tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4603305908345874346.post538943093836569626..comments2024-03-21T14:12:05.928-07:00Comments on Aperture Storyteller: Super Detail with FujiFilm X-Pro1 RAF files and 1/2 pixel Median FilteringTerrance Lamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02263423704780023031noreply@blogger.comBlogger28125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4603305908345874346.post-92032053541807092542014-08-11T08:49:43.774-07:002014-08-11T08:49:43.774-07:00These days I still recommend using Capture One. It...These days I still recommend using Capture One. It has the least amount of artifacts and reasonable learning curve to edit. However it is more expensive than most of the editors out there, but PhaseOne has been very good about keeping the software up-to-date, so you're not paying for incremental revisions like Adobe's Lightroom. Terrance Lamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02263423704780023031noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4603305908345874346.post-45478528762209432332014-08-07T22:40:44.425-07:002014-08-07T22:40:44.425-07:00Dear Terrance, 2 years later, when released alread...Dear Terrance, 2 years later, when released already Fujifilm X-E2, which RAW-editor would you recommend today? (I remind you there 14-bit RAW)landcohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17744849814983854284noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4603305908345874346.post-51497802775763237402014-01-16T17:21:22.036-08:002014-01-16T17:21:22.036-08:00Lol, well this is more of a proof of concept than ...Lol, well this is more of a proof of concept than anything... the major RAW editors do a pretty good these days that renders this redundant now. Although it could be argued that this still does a slightly better job. The next nearest thing is Iridient Developer which has a free trial you can download and try.<br />Terrance Lamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02263423704780023031noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4603305908345874346.post-15489119269055627732014-01-16T13:49:28.952-08:002014-01-16T13:49:28.952-08:00Any more precipices for us who only got c- in math...Any more precipices for us who only got c- in math ? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4603305908345874346.post-62106348936626530202013-07-09T00:14:44.498-07:002013-07-09T00:14:44.498-07:00One more thing to add. I did a comparison of the n...One more thing to add. I did a comparison of the new DCRAW against my formerly processed DCRAW with Median 1/2 filtering (as mentioned in the article above), and I say the older technique is still better. Very subtle difference, but there's a little bit of detail smearing, and the 'grain' of the older technique is far more organic in nature than the older technique. <br /><br />Terrance Lamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02263423704780023031noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4603305908345874346.post-88777222851849594322013-07-09T00:05:05.228-07:002013-07-09T00:05:05.228-07:00I hadn't until you mentioned it. I wasn't ...I hadn't until you mentioned it. I wasn't aware of the new version. Huge improvements. It seems that DCRAW now with -q 1 and -q 2 now give single and three pass interpolation for X-Trans files specifically. Obviously a bunch of new coding just for this sensor.<br /><br />I also compared it against the Adobe Camera RAW implementation of it and it's almost identical. No more zipper aliasing for sure, but a little loss in some details. It's part of the price to pay for removing that artifact unfortunately.Terrance Lamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02263423704780023031noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4603305908345874346.post-26912840447494823802013-07-08T08:17:12.016-07:002013-07-08T08:17:12.016-07:00Hi,
have you tried new dcraw 9.19? It looks like ...Hi,<br /><br />have you tried new dcraw 9.19? It looks like the the issue with "zipper" effect is now addressed.<br />ThanksAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4603305908345874346.post-61245049325976015842013-06-02T19:03:25.920-07:002013-06-02T19:03:25.920-07:00I haven't tried imagemagick myself, but it sho...I haven't tried imagemagick myself, but it should work just as well. There's nothing that I suggest that is exclusive to Photoshop.<br /><br />Would love to see a point and click solution or even a drag and drop. Thanks for the link. I will watch that forum to see what other's suggest.<br />Terrance Lamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02263423704780023031noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4603305908345874346.post-54625806852944284172013-06-02T15:12:55.789-07:002013-06-02T15:12:55.789-07:00Dear Terrance,
