On Tuesday, May 20, 2014 09:26 James E. Marca wrote: > On Tue, May 20, 2014 at 11:08:33AM +0200, David Vincent-Jones wrote: > > Rather than using 'global tonemap' as I had earlier tried I am now finding > > much better results through the use of the 'levels' module and then > > pulling the mid-tone down (to the left) as needed. > > > > This appears to be providing the best extended shoulder range and does not > > incur the noise premium that I was previously seeing. > > Sorry if I'm late to this discussion, but I tried creating custom base
I have been comfortable with the Fuji X100s base curve .... and I am using as a standard (locked in) the 'Markesteijn 3-pass' demosaic routine. The noise appears greatly reduced. David > curves for DR-400 shots using dt-curve-tool and analyzing a stack of > similar DR-400 pictures, but I'm not happy with the result, seeing > both noise artifacts in the shadows and a loss of color in the higher > end, esp in the skin tones. > > Thanks for the pointer to the levels module. I will try that tonight. > > > Possibly a standard setting in the 'zone system' would also be doable but > > would probably be more fussy when making individual image adjustments. > > I played with zone system as well but didn't understand it well enough > to get good results from it. > > > Also, I've never liked the inaccuracy of dragging sliders and curves > around. > > Regards, > James > > > David > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > -- "Accelerate Dev Cycles with Automated Cross-Browser Testing - For FREE > Instantly run your Selenium tests across 300+ browser/OS combos. > Get unparalleled scalability from the best Selenium testing platform > available Simple to use. Nothing to install. Get started now for free." > http://p.sf.net/sfu/SauceLabs > _______________________________________________ > darktable-devel mailing list > darktable-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/darktable-devel ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ "Accelerate Dev Cycles with Automated Cross-Browser Testing - For FREE Instantly run your Selenium tests across 300+ browser/OS combos. Get unparalleled scalability from the best Selenium testing platform available Simple to use. Nothing to install. Get started now for free." http://p.sf.net/sfu/SauceLabs _______________________________________________ darktable-devel mailing list darktable-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/darktable-devel
