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The old vs new “HDR” photography - Greg Benz Photography True HDR photography is one of the most significant advancement in image display in decades - I would argue the biggest thing since color. But a lot of people seem to overlook it due to confusion with...

And here’s how the new “HDR” compares to the old one. They have almost nothing in common beyond the name: gregbenzphotography.com/hdr-photos/t...

The same name means many things, with most people still remembering a fad they don’t like from years ago. The new “HDR” involves display hardware that supports a huge leap forward in image quality. I have tons of info on it at gregbenzphotography.com/hdr/

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You headed to CES?

It should become pretty easy to support transcoding for uploads to websites.

For a social site with apps, some more work. But OS APIs and the backwards compatibility of JPG ISO gain maps offers a lot of flexibility (don’t have to do all at once, legacy devices are automatically ok, etc).

Would be amazing to see HDR here. I think the focused efforts on ISO gain maps (libultrahdr, InageMagick, Apple APIs, etc) should help improve distribution options. Hopefully that shows visible results in H2 ‘25.

Chrome 131 had a bug affecting gain maps. It has been resolved, though Meta is still serving SDR to 131. The 132 beta works great and should be in general release within a week.

It’s getting better all the time. Instagram and Threads offer a great way to use it now, and most people on the platforms will see the HDR image (given most smart phones support it and >90% of the audience there will be viewing on a smart phone).

Thank you, Chuck. Glad to hear you’ve had such a great experience!

LOL!