In a conventional HDR-to-SDR downconversion, high-luminance regions such as sunlit surfaces, bright reflections, or specular highlights often exceed the limited dynamic range of the SDR output. Standard conversion workflows rely on fixed tone mapping curves and simple gamma compression, which are unable to accurately translate the extended brightness range of HDR footage into the narrower SDR space. This results in highlight clipping and the loss of fine tonal detail in bright areas.

At the same time, the shadow regions are often compressed too aggressively, reducing local contrast and overall color depth. The lack of adaptive exposure control or scene-based luminance mapping causes the tonal response to become inconsistent, flattening the image and diminishing its visual realism. Skin tones and midtones may appear washed out, while bright details turn harsh and textureless.

In short: traditional HDR-to-SDR conversions struggle to preserve the dynamic range, contrast balance, and color accuracy of the original HDR material, producing images that appear visually distorted and unfaithful to the creative intent.

Lumagic performs HDR-to-SDR downconversion in real time. The incoming HDR signal is continuously analyzed to enable adaptive exposure and color transformation, ensuring both technical precision and visual consistency.

Over- and underexposed regions are intelligently corrected through dynamic tone mapping, highlight and shadow recovery, and real-time luminance analysis. Instead of requiring separate workflows for conversion and grading, LUMAGIC integrates both processes into a single unified processing pass.

Through non-linear luminance compression and perceptual color remapping, highlight details are preserved while shadow regions are lifted with subtle gradation and minimized noise amplification. The result is a naturally balanced, filmic image with stable skin tones, smooth contrast transitions, and full color fidelity.

In short: a precise real-time HDR-to-SDR downconversion combined with automatic color correction, eliminating burnt-out highlights and crushed blacks, while ensuring every frame displays with maximum visual integrity.