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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