fronttobackground
Fronttobackground is a term used to describe a compositional and perceptual approach in which visual emphasis and narrative information are organized from the foreground toward the background, rather than the reverse. The term is not widely standardized and appears as a neologism in discussions of photography, film, and design to signal a deliberate ordering of elements by proximity to the viewer.
In photography and cinematography, fronttobackground describes arranging subjects and objects so that the viewer’s attention is
In other domains, such as user interface design or data visualization, the concept parallels foreground-background layering,
Related concepts include depth of field, layering, painter’s algorithm, parallax scrolling, and foreground-background design. The term