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The Hexagon and the Construction of Three Dimensional Form
The hexagon is used to demonstrate the role that incident light plays on the construction of three dimensional form.
Christopher Kuntz
May 10, 20203 min read
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The Transparent Box Illusion: Construction of Three Dimensional Form I
The transparent box illusion provides important insights into the illusion of three dimensional form
Christopher Kuntz
Apr 9, 20205 min read
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Line and Edge Enhancement IV: Size Doesn't Matter
The Chevreul Effect is the same regardless of size. This is a clue to the amazing complexity of our visual processing.
Christopher Kuntz
Jan 10, 20201 min read
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Creating Brilliance using a Luminance Gradient
Brilliance can be created by placing a focal bright object on a background luminance gradient.
Christopher Kuntz
Dec 4, 20192 min read
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Line and Edge Enhancement II: The Chevreul Effect and Lateral Inhibition
Your photoreceptors inhibit their neighbors when stimulated. This enhances detection of line, edge, and contour.
Christopher Kuntz
Nov 25, 20192 min read
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Line and Edge Enhancement I: Afterimages and Shimmering
Afterimages, when combined with saccadic motion of the eyes, greatly increase the detection of edge and line.
Christopher Kuntz
Nov 17, 20194 min read
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Filling In the Periphery
This is the fifth in a series of posts on Visual Processing. The blog post Don't Pay Attention to This is useful background...
Christopher Kuntz
May 26, 20192 min read
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IV. Don't Pay Attention to This
If it isn't changing, it's disappearing. Troxler Fading is one of the stranger things our visual system does.
Christopher Kuntz
Apr 20, 20192 min read
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III. Local sensitivity adjustment
Your retina can adjust sensitivity to local conditions
Christopher Kuntz
Apr 5, 20191 min read
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II. Context and Brilliance
This is the second in a series of posts on visual processing and art. Please review the post Line and Contour Enhancement for background....
Christopher Kuntz
Apr 5, 20191 min read
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I. The Chevreul Illusion
#illusions #opticalillusions #chevreulillusion #lateralinhibition #visualprocessing This is the first of a series of posts on Visual...
Christopher Kuntz
Apr 4, 20192 min read
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