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The capabilities of some advanced display systems are currently exceeding the dynamic range of conventional 8-bit images by a significant amount. Such high dynamic range (HDR) displays are discussed in Chapter 6. We anticipate that such displays will become more numerous and widespread in the near future. A concern for the general acceptance of such displays is the ability to generate appropriate content to drive such displays.
Of course, there exist both hardware and software techniques to capture HDR images and video directly, as outlined in Chapter 5. However, given that a wealth of images and videos are currently available as 8-bit low dynamic range (LDR) data, it is an interesting proposition to consider the ...
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