Re: [darktable-user] Weird colors and difficult noise reduction compared to LightRoom or RawTherapee

[johannes hanika]

hi robert,

On Sun, Dec 11, 2016 at 11:21 PM, Robert Krawitz  wrote:
> On Mon, 12 Dec 2016 07:40:25 +1300, johannes hanika wrote:
>> my try:
>>
>> https://jo.dreggn.org/noisydog.jpg
>>
>> xmp in jpg: something with near linear base curve, equalizer, and no
>> sharpening. not sure about the colours, they are just different.
>
> What exact parameters did you use?

the parameters are in the xmp embedded in the jpg. you can load that
in dt for any image (or the raw image linked earlier in this thread)
by pointing the `load sidecar file' function to the jpg
(http://www.darktable.org/usermanual/ch02s03s07.html.php).

cheers,
 jo

>
>> in general for such super high iso noise the noise profiles are often
>> times off due to strange effects (noise model breaking down, vendor
>> pre-processing or whatever). also i find i can get better results with
>> manual equalizer operation than with the profiled denoising, but
>> that's a matter of taste and time i want to spend on an image.
>
> --
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>
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Re: [darktable-user] Weird colors and difficult noise reduction compared to LightRoom or RawTherapee

[PkmX]

Hi,

I'd like to share my own experiences of dealing with extremely noisy
images with darktable as well. For comparison I'm going to use the ARW
image from this thread:
https://discuss.pixls.us/t/playraw-high-iso-challenge/2778, since it's
a rather difficult image to work with. I will be using AMaZE for
demoasicing and Rec.2020 as the input color profile since it works
much better than the default matrix of Sony A6000 in my experience.
The applied-by-default base curves and sharpening modules are also
disabled.

This is the RAW image with no denoising applied, to give an idea how
bad the noises are in the photo:
http://i.imgur.com/AgxvKby.jpg

For reference this is denoised with RawTherapee with mode = lab,
quality = high, luminance = 20, luminance detail = 10, automatic
global chroma denoise, 3x3 median filter:
http://i.imgur.com/hiXMklL.jpg
RawTherapee eliminated nearly all chromatic noise and the luma noise
left in the background are very fine and looks pretty non-obtrusive.
It also preserves the details on the dog fur very nicely.

The first attempt with darktable is using the recommended profiled
denoise module in NLM mode on HSV lightness and another in Wavelet
mode with HSV color at default strength:
http://i.imgur.com/WGN5Y03.jpg
This produces some blotches of luma noise in the background area which
in my opinion is very distracting (which is further complicated by the
fact that it brightens up the darker areas which makes it look worse).
There are still larger patches of colorful noise visible and the
details on the fur are almost completely wiped out.

This another attempt using profile denoise. This time I switched to
wavelet mode in the lightness instance with 50% blend to combat the
blotchness, turned the strength of wavelet chromatic denoise to 4.0,
and set color smoothing in AMaZE to 5 times:
http://i.imgur.com/YaBAAJR.jpg
This eliminates more noises while keeping a lot more details in the
fur, but there are still some patterns visible in the background. The
whole image also got a purple tint and at 100% view you can easily see
some of those purple artifacts in the darker areas of image.

The next is probably my go-to way of noise removal on high ISO images
in darktable now. I used the equalizer's denoise preset with mix 2.0
and the lowpass module with radius=10 and lab color blending to apply
a really strong chromatic denoise:
http://i.imgur.com/wx0QGZN.jpg
This looks a lot better even though some colorful patches are still
visible in the darker areas, and the luma noise are now very similar
to the result of RawTherapee. The downside is that it desaturates the
image and smears the color (compare the red heart in the bottom-right
corner, though it also removes the CA so I guess it isn't too bad :)).
The processing is super fast compared to profiled denoise.

This is another attempt, this time using the "denoise (bilateral
filter)" instead of lowpass.
http://i.imgur.com/I4WIvQy.jpg
This wipes out all chromatic noise but also seems to wash out the
photo and give it a slight purple tint.

Finally, this is the result of aforementioned denoise_chinese dtstyle:
http://i.imgur.com/NrQy3NV.jpg
I guess the strength of noise removal of the style isn't high enough
for this image.

Overall I'd say RawTherapee's result is the best as it removes almost
all chromatic noises without causing color casts or artifacts, and it
produces very fine and non-obtrusive luma noise. Darktable with
equalizer and lowpass modules comes close, but the other results look
unacceptable to me.

I really would like to know a way of noise removal that can rival
RawTherapee since I like darktable's workflow more, so please let us
know if you do discover one. :)

PkmX

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Re: [darktable-user] Weird colors and difficult noise reduction compared to LightRoom or RawTherapee

[KOVÁCS István]

Hi,

I'm not sure which part you have difficulty with.
Demosaic /colour smoothing is on the basic operations tab. Profiled denoise
you already know.
Sharpening you know as a well.
Raw denoise too.
Colour profile you can switch using the input colour module.

Note: I don't care much about luma noise, I prefer graininess over overly
smooth appearance.

Kofa


 Dec 2016 18:47, "Saint Germain"  wrote:

Hi,

I am really not sure to be able to duplicate what you said.
Could you provide perhaps an example (RAW+xmp) ?

Thanks a lot

On Thu, 8 Dec 2016 07:10:28 +0100, KOVÁCS István
 wrote :

