High-resolution Photo Enhancement in Real-time: A Laplacian Pyramid Network

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2510.11613v1
• Date: Mon, 13 Oct 2025 16:52:32 GMT
• Title: High-resolution Photo Enhancement in Real-time: A Laplacian Pyramid Network
• Authors: Feng Zhang, Haoyou Deng, Zhiqiang Li, Lida Li, Bin Xu, Qingbo Lu, Zisheng Cao, Minchen Wei, Changxin Gao, Nong Sang, Xiang Bai,
• Abstract summary: This paper introduces a pyramid network called LLF-LUT++, which integrates global and local operators through closed-form Laplacian pyramid decomposition and reconstruction.<n>Specifically, we utilize an image-adaptive 3D LUT that capitalizes on the global tonal characteristics of downsampled images.<n>LLF-LUT++ not only achieves a 2.64 dB improvement in PSNR on the HDR+ dataset, but also further reduces, with 4K resolution images processed in just 13 ms on a single GPU.
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• License: http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
• Abstract: Photo enhancement plays a crucial role in augmenting the visual aesthetics of a photograph. In recent years, photo enhancement methods have either focused on enhancement performance, producing powerful models that cannot be deployed on edge devices, or prioritized computational efficiency, resulting in inadequate performance for real-world applications. To this end, this paper introduces a pyramid network called LLF-LUT++, which integrates global and local operators through closed-form Laplacian pyramid decomposition and reconstruction. This approach enables fast processing of high-resolution images while also achieving excellent performance. Specifically, we utilize an image-adaptive 3D LUT that capitalizes on the global tonal characteristics of downsampled images, while incorporating two distinct weight fusion strategies to achieve coarse global image enhancement. To implement this strategy, we designed a spatial-frequency transformer weight predictor that effectively extracts the desired distinct weights by leveraging frequency features. Additionally, we apply local Laplacian filters to adaptively refine edge details in high-frequency components. After meticulously redesigning the network structure and transformer model, LLF-LUT++ not only achieves a 2.64 dB improvement in PSNR on the HDR+ dataset, but also further reduces runtime, with 4K resolution images processed in just 13 ms on a single GPU. Extensive experimental results on two benchmark datasets further show that the proposed approach performs favorably compared to state-of-the-art methods. The source code will be made publicly available at https://github.com/fengzhang427/LLF-LUT.

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