H I G H D Y N A M I C
RANGE IMAGING
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HIGH DYNAMIC
RANGE IMAGING
ACQUISITION, DISPLAY, AND IMAGE-BASED LIGHTING
Second Edition
ERIK REINHARD
SUMANTA PATTANAIK
WOLFGANG HEIDRICH
GREG WARD
PAUL DEBEVEC
KAROL MYSZKOWSKI
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High dynamic range imaging : acquisition, display, and image-based
lighting / Erik
Reinhard ... [et al.]. – 2nd ed.
p. cm. – (The Morgan Kaufmann series in computer graphics)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978-0-12-374914-7 (alk. paper)
1. High dynamic range imaging. 2. Photography–Digital techniques.
3. Photography–Printing processes. 4. Image processing.
5. Electroluminescent display systems. 6. Computer graphics. I. Reinhard,
Erik, 1968–
TR594 H54 2010
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To Tania. You make all the difference.
— E.R.
To my daughters Alina and Tessala, my wife Elizabeth,
my step-daughters Melanie and Sophia, and artists everywhere.
— G.W.
To my family.
— S.P.
To my parents, who showed me the magic of the darkroom.
— P.D.
To my family.
— W.H.
To Beata, Joanna and Adam.
— K.M.
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Contents
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02
PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION
PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION
INTRODUCTION
Radiometry
Photometry
Colorimetry
Color Spaces
LIGHT AND COLOR
2.1
2.2
2.3
2.4
2.5 White Point and Illuminants
2.6
2.7
CIELUV
CIELAB
IPT
Spectral Sharpening
Color Opponent Spaces
2.7.1
2.7.2
2.7.3
Color Correction
Color Appearance
2.9.1
2.9.2
CIECAM02
Refinements
2.8
2.9
2.10 Display Gamma
2.11
2.12
Brightness Encoding
Standard RGB Color Spaces
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