> Hi,
> (Second attempt, sorry if you get a duplicate.)
>
> For very high ISO, i usually enable colour smoothing under demosaic
> settings, apply profiled denoising for colours (wavelet mode with
> colour blending mode, heavy denoising settings), avoid all
> sharpening, and, if the situation is really bad, apply a pinch of raw
> denoising. Still, I find that RawTherapee is better in this respect.
> Sometimes I skip denoising in darktable and use NoiseNinja, an old
> commercial denoising app that has a Linux version (BTW, PictureCode,
> developers of NoiseNinja, now produce a nice little raw developer
> called PhotoNinja, which you can get to run under wine).
>
> Regarding colours, darktable often ships with two profiles for a
> camera, called standard and enhanced. You can try both, and if you
> don't like either, you can profile your camera, or try RawStudio's
> profiles (if they have one). Expect a drop in processing speed with
> RawStudio profiles, though.
>
> Kofa
>
> On 8 Dec 2016 00:45, "Saint Germain"  wrote:
>
> > Hello,
> >
> > I just bought a Samsung NX1 and would like to use Darktable to
> > process the RAW (SRW).
> >
> > However I really tried but I couldn't manage to get correct colors
> > or to have a good noise reduction in high iso situation (low light).
> >
> > I've tried LightRoom and RawTherapee and I managed (without knowing
> > these softwares) to get quite good results in under 5-10 minutes.
> > So far I think I've spent several hours with Darktable...
> >
> > I would really like to stay with Darktable (as I find the interface
> > quite pleasant and it offers a lot of useful features) but I really
> > need to have good colors and good noise reduction (at least
> > comparable to LR and RT) without too much tinkering.
> >
> > From what I have heard, it seems that Darktable noise reduction is
> > very powerful and actually superior to LR or RT. Basic noise
> > reduction in LR or RT is very simple : 2 sliders and that's it
> > (Luminance and Details). However it is quite effective, and I
> > haven't been able to do better with Darktable (and it took me much
> > more time, I even made a noise profile !).
> >
> > Perhaps am I doing something wrong ?
> > Can someone guide me or show me how to proceed ?
> >
> > Original JPEG + RAW
> > http://dl.free.fr/fBpM8C6I1
> > http://dl.free.fr/jB13bvffN
> >
> > Rawtherapee (JPEG + pp3)
> > http://dl.free.fr/vT4rAtm5O
> > http://dl.free.fr/fJEcA3gH9
> >
> > Lightroom (JPEG)
> > http://dl.free.fr/nEEcDqtq0
> >
> > Darktable Noise profile
> > http://dl.free.fr/sZ8hCADDw
> >
> > Darktable (JPEG + xmp)
> > http://dl.free.fr/fJQSonH7n
> > http://dl.free.fr/knQbw4QMl
> >
> > Thanks a lot in advance,
> > 
> > 
> > darktable user mailing list
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> > lists.darktable.org
> >
> >
>
> 

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Re: [darktable-user] Weird colors and difficult noise reduction compared to LightRoom or RawTherapee

[David Vincent-Jones]

On 12/09/2016 11:08 AM, Pascal Obry wrote:

Le vendredi 09 décembre 2016 à 11:06 -0800, David Vincent-Jones a
écrit :

On 12/08/2016 02:20 AM, Pascal Obry wrote:

And indeed darktable in this case is close but not as good as
Rawtherapee.

If Rawtherapee is doing a good job, more simply, what is holding dt
back?

Some man power to code RawTherapee algorithm in dt :) Do you volunteer?

Unfortunately I do not know the first thing about this type of code





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Re: [darktable-user] Weird colors and difficult noise reduction compared to LightRoom or RawTherapee

[Robert Krawitz]

On Thu, 8 Dec 2016 21:04:03 +0100, Saint Germain wrote:
> On Thu, 8 Dec 2016 18:44:30 +0100, Saint Germain 
> wrote :
>
>> On Thu, 8 Dec 2016 15:14:02 +1100, Gary Parkinson
>>  wrote :
>> 
>> > Try using the Darktable style "Denoise_chinese"
>> > 
>> > https://dtstyle.net/
>> > 
>> 
>> This is actually quite nice !
>> Here is the result I have got without touching anything:
>> ttp://dl.free.fr/jisaMUzIg
>> 
>> We still have a slight luminance problem, but I think we are on the
>> right track.
>> 
>> Thanks a lot
>
> I managed to get (without too much effort) a quite good result about
> the noise (xmp+jpg):
> http://dl.free.fr/sn4ZBHVlY
> http://dl.free.fr/b1UIskws2
>
> Combination of "Denoise_chinese" + "RAW denoise".
>
> It seems that it is even slightly better than LightRoom and
> RawTherapee !
>
> Now I have to correct the color and exposure (the color seems to be OK
> now but the image is too dark, but when I increase the exposure, the
> colors become wrong, something strange is going on).

I still get better results with RawTherapee than with Denoise_chinese
+ RAW denoise (this is current git with both).  And of course RAW
denoise won't work on JPEGs at all.

Compare:

https://rlk.smugmug.com/Photography/DarktableRawTherapee/i-9qmRW2X
(darktable, Denoise_chinese)

https://rlk.smugmug.com/Photography/DarktableRawTherapee/i-Nkfjxq6
(darktable, Denoise_chinese + raw denoise)

https://rlk.smugmug.com/Photography/DarktableRawTherapee/i-D759Zr8
(rawtherapee, parameters as specified in the caption)

Note in both photos processed with darktable that there's a strong
yellow cast in the skintone shadows, under her hair.  That color cast
is completely absent in the shot processed with rawtherapee.

Rawtherapee with default chrominance noise reduction alone -- no other
processing -- does have the usual grain-type noise, but the
chrominance component is completely cleaned up with no color cast or
shift.  Luminance takes a bit more work, but it's not that hard to get
smooth tones while retaining detail.  I have not been able to get
anywhere close to that with darktable; I'd really like to, since I
otherwise prefer it.
-- 
Robert Krawitz 

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Re: [darktable-user] Weird colors and difficult noise reduction compared to LightRoom or RawTherapee

[Saint Germain]

On Thu, 8 Dec 2016 13:47:31 -0800, "I. Ivanov" 
wrote :

> Denoise_chinese is very impressive, thank you!
> 
> I tried on 6400 ISO image and it works better than anything I used
> before.
> 

What is also surprising is that it doesn't use the noise profile at
all...

However it doesn't work as well on all pictures.
I've tried on another high iso picture and this time the result is
clearly inferior to LightRoom/RawTherapee.

The advantage of LightRoom/RawTherapee is that you have only 2 sliders
to control the denoise, so it's quite easy to adapt the denoise to the
picture

With denoise_chinese, it's much more complicated to tweak the
parameters.

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Re: [darktable-user] Weird colors and difficult noise reduction compared to LightRoom or RawTherapee

[I. Ivanov]

Denoise_chinese is very impressive, thank you!

I tried on 6400 ISO image and it works better than anything I used before.

