Bartosz TaudulNov 10, 2024

So, which tone mapping operator should I use nowadays to get a good looking result across all images? The last time I did this was something like 20 years ago? :)

I'm not interested in giving the user options to fine-tune the look, the default should be good enough. Unlike some, say, KDE applications, which give zero fucks apparently.

Show threadAras PranckevičiusNov 10, 2024
@wolfpld how about Tony McMapface by @h3r2tic https://github.com/h3r2tic/tony-mc-mapface
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Show threadAras Pranckevičius
@wolfpld or from more recent ones, Khronos PBR Neutral https://github.com/KhronosGroup/ToneMapping/blob/main/PBR_Neutral/pbrNeutral.glsl (press https://www.khronos.org/news/press/khronos-pbr-neutral-tone-mapper-released-for-true-to-life-color-rendering-of-3d-products )
ToneMapping/PBR_Neutral/pbrNeutral.glsl at main · KhronosGroup/ToneMapping

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Show threadBartosz TaudulNov 10, 2024

@aras I implemented PBR Neutral (because it's pure math and doesn't require a LUT) and it looks a bit weaker compared to tony-mc-mapface. But then you start comparing the two by overlaying them, and the choice is no longer so easy.

(In the previous version of this post there was a typo in one of the constants, so I have done it all again).

Show threadPer VognsenNov 10, 2024
@wolfpld @aras The bar photo looks way better with Tony, no?
Show threadBartosz TaudulNov 10, 2024
@pervognsen @aras Obviously, but then you start looking at the details and the piano has unnatural highlights on the decorations.
Show threadOlivier GroulxNov 10, 2024

@wolfpld @aras AgX. What else? 🙃

Default in Blender 4.
Used in Saulala, great photo dev app.
Used in the game I'm working on : https://youtu.be/mVjBRZqajYY

You can implement it in a few lines of code : https://www.shadertoy.com/view/cd3XWr

You can play around with it here, with a clunky UI : https://macrofacet.github.io/horoma/

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Show threadVlad EriumNov 11, 2024
@wolfpld @aras Khronos PBR to avoid any misunderstand should be named Marketing PBR or Brand PBR.
It main goal to render brands colors as close to brand books as possible, no matter physically correct that or no.
Check their presentation, where rendering just broken but they count that as a feature.