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		<title>Rafal at 13:17, 5 September 2020</title>
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;:pfstmo_mantiuk08 tone-maps the image so that it fits within the dynamic range from 4000 cd/m^2 to 0.01 cd/m^2, and pfsdisplayfunction converts &amp;quot;pixel values&amp;quot; to proper absolute colorimetric values. &amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;:pfstmo_mantiuk08 tone-maps the image so that it fits within the dynamic range from 4000 cd/m^2 to 0.01 cd/m^2, and pfsdisplayfunction converts &amp;quot;pixel values&amp;quot; to proper absolute colorimetric values. &amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot;&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt;+&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;&lt;/ins&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot;&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt;+&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;:Another approach is to map diffuse white color in the image to about 200 cd/m^2, which is the peak luminance of a typical standard dynamic range display. To do so, find a surface in an image that is white and then multiply all RGB values by 200/L_surface where L_surface is the luminance of that surface (you can approximate with the value of the green channel if the surface is white). &lt;/ins&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;* Why do HDR images need to be calibrated in absolute units before they can be used with HDR-VDP-2?&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;* Why do HDR images need to be calibrated in absolute units before they can be used with HDR-VDP-2?&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;:If an image is uncalibrated and all values are less than 1 (which is not uncommon for some HDR images), HDR-VDP-2 will assume that the image is very dark (luminance below 1 cd/m^2) and is seen mostly using rod vision. Since rod vision is less sensitive than cone vision (in terms of contrast sensitivity), fewer distortions will be detected.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;:If an image is uncalibrated and all values are less than 1 (which is not uncommon for some HDR images), HDR-VDP-2 will assume that the image is very dark (luminance below 1 cd/m^2) and is seen mostly using rod vision. Since rod vision is less sensitive than cone vision (in terms of contrast sensitivity), fewer distortions will be detected.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot;&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt;+&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;&lt;/ins&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot;&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt;+&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;: You can check [https://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~rkm38/pdfs/mantiuk2016prac_hdr_metrics.pdf this] paper for a more extensive discussion of why it is necessary to calibrate an image in absolute units (or simulate a display). ([http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/ICIP.2016.7532488 doi])&lt;/ins&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;* Does HDR-VDP-2 report differences in color?&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;* Does HDR-VDP-2 report differences in color?&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td class='diff-context'><div>:[1] A. Artusi, R. K. Mantiuk, T. Richter, P. Hanhart, P. Korshunov, M. Agostinelli, A. Ten, and T. Ebrahimi, “Overview and evaluation of the JPEG XT HDR image compression standard,” J. Real-Time Image Process., Dec. 2015.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td class='diff-context'><div>:[1] A. Artusi, R. K. Mantiuk, T. Richter, P. Hanhart, P. Korshunov, M. Agostinelli, A. Ten, and T. Ebrahimi, “Overview and evaluation of the JPEG XT HDR image compression standard,” J. Real-Time Image Process., Dec. 2015.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td class='diff-context'><div>:we found that for images, MOS=4 (on 5 point scale) corresponds roughly to Q=48 and MOS=4.5 to Q=52. However, this mapping is likely to be different for video or even a different experiment with images.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td class='diff-context'><div>:we found that for images, MOS=4 (on 5 point scale) corresponds roughly to Q=48 and MOS=4.5 to Q=52. However, this mapping is likely to be different for video or even a different experiment with images.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td class='diff-context'><div>:It is also important to note that MOS scale is not absolute. Two different MOS experiments, run on different days, with slightly different training will result in different MOS values. For example, LIVE dataset was measured in two sessions. Even though the same researchers ran both sessions and the same procedure and equipment was used, it was necessary to rescale the data from both sessions. &#160;</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td class='diff-context'><div>:It is also important to note that MOS scale is not absolute. Two different MOS experiments, run on different days, with slightly different training will result in different MOS values. For example, LIVE dataset was measured in two sessions. Even though the same researchers ran both sessions and the same procedure and equipment was used, it was necessary to rescale the data from both sessions. &#160;</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td class='diff-deletedline'><div>* <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Can HDR-VDP could be used to assess video </del>quality?</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td class='diff-addedline'><div>* <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">What value of &quot;Q&quot; indicates that the </ins>quality <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">is &quot;good enough&quot;</ins>?</div></td></tr>
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