Regards,

B


On 2016-12-08 12:04 PM, Saint Germain wrote:

On Thu, 8 Dec 2016 18:44:30 +0100, Saint Germain 
wrote :


On Thu, 8 Dec 2016 15:14:02 +1100, Gary Parkinson
 wrote :


Try using the Darktable style "Denoise_chinese"

https://dtstyle.net/


This is actually quite nice !
Here is the result I have got without touching anything:
ttp://dl.free.fr/jisaMUzIg

We still have a slight luminance problem, but I think we are on the
right track.

Thanks a lot

I managed to get (without too much effort) a quite good result about
the noise (xmp+jpg):
http://dl.free.fr/sn4ZBHVlY
http://dl.free.fr/b1UIskws2

Combination of "Denoise_chinese" + "RAW denoise".

It seems that it is even slightly better than LightRoom and
RawTherapee !

Now I have to correct the color and exposure (the color seems to be OK
now but the image is too dark, but when I increase the exposure, the
colors become wrong, something strange is going on).

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Re: [darktable-user] Weird colors and difficult noise reduction compared to LightRoom or RawTherapee

[Saint Germain]

On Thu, 8 Dec 2016 18:44:30 +0100, Saint Germain 
wrote :

> On Thu, 8 Dec 2016 15:14:02 +1100, Gary Parkinson
>  wrote :
> 
> > Try using the Darktable style "Denoise_chinese"
> > 
> > https://dtstyle.net/
> > 
> 
> This is actually quite nice !
> Here is the result I have got without touching anything:
> ttp://dl.free.fr/jisaMUzIg
> 
> We still have a slight luminance problem, but I think we are on the
> right track.
> 
> Thanks a lot

I managed to get (without too much effort) a quite good result about
the noise (xmp+jpg):
http://dl.free.fr/sn4ZBHVlY
http://dl.free.fr/b1UIskws2

Combination of "Denoise_chinese" + "RAW denoise".

It seems that it is even slightly better than LightRoom and
RawTherapee !

Now I have to correct the color and exposure (the color seems to be OK
now but the image is too dark, but when I increase the exposure, the
colors become wrong, something strange is going on).

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Re: [darktable-user] Weird colors and difficult noise reduction compared to LightRoom or RawTherapee

[Saint Germain]

I received a png.xmp file ?
Have you started from the raw (.srw) file ?
If yes I think it should be a .srw.xmp file...

Except if there is something I have misunderstood ?

On Thu, 8 Dec 2016 10:33:48 -0800, Jack Bowling  wrote :

> As requested. here is an xmp of a screenshot of a 100% view of the 
> magazine image of the two women. Nothing complex. Image itself not 
> attached due to size. If you wish, I could send it offlist.
> 
> Jack
> 
> 
> On 12/08/2016 09:18 AM, Saint Germain wrote:
> > Indeed lensfun doesn't have this lens in its database yet.
> > After the noise profile, it's my next task to create the entry for
> > this particular lens.
> >
> > Can you provide the xmp of your modifications to see exactly what
> > you have done ?
> 
> 
> 
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Re: [darktable-user] Weird colors and difficult noise reduction compared to LightRoom or RawTherapee

[Jack Bowling]

As requested. here is an xmp of a screenshot of a 100% view of the 
magazine image of the two women. Nothing complex. Image itself not 
attached due to size. If you wish, I could send it offlist.


Jack


On 12/08/2016 09:18 AM, Saint Germain wrote:

Indeed lensfun doesn't have this lens in its database yet.
After the noise profile, it's my next task to create the entry for this
particular lens.

Can you provide the xmp of your modifications to see exactly what you
have done ?





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Re: [darktable-user] Weird colors and difficult noise reduction compared to LightRoom or RawTherapee

[Stéphane Gourichon]

Le 08/12/2016 à 17:55, Tim Rolph a écrit :

On Thursday 08 Dec 2016 08:13:27 Robert Krawitz wrote:

On Thu, 8 Dec 2016 12:08:52 +0100, =?UTF-8?Q?St=c3=a9phane_Gourichon?=

wrote:

Here's the parameter dump:
* disable base curve
* disable profiled denoise
* RAW noise reduction, default parameters

RAW noise reduction, unfortunately, won't help in my case, since my
original is a JPEG.  Shooting RAW isn't very practical at a game where
I might shoot 2500 frames.

https://rlk.smugmug.com/Photography/DarktableRawTherapee/
https://rlk.smugmug.com/Sports/Basketball/MIT-SarLaw-mbb-20161126/i-chq2xjG/
A

Try NeatImage it's the best I have  found at de-noising non raw images and
its available as a standalone on linux for free. It also makes  use of opencl
/ cuda capabilities so it's quick.


Regarding NeatImage, apparently a Dutch company : 
https://ni.neatvideo.com/ says "the most advanced noise reduction 
algorithms in the industry."


https://ni.neatvideo.com/overview/how-does-it-work links to 
https://ni.neatvideo.com/download/noise-profiles although it looks like 
there are less profiles than in darktable (well, for Nikon at least). 
Strange and heavy format.



Speaking of good non-free noise reduction software, how about DXO Optics 
Pro, then? (Not for Linux, though).


I've seen impressive demos of their PRIME denoiser in the past (and the 
denoiser before PRIME). Explanations on the current site boil down like 
profiled non-local means, so the secret sauce must be elsewhere? 
http://www.dxo.com/us/photography/photo-software/dxo-opticspro/features/prime




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Re: [darktable-user] Weird colors and difficult noise reduction compared to LightRoom or RawTherapee

[Saint Germain]

Hi,

I am really not sure to be able to duplicate what you said.
Could you provide perhaps an example (RAW+xmp) ?

