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Identification And Ranking Of Relevant Image Content, Mustafa I. A. Jaber

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The work in this thesis proposes an image understanding algorithm for automatically identifying and ranking different image regions into several levels of importance. Given a color image, specialized maps for classifying image content namely: weighted similarity, weighted homogeneity, image contrast and memory color maps are generated and combined to provide a perceptual importance map. Further analysis of this map yields a region ranking map which sorts the image content into different levels of significance.

The algorithm was tested on a large database that contains a variety of color images. Those images were acquired from the Berkeley segmentation dataset as well …

The Integration Of Graphic Communication And Educational Tools For Children With Dyslexia, Amar Abdulla Behbehani

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Design for education is an important approach in the graphic design field. The intention of this thesis is to conduct further research that can help educators and designers build healthier learning environments for children with learning disabilities. Learning environments are not limited to physical environments such as classroom designs or school architecture; they are extended to cognitive environments that are greatly affected by external influences such as sensory stimulation and learning methods. Children with special educational needs could benefit from effective design solutions for better information processing. This designer attempts to develop typographic solutions to facilitate the reading process of …

Many Are The Deceivers, Cassie Worley

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This thesis examines the adaptations and disseminations of ancient and modern dominant Western Parables. It investigates both Biblical myths and fairy tales, as they are used as socializing tools, which set standards in Western culture, and prescribe conventions to our children. Within the thesis, themes from Little Red Riding Hood will be extrapolated, and compared to those found in Old Testament tales such as, The Expulsion from Eden, the Deluge, The Ten Plagues, and Exodus. Throughout the thesis, the history and function of the myth and fairy tale will be defined, and questions will be raised regarding the role of …

Modio - Interactive Sound Visualization, Kwon Hyouck Jin

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The word “Modio” is a compound word of Motion and Audio, which I coined for this thesis. The intent of this thesis is an interactive installation project that will explore and convert musical elements into visual elements, which will lead to various responses to the change caused by users’ interaction.

Sweet! Cartoons And Contemporary Painting, Sarah Atlee

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I am an artist, and I use cartoons. My work consists mainly of images that communicate to the viewer through recognizable forms. I also use text to help tell my stories. I often create visual elements that function in place of text or information. I use a third visual tool, a hybrid descendant of images and words: the cartoon. Cartoons, once situated at the margins of visual discourse, now have a place in the fine art world. There are comics and animated television shows created for adult audiences. There are gallery and museum shows of work influenced by cartoons, not …

Role Of Illustration As A Visual Communication Strategy For Film Poster Design, Kapil Grover

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Redefining The Responsibility Of Pre-Press File Management Within Graphic Design: How Printing Technology Impacts Our Design Development, Meredith A. Bielaska

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Technical problems can arise when a graphic designer submits digital files to a commercial offset lithographic printer. The graphic design profession has an opportunity to strengthen the education of design students by teaching them how to recognize potential printing prroblems and address them before the students enter professional practice. The purpose of this thesis is to identify the most common design problems and printing constraints that designers encounter when they develop an item to be printed using offset lithographic printing. The graphic design content of this thesis will include design development processes that specifically focus on issues of imposition, pagination, …

Visual Design System For Music Education For Children, Sehwa Choi

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The purpose of this thesis is to develop a simple and understandable visual system to convey complicated concepts of musical composition for 1st grade music students. The abstract ideas of major scale, melody and harmony are redefined and expressed appropriately through visual communication. Thus, the visualization of musical sound in this thesis can contribute to the development of music education for children. The graphic design problem of this thesis is an exploration to express abstract and complex ideas through simple visual solutions. This thesis will propose a method of visualization to convert abstract ideas into graphic design solutions, and show …

Perspective By Incongruity In Visual Advertising: Applying Kenneth Burke's Theory To The Adbusters Anti-Consumerism Campaign, Elizabeth B. Gorman

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Kenneth Burke developed the theory of "perspective by incongruity" in which he claimed that oddly juxtaposed symbols influence audiences to have new perspectives by challenging their habits of thinking. This study applies Kenneth Burke's rhetorical theory of perspective by incongruity to the Adbusters anti-consumerism campaign. Twenty "spoof ad" postcards created by the Adbusters Media Foundation were analyzed to see how they utilize the technique of incongruous juxtaposition. The analysis concluded that the cards either juxtaposed two incongruous images, two incongruous phrases or words, or a combination of incongruous words and images in order to create new insights about consumer advertising …

