with viewing distance. The basic idea is that high frequency tends to dominate at a closer distance, but as you move away only the low frequency $($smooth$)$ part of the signal can be seen. By blending the high

frequency portion of one image with the low$-$frequency portion of another, you get a hybrid image that leads to different interpretations at different distances. An example of a hybrid image is shown below.

$($a$)$ A Hybrid Image

The image shown above is the hybrid of two images as given below:

for color images. Now you have to do the following operations initially for generating hybrid using two grayscale images $($take any image from the internet$)$:

them. Make a note of your observations.

$($b$)$ Use Gaussain Filters to perform image smoothing. Note the variations by changing the filter size, and $$ for the images.

$($c$)$ Study and make use of Gaussain Pyramids and Laplacian Pyramids for mixing the two images.

$($d$)$ Implement Laplacian Pyramids with Bilateral filters and use them with Gaussain Pyramids for the same.

$($e$)$ Design a way to do the same mixing in frequency domain.

$($f$)$ Generate hybrid color images using the best set of filters obtained for spatial and