Thanks a lot

On Thu, 8 Dec 2016 07:10:28 +0100, KOVÁCS István
 wrote :

> Hi,
> (Second attempt, sorry if you get a duplicate.)
> 
> For very high ISO, i usually enable colour smoothing under demosaic
> settings, apply profiled denoising for colours (wavelet mode with
> colour blending mode, heavy denoising settings), avoid all
> sharpening, and, if the situation is really bad, apply a pinch of raw
> denoising. Still, I find that RawTherapee is better in this respect.
> Sometimes I skip denoising in darktable and use NoiseNinja, an old
> commercial denoising app that has a Linux version (BTW, PictureCode,
> developers of NoiseNinja, now produce a nice little raw developer
> called PhotoNinja, which you can get to run under wine).
> 
> Regarding colours, darktable often ships with two profiles for a
> camera, called standard and enhanced. You can try both, and if you
> don't like either, you can profile your camera, or try RawStudio's
> profiles (if they have one). Expect a drop in processing speed with
> RawStudio profiles, though.
> 
> Kofa
> 
> On 8 Dec 2016 00:45, "Saint Germain"  wrote:
> 
> > Hello,
> >
> > I just bought a Samsung NX1 and would like to use Darktable to
> > process the RAW (SRW).
> >
> > However I really tried but I couldn't manage to get correct colors
> > or to have a good noise reduction in high iso situation (low light).
> >
> > I've tried LightRoom and RawTherapee and I managed (without knowing
> > these softwares) to get quite good results in under 5-10 minutes.
> > So far I think I've spent several hours with Darktable...
> >
> > I would really like to stay with Darktable (as I find the interface
> > quite pleasant and it offers a lot of useful features) but I really
> > need to have good colors and good noise reduction (at least
> > comparable to LR and RT) without too much tinkering.
> >
> > From what I have heard, it seems that Darktable noise reduction is
> > very powerful and actually superior to LR or RT. Basic noise
> > reduction in LR or RT is very simple : 2 sliders and that's it
> > (Luminance and Details). However it is quite effective, and I
> > haven't been able to do better with Darktable (and it took me much
> > more time, I even made a noise profile !).
> >
> > Perhaps am I doing something wrong ?
> > Can someone guide me or show me how to proceed ?
> >
> > Original JPEG + RAW
> > http://dl.free.fr/fBpM8C6I1
> > http://dl.free.fr/jB13bvffN
> >
> > Rawtherapee (JPEG + pp3)
> > http://dl.free.fr/vT4rAtm5O
> > http://dl.free.fr/fJEcA3gH9
> >
> > Lightroom (JPEG)
> > http://dl.free.fr/nEEcDqtq0
> >
> > Darktable Noise profile
> > http://dl.free.fr/sZ8hCADDw
> >
> > Darktable (JPEG + xmp)
> > http://dl.free.fr/fJQSonH7n
> > http://dl.free.fr/knQbw4QMl
> >
> > Thanks a lot in advance,
> > 
> > 
> > darktable user mailing list
> > to unsubscribe send a mail to darktable-user+unsubscribe@
> > lists.darktable.org
> >
> >
> 
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Re: [darktable-user] Weird colors and difficult noise reduction compared to LightRoom or RawTherapee

[Saint Germain]

On Thu, 8 Dec 2016 15:14:02 +1100, Gary Parkinson
 wrote :

> Try using the Darktable style "Denoise_chinese"
> 
> https://dtstyle.net/
> 

This is actually quite nice !
Here is the result I have got without touching anything:
ttp://dl.free.fr/jisaMUzIg

We still have a slight luminance problem, but I think we are on the
right track.

Thanks a lot

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Re: [darktable-user] Weird colors and difficult noise reduction compared to LightRoom or RawTherapee

[Saint Germain]

Indeed lensfun doesn't have this lens in its database yet.
After the noise profile, it's my next task to create the entry for this
particular lens.

Can you provide the xmp of your modifications to see exactly what you
have done ?

Thanks

On Wed, 7 Dec 2016 23:54:08 -0800, Jack Bowling  wrote :

> I got usable results on the old woman/young woman poster shot by
> using:
> 
> 1) two invocations of the equalizer - one using the denoise preset
> but increased to a mix of 1.25, and the other using the sharpness
> preset with a mix of 1.0
> 
> 2) very slight touch of raw denoise
> 
> 3) enabled defringe module at defaults
> 
> 4) increased sharpen module (unsharp mask) a touch.
> 
> I note the lens correction module does nothing for this image despite 
> the obvious barrel distortion. I suppose lensfun does not support
> this lens? One thing I did not do is raise the exposure which would
> only increase the noise substantially.
> 
> Having said all that, everybody has their own threshold of detail
> versus smoothing when denoising.
> 
> Jack
> 
> 
> On 12/07/2016 10:10 PM, KOVÁCS István wrote:
> > Hi,
> > (Second attempt, sorry if you get a duplicate.)
> >
> > For very high ISO, i usually enable colour smoothing under demosaic
> > settings, apply profiled denoising for colours (wavelet mode with
> > colour blending mode, heavy denoising settings), avoid all
> > sharpening, and, if the situation is really bad, apply a pinch of
> > raw denoising. Still, I find that RawTherapee is better in this
> > respect. Sometimes I skip denoising in darktable and use
> > NoiseNinja, an old commercial denoising app that has a Linux
> > version (BTW, PictureCode, developers of NoiseNinja, now produce a
> > nice little raw developer called PhotoNinja, which you can get to
> > run under wine).
> >
> > Regarding colours, darktable often ships with two profiles for a
> > camera, called standard and enhanced. You can try both, and if you
> > don't like either, you can profile your camera, or try RawStudio's
> > profiles (if they have one). Expect a drop in processing speed with
> > RawStudio profiles, though.
> >
> > Kofa
> >
> > On 8 Dec 2016 00:45, "Saint Germain"  > > wrote:
> >
> > Hello,
> >
> > I just bought a Samsung NX1 and would like to use Darktable to
> > process the RAW (SRW).
> >
> > However I really tried but I couldn't manage to get correct
> > colors or to have a good noise reduction in high iso situation (low
> > light).
> >
> > I've tried LightRoom and RawTherapee and I managed (without
> > knowing these softwares) to get quite good results in under 5-10
> > minutes. So far I think I've spent several hours with Darktable...
> >
> > I would really like to stay with Darktable (as I find the
> > interface quite pleasant and it offers a lot of useful features)
> > but I really need to have good colors and good noise reduction (at
> > least comparable to LR and RT) without too much tinkering.
> >
> > >From what I have heard, it seems that Darktable noise
> > >reduction is
> > very powerful and actually superior to LR or RT. Basic noise
> > reduction in LR or RT is very simple : 2 sliders and that's it
> > (Luminance and Details). However it is quite effective, and I
> > haven't been able to do better with Darktable (and it took me much
> > more time, I even made a noise profile !).
> >
> > Perhaps am I doing something wrong ?
> > Can someone guide me or show me how to proceed ?
> >
> > Original JPEG + RAW
> > http://dl.free.fr/fBpM8C6I1
> > http://dl.free.fr/jB13bvffN
> >
> > Rawtherapee (JPEG + pp3)
> > http://dl.free.fr/vT4rAtm5O
> > http://dl.free.fr/fJEcA3gH9
> >
> > Lightroom (JPEG)
> > http://dl.free.fr/nEEcDqtq0
> >
> > Darktable Noise profile
> > http://dl.free.fr/sZ8hCADDw
> >
> > Darktable (JPEG + xmp)
> > http://dl.free.fr/fJQSonH7n
> > http://dl.free.fr/knQbw4QMl
> >
> > Thanks a lot in advance,
> > 
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Re: [darktable-user] Weird colors and difficult noise reduction compared to LightRoom or RawTherapee

