Foreground and background or background and foreground may refer to: *

Background, foreground, sideground and postground intellectual property In the context of research and development (R&D) collaborations, background, foreground, sideground and postground intellectual property (IP) are four distinct forms of intellectual property assets. These are included in the broader and more general ...

, distinct forms of intellectual property assets *

Background subtraction Background may refer to: Performing arts and stagecraft * Background actor * Background artist * Background light * Background music * Background story * Background vocals * ''Background'' (play), a 1950 play by Warren Chetham-Strode Recor ...

, a technique in image processing and computer vision by which an image's foreground is extracted for further processing *

Figure–ground (perception) Figure–ground organization is a type of perceptual grouping that is a vital necessity for recognizing objects through vision. In Gestalt psychology it is known as identifying a ''figure'' from the back''ground''. For example, black words on a ...

, a humans' ability to separate foreground from background in visual images *

Foreground-background Foreground-background is a scheduling algorithm that is used to control an execution of multiple processes on a single processor. It is based on two waiting lists, the first one is called foreground because this is the one in which all processes ini ...

, a scheduling algorithm that is used to control execution of multiple processes on a single processor *Foreground-background segmentation, a method for studying

change blindness Change blindness is a perceptual phenomenon that occurs when a change in a visual stimulus is introduced and the observer does not notice it. For example, observers often fail to notice major differences introduced into an image while it flickers ...

using photographs with distinct foreground and background scenery *

Foreground detection Foreground and background or background and foreground may refer to: *Background, foreground, sideground and postground intellectual property, distinct forms of intellectual property assets * Background subtraction, a technique in image processing ...

, a concept in computer vision to detect changes in image sequences *Foreground and background in photography and cinematography, a principle important for **

Depth of field The depth of field (DOF) is the distance between the nearest and the furthest objects that are in acceptably sharp focus in an image captured with a camera. Factors affecting depth of field For cameras that can only focus on one object dist ...

, the distance between the nearest and farthest objects in a scene that appear acceptably sharp in an image **

Deep focus Deep focus is a photographic and cinematographic technique using a large depth of field. Depth of field is the front-to-back range of focus in an image, or how much of it appears sharp and clear. In deep focus, the foreground, middle ground, and b ...

, a technique using a large depth of field **

Fill flash Fill flash is a photographic technique used to brighten deep shadow areas, typically outdoors on sunny days, though the technique is useful any time the background is significantly brighter than the subject of the photograph, particularly in back ...

, to correctly expose the foreground and background objects ** Photographic layering, a compositional technique *

Front projection effect A front projection effect is an in-camera visual effects process in film production for combining foreground performance with pre-filmed background footage. In contrast to rear projection, which projects footage onto a screen from behind the p ...

, an in-camera visual effects process in film production for combining foreground performance with pre-filmed background footage *

Parallax scrolling Parallax scrolling is a technique in computer graphics where background images move past the camera more slowly than foreground images, creating an illusion of depth in a 2D scene of distance. The technique grew out of the multiplane camera tec ...

, a scrolling technique in computer graphics, wherein background images move by the camera slower than foreground images, creating an illusion of depth *

Rear projection effect Rear projection (background projection, process photography, etc.) is one of many in-camera effects cinematic techniques in film production for combining foreground performances with pre-filmed backgrounds. It was widely used for many years in d ...

, an in-camera cinematic technique in film production for combining foreground performances with pre-filmed backgrounds *

Simple interactive object extraction Simple interactive object extraction (SIOX) is an algorithm for extracting foreground objects from color images and videos with very little user interaction. It has been implemented as "foreground selection" tool in the GIMP (since version 2.3.3), ...

, an algorithm used to extract foreground objects from color images and videos *

Structural level In Schenkerian analysis, a structural level is a representation of a piece of music at a different level of abstraction, with levels typically including foreground, middleground, and background. According to Schenker musical form is "an energy tr ...

, an abstract representation of a piece of music.

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