Ruili He visited Stratasys

Ruili He visited Stratasys ApPEARS PhD fellow Ruili He has been working on colour characterisation for 3D colour printer remotely together with Yoav Bressler at the ApPEARS partner organisation Stratasys. In December 2022, she visited Stratasys to characterise the colour performance of a J750 colour printer based on a specific skin colour chart, some skin […]

ApPEARS Closing Event

ApPEARS Closing Event More than three years have passed since ApPEARS started, and the first Early Stage Researcher (ESR) has already submitted the thesis. Although the project has been extended until the end of 2023, we went through with the ApPEARS Closing Event as planned in September 2022, hosted where it all started, in Gjøvik, […]

Getting their hands “inky” in Bristol

Image: The ApPEARS group in Leeds Getting their hands “inky” in Bristol In the Harbor city of Bristol, surrounded by 19th-century warehouses, the scene was set for the 4th training event of the project. At the University of the West of England, specifically the Centre for Print Research, they were ready to host 15 ApPEARS […]

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ApPEARS Expo at the ApPEARS Closing Event

ApPEARS Expo at the ApPEARS Closing Event September 4. – 10. the ApPEARS Closing Event will be hosted at NTNU in Gjøvik, Norway. The week will be filled with different dissemination events, training for our PhD students on innovation and entrepreneurship as well as the Colour and Visual Computing Symposium (CVCS 2022). ApPEARS Expo Wednesday […]

Measuring gloss

Measuring gloss Colours and gloss are everywhere around us, and these two interact with each other. Colour influences the perception of gloss in such a way that darker objects are perceived as glossier, while glossier objects are perceived as darker. The final appearance of gloss can also be influenced by some other parameters, such as […]

It ApPEARS to be time for Networking!

It ApPEARS to be time for Networking! The pandemic certainly threw a spanner in the works for the training events planned for Darmstadt and Paris in 2020. Although some of the planned training was conducted virtually, the networking and hands-on exercises were deeply missed. Late November 2021, it was finally time to meet in-person again […]

ApPEARS presentations during Electronic Imaging 2022 Symposium

ApPEARS presentations during Electronic Imaging 2022 Symposium During the Electronic Imaging 2022 Symposium, several ApPEARS presented their work: Above you see a print screen from Fereshteh Abedini’s presentation on “Structure aware halftoning using the iterative method controlling the dot placement”. Her paper is available here. In addition, Altynay Kadyrova presented “Image enhancement dataset for evaluation […]

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Upcoming Event: ApPEARS Training Event Bristol

Upcoming Event: ApPEARS Training Event Bristol The Centre for Print Research, University of the West of England will host the training event “Industrial and transferable skills training school focusing in “Printing innovation and applications” in Bristol, UK from 20 March to 27 March 2022. The training will comprise: Complementary skills in presenting, applications for bidding and […]

ApPEARS presentations at the IARIGAI conference

ApPEARS presentations at the IARIGAI conference During the IARIGAI 2021 conference, Early Stage Researcher Alina Pranovich (Linköping University) presented her paper on “Optical properties and appearance of fused deposition modelling filaments”. Virtually, for the same conference Early Stage Researcher Fereshteh Abedini (Linköping University) also presented her paper on “The effect of halftoning on the appearance […]

Recordings from the Colourlab workshop on Measuring, Understanding, and Reproducing Material Appearance

Recordings from the colourlab workshop on Measuring, Understanding, and Reproducing Material Appearance Late October 2021, the Norwegian Colour and Visual Computing Laboratory (Colourlab) at NTNU hosted a workshop on Measuring, Understanding, and Reproducing material appearance – Innovation and Development. During this event, several ApPEARS ESRs presented their research. Their presentations were all recorded and they […]