Abstract: We digitally reproduce the process of resource collaboration, design creation, and visual presentation of Chinese seal-carving art. We develop an intelligent seal-carving art-generation system (Zhejiang University Intelligent Seal-Carving System, http://www.next.zju.edu.cn/seal/; the website of the seal-carving search and layout system is http://www.next.zju.edu.cn/seal/search_app/) to deal with the difficulty in using a visual knowledge guided computational art approach. The knowledge base in this study is the Qiushi Seal-Carving Database, which consists of open datasets of images of seal characters and seal stamps. We propose a seal character generation method based on visual knowledge, guided by the database and expertise. Furthermore, to create the layout of the seal, we propose a deformation algorithm to adjust the seal characters and calculate layout parameters from the database and knowledge to achieve an intelligent structure. Experimental results show that this method and system can effectively deal with the difficulties in the generation of seal carving. Our work provides theoretical and applied references for the rebirth and innovation of seal-carving art.

视觉知识引导的中国篆刻智能化生成

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