[Saint Germain]

On Thu, 8 Dec 2016 13:28:22 +0100, johannes hanika 
wrote :

> hi pascal,
> 
> On Thu, Dec 8, 2016 at 11:20 AM, Pascal Obry  wrote:
> > Jo,
> >
> > The profile (.json) is provided by the author in its original
> > message.
> 
> oh, thanks, i did indeed miss that. but it only contains a profile for
> iso 25600? not for the 3200 the shot was taken at?
> 

Indeed I uploaded a false noise profile, here is the correct one:
http://dl.free.fr/bNDlCNHWH

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Re: [darktable-user] Weird colors and difficult noise reduction compared to LightRoom or RawTherapee

[Tim Rolph]

On Thursday 08 Dec 2016 08:13:27 Robert Krawitz wrote:
> On Thu, 8 Dec 2016 12:08:52 +0100, =?UTF-8?Q?St=c3=a9phane_Gourichon?= 
wrote:
> > Here's the parameter dump:
> > * disable base curve
> > * disable profiled denoise
> > * RAW noise reduction, default parameters
> 
> RAW noise reduction, unfortunately, won't help in my case, since my
> original is a JPEG.  Shooting RAW isn't very practical at a game where
> I might shoot 2500 frames.
> 
> https://rlk.smugmug.com/Photography/DarktableRawTherapee/
> https://rlk.smugmug.com/Sports/Basketball/MIT-SarLaw-mbb-20161126/i-chq2xjG/
> A
Try NeatImage it's the best I have  found at de-noising non raw images and  
its available as a standalone on linux for free. It also makes  use of opencl 
/ cuda capabilities so it's quick.

Tim.

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Re: [darktable-user] Weird colors and difficult noise reduction compared to LightRoom or RawTherapee

[Robert Krawitz]

On Thu, 8 Dec 2016 16:20:47 +0300, Roman Lebedev wrote:
> On Thu, Dec 8, 2016 at 4:13 PM, Robert Krawitz  wrote:
>> On Thu, 8 Dec 2016 12:08:52 +0100, =?UTF-8?Q?St=c3=a9phane_Gourichon?= wrote:
>>> Here's the parameter dump:
>>> * disable base curve
>>> * disable profiled denoise
>>> * RAW noise reduction, default parameters
>
>> RAW noise reduction, unfortunately, won't help in my case, since my
>> original is a JPEG.  Shooting RAW isn't very practical at a game where
>> I might shoot 2500 frames.
>
> I'm sorry to say, but i'm not sure one can expect to be able to do any
> meaningful
> noise correction, or any significant changes at all, to jpeg.
> There is just no data in jpeg, it's 8-bit LDR...

I disagree.  Compare the three images in the gallery below (original,
Darktable, RawTherapee).

>> https://rlk.smugmug.com/Photography/DarktableRawTherapee/
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Re: [darktable-user] Weird colors and difficult noise reduction compared to LightRoom or RawTherapee

[Roman Lebedev]

On Thu, Dec 8, 2016 at 4:13 PM, Robert Krawitz  wrote:
> On Thu, 8 Dec 2016 12:08:52 +0100, =?UTF-8?Q?St=c3=a9phane_Gourichon?= wrote:
>> Here's the parameter dump:
>> * disable base curve
>> * disable profiled denoise
>> * RAW noise reduction, default parameters

> RAW noise reduction, unfortunately, won't help in my case, since my
> original is a JPEG.  Shooting RAW isn't very practical at a game where
> I might shoot 2500 frames.

I'm sorry to say, but i'm not sure one can expect to be able to do any
meaningful
noise correction, or any significant changes at all, to jpeg.
There is just no data in jpeg, it's 8-bit LDR...

> https://rlk.smugmug.com/Photography/DarktableRawTherapee/
> https://rlk.smugmug.com/Sports/Basketball/MIT-SarLaw-mbb-20161126/i-chq2xjG/A
> --
> Robert Krawitz 
Roman.

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Re: [darktable-user] Weird colors and difficult noise reduction compared to LightRoom or RawTherapee

[Robert Krawitz]

On Thu, 8 Dec 2016 12:08:52 +0100, =?UTF-8?Q?St=c3=a9phane_Gourichon?= wrote:
> Here's the parameter dump:
> * disable base curve
> * disable profiled denoise
> * RAW noise reduction, default parameters

RAW noise reduction, unfortunately, won't help in my case, since my
original is a JPEG.  Shooting RAW isn't very practical at a game where
I might shoot 2500 frames.

https://rlk.smugmug.com/Photography/DarktableRawTherapee/
https://rlk.smugmug.com/Sports/Basketball/MIT-SarLaw-mbb-20161126/i-chq2xjG/A
-- 
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Re: [darktable-user] Weird colors and difficult noise reduction compared to LightRoom or RawTherapee

[johannes hanika]

hi pascal,

On Thu, Dec 8, 2016 at 11:20 AM, Pascal Obry  wrote:
> Jo,
>
> The profile (.json) is provided by the author in its original message.

oh, thanks, i did indeed miss that. but it only contains a profile for
iso 25600? not for the 3200 the shot was taken at?

