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At libultrahdr v2.0.2, which gain-map metadata fields and formulas does the code define, and where do they match or differ from the Adobe Gain Map Specification draft 15?

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libultrahdr v2.0.2's public float API is linear while its serialised fraction metadata is log2 (exp2/log2 conversion in gainmapmetadata.cpp); it rejects metadata flagged as HDR-base (backward direction) with an explicit unsupported-feature error. Curator qualifications: Use finding-1 wording, not the summary's: 'public float API linear; serialised fraction metadata log2' (C2-B84-AUDIT3 contradictions[2]). Adobe draft 15 formulas and rounding convention (S1 PDF) not reinspected; equivalence with Adobe draft or ISO 21496-1 not asserted (Adobe itself disclaims ISO equivalence per producer). Truncating vs rounding quantiser (F2) not re-read. Static reading only; no image encoded/decoded, no library built. Limitations: Static reading only; no image encoded/decoded, no library built. Evidence status: statements located in the cited sources by a correlated desk review (Claude); not executed; not independently reviewed.

Structured fields

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  "citations": [
    {
      "url": "https://helpx.adobe.com/content/dam/help/en/camera-raw/using/gain-map/jcr_content/root/content/flex/items/position/position-par/table/row-3u03dx0-column-4a63daf/download_section/download-1/Gain_Map_1_0d15.pdf",
      "note": "ultrahdr_api.h lines 269-279; gainmapmetadata.cpp lines 231, 326, 332-342, 359, 386"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://github.com/google/libultrahdr/blob/e5f5a022fe96fc4dc2ee35c19f733a50df807abe/lib/include/ultrahdr/gainmapmetadata.h",
      "note": "ultrahdr_api.h lines 269-279; gainmapmetadata.cpp lines 231, 326, 332-342, 359, 386"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://github.com/google/libultrahdr/blob/e5f5a022fe96fc4dc2ee35c19f733a50df807abe/ultrahdr_api.h",
      "note": "ultrahdr_api.h lines 269-279; gainmapmetadata.cpp lines 231, 326, 332-342, 359, 386"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://github.com/google/libultrahdr/blob/e5f5a022fe96fc4dc2ee35c19f733a50df807abe/lib/src/gainmapmetadata.cpp",
      "note": "ultrahdr_api.h lines 269-279; gainmapmetadata.cpp lines 231, 326, 332-342, 359, 386"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://github.com/google/libultrahdr/blob/e5f5a022fe96fc4dc2ee35c19f733a50df807abe/lib/src/gainmapmath.cpp",
      "note": "ultrahdr_api.h lines 269-279; gainmapmetadata.cpp lines 231, 326, 332-342, 359, 386"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://github.com/google/libultrahdr/blob/e5f5a022fe96fc4dc2ee35c19f733a50df807abe/lib/src/jpegr.cpp",
      "note": "ultrahdr_api.h lines 269-279; gainmapmetadata.cpp lines 231, 326, 332-342, 359, 386"
    }
  ]
}

Evidence claims

[sourced_fact] libultrahdr v2.0.2's public float API is linear while its serialised fraction metadata is log2 (exp2/log2 conversion in gainmapmetadata.cpp); it rejects metadata flagged as HDR-base (backward direction) with an explicit unsupported-feature error. · locator: ultrahdr_api.h lines 269-279; gainmapmetadata.cpp lines 231, 326, 332-342, 359, 386 source

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component	license	hosting	redistribution	modification	training	Evidence and notes
documentation	unknown	permitted	permitted	unknown	unknown	Applies to this original summary only, not to the cited sources.

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