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Real-time noise-aware tone mapping

Accepted version
Peer-reviewed

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Conference Object

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Authors

Eilertsen, G 
Mantiuk, RK 
Unger, J 

Abstract

jats:pReal-time high quality video tone mapping is needed for many applications, such as digital viewfinders in cameras, display algorithms which adapt to ambient light, in-camera processing, rendering engines for video games and video post-processing. We propose a viable solution for these applications by designing a video tone-mapping operator that controls the visibility of the noise, adapts to display and viewing environment, minimizes contrast distortions, preserves or enhances image details, and can be run in real-time on an incoming sequence without any preprocessing. To our knowledge, no existing solution offers all these features. Our novel contributions are: a fast procedure for computing local display-adaptive tone-curves which minimize contrast distortions, a fast method for detail enhancement free from ringing artifacts, and an integrated video tone-mapping solution combining all the above features.</jats:p>

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Keywords

tone mapping, video tone mapping, high dynamic range imaging

Journal Title

ACM Transactions on Graphics

Conference Name

ACM SIGGRAPH Asia 2015

Journal ISSN

0730-0301
1557-7368

Volume Title

34

Publisher

Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
Sponsorship
This project was funded by the Swedish Foundation for Strategic Research (SSF) through grant IIS11-0081, Linkoping University Center for Industrial Information Technology (CENIIT), the Swedish Research Council through the Linnaeus Environment CADICS, and through COST Action IC1005.