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Simple tone curves: theory and applications.

James Bennett¹, Graham Finlayson¹

¹School of Computing Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich, NR4 7TJ UK.

The Visual Computer

|May 21, 2026

Summary

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Simple tone curves, with one or no inflection points, provide image enhancement comparable to complex curves. Photographic experts and objective metrics show simple curves are equally effective and slightly preferred for image quality.

Keywords:

Image enhancement Psychophysical experiment Quadratic programming Tone curves Tone mapping

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Area of Science:

Computer Vision
Image Processing
Computational Photography

Background:

Tone curves are fundamental for image enhancement, adjusting pixel brightness.
Existing tone curves lack strict shape constraints, often being complex with multiple inflection points.
Algorithmic and user-defined tone curves are widely used in digital imaging.

Purpose of the Study:

To define and investigate 'simple' tone curves with limited inflection points (0 or 1).
To demonstrate methods for approximating complex tone curves with simple counterparts.
To evaluate the image enhancement effectiveness of simple versus complex tone curves.

Main Methods:

Defined simple tone curves based on the number of inflection points (0 or 1).
Developed methods to approximate complex, multi-inflection point tone curves using simple ones.
Utilized the MIT-Adobe FiveK dataset and an underwater image dataset for analysis.

Main Results:

Simple tone curves achieved image enhancement results comparable to complex curves using objective metrics.
Preference experiments indicated a slight preference for images enhanced with simple tone curves.
The findings were consistent across both the large-scale FiveK dataset and the smaller underwater dataset.

Conclusions:

Constraining tone curves to be simple (0-1 inflection points) does not compromise image enhancement quality.
Simple tone curves offer an effective and potentially more efficient alternative to complex curves in image processing.
This research suggests a simplification in tone curve design without sacrificing visual quality or user preference.