Vision Models for High Dynamic Range and Wide Colour Gamut Imaging

"""Dr. Bertalmío has written a very useful text that connects key perceptual phenomena to image reproduction. His text nicely explains the scientific and engineering foundations for many image computations, including gamut mapping, tone mapping, and image quality metrics. The material is a thoughtful reference for people who wish to understand how analyses of human visual perception have been transformed into applications that measure image quality. I am particularly enthusiastic about his call for new vision models to guide the future generation of displays and rendering!"" --Professor Brian A. Wandell, Director of the Center for Cognitive and Neurobiological Imaging, Stanford University, USA ""A lot of our colour science relies on experiments done decades ago, in viewing conditions that have very little to do with how we consume dramatic content today. Marcelo Bertalmío’s book manages to move the discussion forward into the 21st century - by describing in detail how we see and process visual content, and the huge role that adaptation and efficient encoding of the visual signal play within it. But also by directly relating this knowledge to modern high dynamic range display technology. This book is essential reading for anyone who is interested in colour science for visual media, and I will keep bugging my colleagues at FilmLight to read it and to apply the wealth of knowledge contained in it towards our advancement of visual storytelling technology."" --Wolfgang Lempp, founder and director, FilmLight Ltd, UK ""This book provides an in-depth background on vision science for engineers working on imaging applications. It clearly explains how HDR imaging must essentially utilize the adaptation characteristics of the human visual system, and covers practical solutions for HDR/SDR and WCG production based on a deep knowledge of vision models."" --Dr. Kenichiro Masaoka, NHK (Japan Broadcasting Corporation) Science & Technology Research Laboratories, Japan ""This is a great book for anyone interested in tone and gamut mapping. But this is also a great book for vision scientists in general, linking our basic understanding of human vision gained through neuroscience, psychophysics and the theory of efficient coding to applications in imaging and cinema --- and it nicely highlights the fundamental limitations of our current understanding of the human visual system. I thoroughly enjoyed reading Marcelo Bertalmío’s book and I hope it finds the wide readership it deserves.""--Professor Felix Wichmann, Tübingen University and Max Planck Institute, Germany ""A comprehensive and rare synthesis of vision science and imaging technology. This book is the go-to source for those wishing to learn more about the neuroscience and psychophysics of vision and its implications for the design of imaging and display pipelines to achieve highest quality for the human observer. Such a book is long overdue."" --Professor Bruno Olshausen, Helen Wills Neuroscience Institute and School of Optometry, UC Berkeley, USA"