Abstract: A system and method of processing of a captured image to facilitate post-processing modification. The method includes: receiving the captured image; down-sampling the captured image to generate a down-sampled image; passing the captured image through an image processing pipeline to generate an initial output image, the image processing pipeline including performing one or more image processing operations on the passed image based on a set of parameters; iteratively passing, in one or more iterations, the down-sampled image through the image processing pipeline to generate an output down-sampled image in each iteration, each iteration using at least one variation to the set of parameters used by the image processing pipeline. Down-sampling can be used to generate a down-sampled initial output image such that a mapping is determined between the down-sampled initial output image and the respective output down-sampled image. The down-sampled images or the mapping can be stored as metadata.