High dynamic range texture compression for graphics hardware

Jacob Munkberg; Petrik Clarberg; Jon Hasselgren; Tomas Akenine-Möller

doi:10.1145/1141911.1141944

High dynamic range texture compression for graphics hardware

Jacob Munkberg, Petrik Clarberg, Jon Hasselgren, Tomas Akenine-Möller

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In this paper, we break new ground by presenting algorithms for fixed-rate compression of high dynamic range textures at low bit rates. First, the S3TC low dynamic range texture compression scheme is extended in order to enable compression of HDR data. Second, we introduce a novel robust algorithm that offers superior image quality. Our algorithm can be efficiently implemented in hardware, and supports textures with a dynamic range of over 109:1. At a fixed rate of 8 bits per pixel, we obtain results virtually indistinguishable from uncompressed HDR textures at 48 bits per pixel. Our research can have a big impact on graphics hardware and real-time rendering, since HDR texturing suddenly becomes affordable. Copyright

Original language	English
Title of host publication	ACM Transactions on Graphics
Publisher	Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
Pages	698-706
Volume	25
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/1141911.1141944
Publication status	Published - 2006
Event	33th International Conference on Computer Graphics and Interactive Techniques, 2006 - Boston, Massachusetts, United States Duration: 2006 Jul 30 → 2006 Aug 3 Conference number: 33

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Number	3
Volume	25
ISSN (Print)	0730-0301

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Conference	33th International Conference on Computer Graphics and Interactive Techniques, 2006
Abbreviated title	ACM SIGGRAPH 2006
Country/Territory	United States
City	Boston, Massachusetts
Period	2006/07/30 → 2006/08/03

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Graphics hardware
Texture compression
High dynamic range images

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Munkberg, J, Clarberg, P, Hasselgren, J & Akenine-Möller, T 2006, High dynamic range texture compression for graphics hardware. in ACM Transactions on Graphics. vol. 25, Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), pp. 698-706, 33th International Conference on Computer Graphics and Interactive Techniques, 2006, Boston, Massachusetts, United States, 2006/07/30. https://doi.org/10.1145/1141911.1141944

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