8.43. Fattal et al. 2002


This filter can be used to adapt an image, which may have a high dynamic range (HDR), for presentation using a low dynamic range. This operation reduces the magnitudes of local image gradients, producing luminance within the range 0.0-1.0.

This tonemapping approach was originally presented by Raanan Fattal, in the 2002 SIGGRAPH paper: Gradient Domain High Dynamic Range Compression.

[Note] Note

This filter is slow on larger images. For finding the best settings for your image you could make a small relevant selection first and save that as a preset before using that for the whole image.

This filter is found in the main menu under Colors → Tone Mapping → Fattal et al. 2002.


Presets, Input Type, Clipping, Blending Options, Preview, Merge filter, Split view
[Note] Note

These options are described in Section 8.1.2, “Colors Common Features”.

Alpha

Gradient threshold for detail enhancement.

Beta

Strength of local detail enhancement.

Saturation

Global color saturation factor.

Noise

Gradient threshold for lowering detail enhancement.