Is it different from using the local contrast module or the equalizer ? *Aurélien PIERRE* aurelienpierre.com <http://aurelienpierre.com>
Jason Polak: > As a user of darktable who also follows the dev list, this looks > really good. Yesterday I found a shot that I thought could use a > little of this module. Another option with it also may be to use a > parametric mask to only target the brighter areas of the image, > which is often where the haze occurs. > > In any case, I hope to try this module. > > Jason > > On 2017-02-21 08:02 AM, Heiko Bauke wrote: >> haze removal means basically to remove the diffuse background >> light that is reflected by the haze in the into the direction of >> the camera. Thus the image gets slighty darker. This is similar >> to when one reduces the brightness in sky regions to get a nice >> blue sky. >> >> One should be aware that the automatic haze removal module is not a >> magic bullet. It may even lead to undesirable artifacts, depending >> on the input image and the chosen parameters. The quality of the >> final image depends of the input image of course. Garbage in, >> garbage out. It is beneficial, when the RAW image is well-exposed. >> Thus, the example that I have shown before might not be optimal to >> promote the haze removal module. Furthermore, best results are >> expected when the haze removal module is combined with other >> modules. For example, I would start to remove the haze from an >> image using the haze removal module and then increase the clarity >> via the equalizer and enhance the colors by the velvia module and >> possibly further modules. >> >> Nevertheless, I think the haze removal module will be a powerful >> and valuable tool that can help to improve hazy images and gives >> very good results in many cases. >> >> >> Heiko >> >> > ___________________________________________________________________________ > > > darktable developer mailing list > to unsubscribe send a mail to > darktable-dev+unsubscr...@lists.darktable.org > ___________________________________________________________________________ darktable developer mailing list to unsubscribe send a mail to darktable-dev+unsubscr...@lists.darktable.org
