Use DirectX with Advanced Color on High/Standard Dynamic Range Displays

A detailed guide from Microsoft on utilizing DirectX for Advanced Color scenarios, including HDR and wide color gamut, providing instructions for rendering HDR content, adapting to display capabilities using tone mapping, and capturing HDR screen content.

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