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Using Magic Lantern => Raw Video => Topic started by: timbytheriver on December 14, 2013, 02:10:22 PM

Title: Am I correct in calling this Chromatic Aberration?
Post by: timbytheriver on December 14, 2013, 02:10:22 PM
Please look at the colour artefacts on the water ripples below.

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/21590714/raw2Cdng.jpg

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/21590714/raw2dng.jpg

Is it CA or is it something different? Does anyone know how to fix it?

I see it more heavily in C-dng, and Cineform-raw [through raw2gpcf] – but almost non-existently in 'normal' dng processed from .raw through ACR.

If anyone can help I'd really appreciate some [more] expert eyes on this! ;)

Many thanks.

5DMkII - These shots 1880 x 1058 23.976, taken on a.d. build 4.10.13

Title: Re: Am I correct in calling this Chromatic Aberration?
Post by: g3gg0 on December 14, 2013, 02:30:21 PM
that looks like some debayering artifacts.
CA itself is a result of an inavoidable lens error and will cause green/blue/magenta color bleeding on edges of bright areas.
if CA *correction* is *falsely* applied to areas that dont have any CA, it may result in weird looking borders of bright areas.

so it *could* be a result of a CA correction algorithm or some debayering artifacts
Title: Re: Am I correct in calling this Chromatic Aberration?
Post by: timbytheriver on December 14, 2013, 02:47:10 PM
@g3gg0 Thanks for responding.

But if I've not misunderstood the whole process, the debayering is performed by software which produces a visual raster (in this case ACR). So why are these files [both in this example being processed identically by ACR] showing very different levels of debayering artifacts? Or is it instead down to the .raw > dng converter method, into which the debayering is already 'pre-baked' to the dng/Cdng?

I've confused myself! :o



Title: Re: Am I correct in calling this Chromatic Aberration?
Post by: a1ex on December 14, 2013, 03:11:39 PM
Looks like aliasing to me, but without seeing the DNGs I'm not able to diagnose it.

Title: Re: Am I correct in calling this Chromatic Aberration?
Post by: timbytheriver on December 14, 2013, 03:16:31 PM
@a1ex Thanks. If I post them would you [or someone else] be able to have a look please? Bear in mind that they are two dngs created from one identical .raw file!

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/21590714/raw2dng.dng

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/21590714/raw2Cdng.dng

Here's hoping!
Title: Re: Am I correct in calling this Chromatic Aberration?
Post by: mageye on December 14, 2013, 05:09:58 PM
Looks like moire artefacts to me. It's pretty typical with water where there's lots of fine detail. I don't really see any evidence of CA. I inspected the edge of the frame where it should be more obvious. For some reason the 'raw2dng.dng' file is hugely overexposed (with lots of clipping). I am not sure why that is?
Title: Re: Am I correct in calling this Chromatic Aberration?
Post by: timbytheriver on December 14, 2013, 05:25:09 PM
Quote from: mageye on December 14, 2013, 05:09:58 PM
Looks like moire artefacts to me.
Thanks. But if that were so, wouldn't it be present on *both* dngs? These are two types of dng from the *same* raw file – both processed through ACR!

It doesn't make sense to me... :o

**This shot was a test shot – deliberately overexposed by +1.5 stops. It pulls back fine in ACR.**
Title: Re: Am I correct in calling this Chromatic Aberration?
Post by: AnotherDave on December 14, 2013, 05:50:18 PM
It is present on both DNGs.  It is more noticeable on the CDNG version, but it is certainly there on both files.

The color fringing you're seeing IS being initially caused by the moire pattern of the camera. Is RAW2CDNG  still converting the footage to 16bit so it can be recognized by Resolve?  That is no longer necessary. 
Title: Re: Am I correct in calling this Chromatic Aberration?
Post by: timbytheriver on December 14, 2013, 05:57:51 PM
Thanks. Though I've worked with it, I don't use Resolve in my workflow at the moment.

The raw2Cdng frame here is the 16b flavour – but it [the moire, ca, artifacts] is also present in a 12b file, to the same degree.

Why should the raw2dng version allow ACR to process the moire artefact so much better?

Title: Re: Am I correct in calling this Chromatic Aberration?
Post by: chmee on December 14, 2013, 06:16:31 PM
@AnotherDave my approach is to get dng 100% working in Adobe-universe. I'm not really interested in Resolve anymore..
Title: Re: Am I correct in calling this Chromatic Aberration?
Post by: timbytheriver on December 14, 2013, 06:31:38 PM
Quote from: chmee on December 14, 2013, 06:16:31 PM
...I'm not really interested in Resolve anymore..
+1 @chmee :)