A high dynamic range editing system is configured to generate visualizations to aide digital image editing in both high dynamic ranges and standard dynamic ranges. In a first example, the visualization is generated as a histogram. In a second example, the visualization is generated to indicate high dynamic range capabilities. In a third example, the visualization is generated to indicate ranges of luminance values within a digital image. In a fourth example, the visualization is generated as a point curve that defines a mapping between detected luminance values from a digital image and output luminance values over both a standard dynamic range and a high dynamic range. In a fifth example, the visualization is generated as a preview to convert pixels from the digital image in a high dynamic range into a standard dynamic range.