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We present a method to edit complex indoor lighting from a single image with its predicted depth and light source segmentation masks. This is an extremely challenging problem that requires modeling complex light transport, and disentangling…

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We present a method to estimate lighting from a single image of an indoor scene. Previous work has used an environment map representation that does not account for the localized nature of indoor lighting. Instead, we represent lighting as a…

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We present a method to estimate dense depth by optimizing a sparse set of points such that their diffusion into a depth map minimizes a multi-view reprojection error from RGB supervision. We optimize point positions, depths, and weights…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2021-06-30 Numair Khan , Min H. Kim , James Tompkin

Differentiable rendering methods promise the ability to optimize various parameters of 3d scenes to achieve a desired result. However, lighting design has so far received little attention in this field. In this paper, we introduce a method…

Graphics · Computer Science 2024-05-07 Lukas Lipp , David Hahn , Pierre Ecormier-Nocca , Florian Rist , Michael Wimmer

The correct insertion of virtual objects in images of real-world scenes requires a deep understanding of the scene's lighting, geometry and materials, as well as the image formation process. While recent large-scale diffusion models have…

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In this paper, we present a novel differentiable point-based rendering framework to achieve photo-realistic relighting. To make the reconstructed scene relightable, we enhance vanilla 3D Gaussians by associating extra properties, including…

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This paper presents a process for estimating the spatially varying surface reflectance of complex scenes observed under natural illumination. In contrast to previous methods, our process is not limited to scenes viewed under controlled…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2022-03-01 Alen Joy , Charalambos Poullis

The representation of consistent mixed reality (XR) environments requires adequate real and virtual illumination composition in real-time. Estimating the lighting of a real scenario is still a challenge. Due to the ill-posed nature of the…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2021-08-19 Bruno Augusto Dorta Marques , Esteban Walter Gonzalez Clua , Anselmo Antunes Montenegro , Cristina Nader Vasconcelos

Recent work has shown that diffusion models can serve as powerful neural rendering engines that can be leveraged for inserting virtual objects into images. However, unlike typical physics-based renderers, these neural rendering engines are…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-12-12 Frédéric Fortier-Chouinard , Zitian Zhang , Louis-Etienne Messier , Mathieu Garon , Anand Bhattad , Jean-François Lalonde

Real-world lighting often consists of multiple illuminants with different spectra. Separating and manipulating these illuminants in post-process is a challenging problem that requires either significant manual input or calibrated scene…

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Relighting, which synthesizes a novel view under a given lighting condition (unseen in training time), is a must feature for immersive photo-realistic experience. However, real-time relighting is challenging due to high computation cost of…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-09-17 Euntae Choi , Vincent Carpentier , Seunghun Shin , Sungjoo Yoo

We present a differentiable framework to adaptively compute 4D illumination conditions with respect to an object, for efficient, high-quality simultaneous acquisition of its shape and reflectance, with a unified spatial-angular structured…

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Indoor scenes typically exhibit complex, spatially-varying appearance from global illumination, making inverse rendering a challenging ill-posed problem. This work presents an end-to-end, learning-based inverse rendering framework…

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Estimating and modelling the appearance of an object under outdoor illumination conditions is a complex process. Although there have been several studies on illumination estimation and relighting, very few of them focus on estimating the…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2021-05-17 Farhan Rahman Wasee , Alen Joy , Charalambos Poullis

Physics-based differentiable rendering (PBDR) has become an efficient method in computer vision, graphics, and machine learning for addressing an array of inverse problems. PBDR allows patterns to be generated from perceptions which can be…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-01-13 Preetish Kakkar , Srijani Mukherjee , Hariharan Ragothaman , Vishal Mehta

The image relighting task of transferring illumination conditions between two images offers an interesting and difficult challenge with potential applications in photography, cinematography and computer graphics. In this report we present…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2020-06-04 Alexandre Pierre Dherse , Martin Nicolas Everaert , Jakub Jan Gwizdała

In this paper we present a technique that improves rendering performance for real-time scenes with ray traced lighting in the presence of dynamic lights and objects. In particular we verify photon paths from the previous frame against…

Graphics · Computer Science 2021-11-16 Pierre Moreau , Michael Doggett , Erik Sintorn

Reconstructing the geometry and appearance of objects from photographs taken in different environments is difficult as the illumination and therefore the object appearance vary across captured images. This is particularly challenging for…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-12-20 Hadi Alzayer , Philipp Henzler , Jonathan T. Barron , Jia-Bin Huang , Pratul P. Srinivasan , Dor Verbin

Reliable estimation of illuminant chromaticity is crucial for simulating color constancy and for white balancing digital images. However, estimating illuminant chromaticity from a single image is an ill-posed task, in general, and existing…

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Modern computer vision algorithms have brought significant advancement to 3D geometry reconstruction. However, illumination and material reconstruction remain less studied, with current approaches assuming very simplified models for…

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