Exposure Fusion: A Simple and Practical Alternative to High Dynamic Range Photography
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2009
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The Eurographics Association and Blackwell Publishing Ltd
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We propose a technique for fusing a bracketed exposure sequence into a high quality image, without converting to High dynamic range (HDR) first. Skipping the physically based HDR assembly step simplifies the acquisition pipeline. This avoids camera response curve calibration and is computationally efficient. It also allows for including flash images in the sequence. Our technique blends multiple exposures, guided by simple quality measures like saturation and contrast. This is done in a multiresolution fashion to account for the brightness variation in the sequence. The resulting image quality is comparable to existing tone mapping operators.
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@article{10.1111:j.1467-8659.2008.01171.x,
journal = {Computer Graphics Forum},
title = {{Exposure Fusion: A Simple and Practical Alternative to High Dynamic Range Photography}},
author = {Mertens, T. and Kautz, J. and Van Reeth, F.},
year = {2009},
publisher = {The Eurographics Association and Blackwell Publishing Ltd},
ISSN = {1467-8659},
DOI = {10.1111/j.1467-8659.2008.01171.x}
}