Title
Apparent Greyscale: A Simple And Fast Conversion To Perceptually Accurate Images And Video
Abstract
This paper presents a quick and simple method for converting complex images and video to perceptually accurate greyscale versions. We use a two-step approach first to globally assign grey values and determine colour ordering, then second, to locally enhance the greyscale to reproduce the original contrast. Our global mapping is image independent and incorporates the Helmholtz-Kohlrausch colour appearance effect for predicting differences between isoluminant colours. Our multiscale local contrast enhancement reintroduces lost discontinuities only in regions that insufficiently represent original chromatic contrast. All operations are restricted so that they preserve the overall image appearance, lightness range and differences, colour ordering, and spatial details, resulting in perceptually accurate achromatic reproductions of the colour original.
Year
DOI
Venue
2008
10.1111/j.1467-8659.2008.01116.x
COMPUTER GRAPHICS FORUM
Field
DocType
Volume
Computer vision,Classification of discontinuities,Chromatic scale,Computer science,Achromatic lens,Artificial intelligence,Lightness,Grayscale
Journal
27
Issue
ISSN
Citations 
2
0167-7055
67
PageRank 
References 
Authors
2.51
7
4
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Kaleigh Smith130311.95
Pierre-Edouard Landes2813.40
Joëlle Thollot374537.34
Karol Myszkowski42103142.03