Comments on: How Many Words is a Picture Worth? http://interfacethis.com/2008/how-many-words-is-a-picture-worth/ Dave Feldman rants about product design Tue, 31 Jan 2012 15:54:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: bk http://interfacethis.com/2008/how-many-words-is-a-picture-worth/comment-page-1/#comment-533 bk Mon, 25 Feb 2008 18:59:11 +0000 http://interfacethis.com/2008/how-many-words-is-a-picture-worth/#comment-533 Very thoughtful analysis. One question: does the line represent a threshold for word potential, or an average? If it's the former, then the "photomosaic" (popularized in the 90s) could be an issue. Perhaps there's another variable that could impact word potential, which I'd call "relative image complexity" (and measured by a simple algorithm, such as "Avg # of contrasting colors per 1000 sq. pixels".) That would potentially capture those images that cheat (i.e., images that are just collections of smaller images, Hieronymous Bosch paintings, etc.) Very thoughtful analysis. One question: does the line represent a threshold for word potential, or an average? If it’s the former, then the “photomosaic” (popularized in the 90s) could be an issue.

Perhaps there’s another variable that could impact word potential, which I’d call “relative image complexity” (and measured by a simple algorithm, such as “Avg # of contrasting colors per 1000 sq. pixels”.) That would potentially capture those images that cheat (i.e., images that are just collections of smaller images, Hieronymous Bosch paintings, etc.)

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