> Fact is darktable is not has good has Lightroom indeed (my recollection is
> that darktable was as good as Lr 3.x, but since Lr 4.x a new engine was
> developped and the noise reduction gives very good result).

can't tell, but i'll take your word for it :) would be good to do
something about it!

cheers,
 jo

>
> And indeed darktable in this case is close but not as good as Rawtherapee.
>
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Re: [darktable-user] Weird colors and difficult noise reduction compared to LightRoom or RawTherapee

[Pascal Obry]

Really good result indeed!

2016-12-08 12:08 GMT+01:00 Stéphane Gourichon <
stephane_darkta...@gourichon.org>:

> Le 08/12/2016 à 00:44, Saint Germain a écrit :
>
>> Hello,
>>
>> I just bought a Samsung NX1 and would like to use Darktable to process
>> the RAW (SRW).
>>
>> However I really tried but I couldn't manage to get correct colors or
>> to have a good noise reduction in high iso situation (low light).
>>
>> I've tried LightRoom and RawTherapee and I managed (without knowing
>> these softwares) to get quite good results in under 5-10 minutes.
>> So far I think I've spent several hours with Darktable...
>>
>> I would really like to stay with Darktable (as I find the interface
>> quite pleasant and it offers a lot of useful features) but I really
>> need to have good colors and good noise reduction (at least comparable
>> to LR and RT) without too much tinkering.
>>
>>  From what I have heard, it seems that Darktable noise reduction is
>> very powerful and actually superior to LR or RT. Basic noise reduction
>> in LR or RT is very simple : 2 sliders and that's it (Luminance and
>> Details). However it is quite effective, and I haven't been able to do
>> better with Darktable (and it took me much more time, I even made a
>> noise profile !).
>>
>> Perhaps am I doing something wrong ?
>> Can someone guide me or show me how to proceed ?
>>
>
> Hello.
>
> Thanks for sharing all details.
> Attached is my take on it.
>
> Given base material (high iso, not much actual detail) I took a somehow
> more aggressive approach than usual (on the "preserve detail" vs. "kill
> noise" spectrum).
>
> Here's the parameter dump:
> * disable base curve
> * disable profiled denoise
> * RAW noise reduction, default parameters
> * increase exposure +3.10EV so that brightest part (yellow title) is just
> on top
> * bilateral filtering, red 0.04 green 0.02 blue 0.1
> * non-local means, default parameters
> * optionally, equalizer preset "noise reduction"
> * sharpen, default parameters
>
> Here are the rationales for those choices :
> * disable base curve: source is low dynamic range (paper) and furthermore
> already has its own base curve
> * disable profiled denoise: haven't imported your profile. Anyway, when
> strong, generally does not perform well with bilateral.
> * RAW noise reduction: filters part of noise, at the cost some
> high-frequency killing which is okay in this specific case
> * bilateral filtering: attenuates large area hue variations somehow,
> without losing details at this strength
> * non-local means: filters out some residual speckles
> * equalizer: reduces noise some more, at the cost of more loss of details
> * sharpen: to selectively recover edges attenuated by equalizer
>
> Somehow off-topic:
> * to correct barrel: chosen hackish lens correction parameters: NX10 and
> 20-50 F3.5-5.6 ED, looks good
> * set white balance "spot" selecting white part of title. Much better
> color, well, balance. Reset it to see how previous case could hide
> yellowish noise stains in white areas.
> * Subject is still. Why didn't you choose a longer exposure ? ISO would
> have been lower, so less noise to begin with.
>
> Regards.
>
> --
> Stéphane Gourichon
>
>
>
> 
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Re: [darktable-user] Weird colors and difficult noise reduction compared to LightRoom or RawTherapee

[Stéphane Gourichon]

Le 08/12/2016 à 00:44, Saint Germain a écrit :

Hello,

I just bought a Samsung NX1 and would like to use Darktable to process
the RAW (SRW).

However I really tried but I couldn't manage to get correct colors or
to have a good noise reduction in high iso situation (low light).

I've tried LightRoom and RawTherapee and I managed (without knowing
these softwares) to get quite good results in under 5-10 minutes.
So far I think I've spent several hours with Darktable...

I would really like to stay with Darktable (as I find the interface
quite pleasant and it offers a lot of useful features) but I really
need to have good colors and good noise reduction (at least comparable
to LR and RT) without too much tinkering.

 From what I have heard, it seems that Darktable noise reduction is
very powerful and actually superior to LR or RT. Basic noise reduction
in LR or RT is very simple : 2 sliders and that's it (Luminance and
Details). However it is quite effective, and I haven't been able to do
better with Darktable (and it took me much more time, I even made a
noise profile !).

Perhaps am I doing something wrong ?
Can someone guide me or show me how to proceed ?


Hello.

Thanks for sharing all details.
Attached is my take on it.

Given base material (high iso, not much actual detail) I took a somehow 
more aggressive approach than usual (on the "preserve detail" vs. "kill 
noise" spectrum).


Here's the parameter dump:
* disable base curve
* disable profiled denoise
* RAW noise reduction, default parameters
* increase exposure +3.10EV so that brightest part (yellow title) is 
just on top

* bilateral filtering, red 0.04 green 0.02 blue 0.1
* non-local means, default parameters
* optionally, equalizer preset "noise reduction"
* sharpen, default parameters

Here are the rationales for those choices :
* disable base curve: source is low dynamic range (paper) and 
furthermore already has its own base curve
* disable profiled denoise: haven't imported your profile. Anyway, when 
strong, generally does not perform well with bilateral.
* RAW noise reduction: filters part of noise, at the cost some 
high-frequency killing which is okay in this specific case
* bilateral filtering: attenuates large area hue variations somehow, 
without losing details at this strength

* non-local means: filters out some residual speckles
* equalizer: reduces noise some more, at the cost of more loss of details
* sharpen: to selectively recover edges attenuated by equalizer

Somehow off-topic:
* to correct barrel: chosen hackish lens correction parameters: NX10 and 
20-50 F3.5-5.6 ED, looks good
* set white balance "spot" selecting white part of title. Much better 
color, well, balance. Reset it to see how previous case could hide 
yellowish noise stains in white areas.
* Subject is still. Why didn't you choose a longer exposure ? ISO would 
have been lower, so less noise to begin with.


