High Dynamic Range Imaging, 2nd Edition by Erik Reinhard, Wolfgang Heidrich, Paul Debevec, Sumanta Pattanaik, Greg Ward and Karol Myszkowski

About the Book

This landmark book is the first to describe HDRI technology in its entirety and covers a wide-range of topics, from capture devices to tone reproduction and image-based lighting. The techniques described enable you to produce images that have a dynamic range much closer to that found in the real world, leading to an unparalleled visual experience. As both an introduction to the field and an authoritative technical reference, it is essential to anyone working with images, whether in computer graphics, film, video, photography, or lighting design.

Key Features

- New material includes chapters on High Dynamic Range Video Encoding, High Dynamic Range Image Encoding, and High Dynamic Range Display Devices

- Invaluable reference for anyone serious about computer graphics, interactive entertainment, and photography/imaging

- Range and depth of coverage is good for the knowledgeable researcher as well as those who are just starting to learn about High Dynamic Range imaging

Who should read this book?

R&D Professionals in computer graphics, digital design and visualization. Visual effects artists in entertainment industry (including interactive entertainment/games). Engineering staff (i.e. coders, implementers of HDRI) at HDRI display/sensor manufacturers (e.g., Phillips, Samsung).

Table of Contents

Table of Contents
Introduction
Light and Color
HDR Image Encodings
HDR Video Encodings
HDR Image and Video Capture
Display Devices
The Human Visual System and HDR Tone Mapping
Spatial Tone Reproduction
Frequency Domain and Gradient Domain Tone
Reproduction
Inverse Tone Reproduction
Visible Difference Predictors
Image-Based Lighting

About the Authors

Wolfgang Heidrich is Associate Professor and Dolby Research Chair at the Department of Computer Science, University of British Columbia.

Paul Debevec is a research assistant professor at the University of Southern California and the executive producer of graphics research at USC’s Institute for Creative Technologies.

Sumanta Pattanaik is an associate professor of computer science at the University of Central Florida, Orlando (UCF).

Greg Ward is a pioneer in HDRI, having developed the first widely used HDR image file format in 1986 as part of the Radiance lighting simulation system.

Karol Myszkowski is a Senior Researcher in the Computer Graphics Group of the Max-Planck-Institut für Informatik in Germany.