NTIRE 2025 Challenge on Low Light Image Enhancement: Methods and Results

/ Authors

Xiaoning Liu, Zongwei Wu, Florin-Alexandru Vasluianu, Hailong Yan, Bin Ren, Yulun Zhang, Shuhang Gu, Le Zhang, Ce Zhu, R. Timofte

and 96 more authors

Kangbiao Shi, Yixu Feng, Tao Hu, Yu Cao, Peng Wu, Yijin Liang, Yanning Zhang, Qingsen Yan, Han Zhou, Wei Dong, Yan Min, Mohab Kishawy, Jun Chen, Pengpeng Yu, Anjin Park, Seung-Soo Lee, Young-Joon Park, Zixiao Hu, Junyv Liu, Huilin Zhang, Jun Zhang, Fei Wan, Bingxin Xu, Hongzhe Liu, Cheng Xu, Weiguo Pan, Songyin Dai, Xunpeng Yi, Qinglong Yan, Yibing Zhang, Jiayi Ma, Changhui Hu, Kerui Hu, Donghang Jing, Tiesheng Chen, Zhi Jin, Hongjun Wu, Biao Huang, Haitao Ling, Jiahao Wu, Dandan Zhan, G. G. Rao, Vijayalaxmi Ashok Aralikatti, Nikhil Neelkanth Akalwadi, R. Tabib, U. Mudenagudi, Ruirui Lin, Guoxi Huang, N. Anantrasirichai, Qirui Yang, Alexandru Brateanu, Ciprian Orhei, Cosmin Ancuți, Daniel Feijoo, Juan C. Benito, Álvaro García, Marcos V. Conde, Yang Qin, Raul Balmez, Anas M. Ali, Bilel Benjdira, Wadii Boulila, Tianyi Mao, Huan Zheng, Yanyan Wei, Shengeng Tang, Dan Guo, Zhao Zhang, Sabari Nathan, K. Uma, A. Sasithradevi, B. S. Bama, S. M. M. Roomi, Ao Li, Xiangtao Zhang, Zhe Liu, Yijie Tang, Jialong Tang, Zhicheng Fu, Gong-dong Chen, Joe Nasti, John Nicholson, Zeyu Xiao, Zhuoyuan Li, Ashutosh Kulkarni, Prashant W. Patil, Santosh Kumar Vipparthi, Subrahmanyam Murala, Duan Liu, Weile Li, Hangyuan Lu, Rixian Liu, Tengfeng Wang, Jinxing Liang, Chenxin Yu, Jiancheng Huang

/ Abstract

This paper presents a comprehensive review of the NTIRE 2025 Low-Light Image Enhancement (LLIE) Challenge, highlighting the proposed solutions and final outcomes. The objective of the challenge is to identify effective networks capable of producing brighter, clearer, and visually compelling images under diverse and challenging conditions. A remarkable total of 762 participants registered for the competition, with 28 teams ultimately submitting valid entries. This paper thoroughly evaluates the state-of-the-art advancements in LLIE, showcasing the significant progress.

Journal: 2025 IEEE/CVF Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition Workshops (CVPRW)

DOI: 10.1109/CVPRW67362.2025.00114