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CGamesPlaytoday at 6:32 AM1 replyview on HN

Different underlying mechanism. The LinkedIn one (and almost all ads on Instagram/Facebook these days) use a gain map to increase the brightness of the image. Here's a site demoing the tasteful application of this [0], you can see the difference viewing it live versus taking a screenshot of the result.

[0]: https://gregbenzphotography.com/hdr-gain-map-gallery/


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radicalriddlertoday at 7:11 AM

Ahhh gotcha, thanks for the info