Semantic Aware Diffusion Inverse Tone Mapping

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2405.15468v1
• Date: Fri, 24 May 2024 11:44:22 GMT
• Title: Semantic Aware Diffusion Inverse Tone Mapping
• Authors: Abhishek Goswami, Aru Ranjan Singh, Francesco Banterle, Kurt Debattista, Thomas Bashford-Rogers,
• Abstract summary: Inverse tone mapping attempts to boost captured Standard Dynamic Range (SDR) images back to High Dynamic Range ( HDR) We present a novel inverse tone mapping approach for mapping SDR images to HDR that generates lost details in clipped regions through a semantic-aware diffusion based inpainting approach.
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• License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/
• Abstract: The range of real-world scene luminance is larger than the capture capability of many digital camera sensors which leads to details being lost in captured images, most typically in bright regions. Inverse tone mapping attempts to boost these captured Standard Dynamic Range (SDR) images back to High Dynamic Range (HDR) by creating a mapping that linearizes the well exposed values from the SDR image, and provides a luminance boost to the clipped content. However, in most cases, the details in the clipped regions cannot be recovered or estimated. In this paper, we present a novel inverse tone mapping approach for mapping SDR images to HDR that generates lost details in clipped regions through a semantic-aware diffusion based inpainting approach. Our method proposes two major contributions - first, we propose to use a semantic graph to guide SDR diffusion based inpainting in masked regions in a saturated image. Second, drawing inspiration from traditional HDR imaging and bracketing methods, we propose a principled formulation to lift the SDR inpainted regions to HDR that is compatible with generative inpainting methods. Results show that our method demonstrates superior performance across different datasets on objective metrics, and subjective experiments show that the proposed method matches (and in most cases outperforms) state-of-art inverse tone mapping operators in terms of objective metrics and outperforms them for visual fidelity.

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