BibTex
@inproceedings{Latulipe:2006:,
author = {Latulipe, Celine and Bell, Ian and Clarke, Charles and Kaplan, Craig},
title = {symTone: two-handed manipulation of tone reproduction curves},
booktitle = {Proceedings of Graphics Interface 2006},
series = {GI 2006},
year = {2006},
issn = {0713-5424},
isbn = {1-56881-308-2},
location = {Qu{\'e}bec, Qu{\'e}bec, Canada},
pages = {9--16},
numpages = {8},
publisher = {Canadian Human-Computer Communications Society},
address = {Toronto, Ontario, Canada},
}
Abstract
We present symTone, a dual-mouse, symmetric image manipulation application. symTone includes a symmetric method for manipulating a tone reproduction curve using two standard USB mice. The symTone technique is an important contribution because the two mice are manipulating a geometric object as a tool to improve the underlying digital image, thus a spatial object (the curve) is being used to manipulate non-spatial data (the image tones). Our empirical evaluation of the technique shows that symmetric interaction can be effective for manipulating non-spatial data. This novel technique offers a significant improvement in ease of use and is a precursor to more advanced symmetric tone-mapping applications.