EverLight: Indoor-Outdoor Editable HDR Lighting Estimation

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2304.13207v2
• Date: Mon, 21 Aug 2023 18:53:15 GMT
• Title: EverLight: Indoor-Outdoor Editable HDR Lighting Estimation
• Authors: Mohammad Reza Karimi Dastjerdi, Jonathan Eisenmann, Yannick Hold-Geoffroy, Jean-Fran\c{c}ois Lalonde
• Abstract summary: We propose a method which combines a parametric light model with 360deg panoramas, ready to use as HDRI in rendering engines. In our representation, users can easily edit light direction, intensity, number, etc. to impact shading while providing rich, complex reflections while seamlessly blending with the edits.
• Score: 9.443561684223514
• License: http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
• Abstract: Because of the diversity in lighting environments, existing illumination estimation techniques have been designed explicitly on indoor or outdoor environments. Methods have focused specifically on capturing accurate energy (e.g., through parametric lighting models), which emphasizes shading and strong cast shadows; or producing plausible texture (e.g., with GANs), which prioritizes plausible reflections. Approaches which provide editable lighting capabilities have been proposed, but these tend to be with simplified lighting models, offering limited realism. In this work, we propose to bridge the gap between these recent trends in the literature, and propose a method which combines a parametric light model with 360{\deg} panoramas, ready to use as HDRI in rendering engines. We leverage recent advances in GAN-based LDR panorama extrapolation from a regular image, which we extend to HDR using parametric spherical gaussians. To achieve this, we introduce a novel lighting co-modulation method that injects lighting-related features throughout the generator, tightly coupling the original or edited scene illumination within the panorama generation process. In our representation, users can easily edit light direction, intensity, number, etc. to impact shading while providing rich, complex reflections while seamlessly blending with the edits. Furthermore, our method encompasses indoor and outdoor environments, demonstrating state-of-the-art results even when compared to domain-specific methods.

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