HDRView

Version 1.2
April 11, 2000

HDRView is a simple Windows based viewer for high dynamic range images. It currently allows you to adjust exposure, zoom, pan, rotate, flip, and export as a low dynamic range BMP file.

HDRView was developed by Chris Tchou, Tim Hawkins, and Paul Debevec.

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Instructions:
Mouse:
    Hold Middle Button Pan
    Hold Left Button Pan
    Middle + Left Button Zoom In
    Middle + Right Button Zoom Out
    Right Button Bring up the Menu
    Shift + Left Button Auto Expose the Clicked Point
Keys:
    + Increase Exposure One Stop
    - Decrease Exposure One Stop
    R Rotate Image 90 Degrees Clockwise
    H Flip Image Horizontally
    V Flip Image Vertically
    S Save As HDR Image
Formats supported:
Gregory Ward Larson's red-green-blue-exponent format (.pic, .hdr)
Portable Float Map (.pfm)
Floating Point Tiff (.tif, .tiff)
raw binary floating point (.raw, .float)
Files for Download:
HDRView.zip - (211 k)
High Dynamic Range Images:
Light Probe Image Gallery
High Dynamic Range Image Recovery Page
Creating High Dynamic Range Images:
MKHDR package

Copyright Notice

HDRView is Copyright ©2000. The Regents of the University of California (Regents). All Rights Reserved.

Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software and its documentation for educational, research, and not-for-profit purposes, without fee and without a signed licensing agreement, is hereby granted, provided that the above copyright notice, this paragraph and the following two paragraphs appear in all copies, modifications, and distributions. Contact The Office of Technology Licensing, UC Berkeley, 2150 Shattuck Avenue, Suite 510, Berkeley, CA 94720-1620, (510) 643-7201, for commercial licensing opportunities. Created by Chris Tchou, Tim Hawkins, and Paul Debevec, Computer Science Division, University of California, Berkeley.
 
IN NO EVENT SHALL REGENTS BE LIABLE TO ANY PARTY FOR DIRECT, INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, INCLUDING LOST PROFITS, ARISING OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE AND ITS DOCUMENTATION, EVEN IF REGENTS HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
 
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