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
Support:
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 |
| 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 |
| pfstools | Command line HDR manipulation programs |
| SimpleImageViewer | High-performance image viewer |
| CinePaint | Works with 16-bit and floating point pixels for HDR imaging |
Read our verdict in the software roundup.
 LinuxLinks helps you discover the best free and open source software for Linux. Explore our extensive collection of recommended applications, including alternatives to popular proprietary software.We also publish software reviews, Linux tutorials, hardware reviews, free programming books and articles covering the wider open source community. Browse our Linux resources to discover more. Know a useful free and open source Linux application we haven't covered? Suggest a program for inclusion. Has your software been featured on LinuxLinks? Display one of our Featured on LinuxLinks badges on your website or GitHub README. |
Please read our Comment Policy before commenting.