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#1
Yes.  I've been using LR/Enfuse for a few years now.

Quote from: Danne on December 13, 2016, 09:40:36 PM
You are aware that enfuse exists as a plugin for lightroom?

I just recently started incorporating Dualiso so help speed up my process (shoot less images.  With DISO, I can get away with 3 AEB instead of 5 or 7.

Yes, both.

Quote from: Danne on December 13, 2016, 09:40:36 PM
Are you enfusing dualiso generated files or are you enfusing other non dualiso footage?

Now, my AEB shots are Dualiso brackets.  Basically, I set DualISO to +2EV and then do a 3AEB or 5AEB, to get the entire dynamic range.   Typically (without dualiso) I stack the separate AEB shots, then let LR/Enfurse batch them to TIF.  With Dualiso brackets, I 1st run cr2hrd, then stack, then run LR/Enfuse. 

The idea is to combine both into one process.

Thanks for your help!
#2
HDR and Dual ISO Postprocessing / New Feature
December 13, 2016, 08:36:06 PM
@kichetof, do you have any plans to update and add new features?

I think adding enfuse would be great!  Basically, combine LR/Enfuse and cr2hdr LR plugins.  (https://www.photographers-toolbox.com/products/lrenfuse.php)

First it could process the dualiso then blend the AEB 'stacked' shots.  It would be beautiful. 

@danne, in case the @kichetof isn't available, how can I get a plugin created that can to both?  Unfortunately, I can't code.

I like this idea too.
Quote from: 66dellwood on November 23, 2016, 06:11:00 PM
Is it possible to get white balance metadata to carryover into the converted file?  It would save a little time setting white balance.
#3
I've seen the "(unreliable)" option for making the file name DUAL0001.cr2, but could ML add a rating, keyword, or color (anything metadata related) to the Dual ISO images instead? Would it be more reliable then changing the name? 

The end goal is being able to sort DISO from non-DISO images in LR.  Since DualISO can be turned off by AETTR without notice (if enabled), there is no way to know which are which in LR (except by looking at them).  So, I just selected all the images and exported.

Only processing DISO images is especially important because cr2hdr Lightroom plugin lets you know every time it has encountered a non-diso image with this lovely message. It stops the dualiso exporting process until you click ok



Therefore, there is no way to run it overnight, or for extended periods of time, with a mixture of DISO and non-DISO image selected for export. 

Of the 1300+ images I exported with cr2hrd LR Plugin, the noticed stopped the process 369 times.  Each time requiring a manual intervention.

Any solutions I'm missing?

Thank you ML community!

#4
General Help Q&A / Re: AEB dual_iso
December 13, 2016, 07:21:53 PM
When the conditions are extreme enough, I use both.  Dual ISO and AEB.  I use both ML AEB and Canon AEB (not at the same time. just depends if i need more then 7AEB).  The Canon AEB is a little faster.  I've found that a dual ISO setting of +2EV, and a 3AEB or 5AEB bracket (with 2 stop jump ) is nothing short of amazing.  Sometimes I'll overlap the EV range with a AEB setting of 1EV.  Not sure if I'm gaining anything by doing this, but I do it for safety (make sure I get all the light data).

The detail, dynamic range, and editing capabilities are off the charts.  Never seen anything like it.

Here is a preview of a 7AEB with dualISO.

AEB: 1/3200, 1/1600, 1/800, 1/400, 1/200, 1/100 & 1/50.
DISO: ISO 100 w/ +2EV.  (which I think was iso 400)



Not sure how exactly to calculate the EV range here, but it's a lot. 

Impressive ML!
#5
I am not on a mac.  But that automated sorting function sounds helpful.  How can it sort, and not cr2hdr/LR?

I did check in to your app after someone gave you props for it. They said it was really solid!

This LR Plugin is really great too.  Just right click, export.  I love that.  Good looking out with the test runs. I've ran 300+ dualiso time-lapse images through it with no problem.   But never 1340!  It's cruising along at about 437 complete with no issues.  Except the prompt stops everything!  I wish I could toggle a button to turn that feature off.   Sometimes LR pops to the front of my desktop when the notice appears!

During the shoot I was randomly disabling and enabling dual-iso to check colors/WB, or just didn't need it. 

If I could sort in LR... that would be a nice touch.

Love to know the plans for this plugin and sensor bending technology.  It's wonderful. :)
#6
Hello ML community!!  I have about 1300 images and 100 of them are not in dual Iso.  At the moment, I selected all the images and exported with the LR plugin. 

This brings up two questions for me.

Can I sort the dual iso from the non dual iso in LR? 

If not.

Can the prompt be disabled when a non dual iso is found?

I'd like to leave the dual iso conversion running over night, but the prompt (notifying me that an image is not dual iso), stops the entire process until I click ok.

Thank you!