Great post and great results. I wa...Dear Terrance,<br /><br />Great post and great results. I was wondering if we could replace the photoshop commands with some imagemagick commands and include them into a script to use your process in a program that could be run on multiple images. I have posted this question on the imagemagick forum since I just start to use imagemagick , might be of interest before somebody writes a point and click software . In the meatime you might have encountered a solution in this direction. The quality of the images you obtain with this protocole is outstanding congratulations.<br /><br />The post in the imagemagick forum goes like this :<br /><br />http://www.imagemagick.org/discourse-server/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=23526<br /><br />I have found a great article on developping raw files coming from a x-trans sensor (http://www.fujifilm.eu/uk/products/digital-cameras/pro-enthusiast/model/x-pro1/features/fujifilm-x-trans-sensor-technology/) camera (fuji x-pro1) written by Terrance Lam :<br /><br />http://www.frontallobbings.com/2012/11/super-detail-with-fujifilm-x-pro1-raf.html<br /><br />The idea is to use the dcraw program to develop the raw file into a 16 bits tiff and the use photoshop to do further processing of the images according to the following protocole :<br /><br />The Process<br />1. Using command line DCRAW: dcraw -a -H 0 -o 4 -q 1 -f -m 15 -g 2.4 12.9 -6 -T<br />2. Convert TIFF file to LAB file in Photoshop<br />3. Resize image 200% with Bicubic Smoother<br />4, Select Lightness Channel under channel panel.<br />5. Select Median filter under Noise in Filter. Select 1 pixel<br />6. Resize image 50% with Bicubic Sharper (Nearest Neighbour is actually a more subtle effect which I kind of prefer)<br />7. Save.<br /><br />Is there here a wizzard who could snap ;-) the photoshop command from 2 to 7 in the preceding process into imagemagick commands to put them in a bash script<br /><br />Best regards, thanks in advance<br /><br />djehem<br /><br /><br /><br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11685985473347145235noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4603305908345874346.post-7078140906981740152013-05-31T06:35:54.794-07:002013-05-31T06:35:54.794-07:00Hello, great protocole thank you very much. Is the...Hello, great protocole thank you very much. Is there a way to script in imagemagick the steps done in photoshop so without a point and click software we could use it as a shell script on many photographs. <br /><br />thank you very much in advanceAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11685985473347145235noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4603305908345874346.post-82947801931034040022013-02-04T20:18:00.640-08:002013-02-04T20:18:00.640-08:00Hi Jeff. I really don't know of a great DCRAW ...Hi Jeff. I really don't know of a great DCRAW non command line alternative for Windows. Not that there isn't one out there, I just don't know windows choices very well.<br /><br />Regardless, download the trial of Capture One 7.0.2 and give that try. I was beta testing it for a while and using the release for some time now and been very happy with the results.Terrance Lamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02263423704780023031noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4603305908345874346.post-11993339796001992382013-02-04T18:49:51.463-08:002013-02-04T18:49:51.463-08:00Is there a alternative to command line DCRAW? Is ...Is there a alternative to command line DCRAW? Is there windows 7 version that is easier to install and run? Jeffhttp://www.jeffhenig.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4603305908345874346.post-7600785632323274892012-12-31T17:03:31.866-08:002012-12-31T17:03:31.866-08:00HI Christian. There's no easy way to do that. ...HI Christian. There's no easy way to do that. You can do manual distortion correction but profile correction cannot work once it's converted to TIFF.<br /><br />There are rumours out there that a new Lightroom RAW for the XPro1 is in the works, and Capture One is currently in Beta. There are several people reporting tests with it and the results are promising.Terrance Lamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02263423704780023031noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4603305908345874346.post-44344252522773524802012-12-31T10:43:18.287-08:002012-12-31T10:43:18.287-08:00Hey,
great work! I tried it and I like the result...Hey,<br /><br />great work! I tried it and I like the results. However, the lens distortion correction gets lost on the way. When I load the TIF in lightroom it seems not to be recognized as a file that needs to be corrected and I see no way to manually trigger this correction. Any thoughts on (experience with) this problem?<br /><br />Happy new year!<br /><br />ChristianAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4603305908345874346.post-36075745138241804672012-12-19T09:24:58.724-08:002012-12-19T09:24:58.724-08:00Hi Terrance,