Regards.

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Re: [darktable-user] Weird colors and difficult noise reduction compared to LightRoom or RawTherapee

[Pascal Obry]

Jo,

The profile (.json) is provided by the author in its original message.

Fact is darktable is not has good has Lightroom indeed (my recollection is
that darktable was as good as Lr 3.x, but since Lr 4.x a new engine was
developped and the noise reduction gives very good result).

And indeed darktable in this case is close but not as good as Rawtherapee.

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Re: [darktable-user] Weird colors and difficult noise reduction compared to LightRoom or RawTherapee

[johannes hanika]

seems we don't have a noise profile for your NX1.

-jo

On Thu, Dec 8, 2016 at 12:44 AM, Saint Germain  wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I just bought a Samsung NX1 and would like to use Darktable to process
> the RAW (SRW).
>
> However I really tried but I couldn't manage to get correct colors or
> to have a good noise reduction in high iso situation (low light).
>
> I've tried LightRoom and RawTherapee and I managed (without knowing
> these softwares) to get quite good results in under 5-10 minutes.
> So far I think I've spent several hours with Darktable...
>
> I would really like to stay with Darktable (as I find the interface
> quite pleasant and it offers a lot of useful features) but I really
> need to have good colors and good noise reduction (at least comparable
> to LR and RT) without too much tinkering.
>
> From what I have heard, it seems that Darktable noise reduction is
> very powerful and actually superior to LR or RT. Basic noise reduction
> in LR or RT is very simple : 2 sliders and that's it (Luminance and
> Details). However it is quite effective, and I haven't been able to do
> better with Darktable (and it took me much more time, I even made a
> noise profile !).
>
> Perhaps am I doing something wrong ?
> Can someone guide me or show me how to proceed ?
>
> Original JPEG + RAW
> http://dl.free.fr/fBpM8C6I1
> http://dl.free.fr/jB13bvffN
>
> Rawtherapee (JPEG + pp3)
> http://dl.free.fr/vT4rAtm5O
> http://dl.free.fr/fJEcA3gH9
>
> Lightroom (JPEG)
> http://dl.free.fr/nEEcDqtq0
>
> Darktable Noise profile
> http://dl.free.fr/sZ8hCADDw
>
> Darktable (JPEG + xmp)
> http://dl.free.fr/fJQSonH7n
> http://dl.free.fr/knQbw4QMl
>
> Thanks a lot in advance,
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Re: [darktable-user] Weird colors and difficult noise reduction compared to LightRoom or RawTherapee

[Jack Bowling]

I got usable results on the old woman/young woman poster shot by using:

1) two invocations of the equalizer - one using the denoise preset but 
increased to a mix of 1.25, and the other using the sharpness preset 
with a mix of 1.0


2) very slight touch of raw denoise

3) enabled defringe module at defaults

4) increased sharpen module (unsharp mask) a touch.

I note the lens correction module does nothing for this image despite 
the obvious barrel distortion. I suppose lensfun does not support this 
lens? One thing I did not do is raise the exposure which would only 
increase the noise substantially.


Having said all that, everybody has their own threshold of detail versus 
smoothing when denoising.


Jack


On 12/07/2016 10:10 PM, KOVÁCS István wrote:

Hi,
(Second attempt, sorry if you get a duplicate.)

For very high ISO, i usually enable colour smoothing under demosaic
settings, apply profiled denoising for colours (wavelet mode with colour
blending mode, heavy denoising settings), avoid all sharpening, and, if
the situation is really bad, apply a pinch of raw denoising. Still, I
find that RawTherapee is better in this respect. Sometimes I skip
denoising in darktable and use NoiseNinja, an old commercial denoising
app that has a Linux version (BTW, PictureCode, developers of
NoiseNinja, now produce a nice little raw developer called PhotoNinja,
which you can get to run under wine).

Regarding colours, darktable often ships with two profiles for a camera,
called standard and enhanced. You can try both, and if you don't like
either, you can profile your camera, or try RawStudio's profiles (if
they have one). Expect a drop in processing speed with RawStudio
profiles, though.

Kofa

On 8 Dec 2016 00:45, "Saint Germain" > wrote:

Hello,

I just bought a Samsung NX1 and would like to use Darktable to process
the RAW (SRW).

However I really tried but I couldn't manage to get correct colors or
to have a good noise reduction in high iso situation (low light).

I've tried LightRoom and RawTherapee and I managed (without knowing
these softwares) to get quite good results in under 5-10 minutes.
So far I think I've spent several hours with Darktable...

I would really like to stay with Darktable (as I find the interface
quite pleasant and it offers a lot of useful features) but I really
need to have good colors and good noise reduction (at least comparable
to LR and RT) without too much tinkering.

>From what I have heard, it seems that Darktable noise reduction is
very powerful and actually superior to LR or RT. Basic noise reduction
in LR or RT is very simple : 2 sliders and that's it (Luminance and
Details). However it is quite effective, and I haven't been able to do
better with Darktable (and it took me much more time, I even made a
noise profile !).

Perhaps am I doing something wrong ?
Can someone guide me or show me how to proceed ?

Original JPEG + RAW
http://dl.free.fr/fBpM8C6I1
http://dl.free.fr/jB13bvffN

Rawtherapee (JPEG + pp3)
http://dl.free.fr/vT4rAtm5O
http://dl.free.fr/fJEcA3gH9

Lightroom (JPEG)
http://dl.free.fr/nEEcDqtq0

Darktable Noise profile
http://dl.free.fr/sZ8hCADDw

Darktable (JPEG + xmp)
http://dl.free.fr/fJQSonH7n
http://dl.free.fr/knQbw4QMl

Thanks a lot in advance,

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Re: [darktable-user] Weird colors and difficult noise reduction compared to LightRoom or RawTherapee

[KOVÁCS István]

Hi,
(Second attempt, sorry if you get a duplicate.)