EDIT:

This the notice I'm referring to. 



Thank you so much for a great plugin!  I love dual iso.  The results are impeccable.   We'll done ML and @kichetof !

Thank you!
#7
@classicbs

Nice work! 

What theory did you go with when selecting a "Percentile" for the day to night transition?

At the beginning, do you want the percentile to be in the highlights or shadows?  And how far in the HL or SH?  In my sunset time lapses, I'm not finding a common ground because the I think the the 'red dots' of the percentile shift to an unreadable section of the image as it gets darker.  I've run Bridge, over night, with 300 iterations and still don't get a deflickered TL.  I have tried a low percentile like 0.20 and a high one like 0.90.  Love to hear your wisdom about this. 

Also, did you find an Analysis Size, Crop, Width, Height that produced better results?

I need to try your VisionLog suggestion next. 

Here's the 'red dot' I am referring to for those who might wonder. 
These images show 0.20, 0.70 and 0.90.







#8
@hateom

Thank you for your great video! 

For some reason I am not experiencing the same results with Resolve 12.  When I import a DNG, Resolve gives me a Red Film Strip with and Exclamation point.



Here is what I've done:

Capture Bracketed Time Lapse - 3 image bracket.
Used Enfuse to blend brackets. - To TIFF.
Export TIFF as DNG - 7.1
Import to Resolve.  - Resolve doesn't read the DNG Sequence.

In the past, I have used @chmee Raw2cdng for MLV files and imported the CDNG sequence to Resolve without any issues.  Do you know what I could be doing wrong?

Thank you!

#9
@chmee

Thank you for your software.

I used it today and notice there are missing frames.  Ie 00049 to 00051. 

When importing to Davinci Resolve 12, the split in file sequence is recognized as a new clip.

I'm using 1.7.4.  Should I try a different version? 

I noticed one other comment about it here.

http://www.phreekz.de/wordpress/2014/04/magiclantern-raw2cdng-1-5-0/
"mohan
Meint am 19. August 2015 um 18:33

The newest raw2cdng 1.7.4 version is discarding some frames. But with 1.6.1 it renders out perfectly. Haven't tested those in between versions."



I also ran the same MLV through Mystic without the missing frame.  To me the dng looked better from Raw2CDNG rather than Mystic, but I also know it can be edited to be the same.

Thank you!
#10
Raw Video Postprocessing / Re: MLVProducer for Windows
December 02, 2015, 08:58:59 PM
Hello.

Just downloaded to tryout your software and get this error when trying to open a MLV file.

Runtime error 45602
Application-defined or object-defined error.

After I select the OK button, the program closes.

I downloaded this one because it had the most DL's.
mlvp.alpha.build1772.zip

Thank you

#11
@garry23 @DeafEyeJedi

Very appreciative gents!

Thank you.
#12
Hello @kichetof,

I recently started using the plugin and think it is great!  I received these errors and I believe turning off Same Levels fixed it.






I'm blending 5600 files right now.  They are from 20 Dual ISO RAW videos. 

Do you have a donation link?  If I find the plugin in my workflow, I would like to contribute to its further development.
#13
Hello ML.

Dual ISO is new to me.  I've tinkered with it a while back, but never fully explored it.  Recently, I used it in a vacation rental video, and I hope to get feedback.

These jpgs are one frame from a RAW (not MLV) Dual ISO video.    I used the LR Plugin to interlace.

5DM3
1920x1080
30fps
ISO difference  : 3.97 EV (1567)


Original - Dual ISO difference  : 3.97 EV (1567)


Before Editing


After Editing - In Lightroom


Settings


Is it normal to have to raise the exposure +2 EV and the shadows to almost 80?  Seems very extreme to me. 

Also, can some one clarify why the interlaced image is so dark?  The pre interlaced version is much lighter.

If anyone has ideas or tips for me, I'd appreciate it!


Here are the details form the log file. 
Camera model    : Canon EOS 5D Mark III
Full size       : 1920 x 1080
Active area     : 1920 x 1080
Black borders   : N/A
ISO pattern     : BddB RGGB
White levels    : 10000 14882
Noise levels    : 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 (14-bit)
ISO difference  : 3.97 EV (1567)
Black delta     : 33.54
Dynamic range   : 9.96 (+) 10.65 => 14.62 EV (in theory)
AMaZE interpolation ...
Amaze took 0.18 s
Edge-directed interpolation...
Semi-overexposed: 3.87%
Deep shadows    : 89.44%
Horizontal stripe fix...
Full-res reconstruction...
ISO overlap     : 3.0 EV (approx)
Half-res blending...
Chroma smoothing...
Building alias map...
Filtering alias map...
Smoothing alias map...
Final blending...
Noise level     : 8.00 (20-bit), ideally 8.00
Dynamic range   : 15.96 EV (cooked)
AsShotNeutral   : 0.61 1 0.53, 4048K/g=1.13 (gray max)
Active options:
--amaze-edge    : use a temporary demosaic step (AMaZE) followed by edge-directed interpolation (default)
--cs3x3         : apply 3x3 chroma smoothing in noisy and aliased areas
--no-bad-pix    : disable bad pixel fixing (try it if you shoot stars)
--wb=graymax    : set AsShotNeutral by maximizing the number of gray pixels (default)
--same-levels   : Adjust output white levels to keep the same overall exposure
                  for all frames passed in a single command line
                  (useful to avoid flicker - for video or panoramas)
#14
Excited to report that my card has not failed since the last post.  The difference?  Have not formatted in camera or computer.   Just import and delete the pictures (from file explorer) and go.
#15
Hello @dmilligan,

