The First Controllable Bokeh Rendering Challenge at NTIRE 2026

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2605.05510v1
• Date: Wed, 06 May 2026 23:23:02 GMT
• Title: The First Controllable Bokeh Rendering Challenge at NTIRE 2026
• Abstract summary: This study presents the outcomes of the first Controllable Bokeh Rendering Challenge at NTIRE.<n>In total, 44 participants registered for the competition, of which 8 teams submitted valid solutions.<n>All submissions were evaluated on unseen images, focusing on portraits and intricate subjects with complex and visually appealing bokeh phenomena.
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• Abstract: This study presents the outcomes of the first Controllable Bokeh Rendering Challenge at NTIRE and highlights the most effective submitted methodologies. In total, 44 participants registered for the competition, of which 8 teams submitted valid solutions after the conclusion of the final test phase. All submissions were evaluated on unseen images, focusing on portraits and intricate subjects with complex and visually appealing bokeh phenomena. In addition to the first track focusing on established quantitative fidelity metrics, we conducted a qualitative user study with a panel of experts for a second track focusing on perceptual assessment. As this was the inaugural challenge on this topic, most of the participants focused on refining and extending the Bokehlicious baseline method.

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