| Different ways to tone-map a linear RGB image. (a) The original, “un-tone-mapped” image. (b) Global curve optimizing for the sky. (c) Global curve optimizing for the subject. (d) HDR+, which preserves details everywhere. In the 2D histogram, brighter areas indicate where more pixels of a given input brightness are mapped to the same output. The overlapping shapes show that the relationship cannot be modeled using a single curve. Photo courtesy of Nicholas Wilson. |
