cool, thanks. will see what i can do with it.

-jo


On Wed, Jun 5, 2013 at 10:45 AM, Baptiste Pierrat <
[email protected]> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> If you want to do more tests on the images I used for profiling my sensor,
> they are available here:
> https://www.dropbox.com/sh/qxspc9nfbgqog7s/aW_EYQtYgg
>
> Regards
>
> Baptiste
>
>
> On Mon, May 27, 2013 at 10:02 PM, johannes hanika <[email protected]>wrote:
>
>> thanks, not sure what kind of help i would ask for at this point. i
>> noticed that your flattened histogram even with a slightly improved fitting
>> procedure that i just tested (will push later, doesn't really help all that
>> much so far) has a 2x noise std deviation for dark regions. some other
>> cameras have way worse behaviour than that for brightnesses < 0.2, but
>> maybe this is enough to confuse the algorithm. i fitted a gaussian to that
>> error and instructed the wavelet denoiser accordingly, but so far results
>> aren't a lot better than what we had before.
>>
>> i could get way better results using the equalizer and manually pulling
>> up the threshold for the chroma channels (start from `chroma denoise'
>> preset and push it to the extreme basically).
>>
>> i hope to do some more tests on that tomorrow.
>> j.
>>
>>
>>
>> On Tue, May 28, 2013 at 6:21 AM, Baptiste Pierrat <
>> [email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>> I´m willing to help if you want more samples or else (I´m not a good
>>> coder but I have some basic knowledge).
>>>
>>>
>>> On Mon, May 27, 2013 at 2:50 PM, johannes hanika <[email protected]>wrote:
>>>
>>>> hm. if anything your sensor is cooler now and has less constant noise
>>>> added on top. the data in your image matches your previous measurements
>>>> very closely. i'll have to do some more digging.
>>>>
>>>> j.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Mon, May 27, 2013 at 1:46 PM, Baptiste Pierrat <
>>>> [email protected]> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Well I did the profiling for my camera and it's currently this one
>>>>> that is used in the code (git master). I took great care in doing this
>>>>> correctly, I did 4 profiles and averaged the results.
>>>>>
>>>>> Here is the raw file from the previous example if you want to test:
>>>>> https://www.dropbox.com/s/iqb04gly913vmfx/20130429_0041.ARW
>>>>>
>>>>> The problem for me is not only the green pixels but also the bigger
>>>>> cross-shaped blue and red dots. Isn't that somehow related to the
>>>>> demosaicing process?
>>>>>
>>>>> Thank you for helping with that.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Mon, May 27, 2013 at 1:27 PM, johannes hanika <[email protected]>wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> hm. that looks reasonable. very surprising that those green pixels
>>>>>> still stay in the color buffer. maybe the profiling doesn't match your
>>>>>> particular camera model? maybe the profile was a little off for that
>>>>>> particular iso value, or maybe there is some variance between individual
>>>>>> sensors for sony cams?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> i can try and re-profile that particular raw and see if there are any
>>>>>> differences to the data we have if you want.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> j.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Mon, May 27, 2013 at 12:14 PM, Baptiste Pierrat <
>>>>>> [email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> [image: Inline image 1]
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Mon, May 27, 2013 at 12:12 PM, johannes hanika <[email protected]
>>>>>>> > wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> what are the white balance coefficients for that image?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On Mon, May 27, 2013 at 11:57 AM, Baptiste Pierrat <
>>>>>>>> [email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Hello,
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> I want to second this problem.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> I have a Sony Alpha 57 and have a lot of trouble with remaining
>>>>>>>>> bright color dots after denoising. My usual denoising tools for 
>>>>>>>>> iso>800 are
>>>>>>>>> :
>>>>>>>>> 1. Chroma denoise: profiled denoising with wavelets, blend with
>>>>>>>>> color, then
>>>>>>>>> 2. Luma denoise: profiled denoising with non-local means, blend
>>>>>>>>> with lightness
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Here is an example with an iso 3200 sample:
>>>>>>>>> original: http://minus.com/lU783RXDLcLH7
>>>>>>>>>  chroma denoised: http://minus.com/lBe1kgj6o5aoP
>>>>>>>>> chroma and luma denoised: http://minus.com/lbqRsDO5q4E617
>>>>>>>>> detail after export: http://minus.com/lCLmKR1s2vh5a
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Green, red and blue larger dots remain. Also notice as chroma
>>>>>>>>> denoising does not work well for green color. As suni, this problem is
>>>>>>>>> partially solved by using the color smoothing option in demosaic but 
>>>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>>>> image is slightly blurred.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Thanks!