Hope you are having a great new year.  Sorry to always be coming with problems.  I updated to Bridge CC, LR 5.7, and PS CC and now each time I run Ramp Multiple I get this error:


Adobe Bridge

Error: XMP Exception: Indexing applied to non-array.


I don't not get this error when running a single ramp or running a deflicker.

In Ramp Multiple, all options were selected except the Incrementals that you added for tifs.

In LR I edited 3 images and 1 stared them (beginning, middle and end) with gradients, circle gradients, the basic sliders (E. C. H. S. W. B. C. V. S.) temp and tint, HSL (only S & L).  No lens correction, Post Processing or Effect.

Here is a screen shot of the error.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/7s7aqt5kznybu38/xmp%20error.JPG?dl=0

I've searched this error and haven't found any reference to it.  The closest I could find was an issues with LR 5.7 xmp and it saying that every image needed to be Updated From File.  Although, this didn't happen to me.  https://forums.adobe.com/thread/1657300

I downloaded a fresh copy of the script from your website and github and tried both. 

Windows 8.1
CR2 from t3i

If you need me to upload the images and xmps just let me know.

Thank you David

EDIT/UPDATE:

I deleted all the XMP's created by LR and made the edits in ACR within Bridge and the Ramp Multiple worked. Something is wrong with LR 5.7's xmp writing.
#16
Hi ML community that uses the DSLR Controller.

I am considering the DSLR Controller v0.99.5 BETA app (and TP Link) from the Android market and recently posted a question on their XDA Fourm, but it's just being glazed over. 

Here is my question.

Could someone be so kind to take a screen shot (or a picture with your phone) of the current HDR setup screen for DSLR Controller? Or [post] a link to it.

I'm specifically looking for.


  • Minimum and Maximum EV Steps. 1/3 to 3EV would be great.
  • Maximum Images Allowed. If limited to the camera, great!
  • If the shutter Speed Sequence/Range is Displayed. Like in ML Nightly. Thanks @Greg !
[/li]
[/list]

Check out the link above for the full post.

To whom ever helps me out, thank you in advance!
#17
Just logging a report that I have not had a card failure since the last post. 

I also have not formatted the card in the camera since the last post.
#18
That's good info @cabamaru.  Thank you.

It happen again today.

I even tried preventing it.

Steps:
Last Night
1. Reformat card with SDFromatter 4.0. QUICK Option. (no prior issues over the last few weeks.)
2. Right Click, Eject
3. Formatted In camera. Removed and put back in Lexar SD Card Reader.
4. Added zipped ML Nightly.2014Sept12.600D102.zip
5. Extracted Files, deleted Nightly.2014Sept12.600D102.zip
6. EOSCard 1.40. Checked EOS_DEVELOP. Checked BOOTDISK.  Everything OK
7. Card went back in camera.  Switched on to check that ML was installed and working.  Everything OK.

Today
8. Formatted in Camera Before starting.
9. Used ML Advanced Bracket, intervalometer, and single shot mode seperatly throughout shoot.  Shot for 3hrs, 400 images total on the same Battery.  NEVER switched camera off.
10. Switched camera off after last angle was complete.
11. Switched Camera on to show client some of the angles, ERROR- Card Cannot be Accessed...
12. Recuva

Over the last few months I have been using Advanced Bracket, Intervalomter for TL's. Or ETTR and intervalometer for TL's.  Occasionally, over the past few months, I would "have that feeling" that the card was going to crash on me soon, so I would perform the steps above as a proactive measure.

For about 3 weeks I switched to the standard version of ML, and it never failed once.

Can ML produce a error log file when this happens?
#19
Thank you for clarifying @dmilligan
#20
Hello Guys.

I have a question.

After I deflickered my sequence, I decided that I needed to lower the exposure at a few places.  I added 1 star to 2 frames (around 1/3rd and around 1/2 way) and set the exposure(lowered).  I also set (lowered) the exposure to the first and last in the sequence.   

