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The method of real-time implementation of tone mapping and bloom effect

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This paper deals with the implementation of real-time image processing of rendered virtual scenes, where lighting calculations are produced in a high dynamic range. In this paper we propose a new method for realization of images' tone compression and modeling of “bloom” effect over bright areas using parallel computing on the GPU in real-time. The method is based on a modified version of the Reinhard’s global tone operator with the original algorithm of calculating global luminances of the frame and provides a simulation of the effect of blooming bright areas of the image. The proposed solution can be used in visualization for simulators and virtual environment systems.

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  1. Scientific Research Institute for System Analysis, Russian Academy of Sciences, Nakhimovsky prosp. 36-1, Moscow, 117218, Russia

    M. V. Mikhaylyuk, P. Y. Timokhin & M. A. Torgashev

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  1. M. V. Mikhaylyuk
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Mikhaylyuk, M.V., Timokhin, P.Y. & Torgashev, M.A. The method of real-time implementation of tone mapping and bloom effect. Program Comput Soft 41, 289–294 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0361768815050084

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