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We introduce a simple yet effective technique for estimating lighting from a single low-dynamic-range (LDR) image by reframing the task as a chrome ball inpainting problem. This approach leverages a pre-trained diffusion model, Stable…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-02-02 Worameth Chinchuthakun , Pakkapon Phongthawee , Amit Raj , Varun Jampani , Pramook Khungurn , Supasorn Suwajanakorn

Estimating scene lighting from a single image or video remains a longstanding challenge in computer vision and graphics. Learning-based approaches are constrained by the scarcity of ground-truth HDR environment maps, which are expensive to…

Graphics · Computer Science 2025-09-05 Ruofan Liang , Kai He , Zan Gojcic , Igor Gilitschenski , Sanja Fidler , Nandita Vijaykumar , Zian Wang

Indoor lighting estimation from a single image or video remains a challenge due to its highly ill-posed nature, especially when the lighting condition of the scene varies spatially and temporally. We propose a method that estimates from an…

Graphics · Computer Science 2025-08-13 Mutian Tong , Rundi Wu , Changxi Zheng

We propose an automatic method to infer high dynamic range illumination from a single, limited field-of-view, low dynamic range photograph of an indoor scene. In contrast to previous work that relies on specialized image capture, user…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2017-11-22 Marc-André Gardner , Kalyan Sunkavalli , Ersin Yumer , Xiaohui Shen , Emiliano Gambaretto , Christian Gagné , Jean-François Lalonde

Digital imaging aims to replicate realistic scenes, but Low Dynamic Range (LDR) cameras cannot represent the wide dynamic range of real scenes, resulting in under-/overexposed images. This paper presents a deep learning-based approach for…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2023-07-07 Dwip Dalal , Gautam Vashishtha , Prajwal Singh , Shanmuganathan Raman

We present a learning-based technique for estimating high dynamic range (HDR), omnidirectional illumination from a single low dynamic range (LDR) portrait image captured under arbitrary indoor or outdoor lighting conditions. We train our…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2020-08-07 Chloe LeGendre , Wan-Chun Ma , Rohit Pandey , Sean Fanello , Christoph Rhemann , Jason Dourgarian , Jay Busch , Paul Debevec

We present Lighting in Motion (LiMo), a diffusion-based approach to spatiotemporal lighting estimation. LiMo targets both realistic high-frequency detail prediction and accurate illuminance estimation. To account for both, we propose…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-05-26 Christophe Bolduc , Julien Philip , Li Ma , Mingming He , Paul Debevec , Jean-François Lalonde

We present a simple, yet effective diffusion-based method for fine-grained, parametric control over light sources in an image. Existing relighting methods either rely on multiple input views to perform inverse rendering at inference time,…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-05-15 Nadav Magar , Amir Hertz , Eric Tabellion , Yael Pritch , Alex Rav-Acha , Ariel Shamir , Yedid Hoshen

We present a learning-based method to infer plausible high dynamic range (HDR), omnidirectional illumination given an unconstrained, low dynamic range (LDR) image from a mobile phone camera with a limited field of view (FOV). For training…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2019-04-03 Chloe LeGendre , Wan-Chun Ma , Graham Fyffe , John Flynn , Laurent Charbonnel , Jay Busch , Paul Debevec

The three areas of realistic forward rendering, per-pixel inverse rendering, and generative image synthesis may seem like separate and unrelated sub-fields of graphics and vision. However, recent work has demonstrated improved estimation of…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-05-02 Zheng Zeng , Valentin Deschaintre , Iliyan Georgiev , Yannick Hold-Geoffroy , Yiwei Hu , Fujun Luan , Ling-Qi Yan , Miloš Hašan

Diffusion models are now the undisputed state-of-the-art for image generation and image restoration. However, they require large amounts of computational power for training and inference. In this paper, we propose lightweight diffusion…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-06-07 Nicolas Cherel , Andrés Almansa , Yann Gousseau , Alasdair Newson

Single LDR to HDR reconstruction remains challenging for over-exposed regions where traditional methods often fail due to complete information loss. We present a training-free approach that enhances existing indirect and direct HDR…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-02-24 Yo-Tin Lin , Su-Kai Chen , Hou-Ning Hu , Yen-Yu Lin , Yu-Lun Liu

Diffusion models have achieved promising results in image restoration tasks, yet suffer from time-consuming, excessive computational resource consumption, and unstable restoration. To address these issues, we propose a robust and efficient…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2023-09-26 Hai Jiang , Ao Luo , Songchen Han , Haoqiang Fan , Shuaicheng Liu

Understanding and modeling lighting effects are fundamental tasks in computer vision and graphics. Classic physically-based rendering (PBR) accurately simulates the light transport, but relies on precise scene representations--explicit 3D…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-03-25 Ruofan Liang , Zan Gojcic , Huan Ling , Jacob Munkberg , Jon Hasselgren , Zhi-Hao Lin , Jun Gao , Alexander Keller , Nandita Vijaykumar , Sanja Fidler , Zian Wang

We propose a data-driven learned sky model, which we use for outdoor lighting estimation from a single image. As no large-scale dataset of images and their corresponding ground truth illumination is readily available, we use complementary…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2019-05-13 Yannick Hold-Geoffroy , Akshaya Athawale , Jean-François Lalonde

We advance the field of HDR environment map estimation from a single-view image by establishing a novel approach leveraging the Latent Diffusion Model (LDM) to produce high-quality environment maps that can plausibly light mirror-reflective…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-07-30 Jack Hilliard , Adrian Hilton , Jean-Yves Guillemaut

Estimating the 6D pose and 3D size of an object from an image is a fundamental task in computer vision. Most current approaches are restricted to specific instances with known models or require ground truth depth information or point cloud…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-12-17 Adam Bethell , Ravi Garg , Ian Reid

We introduce light diffusion, a novel method to improve lighting in portraits, softening harsh shadows and specular highlights while preserving overall scene illumination. Inspired by professional photographers' diffusers and scrims, our…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2023-05-09 David Futschik , Kelvin Ritland , James Vecore , Sean Fanello , Sergio Orts-Escolano , Brian Curless , Daniel Sýkora , Rohit Pandey

We explore the problem of computationally generating special `prime' images that produce optical illusions when physically arranged and viewed in a certain way. First, we propose a formal definition for this problem. Next, we introduce…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2023-12-08 Ryan Burgert , Xiang Li , Abe Leite , Kanchana Ranasinghe , Michael S. Ryoo

Advances in high dynamic range (HDR) lighting estimation from a single image have opened new possibilities for augmented reality (AR) applications. Predicting complex lighting environments from a single input image allows for the realistic…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-09-24 Zitian Zhang , Joshua Urban Davis , Jeanne Phuong Anh Vu , Jiangtao Kuang , Jean-François Lalonde
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