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Ferwerda, James A. (2012) Through a Glass Brightly: Material Appearance and Image Quality. In: Predicting Perceptions: Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Appearance. Lulu Press, Edinburgh UK, pp. 32-33. ISBN 978-1-4716-6869-2

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Abstract

Images have always presented a puzzle for perceptual scientists because they serve as visual representations of objects while also being objects themselves. Much effort has gone toward understanding how images represent the three-dimensional properties of objects, and there is now considerable knowledge about the relations between the geometric projections used in image rendering and the perceived shapes of depicted objects [1]. Considerably less effort has focused on how images convey other important object properties such as materials and textures [2], and although there is a vast literature on image quality that purports to speak to these issues [3], the premise of this project is that much this work is misguided because it conflates the idea of images as signals with the idea of images as messages.

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