Unlocking Comics: the Ai4va Dataset for Visual Understanding
In the evolving landscape of deep learning, there is a pressing need for more comprehensive datasets capable of training models across multiple modalities. Concurrently, in digital humanities, there is a growing demand to leverage technology for diverse media adaptation and creation, yet limited by sparse datasets due to copyright and stylistic constraints. Addressing this gap, our paper presents a novel dataset comprising Franco-Belgian comics from the 1950s annotated for tasks including depth estimation, semantic segmentation, saliency detection, and character identification. It consists of two distinct and consistent styles and incorporates object concepts and labels taken from natural images. By including such diverse information across styles, this dataset not only holds promise for computational creativity but also offers avenues for the digitization of art and storytelling innovation. This dataset is a crucial component of the AI4VA Workshop Challenges https://sites.google.com/view/ai4vaeccv2024, where we specifically explore depth and saliency. Dataset details at https://github.com/IVRL/AI4VA (Work done when PG, DB, BA, and BO were at EPFL and supported in part by the Swiss National Science Foundation via the Sinergia grant CRSII5-180359.).
WOS:001544980800017
École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
2025-05-12
Cham
978-3-031-92807-9
978-3-031-92808-6
Lecture Notes in Computer Science; 15627
0302-9743
1611-3349
155
172
REVIEWED
EPFL
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