Creating HDR video content for visual quality assessment using stop-motion

Abstract

A complete workflow from capture via processing to the display of video sequences, entirely in high dynamic range (HDR), is described. This workflow is set up to allow for image quality assessment of HDR content with renderings for smaller dynamic ranges. Special emphasis is on the controlled reproduction of lightness and color. Our method allows capturing scenes with a high dynamic range, storing the HDR content in physically meaningful units and displaying it on a commercially available HDR display.