The Mainstream Press: Then And Now Has The Prominence Of Sensational News Changed In 100 Years?, Kathleen Marchaesi

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The present research explores the levels of sensational news reporting in three distinct periods of journalism history by examining the largest mainstream newspaper in America, The New York Times, during the yellow journalism, jazz journalism and modern eras. The front pages of a representative sample of the newspaper were analyzed to determine the extent to which prominence of sensational news topics in the modern press differs from that of the yellow and jazz eras. The style of sensational reporting was examined to determine if the treatment of news has changed. The results of a content analysis indicate that readers are …

The Work Of Fred Troller: An Evaluative Study Of A Graphic Designer, Tara Markert

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This thesis will provide a process to help graphic design scholars and historians conduct an evaluation of a designer whose work has been rarely documented within a specific design style. Through implementation of this model of research and evaluation, graphic design scholars will not only be able to identify that designer's philosophy and personal style, they will also recognize the value of studying within a specific style of graphic design. This evaluation process includes placing the work of the rarely documented designer beside the work of pioneers in this stylistic idiom in order to highlight similarities of thought, process, form …

Photographic Strategies For Graphic Design Problem Solving, Suthida Sakulsurarat

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Graphic design and photography are both forms of visual communication although they are separate disciplines. This thesis will explore the potential benefits of applying useful approaches in photography and demonstrating their potential for solving graphic design problems. ... The main goal of this project is to outline the possibilities of bringing principles of photographic approaches into graphic design. This thesis attempts to help designers understand that two different disciplines can support each other to provide a wider range of opportunities. In addition, the thesis is designed to enlighten, challenge and inspire designers. To accomplish the thesis, the designer will research …

R.I.T. News & Events - December 8, 2005, University News Services, Rochester Institute Of Technology

University Publications

Main features of this issue: GCCIS launches new networking, systems department. Exhibit hopes to connect children with parents. Donation to aid in tool lab research. Student spotlight. College of Business student hopes to hit the 'bit time'. 'Tis the season at RIT'. ELC opens its doors to deaf, international students. Hit me!. Security Week series. News briefs. Rozanski named interim assoc. dean. Singing in the holiday spirit. Viewpoints. A new boot camp experience: grant writing. New study will target sensory networks. previewing CBET. A 'great' talk., RIT transfers electron technology research to Rochester-based firm. Happy holidays from President Albert Simone. …

Guidelines For Parents On Homeschooling Deaf Children, Kalpana Varia

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Many families have turned their family room into classrooms. In 1993, homeschooling became legal in all 50 states, when the number of students staying at home for schooling tripled. This trend continues today because parents want to retain control over the education and socialization of their children. Homeschooling refers to education of school-age children with their parents' guiding, directing, and monitoring them. It replaces full-time attendance at a traditional school. Parents express various reasons for educating their children at home; individualization, family time, strong academic, moral, and religious foundations. The problem with homeschooling, for parents of deaf children, is the …

Ntid Focus Fall 2005, Ntid Marketing And Communications

National Technical Institute for the Deaf Papers

Alan's Update: The Changing Face of Education||Preparing Students for Co-op||Profiles in College||Students Explore the World||Thinking About Language and Literacy||Faculty/Staff Profiles: Joe Hamilton Charlotte L.V. Thoms||Siblings and Legacies—It's All in the Family at NTID||Losing a Good Friend||Advancing the Mission||Alumni Profiles: Elizabeth Ayers Gibson Alan Gifford

User Considerations In Graphic Design, Neva Corbo-Hudak

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Patterns Of Conceptual Problems: Best Practices, Joseph Stanislow, Catherine Beaton

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Its News March 2005, Information & Technology Services

RIT Digital Archives

From Tunes to Jewelry||Live From RIT! New Web Cams Installed||RIT Signs Student Licensing Agreement with Microsoft||Digital Self Defense 101||Profiles in Co-Op||Web Applications Week||About the Web Applications Week Presenters||RIT Signs Microsoft Campus Licensing Agreement

