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    • Computer Vision
    • Image Processing
    • Computational Photography

    Background:

    • Illumination decomposition is crucial for image editing but challenging, especially with multiple light sources.
    • Existing methods struggle with complex lighting scenarios and recovering texture in shadows.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To develop a novel coarse-to-fine strategy for robust illumination decomposition of single photographs with multiple light sources.
    • To accurately separate illumination components from different light sources and recover texture details in shadowed regions.

    Main Methods:

    • Reconstructing the lighting environment using estimated scene geometry.
    • Detecting shadow and highlight regions based on light positions.
    • Estimating coarse illumination using shadow cues.
    • Applying a light-aware optimization model for refined decomposition and texture recovery.

    Main Results:

    • Effective decomposition of input images into components corresponding to individual light sources.
    • Successful recovery of texture details in shadowed areas.
    • Validation on multiple examples demonstrating the method's efficacy.

    Conclusions:

    • The proposed coarse-to-fine strategy offers an effective solution for illumination decomposition in complex lighting conditions.
    • The method enhances image editing capabilities by providing accurate illumination separation and texture restoration.