The purpose of this software is to enhance the legibility of papyri for text edition and publication. It consists of an image processing tool and an image viewer.
— Fully automatic image enhancement, which is especially useful for processing image collections.
— Multiple enhancement methods, for covering a variety of document and reproduction qualities, tasks, and subjective preferences.
— Complementary to other software, such as DStretch and Photoshop.
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app: Matlab (R2020b) app
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code: Matlab (R2020b) source code
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help: documentation (see also hierax.ch)
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images: smaple papyri images
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article: technical background (Vlad Atanasiu, Isabelle Marthot-Santaniello (2022), “Legibility Enhancement of Papyri Using Color Processing and Visual Illusions: A Case Study in Critical Vision”, International Journal on Document Analysis and Recognition (IJDAR), 25: 129–160, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10032-021-00386-0)