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> On Mon, May 27, 2013 at 11:25 AM, johannes hanika <
>>>>>>>>> [email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> you left in all the luma noise in your lightroom comparison
>>>>>>>>>> image. to do that in darktable, use `color' blend mode in the 
>>>>>>>>>> profiled
>>>>>>>>>> denoising module. you may want to use the wavelet method, it is 
>>>>>>>>>> usually a
>>>>>>>>>> little more effective against color noise.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> j.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> On Mon, May 27, 2013 at 11:21 AM, suni <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Hi all,
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> I'm fighting the high ISO noise of my A550 camera, but I still
>>>>>>>>>>> cannot achieve the reasonable output. Even the new profiled denoise 
>>>>>>>>>>> filter
>>>>>>>>>>> doesn't help much.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Below is the example of the ISO12800 image. I do not take images
>>>>>>>>>>> on such high ISO but it makes this problem more visible for this 
>>>>>>>>>>> purpose.
>>>>>>>>>>> This behaviour may be observed even at ISO1600 and higher. The RAW 
>>>>>>>>>>> image
>>>>>>>>>>> below is totally unaltered RAW for comparison opened side by side 
>>>>>>>>>>> in dt and
>>>>>>>>>>> in Lt. Only the base curve is applied at dt side because otherwise 
>>>>>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>>>>>> image looks very ugly and not comparable to the Lt from the visual 
>>>>>>>>>>> point of
>>>>>>>>>>> view.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Link to unaltered RAW image:
>>>>>>>>>>> https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/9454436/sony_noise/raw_not_altered.jpg
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> As you can see the image looks almost the same in both tools.
>>>>>>>>>>> Just note the bright red dots. The Lt shows less of them especially 
>>>>>>>>>>> on the
>>>>>>>>>>> right side of the paper Christmas tree. These red dots cannot be 
>>>>>>>>>>> removed by
>>>>>>>>>>> any of the dt denoising filters unless the image becomes almost 
>>>>>>>>>>> blurred.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Now see the next image below. This shows what can be achieved in
>>>>>>>>>>> dt and in Lt. While only activating the luma and chroma denoise 
>>>>>>>>>>> sliders in
>>>>>>>>>>> Lt produces the acceptable and (to me) pretty usable output where 
>>>>>>>>>>> only some
>>>>>>>>>>> luma noise remains, with dt I cannot achieve similar output by no 
>>>>>>>>>>> means.
>>>>>>>>>>> The most strange finding is that no one from all the denoising 
>>>>>>>>>>> filters
>>>>>>>>>>> available in dt can remove these bright red dots unless it is 
>>>>>>>>>>> pushed to not
>>>>>>>>>>> acceptable high strength producing the blurred image. The only 
>>>>>>>>>>> strategy I
>>>>>>>>>>> found to be somehow working here is as follows:
>>>>>>>>>>> 1) turn off the sharpen filter
>>>>>>>>>>> 2) apply the hot pixel filter at its maximum strength
>>>>>>>>>>> 3) set the color smoothing of the demosaic filter to maximum
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> These three steps do remove the bright red dots. But the image
>>>>>>>>>>> still suffers of the high chroma noise. The only possible way to 
>>>>>>>>>>> get rid of
>>>>>>>>>>> it while maintaining the image sharpness at the level comparable to 
>>>>>>>>>>> the Lt
>>>>>>>>>>> I found is the profiled denoise set to less than default strength. 
>>>>>>>>>>> But as
>>>>>>>>>>> you can see there still remain far more chroma noise than in the Lt 
>>>>>>>>>>> case.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Link to altered RAW image:
>>>>>>>>>>> https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/9454436/sony_noise/raw_altered.jpg
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Because I've got to that point I didn't know what to do more,
>>>>>>>>>>> I profiled my camera. But even though my profile seems to me to be 
>>>>>>>>>>> a bit
>>>>>>>>>>> better than the one packed with dt, it produces no visible 
>>>>>>>>>>> difference here.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> I would like to ask all of you experienced in fighting the high
>>>>>>>>>>> ISO noise for your experiences and recommendations. It would be 
>>>>>>>>>>> great to
>>>>>>>>>>> get to know that the problem is in between the chair and the 
>>>>>>>>>>> keyboard, not
>>>>>>>>>>> in the excellent dt tool!:-)
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> If someone is interested, the original RAW image can be found
>>>>>>>>>>> here:
>>>>>>>>>>> https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/9454436/sony_noise/DSC09533.ARW
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Thank you in advance for any reply!
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Suni
>>>>>>>>>>>
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