Everything about Tone mapping
Image processing technique
Tone mapping is a technique used in image processing and computer graphics to map one set of colors to another to approximate the appearance of high-dynamic-range (HDR) images in a medium that has a more limited dynamic range. Print-outs, CRT or LCD monitors, and projectors all have a limited dynamic range that is inadequate to reproduce the full range of light intensities present in natural scenes. Tone mapping addresses the problem of strong contrast reduction from the scene radiance to the displayable range while preserving the image details and color appearance important to appreciate the original scene content. Wikipedia →
🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path
- Read the overview: Tone mappingA 5-minute orientation
- Skim a recent paper: Real-Time Tone Mapping: A Survey and Cross-Implementation Hardware BenchmarkInfluential work since 2022
- Pick up a classic book: Night photographyThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: Deep reverse tone mappingCited 306 times
- Go sideways: Multi-exposure HDR captureA closely related topic
- Go sideways: Luminance HDRA closely related topic
📖 Definitions
Noun The technique of mapping one set of colors to another, to approximate the appearance of a higher dynamic range than is actually available.
🗂️ The subject at a glance
🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
Deep reverse tone mapping
Display adaptive tone mapping
Color correction for tone mapping
Globally Optimized Linear Windowed Tone Mapping
A framework for inverse tone mapping
Evaluation of Tone Mapping Operators for HDR‐Video
Real-time noise-aware tone mapping
Natural hdr image tone mapping based on retinex
🆕 Influential since 2022
Real-Time Tone Mapping: A Survey and Cross-Implementation Hardware Benchmark
Unsupervised HDR Image and Video Tone Mapping via Contrastive Learning
A Real-Time Semi-Supervised Deep Tone Mapping Network
Deep Arbitrary HDRI: Inverse Tone Mapping With Controllable Exposure Changes
HDR-LFNet: Inverse tone mapping using fusion network
📚 Books worth reading
Night photographyLance Keimig · 2010
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