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AI-Powered Nvidia RTX Video HDR Transforms Standard Video into HDR Video

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Re: AI-Powered Nvidia RTX Video HDR Transforms Standard Video into HDR Video

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A bit of a let down that the video demoing SDR->HDR conversion is itself only published in SDR. Makes as much sense as demoing a colorization tool in a grayscale video!

Ridiculous. Like when James Cameron promoted Avatar HDR with an SDR YouTube video, while YT is perfectly capable of HDR playback.

Re: AI-Powered Nvidia RTX Video HDR Transforms Standard Video into HDR Video

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A bit of a let down that the video demoing SDR->HDR conversion is itself only published in SDR. Makes as much sense as demoing a colorization tool in a grayscale video!

At this point, with any new model I think it makes sense to wait until you can run the model on your own input before making any assumptions based on cherry picked examples.

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post #4

A bit of a let down that the video demoing SDR->HDR conversion is itself only published in SDR. Makes as much sense as demoing a colorization tool in a grayscale video!

Ridiculous. Like when James Cameron promoted Avatar HDR with an SDR YouTube video, while YT is perfectly capable of HDR playback.

At least as of a couple of years ago, HDR support on YouTube has been pretty bad[1]. I know they've been working to improve things since, but I kind of don't blame people for walking away from that mess.

1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DwDWQyBF9II

Re: AI-Powered Nvidia RTX Video HDR Transforms Standard Video into HDR Video

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> Using the power of Tensor Cores on GeForce RTX GPUs, RTX Video HDR allows gamers and creators to maximize their HDR panel’s ability to display vivid, dynamic colors, preserving intricate details that may be inadvertently lost due to video compression.

There is so much marketing BS in one small paragraph. For starters, generating(/hallucinating) data is imho the opposite of preserving anything. Then HDR is less associated with "intricate details" and more to do with color reproduction. Finally, video compression is the one thing that usually does not have problems with HDR, even the now venerable x264 can handle HDR content, generally it's almost everything else that struggles.

Of course in a true marketing tradition, none of the things are also strictly false. I'm sure there are many ways to weasel the claims.

Re: AI-Powered Nvidia RTX Video HDR Transforms Standard Video into HDR Video

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A bit of a let down that the video demoing SDR->HDR conversion is itself only published in SDR. Makes as much sense as demoing a colorization tool in a grayscale video!

I guess. There's a lot of details we don't know that would change the calculus on this.

To use a analogous workflow, it could be like saying, "It's pointless to shoot video in 10-bit log if it's going to be displayed on Rec.709 at 8-bits." It completely leaves out available transforms and manipulations in HDR that do have a noticeable impact even when SDR is the target.

Again, we can't know if it's important given the information that's available, but we can't know if it's pointless either.

Re: AI-Powered Nvidia RTX Video HDR Transforms Standard Video into HDR Video

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I could see a future where this works really well. It doesn't seem to be the case right now though.

The "super resolution" showcased in the video seemed almost identical to adjusting the "sharpness" in any basic photo editing software. That is to say, perceived sharpness goes up, but actual conveyed details stays identical.

Re: AI-Powered Nvidia RTX Video HDR Transforms Standard Video into HDR Video

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I could see a future where this works really well. It doesn't seem to be the case right now though. The "super resolution" showcased in the video seemed almost identical to adjusting the "sharpness" in any basic photo editing software. That is to say, perceived sharpness goes up, but actual conveyed details stays identical.

Note that YouTube is really bad for these demos due to the re-compression, even in zoomed in stills.
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