How do they decide where to use the little letters in these acronyms? Seems like it should either be HDR-NRF or something like HiDR-NeRF. Come on folks. Naming consistency, please.
NeRF was already standardized in the literature by people who are not these authors [0] and HDR is also already standardized by people who are not these authors [1]. Go with the flow unless you have a very good reason not to.
HDR is probably HDR and not some other clever name because there was no obvious clever name with an easy pronunciation. Whereas NRF is just so close to NeRF -- an actual word people are familiar with -- it's begging to be pronounced that way.
I will complain because "HDR" is often usually used to refer to the process of /removing/ HDRness from data, ie, tone-mapping, so you can display it on an SDR display. Or so you can make one of those /r/shittyHDR images that looks like it's been deep fried.
Tone mapping was all the rage 10-20 years ago. There was even a name for it (the X look) but I forgot which unfortunate photographer's name was associated with it.
> Tone mapping is a technique used in image processing and computer graphics to map one set of colors to another to approximate the appearance of high-dynamic-range images in a medium that has a more limited dynamic range. Print-outs, CRT or LCD monitors, and projectors all have a limited dynamic range that is inadequate to reproduce the full range of light intensities present in natural scenes. Tone mapping addresses the problem of strong contrast reduction from the scene radiance to the displayable range while preserving the image details and color appearance important to appreciate the original scene content.
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> The goals of tone mapping can be differently stated depending on the particular application. In some cases producing just aesthetically pleasing images is the main goal, while other applications might emphasize reproducing as many image details as possible, or maximizing the image contrast. The goal in realistic rendering applications might be to obtain a perceptual match between a real scene and a displayed image even though the display device is not able to reproduce the full range of luminance values.
Yes, the vowel matches, but you could imagine the original authors had chosen NRF, pronounced "en ar eff". But the fact that the e from Neural was there, and the word nerf was there, just a perfect alignment.
I personally appreciate abbreviations that easily roll of the tongue and seem like words on their own. I believe it's important to be able to talk fluently about these things, to better relate to and understand them.
