Hybrid image

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This article is about a specific optical illusion constructed by combining two images. The term "hybrid image" can more generally refer to any image assembled from different components.[1]
A textual hybrid image reading "southwest" up close and "northeast" from afar.
Video clip of a hybrid image showing a small golf ball that will show another spherical structure after being zoomed in.
Hybrid image example. From close it reads "Love", from far it reads "WAR".

A hybrid image is an image that is

spatial frequencies of one picture with the high spatial frequencies of another picture, producing an image with an interpretation that changes with viewing distance.[2]

Perhaps the most familiar example is one featuring Albert Einstein and Marilyn Monroe. Looking at the picture from a short distance, one can see a sharp image of Einstein, with only a hint of blurry distortion hinting at the presence of an overlaid image. Viewed from a distance in which the fine detail blurs, the unmistakable face of Monroe emerges.[3]

A hybrid image constructed from low-frequency components of a photograph of Marilyn Monroe (left inset) and high-frequency components of a photograph of Albert Einstein (right inset).

See also

  • Optical illusions

References

  1. ISBN 978-1-85233-734-6
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  2. doi:10.1145/1141911.1141919. Archived from the original
    (PDF) on 2007-03-15. Retrieved 2007-04-23.
  3. ^ ""Marilyn-Einstein" and other examples". Archived from the original on 2008-02-20. Retrieved 2008-02-02.

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