Summary of Deepicon: a Hierarchical Network For Layer-wise Icon Vectorization, by Qi Bing et al.
DeepIcon: A Hierarchical Network for Layer-wise Icon Vectorization
by Qi Bing, Chaoyi Zhang, Weidong Cai
First submitted to arxiv on: 21 Oct 2024
Categories
- Main: Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (cs.CV)
- Secondary: Artificial Intelligence (cs.AI)
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| High | Paper authors | High Difficulty Summary Read the original abstract here |
| Medium | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Medium Difficulty Summary The paper addresses the challenge of vectorizing images, which is crucial in computer graphics. Recent learning-based methods have limitations such as incomplete shapes, redundant path prediction, and poor semantic preservation. To overcome these issues, the authors propose DeepIcon, a hierarchical network for generating variable-length icon vector graphics from raster images. The model can efficiently produce Scalable Vector Graphics (SVGs) directly from raster inputs while demonstrating a strong understanding of image contents. |
| Low | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Low Difficulty Summary The paper is about how to turn pictures into shapes that can be easily edited and changed. Right now, the way we do this isn’t very good because it often doesn’t get everything right or makes extra lines that aren’t needed. The authors came up with a new way called DeepIcon that can take normal pictures and turn them into special vector graphics. This helps us make changes to the picture more easily. |