I ramped the exposure, (not ramp multiple) and checked Additive.  My results are not what they should be.  The exposure is being added to making the exposure brighter.

In this screen shot.  I ran ramp about 6 times, with different scenarios.  Like, adding 1 star to 1st and last frame, using PV2010 and changing exposure to the four frames.  Each time, the exposure was increased.  The difference between frame 1 and frame 2 wasn't that extreme on the first run.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/ywxoxnh1xjch0i9/ramp.JPG?dl=0


Can ramp exposure additive be used with 1 star keyframes?

Thank you!
#21
Raw Video / Re: 600D/T3i Raw Video Pink Frames Issue
October 10, 2014, 07:59:13 PM
I have had the pink frame issue too.

@dmilligan
Quotewhat software are you using to import the DNGs? Could you post a DNG generated by raw2dng, and one generated by the 3rd party tool (for the same frame) for comparison?

Two consecutive files, 403 and 404, are here:  https://www.dropbox.com/sh/96c8akdn762gxsb/AAAe5VS80H6R9qBB_-KE6Stba?dl=0 

One is normal and one is pink, and shifted.  The moon goes from the far left side to the right side.  Each pink frames appears to be in the same position, around the right 2/3.  The overall RAW file size was 7.5 GB.  A Sandisk Extreme Pro 64GB 95MB/s was used at 960x408 resolution.  Length of video is around 8m:17s.

Converted with raw2dng and opened in Bridge as well as Davinci  Resolve Lite.  I also added a screen shot of bridge so you can see how scattered the pink ones are.

I have not tired the RAWMagic method yet.

Thank you
#22
Sandisk Extreme Pro 64gb SDXC can only be formatted to exfat in Windows and the t3i also formats it as exfat.  However, the EOScard CHDK Wiki says that it must be FAT32 of FAT16.

Magic Lantern Install instructions tell me to format in Camera but should I use a tool like fat32format to achieve FAT32 and not format in camera? Ever? Because every time I format in the camera it converts it back to exfat.

I've been using Magic Lantern for about a year now.  Only after I got this 64gb card, every now and then, the card will become un-readable (in camera).  One minute it's working great, then I turn off the camera, wait for red light to stop blinking (could be seconds, or several minutes) then turn it back on and the camera will say it the card needs to be formatted.   It happens randomly (sometimes days and several thousand images between corruption), and with out warning.   The only constant I can pinpoint is that it happens in the camera when powering off and then back on.   

I usual use ML Nightly Build (magiclantern-Nightly)

My original question about exfat or FAT32 is an attempt to diagnose why the card becomes corrupt in camera.

Thanks in advance!

Links:
http://www.sandisk.com/products/memory-cards/sd/extremepro-sdxc-sdhc-uhs-1-95mbs/
http://chdk.wikia.com/wiki/EOScard
http://wiki.magiclantern.fm/install
http://www.ridgecrop.demon.co.uk/fat32format.htm
https://www.sdcard.org/downloads/formatter_4/
#23
Of course!  After I post, I figure it out.  I was setting the Analysis Size to 1200.  It can only go to a max of 1000 (for me). Preview button works just fine at 1000. 

#24
Welcome!

A little while back (http://www.magiclantern.fm/forum/index.php?topic=8850.msg105733#msg105733) I was getting the scripts preview menu and not Windows Photo Viewer for the Deflicker option. 

Since then, I have seen the Windows Photo Viewer image preview, but only a couple times.  It calculated the percentile, and off I went Deflickering.   But after that the one time, the preview button stopped working.   I was able to "rejuvenate" it buy removing the script from the folder, restarting Windows, adding the script back and opening bridge, but only once.

Now, with the newest script version, CS6, Windows 8.1 64 bit, ACR 8.5 the Preview button is unresponsive.  This time, I have tried several combos of removing the script and rebooting, to disabling the script first in Preferences, then removing and rebooting to disabling and removing, then double clicking the script from my desktop.  As well as, trying to change the default program for JPEG to PS and back to Windows Photo Viewer.  None of which will work.   The deflicker Preview button simple doesn't work for me.

Because I can't Preview it, the percentile doesn't calculate and if I click "OK" anyway I get this error "TyepError: unidentified is not an object."  When I close the Error, the Progress bar appears, but doesn't move.

Any ideas or suggestion I should try?

Thank you!
#25
Quote from: dmilligan on June 02, 2014, 03:12:56 AM
Thanks, apparently ACR calls it "IncrementalTemperature" instead of "Temperature" (and the same for tint) when dealing with non-raw data. I've added the tags to the script, so you should be able to ramp them now (they will default to unchecked so you need to check them).

Great!  Thank you David, I appreciate it!  Just bought you a steak dinner or a nice bottle of wine.

If anyone else wants to chip in for this great script, go here and find the donate button at the bottom,
http://davidmilligan.github.io/BridgeRamp/