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Table-top computed lighting for practical digital photography

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https://doi.org/10.1145/1185657.1185742

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We apply simplified image-based lighting methods to reduce the equipment, cost, time, and specialized skills required for high-quality photographic lighting of desktop-sized static objects such as museum artifacts. We place the object and a computer-steered moving-head spotlight inside a simple foam-core enclosure, and use a camera to quickly record low-resolution photos as the light scans the box interior. Optimization guided by interactive user sketching selects a small set of frames whose weighted sum best matches the target image. The system then repeats the lighting used in each of these frames, and constructs a high resolution result from re-photographed basis images. Unlike previous image-based relighting efforts, our method requires only one light source, yet can achieve high resolution light positioning to avoid multiple sharp shadows. A reduced version uses only a hand-held light, and may be suitable for battery-powered, field photography equipment that fits in a backpack.

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https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3526113.3545690

Index Terms

Table-top computed lighting for practical digital photography
1. Computing methodologies
  1. Artificial intelligence
    1. Computer vision
      1. Computer vision tasks
      2. Image and video acquisition
        3D imaging
  2. Computer graphics

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Yamamoto KKoyama YOchiai Y(2022)Photographic Lighting Design with Photographer-in-the-Loop Bayesian OptimizationProceedings of the 35th Annual ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology10.1145/3526113.3545690(1-11)Online publication date: 29-Oct-2022
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