The following examples were used to compare the following High Dynamic Range Image formats: OpenEXR, Radiance RGBE and XYZE, 24-bit and 32-bit LogLuv TIFF, 48-bit scRGB, and 36-bit scRGB-nl and scYCC-nl. For details on our comparison methodology, go to the referring page.
Clicking on any of the small images will take you to a larger one. Clicking on the image name itself will take you to a high dynamic range version in Radiance RGBE format. (You should probably only control-click on those links, as most browsers do not know how to deal with HDR formatted images at this point.) Links are also provided under each image to the corresponding comparison page, where the image has been encoded in the above-mentioned formats, and we have conducted an error analysis of the results.
Apartment_float.hdr
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Source photo
Dynamic range (log10) 4.7
AtriumNight.hdr
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Image courtesy Karol Myszkowski
Source photo
Dynamic range (log10) 4.1
bigFogMap.hdr
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Image courtesy Jack Tumblin
Source photo
Dynamic range (log10) 3.6
dani_belgium.hdr
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Image courtesy Dani Lischinski
Source photo
Dynamic range (log10) 4.1
dani_cathedral.hdr
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Image courtesy Dani Lischinski
Source photo
Dynamic range (log10) 4.1
dani_synagogue.hdr
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Image courtesy Dani Lischinski
Source photo
Dynamic range (log10) 2.0
Desk.hdr
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Image courtesy ILM
Source photo
Dynamic range (log10) 5.2
Display1000_float.hdr
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Source photo
Dynamic range (log10) 3.4
memorial.hdr
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Image courtesy Paul Debevec
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Dynamic range (log10) 4.8
Montreal_float.hdr
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Source photo
Dynamic range (log10) 3.1
MtTamWest.hdr
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Image courtesy ILM
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Dynamic range (log10) 3.4
nave.hdr
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Image courtesy Paul Debevec
Source photo
Dynamic range (log10) 6.0
rend01.hdr
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Source simulation
Dynamic range (log10) 3.0
rend02.hdr
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Image courtesy Charles Ehrlich
Source simulation
Dynamic range (log10) 4.1
rend03.hdr
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Image courtesy Charles Ehrlich
Source simulation
Dynamic range (log10) 3.2
rend04.hdr
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Source simulation
Dynamic range (log10) 4.5
rend05.hdr
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Source simulation
Dynamic range (log10) 3.3
rend06.hdr
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Source simulation
Dynamic range (log10) 3.6
rend07.hdr
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Image courtesy Martin Moeck
Source simulation
Dynamic range (log10) 8.9
rend08.hdr
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Image courtesy Arup Lighting
Source simulation
Dynamic range (log10) 3.7
rend09.hdr
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Image courtesy Saba Rofchaei
Source simulation
Dynamic range (log10) 3.9
rend10.hdr
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Image courtesy Carlo Sequin
Source simulation
Dynamic range (log10) 5.0
rend11.hdr
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Image courtesy Saba Rofchaei
Source simulation
Dynamic range (log10) 4.1
rend12.hdr
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Image courtesy Charles Ehrlich
Source simulation
Dynamic range (log10) 8.9
rend13.hdr
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Source simulation
Dynamic range (log10) 4.1
rosette.hdr
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Image courtesy Paul Debevec
Source photo
Dynamic range (log10) 4.4
Spheron3.hdr
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Image courtesy Spheron
Source photo
Dynamic range (log10) 5.8
SpheronNapaValley.hdr
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Image courtesy Spheron
Source photo
Dynamic range (log10) 3.2
SpheronNice.hdr
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Image courtesy Spheron
Source photo
Dynamic range (log10) 4.7
SpheronPriceWestern.hdr
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Image courtesy Spheron
Source photo
Dynamic range (log10) 2.8
SpheronSiggraph2001.hdr
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Image courtesy Spheron
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Dynamic range (log10) 4.5
StillLife.hdr
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Image courtesy ILM
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Dynamic range (log10) 6.1
Tree.hdr
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Image courtesy ILM
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Dynamic range (log10) 4.4
Page created Dec 14 2003 11:13:48p