Functional Elegance Mark Grundland I make handles for ideas, so you can pick them up. Web: www.FunctionalElegance.com Email: Mark@FunctionalElegance.com

Overview of Pursuits: Mark Grundland Profile Connect with me on LinkedIn.   Commercial Pursuits: Roleplay Technologies Website Simulating how people talk with each other. Scripting interactive dialog for games   SnapShot News Analysis Service Tracking how news stories evolve over time. Visualizing influence in online news   Design Pursuits: User Experience Design Portfolio Making user interfaces a pleasure to use. Winning ways for your visualization plays

Research Pursuits: Research Publications Image enhancement, styling, and blending. Better tools for image compositing   Research Ideas Tales of past adventures in graphics. Image processing for the imagination   Research Talks One great talk deserves another. Finding and replacing color gradients   Literary Pursuits: Fly Catcher A short story for children young and old.   Journey's End A short story for wandering fools and sages.   Reminder A grain of salt for the unquenchable thirst.

Composite Image = 20% Sky + 40% Lake + 40% Couple

Cross Dissolve Without Cross Fade
Creating better tools for compositing artists.

The salience preserving compositing method automatically blends images together in a way
that naturally captures the most visually prominent regions of each component image,
enabling artists to create layered visual effects without detailed image mattes.

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