the bash shell script and the appl...Hi Terrance,<br /><br /> the bash shell script and the applescript files can be obtained here:<br /><br />ftp://root.cern.ch/pub/rdm/raf2tiff.sh<br />ftp://root.cern.ch/pub/rdm/process-raf.scpt<br /><br />the raf2tiff.sh calls dcraw and then invokes the process-rat.scpt Applescript.<br /><br />Let me know if you've problems or if you've improvements.<br /><br />Cheers, Fons.<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02132114954238645906noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4603305908345874346.post-39025996041228062032012-12-16T14:37:35.881-08:002012-12-16T14:37:35.881-08:00Wonderful.... you should share it with everyone if...Wonderful.... you should share it with everyone if you don't mind.Terrance Lamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02263423704780023031noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4603305908345874346.post-17536272096554894582012-12-16T08:40:49.982-08:002012-12-16T08:40:49.982-08:00I've made a shell script to run in one go dcra...I've made a shell script to run in one go dcraw and an applescript to automatically run the 1/2 median filtering recipe using CS6. Let me know if you're interested in it and I'll mail it to you.<br /><br />-- FonsAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02132114954238645906noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4603305908345874346.post-37958465908259525052012-12-12T14:52:39.315-08:002012-12-12T14:52:39.315-08:00Great job, thanks a lot for your effort!Great job, thanks a lot for your effort!enricodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14891952772244305690noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4603305908345874346.post-83148409208883712632012-12-11T00:26:29.270-08:002012-12-11T00:26:29.270-08:00hahah... yeah I know the feeling. Thanks for your ...hahah... yeah I know the feeling. Thanks for your comments!Terrance Lamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02263423704780023031noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4603305908345874346.post-49288294925057788712012-12-10T13:18:46.132-08:002012-12-10T13:18:46.132-08:00oh my goodness. I think my brain just collapsed.oh my goodness. I think my brain just collapsed.Blue Ridge Workshops - Photographers at Workhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09747633408821362490noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4603305908345874346.post-69092481763834010092012-12-06T08:43:40.304-08:002012-12-06T08:43:40.304-08:00Been real busy Eddy. Sorry I haven't been able...Been real busy Eddy. Sorry I haven't been able to answer your message sooner plus I've been under the weather.<br /><br />The problem is the pattern that that is created from the monochromatic RAW files. Being:<br />GBGGRG First line has four green <br />RGRBGB Second line has two reds and two blues, offset and asymmetrical<br />GBGGRG Repat of first line<br />GRGGBG New sequence swapping Red and Blue from first line<br />BGBRGR Like the second line has the reds and blues swapping<br />GRGGBG Repeat of fourth line.<br /><br />So the trick would be to create an algorithm that first does a decent job of interpolating that, but secondly, the unique 'random' pattern that is special to the X-Trans filter.<br /><br /><br />Terrance Lamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02263423704780023031noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4603305908345874346.post-3726598541682745702012-12-03T07:36:12.731-08:002012-12-03T07:36:12.731-08:00Is it possible to show the X RAW file issue with j...Is it possible to show the X RAW file issue with just a (say) 16x16 pixel image? On the brickwork in your side-by-side images there's a clear example of chroma bleeding on the left image that is avoided in the right image, but I'm interested to see what causes the problem to occur in the first place. I'm sure the issues are obvious to people like you that have delved into the raw files but to a noob computer scientist like me I'm not sure where the fundamental issue is - I'm guessing it's all about interpolating the monochromatic pixels to produce an uncompressed image with interpolated full color data at each pixel. Why is that so hard?Eddyhttp://www.dpreview.com/members/2245271825noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4603305908345874346.post-5250999103892121132012-11-11T08:54:33.838-08:002012-11-11T08:54:33.838-08:00As technical as this whole article souded, it real...As technical as this whole article souded, it really is just what you say.... I'm hopeful something will show that improvement. Silkpix's latest update already shows big imrprovement.Terrance Lamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02263423704780023031noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4603305908345874346.post-56876570019964718682012-11-11T08:52:37.456-08:002012-11-11T08:52:37.456-08:00DCRAW just needs to be updated to accept it, but I...DCRAW just needs to be updated to accept it, but I don't think it's hard to do that when I looked at the source code.Terrance Lamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02263423704780023031noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4603305908345874346.post-60658807768584222902012-11-11T04:39:05.148-08:002012-11-11T04:39:05.148-08:00The side-by-side example clearly shows improvement...The side-by-side example clearly shows improvement. That's about all I got from this.<br /><br />Conclusion: if you could do this with such a simple command, then software ought to be able to do it too. :-)Wilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16358496556865231547noreply@blogger.com