TONE_MAP(1)

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version 0.11.2 · 8 versions
, in ubuntu stonking

💖 TONE_MAP 💖

okay so bestie, welcome to tone_map — it's a User Commands girlie (that's section 1 of the manual, iykyk) and she's here to take your images on a little luminance journey ✨

🌸 NAME 🌸

tone_map — literally tone_map. that's it. that's the name. iconic of her honestly 💅

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

tone_map input output [OPTIONS...]

so you hand her an input, you hand her an output, and then you sprinkle [OPTIONS...] on top like glitter 🎀

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

here's the whole menu, babes. every single flag, no gatekeeping, no cap 🫶

  • -m nits, --max_nits=nits — the maximum luminance in the image. like, the brightest bright that's in there 🌟
  • -t nits, --target_nits=nits — the peak luminance of the display you're tone mapping for. so she knows what she's working with on the other end 👀
  • -s 0..1, --preserve_saturation=0..1 — how hard she should try to preserve saturation over luminance. it's a 0..1 situation, so you're literally dialing the vibes 🎚️
  • -p, --pq — write the output with absolute luminance using PQ. periodt 💫
  • input — your input image 🖼️
  • output — your output image 🎀
  • -h, --help — Prints this help message. All options are shown above. bestie is so transparent, she tells you where everything is fr fr 🙈
no cap, that's the entire option list — the input and output bits are in there too, so don't come for me, I'm just relaying what the page says 💀

👑 AUTHOR 👑

This manual page was written by Mathieu Malaterre <malat@debian.org> for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others). absolute main character energy for that last parenthesis — sharing is caring, bestie 🫶✨

and that's the whole page!! this was tone_map version 0.11.2, dated August 2026, living her best life in User Commands. slay, go tone map something gorgeous 💖🌈🧚

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