.

A detailed description with reference to the accompanying drawings

Figl.

The figure shows a system for harmonizing the boundaries of digital photographs 1, such that: • multiple retrieval information of the photograph 1 is stored in the metadata of the digital photo 1, • the publishing platform 2 into which the digital photo 1 is loaded for use, transmits the original photo 2 to the service provider's hold service 3, where the cropping information in the metadata is used to delimit the metadata the image as needed, • the hold service 3 sends the limited image back to the publishing platform, where it is then published at the desired size for the end user 4.

Fig. 2. In this series of photos, how to set the weighting of priorities in the control of the photograph 1 with the parameters for creating the protection area 5, controlling the image mechanically when the new size is 6 is set. The system saves metadata for the new image delimiter 7, which are then available as needed.

Fig. 3.

The image series shows an application 8 in which the cropping data 9 can be created in the metadata of the digital photo 1, based on the size and ratios of the public publication channels used by the library to be downloaded 10. The system then generates metadata 11 of the photo 1 with the cropping information of the new images 12.

Claims (10)

protection Requirements 1. A system for harmonizing the delimitation of digital photographs (1), irrespective of the application, characterized in that the system comprises: an arrangement for storing the information of the photograph (1) in the internal metadata of the digital photograph (1) regarding a plurality of alternative cropping possibilities, (1) is available for download, and which platform is adapted to be used for sending the original photo (1) to the service provider's hold service (3), wherein the cropping information in the metadata is used to delimit the image as needed, and - to retrieve the bounded image (3) of the hold service back to the publishing platform (2), this will be published in the desired size. 2. A system according to claim 1, characterized in that the cropping information stored in the metadata of the digital photo (1) can be created in its own application (8). A system according to claim 1 or claim 2, characterized in that the application (8) which creates the crop data (1) to be stored as metadata is an attachment of the image processing program. A system as claimed in any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the application (8) which creates the crop data to be stored in the metadata (1) is a program installed in the photographic apparatus. A system according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the application (8) which creates the cropping information to be stored in the metadata of the photograph is a service based on a web-based application. System according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that it is also suitable for limiting the video image. System according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that, at the stage of creating the boundary information, the application (8) issues a warning if the boundary is too large in relation to the number of pixels of the original photo file in width or height. System according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the weight adjustment can be used to prioritize the prioritization of parameters to create some kind of protection zones (5), controlling the image mechanically, so that these protection areas (5) are always included in the final and the parameters may be either best-effort or must-follow. A system according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that on the basis of the individual or multiple delimitation and / or priority areas, it is also possible to generate algorithmically the image sizes or ratios to be defined for the new crop versions. System according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the hold service (3) provides image capture, wherein the image (1) can be delivered to the hold service (3) either in advance, so that the publishing medium (2) transmits the image to the hold service (3), or by placing the image (1) publicly available on the network and attaching the image (1) to the address of the hold service (3) at the time of publishing the image (1), and when the end user or end user terminal requests the image from the cloud service (3), the hosting service (3) retrieves the image from the original location, properly delimit it based on the cropping information in the image file metadata and possible url parameters, and forward it to the end user (4).