The Visual Story Of Exodus: Educational Multimedia Bible, Inwook Choi

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My project is an educational multi-media tool and is related to the religion: Christianity. It was made for the purpose of learning and teaching Exodus: One of the most important books in the Old Testament. As a Bible teacher, I have looked for many ways to teach the Bible effectively for more than ten years. I used to teach the Bible with some visual materials like videos, charts, maps, and sometimes I even created my own supplements because there was no way to find any appropriate visual material which showed customs and culture in the biblical time. When I used …

Designing Medical Legal Exhibits: A Guide To Creating Successful Presentations, Sara M. Krause

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This thesis provides design instruction for medical illustrators, including ideas and facts about design, literacy, attention, retention, and recall. It is designed to help illustrators create persuasive printed exhibits to serve as demonstrative evidence in court cases.

An Investigation Of Verbal Versus Visual Persuasive Elements In Travel And Gambling Pop-Up Advertisements, Elizabeth Karras

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Although pop-up advertisements generate ill will, these ads, have an above average clickthrough rate compared to other forms of Internet advertising such as the banner ad, illustrating the significance this form has in modern day advertising. Travel and gambling ads are analyzed in the following study. Previous literature includes studies on factors that play an integral role in the success or failure of an online advertisement, the effectiveness of internet marketing on internet users, persuasive appeals used in advertising, and experiential consumption. Research on pop-up advertisements has focused primarily on tactics, their effects on the consumer, and their failures and …

Perception Of Meaning And Usage Motivations Of Emoticons Among Americans And Chinese Users, Yujiao Wang

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Do people of different cultures agree on the meaning and use of emoticons? This study addresses this question from an inter-cultural perspective and explores the use of emoticons in the American and Chinese Computer-mediated communication (CMC) communities. The research indicates that both the Americans and Chinese participants use emoticons for entertaining, informational and social interaction motivations but the Americans are more likely to use emoticons for information motivations than the Chinese and the Chinese participants are more likely to use emoticons for social interactions than the Americans participants. The results correspond to the cultural differences between the two countries in …

But What Do They Think It Means? The Text/Image Relationship In Informational Communication, Nicole E. Bartell

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To better understand how an audience processes information transmitted via image, text, or both, this study presented four different versions of the same message to four groups of RIT students. The message consisted of the following content: text only, text with images depicting evenly spaced years, text with images depicting irregularly spaced years, and text with irregularly spaced years. Subjects were instructed to look at the message for a set amount of time and then complete a questionnaire. Those who were given messages that had images and text felt less confused or misled than those who were given messages containing …

The Art And Business Of Medical Legal Illustration, Jeff Davis

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Fundamental Principles Of Narrative, Sequence, And Motion, James A. Pannafino

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Clarifying Meal Planning Information, John D. Tran

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Art Tales: Art As A Communicator Of New York State Folklore, Erin Claire Tobin

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This thesis project focuses on the use of folktales as a starting point to explore texture and pattern. The artist was striving to create a visual communication of folktales. Using physical layers in the paintings to create spatial depth as well as to express the idea of the building of layers as a metaphor for the story of life, the artist engages the viewer to relate this to the idea that culture is built from many different layers of stories over time.

Lorem Ipsum, A Story About Words And Pictures: What They Can Do, And What They Can't, David Huth

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Everything we understand about the world comes to us through, and can be captured by, the linguistic use of words and pictures. Or does it? This is a question that addresses the core function and purpose of visual communications design. The question is explored in this film thematically, narratively, and technically, by portraying a story about a person struggling to understand language and solve a unique, high stakes design problem: the library cataloging of an entire human life. This is a creative project that uses computer graphics design technology and the unique presentation of typographical design problems to provoke thought …

The Deceit Of Internet Hate Speech: A Study Of The Narrative And Visual Methods Used By Hate Groups On The Internet, Gina M. Albano

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Intentional misinformation is a problem that has been documented in a variety of shapes and forms for thousands of years and continues to plague the American landscape. The advent and increasing usage of the Internet has created an additional venue through which intentional misinformation is disseminated, and many groups are taking full advantage of this new communication medium. Because the Internet allows anyone with web publishing skills to disseminate misinformation, it is often difficult for users to judge the credibility of the information. Hate groups understand this phenomenon and are taking full advantage of the Internet by publishing hate sites …

Interdisciplinary Collaboration In Graphic Design, Jill M. Kepler

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