For very high ISO, i usually enable colour smoothing under demosaic
settings, apply profiled denoising for colours (wavelet mode with colour
blending mode, heavy denoising settings), avoid all sharpening, and, if the
situation is really bad, apply a pinch of raw denoising. Still, I find that
RawTherapee is better in this respect. Sometimes I skip denoising in
darktable and use NoiseNinja, an old commercial denoising app that has a
Linux version (BTW, PictureCode, developers of NoiseNinja, now produce a
nice little raw developer called PhotoNinja, which you can get to run under
wine).

Regarding colours, darktable often ships with two profiles for a camera,
called standard and enhanced. You can try both, and if you don't like
either, you can profile your camera, or try RawStudio's profiles (if they
have one). Expect a drop in processing speed with RawStudio profiles,
though.

Kofa

On 8 Dec 2016 00:45, "Saint Germain"  wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I just bought a Samsung NX1 and would like to use Darktable to process
> the RAW (SRW).
>
> However I really tried but I couldn't manage to get correct colors or
> to have a good noise reduction in high iso situation (low light).
>
> I've tried LightRoom and RawTherapee and I managed (without knowing
> these softwares) to get quite good results in under 5-10 minutes.
> So far I think I've spent several hours with Darktable...
>
> I would really like to stay with Darktable (as I find the interface
> quite pleasant and it offers a lot of useful features) but I really
> need to have good colors and good noise reduction (at least comparable
> to LR and RT) without too much tinkering.
>
> From what I have heard, it seems that Darktable noise reduction is
> very powerful and actually superior to LR or RT. Basic noise reduction
> in LR or RT is very simple : 2 sliders and that's it (Luminance and
> Details). However it is quite effective, and I haven't been able to do
> better with Darktable (and it took me much more time, I even made a
> noise profile !).
>
> Perhaps am I doing something wrong ?
> Can someone guide me or show me how to proceed ?
>
> Original JPEG + RAW
> http://dl.free.fr/fBpM8C6I1
> http://dl.free.fr/jB13bvffN
>
> Rawtherapee (JPEG + pp3)
> http://dl.free.fr/vT4rAtm5O
> http://dl.free.fr/fJEcA3gH9
>
> Lightroom (JPEG)
> http://dl.free.fr/nEEcDqtq0
>
> Darktable Noise profile
> http://dl.free.fr/sZ8hCADDw
>
> Darktable (JPEG + xmp)
> http://dl.free.fr/fJQSonH7n
> http://dl.free.fr/knQbw4QMl
>
> Thanks a lot in advance,
> 
> 
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Re: [darktable-user] Weird colors and difficult noise reduction compared to LightRoom or RawTherapee

[Gary Parkinson]

Try using the Darktable style "Denoise_chinese"

https://dtstyle.net/

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Re: [darktable-user] Weird colors and difficult noise reduction compared to LightRoom or RawTherapee

[darktable]

On Wed, 7 Dec 2016 21:05:26 -0500
Robert Krawitz  wrote:

>On Thu, 8 Dec 2016 00:44:48 +0100, Saint Germain wrote:
>> I just bought a Samsung NX1 and would like to use Darktable to
>> process the RAW (SRW).
>>
>> However I really tried but I couldn't manage to get correct colors
>> or to have a good noise reduction in high iso situation (low
>> light).
>>
>> I've tried LightRoom and RawTherapee and I managed (without knowing
>> these softwares) to get quite good results in under 5-10 minutes.
>> So far I think I've spent several hours with Darktable...  
>
>My experience with the Canon 7DmkII at high ISO (shooting basketball
>at ISO 1) was very similar, and I posted about this a couple of
>weeks ago (I'll forward you my email under separate cover).  I was
>unable to get results anywhere close to what I could easily achieve
>in RawTherapee with Luminance and Luminance Detail noise reduction
>and sharpening with Sharpen Only Edges (which does a good job
>avoiding sharpening noise).
>
>My comparison shots are posted at
>https://rlk.smugmug.com/Photography/DarktableRawTherapee/ with the
>original at
>https://rlk.smugmug.com/Sports/Basketball/MIT-SarLaw-mbb-20161126/i-chq2xjG/A
>

Since nobody else...

I use both Canon 7Dmk2 and Fujifilm X-T10 and for me it works quite
well. I do not use ISO10,000 but I use regularly 3,200 and
occasionally 6,400.

I've used with good success:

* denoise profiled (module) with either non-local means or wavelets

or 

* equalizer (module) with the denoise & sharpen preset.

You have to try them both and see which you prefer

I've had to cheat by changing the X-T10 to an X-T1. 

Can't talk to the Samsung NX1


If I'm out to lunch, please pipe in!

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[darktable-user] Weird colors and difficult noise reduction compared to LightRoom or RawTherapee

[Saint Germain]

Hello,

I just bought a Samsung NX1 and would like to use Darktable to process
the RAW (SRW).

However I really tried but I couldn't manage to get correct colors or
to have a good noise reduction in high iso situation (low light).

I've tried LightRoom and RawTherapee and I managed (without knowing
these softwares) to get quite good results in under 5-10 minutes.
So far I think I've spent several hours with Darktable...

I would really like to stay with Darktable (as I find the interface
quite pleasant and it offers a lot of useful features) but I really
need to have good colors and good noise reduction (at least comparable
to LR and RT) without too much tinkering.

From what I have heard, it seems that Darktable noise reduction is
very powerful and actually superior to LR or RT. Basic noise reduction
in LR or RT is very simple : 2 sliders and that's it (Luminance and
Details). However it is quite effective, and I haven't been able to do
better with Darktable (and it took me much more time, I even made a
noise profile !).

Perhaps am I doing something wrong ?
Can someone guide me or show me how to proceed ?

Original JPEG + RAW
http://dl.free.fr/fBpM8C6I1
http://dl.free.fr/jB13bvffN

Rawtherapee (JPEG + pp3)
http://dl.free.fr/vT4rAtm5O
http://dl.free.fr/fJEcA3gH9

Lightroom (JPEG)
http://dl.free.fr/nEEcDqtq0

Darktable Noise profile
http://dl.free.fr/sZ8hCADDw

Darktable (JPEG + xmp)
http://dl.free.fr/fJQSonH7n
http://dl.free.fr/knQbw4QMl

Thanks a lot in advance,

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