8.45. Reinhard 2005

8.45.1. Overview

Kuva 16.200. Reinhard 2005 tone mapping example

”Reinhard 2005” tone mapping example

Original image

”Reinhard 2005” tone mapping example

Filter applied with default settings, after changing image precision in GIMP to 32-bit floating point linear light.


This filter can be used to adapt an image, which may have a high dynamic range (HDR), for presentation using a low dynamic range. This is an efficient global operator derived from simple physiological observations, producing luminance within the range 0.0-1.0.

This tonemapping approach was originally presented by Reinhard, E. and Devlin, K. (2005). Dynamic range reduction inspired by photoreceptor physiology. In: IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics, 11(1) (2005), pp. 13–24.

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Although not as slow as the Fattal and Mantiuk filters, the Reinhard filter is not very fast on larger images. For finding the best settings for your image you could make a small relevant selection first and save that as a preset before using that for the whole image.

8.45.2. Activating the Filter

This filter is found in the main menu under ColorsTone MappingReinhard 2005.

8.45.3. Options

Kuva 16.201. The Reinhard 2005 filter Dialog

The ”Reinhard 2005” filter Dialog

Presets

Presets are a common feature for several Colors commands. You can find its description in Kohta 8.1.1, ”Colors Common Features”.

Brightness

Overall brightness of the image.

Chromatic adaptation

Adaptation to color variation across the image.

Light adaptation

Adaptation to light variation across the image.

Input Type, Clipping, Blending Options, Preview, Merge filter, Split view

These are common features described in Kohta 8.1.1, ”Colors Common Features”.