Methods, apparatus, and computer-readable storage media for tone mapping High Dynamic Range (HDR) images. The HDR image is separated into luminance and color. Luminance is processed according to the parameters to obtain a base layer and a detail layer. The base layer is compressed into a lower dynamic range and the detail layer is adjusted according to the parameters. The compressed base layer, the detail layer, and the color component may be output as separate layers, and various image processing tools and techniques may be applied to the component layers separately to modify the layer(s). One or more tone-mapped images may be generated by merging the modified layers. Thus, each layer of the tone-mapped image may be processed separately using various image processing tools or techniques to modify the output of the tone mapping technique in a wide variety of ways.