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---
language:
- en
pretty_name: 'Comics: Pick-A-Panel'
tags:
- comics
dataset_info:
- config_name: char_coherence
  features:
  - name: sample_id
    dtype: string
  - name: context
    sequence: image
  - name: options
    sequence: image
  - name: index
    dtype: int32
  - name: solution_index
    dtype: int32
  - name: split
    dtype: string
  - name: task_type
    dtype: string
  - name: previous_panel_caption
    dtype: string
  splits:
  - name: val
    num_bytes: 379249617.0
    num_examples: 143
  download_size: 379268925
  dataset_size: 379249617.0
- config_name: sequence_filling
  features:
  - name: sample_id
    dtype: string
  - name: context
    sequence: image
  - name: options
    sequence: image
  - name: index
    dtype: int32
  - name: solution_index
    dtype: int32
  - name: split
    dtype: string
  - name: task_type
    dtype: string
  - name: previous_panel_caption
    dtype: string
  splits:
  - name: val
    num_bytes: 1230082746.0
    num_examples: 262
  download_size: 1153097954
  dataset_size: 1230082746.0
- config_name: text_closure
  features:
  - name: sample_id
    dtype: string
  - name: context
    sequence: image
  - name: options
    sequence: image
  - name: index
    dtype: int32
  - name: solution_index
    dtype: int32
  - name: split
    dtype: string
  - name: task_type
    dtype: string
  - name: previous_panel_caption
    dtype: string
  splits:
  - name: val
    num_bytes: 952974973.0
    num_examples: 274
  download_size: 930660064
  dataset_size: 952974973.0
configs:
- config_name: char_coherence
  data_files:
  - split: val
    path: char_coherence/val-*
- config_name: sequence_filling
  data_files:
  - split: val
    path: sequence_filling/val-*
- config_name: text_closure
  data_files:
  - split: val
    path: text_closure/val-*
---

# Comics: Pick-A-Panel

This is the dataset for the [ICDAR 2025 Competition on Comics Understanding in the Era of Foundational Models](https://rrc.cvc.uab.es/?ch=31&com=introduction)

The dataset contains five subtask or skills:

### Sequence Filling

<details>

<summary>Task Description</summary>

![Sequence Filling](figures/seq_filling.png)

Given a sequence of comic panels, a missing panel, and a set of option panels, the task is to select the panel that best fits the sequence.
</details>

### Character Coherence, Visual Closure, Text Closure

<details>

<summary>Task Description</summary>

![Character Coherence](figures/closure.png)

These skills require understanding the context sequence to then pick the best panel to continue the story, focusing on the characters, the visual elements, and the text:
- Character Coherence: Given a sequence of comic panels, pick the panel from the two options that best continues the story in a coherent with the characters. Both options are the same panel, but the text in the speech bubbles is has been swapped.
- Visual Closure: Given a sequence of comic panels, pick the panel from the options that best continues the story in a coherent way with the visual elements.
- Text Closure: Given a sequence of comic panels, pick the panel from the options that best continues the story in a coherent way with the text. All options are the same panel, but with text in the speech retrieved from different panels.

</details>

### Caption Relevance

<details>

<summary>Task Description</summary>

![Caption Relevance](figures/caption_relevance.png)

Given a caption from the previous panel, select the panel that best continues the story.
</details>

## Loading the Data

```python
from datasets import load_dataset

skill = "sequence_filling" # "sequence_filling", "char_coherence", "visual_closure", "text_closure", "caption_relevance"
split = "val" # "val", "test"
dataset = load_dataset("VLR-CVC/ComPAP", skill, split=split)
```

<details>

<summary>Map to single images</summary>

If your model can only process single images, you can render each sample as a single image:

![Single Image Example](figures/single_image_seq_filling_example.png)


```python
from PIL import Image, ImageDraw, ImageFont
import numpy as np
from datasets import Features, Value, Image as ImageFeature

class SingleImagePickAPanel:
    def __init__(self, max_size=500, margin=10, label_space=20, font_path="Arial.ttf"):
        self.max_size = max_size
        self.margin = margin
        self.label_space = label_space
        # Add separate font sizes
        self.label_font_size = 20
        self.number_font_size = 24

        self.font_path = font_path

    def resize_image(self, img):
        """Resize image keeping aspect ratio if longest edge > max_size"""
        if max(img.size) > self.max_size:
            ratio = self.max_size / max(img.size)
            new_size = tuple(int(dim * ratio) for dim in img.size)
            return img.resize(new_size, Image.Resampling.LANCZOS)
        return img

    def create_mask_panel(self, width, height):
        """Create a question mark panel"""
        mask_panel = Image.new("RGB", (width, height), (200, 200, 200))
        draw = ImageDraw.Draw(mask_panel)
        font_size = int(height * 0.8)
        try:
            font = ImageFont.truetype(self.font_path, font_size)
        except:
            raise ValueError("Font file not found")
        
        text = "?"
        bbox = draw.textbbox((0, 0), text, font=font)
        text_x = (width - (bbox[2] - bbox[0])) // 2
        text_y = (height - (bbox[3] - bbox[1])) // 2
        draw.text((text_x, text_y), text, fill="black", font=font)
        return mask_panel

    def draw_number_on_panel(self, panel, number, font):
        """Draw number on the bottom of the panel with background"""
        draw = ImageDraw.Draw(panel)
        
        # Get text size
        bbox = draw.textbbox((0, 0), str(number), font=font)
        text_width = bbox[2] - bbox[0]
        text_height = bbox[3] - bbox[1]
        
        # Calculate position (bottom-right corner)
        padding = 2
        text_x = panel.size[0] - text_width - padding
        text_y = panel.size[1] - text_height - padding
        
        # Draw semi-transparent background
        bg_rect = [(text_x - padding, text_y - padding), 
                  (text_x + text_width + padding, text_y + text_height + padding)]
        draw.rectangle(bg_rect, fill=(255, 255, 255, 180))
        
        # Draw text
        draw.text((text_x, text_y), str(number), fill="black", font=font)
        return panel

    def map_to_single_image(self, examples):
        """Process a batch of examples from a HuggingFace dataset"""
        single_images = []
        
        for i in range(len(examples['sample_id'])):
            # Get context and options for current example
            context = examples['context'][i] if len(examples['context'][i]) > 0 else []
            options = examples['options'][i]
            
            # Resize all images
            context = [self.resize_image(img) for img in context]
            options = [self.resize_image(img) for img in options]
            
            # Calculate common panel size (use median size to avoid outliers)
            all_panels = context + options
            if len(all_panels) > 0:
                widths = [img.size[0] for img in all_panels]
                heights = [img.size[1] for img in all_panels]
                panel_width = int(np.median(widths))
                panel_height = int(np.median(heights))
                
                # Resize all panels to common size
                context = [img.resize((panel_width, panel_height)) for img in context]
                options = [img.resize((panel_width, panel_height)) for img in options]
                
                # Create mask panel for sequence filling tasks if needed
                if 'index' in examples and len(context) > 0:
                    mask_idx = examples['index'][i]
                    mask_panel = self.create_mask_panel(panel_width, panel_height)
                    context.insert(mask_idx, mask_panel)
                
                # Calculate canvas dimensions based on whether we have context
                if len(context) > 0:
                    context_row_width = panel_width * len(context) + self.margin * (len(context) - 1)
                    options_row_width = panel_width * len(options) + self.margin * (len(options) - 1)
                    canvas_width = max(context_row_width, options_row_width)
                    canvas_height = (panel_height * 2 + 
                                   self.label_space * 2)
                else:
                    # Only options row for caption_relevance
                    canvas_width = panel_width * len(options) + self.margin * (len(options) - 1)
                    canvas_height = (panel_height + 
                                   self.label_space)
                
                # Create canvas
                final_image = Image.new("RGB", (canvas_width, canvas_height), "white")
                draw = ImageDraw.Draw(final_image)
                
                try:
                    label_font = ImageFont.truetype(self.font_path, self.label_font_size)
                    number_font = ImageFont.truetype(self.font_path, self.number_font_size)
                except:
                    raise ValueError("Font file not found")
                
                current_y = 0
                
                # Add context section if it exists
                if len(context) > 0:
                    # Draw "Context" label
                    bbox = draw.textbbox((0, 0), "Context", font=label_font)
                    text_x = (canvas_width - (bbox[2] - bbox[0])) // 2
                    draw.text((text_x, current_y), "Context", fill="black", font=label_font)
                    current_y += self.label_space
                    
                    # Paste context panels
                    x_offset = (canvas_width - (panel_width * len(context) + 
                               self.margin * (len(context) - 1))) // 2
                    for panel in context:
                        final_image.paste(panel, (x_offset, current_y))
                        x_offset += panel_width + self.margin
                    current_y += panel_height
                
                # Add "Options" label
                bbox = draw.textbbox((0, 0), "Options", font=label_font)
                text_x = (canvas_width - (bbox[2] - bbox[0])) // 2
                draw.text((text_x, current_y), "Options", fill="black", font=label_font)
                current_y += self.label_space
                
                # Paste options with numbers on panels
                x_offset = (canvas_width - (panel_width * len(options) + 
                           self.margin * (len(options) - 1))) // 2
                for idx, panel in enumerate(options):
                    # Create a copy of the panel to draw on
                    panel_with_number = panel.copy()
                    if panel_with_number.mode != 'RGBA':
                        panel_with_number = panel_with_number.convert('RGBA')
                    
                    # Draw number on panel
                    panel_with_number = self.draw_number_on_panel(
                        panel_with_number, 
                        idx, 
                        number_font
                    )
                    
                    # Paste the panel with number
                    final_image.paste(panel_with_number, (x_offset, current_y), panel_with_number)
                    x_offset += panel_width + self.margin
                
                # Convert final_image to PIL Image format (instead of numpy array)
                single_images.append(final_image)
            
        # Prepare batch output
        examples['single_image'] = single_images
        
        return examples

from datasets import load_dataset

skill = "sequence_filling" # "sequence_filling", "char_coherence", "visual_closure", "text_closure", "caption_relevance"
split = "val" # "val", "test"
dataset = load_dataset("VLR-CVC/ComPAP", skill, split=split)

processor = SingleImagePickAPanel()
dataset = dataset.map(
        processor.map_to_single_image,
        batched=True,
        batch_size=32,
        remove_columns=['context', 'options']
    )
dataset.save_to_disk(f"ComPAP_{skill}_{split}_single_images")
```

</details>

## Summit Results and Leaderboard
The competition is hosted in the [Robust Reading Competition website](https://rrc.cvc.uab.es/?ch=31&com=introduction) and the leaderboard is available [here](https://rrc.cvc.uab.es/?ch=31&com=evaluation).

## Citation
_coming soon_