GMU:Coding Gestalt/Part1

Analyzing Gestalt

   Part I of Gestalting Code - Coding Gestalt

Introduction

Theory

1. Introduction to Gestalt Theory
2. Classic Gestalt Theory by Wertheimer
3. The Gestalt Laws

Games of Perception

Pen and Paper

• Flüsterpost
• Zeichenspiele

Games with a Purpose

• GWAP
• Mechanical Turk
• Crowd Sourcing

Outlines of Shapes

Theory

1. Analyzing Visual Form
2. Representing and Tracing Outlines
3. Tracing Algorithms

Hands-On

SimpleCV

• Tracing Outlines
• Blob Detection

Processing

• Tracing Outlines
• Nested Blobs + Trees of Blobs

Skeletons of Shapes

Theory

1. Leytons Theory of Shape
2. Skeletonization Algorithms

Hands-On

Processing

• Shrink and Grow
• From Shapes to Skeletons
• From Skeletons to Shapes