HDRView is a simple research-oriented depth-map and high-dynamic range image viewer with an emphasis on examining and comparing images, and including minimalistic tonemapping capabilities.
This is a cross-platform tool running under Linux, macOS, and Windows.
HDRView is free and open source software.
Key Features
- Supports reading EXR, PNG, TGA, BMP, HDR, JPG, GIF, PNM, PFM, and PSD images.
- Supports writing EXR, HDR, PNG, TGA, PPM, PFM, and BMP images.
- Supports loading several depth-map formats (PFM, PNG 1-channel-16bit, EXR, NPY) and convert them to RGB images for visualization
- Load several images and provides exposure and gamma/sRGB tone mapping control with high-quality dithering of HDR images
- Overlay the pixel grid and numeric color values on each pixel to facilitate inspection
- Supports high-quality dithering (both when viewing and when saving to an LDR file) to reduce artifacts caused by displaying HDR images naively on a 24 bit display.
Website: github.com/wkjarosz/hdrview
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Developer: Wojciech Jarosz
License: 3-clause BSD License
HDRView is written in C and C++. Learn C with our recommended free books and free tutorials. Learn C++ with our recommended free books and free tutorials.
Related Software
| HDR Imaging Software | |
|---|---|
| RawTherapee | The Experimental Raw Photo Editor |
| OpenEXR | HDR image file format and HDR utilities |
| Hugin | Panorama photo stitching program |
| pfstools | Command line HDR manipulation programs |
| tev | High dynamic range image comparison tool |
| HyperHDR | Ambient lighting implementation for television and music sets |
| HDRView | Depth-map and high-dynamic range image viewer |
| Luminance HDR | Provides a workflow for HDR imaging |
| Radiance | Lighting simulation and rendering system |
| HDRMerge | Combine two or more raw images into a single raw |
| CinePaint | Works with 16-bit and floating point pixels for HDR imaging |
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