pfstools for HDR images Files

Release Notes pfstmo 1.5

Besides numerous bug fixes, this revision contains a more accurate
solver for fattal02 and improved video filtering in mantiuk08. The new
solver should make the results of fattal02 closer to the algorithm
presented in the original paper. This, however, also radiaclly changes
the look of the results produced by this operator. The new temporal
filtering in mantiuk08 does not require two-pass processing, allows to
specify the frame-rate (one of three pre-defined), and reduces some
artifacts of previous filtering.

Check ChangeLog for mode detailed list of changes.


Contents
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1. Compilation
2. Dependencies
3. Documantation
4. Contact and Links

       
1. Compilation
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1.1 To build from a 'tar' archive:

> ./configure <options>

for example following command will configure PFS tmo to be installed
in user's 'local/' directory:

> ./configure --prefix=$HOME/local

then compile

> make

and install

> make install

NOTE: When you specify a different compiler using for example
CXX=g++-3.2, libtool may incorrectly interpret compiler and use gcc
instead of g++ to link the pfs library. This results in reallocation
error in programs that link dynamically to that library. This is
probably a bug in the libtool.

NOTE: Automake 1.6 or later is required!
        
1.2 To build from CVS:

> ./reconf

or

> aclocal
> libtoolize
> autoheader
> automake --add-missing
> autoreconf

then proceed as in the case of the 'tar' archive distribution.

2. Dependencies
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This package is implemented using floating-point pipe streaming
implemented in pfstools library. PFStools is a free library and can be
obtained from: http://pfstools.sourceforge.net/

Some of the tone mapping algorithms require external libraries to be
built. The configure script of the pfstmo may either disable
compilation of a particular application or compile slower (simpler)
version of the algorithm.

A list of required external libraries and applications that depend on them:

fftw3 libraries (http://www.fftw.org/):
      pfstmo_durand02 (if not available, slower version will be compiled)
      pfstmo_fattal02 - required


3. Documentation
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Each program is accompanied with comprehensive manual page and the
source code is documented in 'doxygen' style.

Usage examples are available on the project web page:
http://pfstools.sourceforge.net/


4. Contact
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All comments and suggestions concerning this package or implementation
of particular algorithm are very welcome. Please report bugs and
comments to the pfstools discussion group
(http://groups.google.com/group/pfstools).