The conversion from SDR contents to HDR version, termed inverse Tone Mapping (iTM), is substantially a non- linear mapping problem. The neural network provides the potential of learning this kind of non-linear mapping in an end-to-end way. This paper proposes a Generative Adversarial Network (GAN) with an aim to reconstruct an HDR image from a single-exposure. Unlike previous work that adopts a U-net as generator, the proposed GAN structures the generator using three branches to extract the global level, regional level, and local level details of an image for further fusion. Our discriminator adopts a slim architecture, which successfully solves the conventional color excursion problem at a low cost. Moreover, to train the proposed GAN effectively, we design a mixed loss function where the pixel-wise color is incorporated. Experimental results demonstrate that the proposed GAN scheme achieves state-of-the-art performance.
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