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[0001 ONLY]

thanks!

Open a tiff and change WB/tint, and then look and see what gets written to the xmp sidecar, it might actually be a different tag name for non-raw data (in which case I'll have to update the script), otherwise you should just be able to set what you want in the first and last frame and do ramp multiple with WB and Tint check boxes checked and it will ramp from the first frame to the last.

I'll have a look in a bit.

Thank you.


This is what I discovered.

First I copied a tiff.   Ie; IMG_00001 and IMG_0001_Copy
Synced all of the develop settings from 0001 to the copy.
Opened the Copy in ACR and only changed Temp and Tint.
CRTL+I in Bridge to reveal Raw Data Tab.
Copy and pasted XMP data into Notepadd++. One tab for 0001 and one tab for the Copy.
Used Compare plug in to find differences. 

Line 89 and 90

0001
         <crs:IncrementalTemperature>-8</crs:IncrementalTemperature>
         <crs:IncrementalTint>+2</crs:IncrementalTint>

0001_Copy
         <crs:IncrementalTemperature>+33</crs:IncrementalTemperature>
         <crs:IncrementalTint>+37</crs:IncrementalTint>


Performing a Temp or Tint Ramp from 0001 to 0500 (excluding the Copy) has NaN in both value boxes.

I Selected Ramp Temp and put in -8 and -13.  Then selected Ramp Tint and put +2 and +7.  When the Tiff is opened in ACR, the resulting Temp Ramp was -100 on all Tiff.  The Tint Ramp was -9 in the first Tiff of the sequence and -5 in the last tiff.   In the XMP I cannot see -100 anywhere in the XMP, especially in line 89 <crs:IncrementalTemperature>-8</crs:IncrementalTemperature>.

Going further, leaving 0001 with it's -100 value, I opened 0002 in ACR and put the Temp and tint back to -8 and +2.  Then coping the XMP data back into Notepad++ and comparing, I found this.

Line 89 and 90
0001
         <crs:IncrementalTemperature>-8</crs:IncrementalTemperature>
         <crs:IncrementalTint>+2</crs:IncrementalTint>

0002 (Corrected Temp and Tint in ACR)
         <crs:IncrementalTemperature>-8</crs:IncrementalTemperature>
         <crs:IncrementalTint>+2</crs:IncrementalTint>

Line 185 and 186 0001 ONLY (-100 Temp Value in ARC)
         <crs:Temperature>-8</crs:Temperature>
         <crs:Tint>2</crs:Tint>

0002 does not have Temp and Tint in lines 185 and  186.

I can only guess that because Ramp is adding another Temp and Tint line, ACR doesn't know what value to assign. 

Does it matter if I put the plus sign in for a positive value?  +2 compared to 2? 

Hope this helps.

I might have missed it, but in the Deflicker Menu can someone explain what the Analysis Crop (%) is, what it does or how it's used?  By default, X and Y are set to 0 and Height and Width is 100.   If it's already been spoken about, the link to that thread would suffice.

I love the info in the tool tips when hovering over the values.  Very helpful!  Thank you!

Opps, I made a slip up.  I meant every other frame HDR as well.   Not the Dual ISO that alternates ISO within the the image.

@kawasakiguy37 please share if you find something.

I'm am trying this for alternating ISO HDR Video: For Mac only at the moment

"http://tl.bot-fly.com/misc/kit_hdrvideo_v.02.zip"

Thank you @Danne for looking out!

Update:

I experience the same issue as Jed,

It is the frame rate I think...I am fairly new to digital video (did Beta back in the late 90s in college).  I shoot at 29.97fps and with the dual ISO it goes to 14.99fps.  I can't really wrap my head around what to do to make is smooth.  I speed the footage up anywhere from 125% to 200%, but it doesn't seem natural...could just be me though.  Do you have a suggestion?  I did a quick video to show the differences...  200% would seem logical, but it moves faster than real life (but is smooth).

Just dawned on me...do I need to be shooting at 1/60?  I am usually at 1/30...

https://vimeo.com/91710681

Also, I can't get the batch HDR to work.  It only does one file if I have multiple in the folder.

Processing on 2.7 i7 MBP.  16gb ram.

Love the program though - I can sense it will be advancing my work.  Thank you

Jed

Batch process HDR video (dual ISO) would be so helpful to me right now.  Currently I'm working on 178 videos... one at a time.

Maybe some of the other guys using HDR video for real estate would be interested too.  @jbggump, @rainboy, @donjames150, @kawasakiguy37

Would a cash reward Be appropriate to offer?


This is what I would like to see the Batch Program do.

• Select Videos
  
• Split Video - With the option of Jpeg or Tiff  (Tiff Script: http://gpwrite.com/magic-lantern-firmware-hdr-video-script-eos-5d/)
• Enfuse
• Delete A and B images
• Leave C Image is separate folders (uniquely named).  I don't use Vdub to save the video.  I import image sequence to AE and go from there.  So someone else can suggest how to automate Vdub export.
• Do the next one.

I found this speed hack here, perhaps this could help too. http://www.magiclantern.fm/forum/index.php?topic=10627.0

Nice Work @NeonHeatDisease
I found the PP links here, http://davidmilligan.github.io/BridgeRamp/ at the bottom.

Mr. Milligan,

I want to thank you for the effort you put into this script.  It is a true gem. 

What values need to be entered for Ramping Temp and Tint of TIFFS? 

Raw Temp is measured from 2000 to 50000 but with TIFFS -100 to +100.   And Tint from -150 to +150 in Raw and -100 to +100 with TIFFs.

Thank you

   

Great Script!

Everything works like a charm.  Except one thing...

From the deflicker prompt when I click Preview.  I get the Bridge Script pop out window, but it is a blank white Source tab.  I can see the script on the right and in the drop down Bridge CS6 is selected as well as Main Engine. 

When I click the Play button, I get a secondary pop up that is titled,

"ExtendScript Toolkit 3.8"

Then, a big red X, and bold text. "Cannot execute script in target engine 'MainEngine'!"

The details are;

Cannot execute script in target engine 'MainEngine'!
(#1) ENGINE BUSY


If I exit the Bridge script window the Percentile Level goes from "---" to a specific number. 

If I hit Ok, the deflicker script works with out an issues.

So I'm just not seeing the Image preview, but everything else works great!

Any suggestions?

Thank you

@arturochu  I think 5 seconds is a good place to start experimenting.  It really depends on how fast the cars are traveling.   Go out the night before and shoot a few test stills to see the trails you get.

@dmilligan.  Thank you for the thoughts.  I've been using the Bridge script and everything seems wonderful.

[If dmilligan Bridge script does it all, can we do away with xmp deflicker and just use ETTR?]

OK. I read all 8 pages of this thread over the last few hours.   Stopping to test and learn along the way.  Here are a few questions I had, that I didn't see answered.  Sorry if they were and I missed it.  There is a lot going on here.

In post #30, page 2,
Morghus had a question about the Deflicker XMP over brightening the cr2

Thanks, yes I did use ML post deflicker but I couldn't get it to underexpose during the night - it was trying to brighten up the images considerably

I also notices that the xmp files were making my images +2ev (or so) over when viewed in LR.



Which I've learned means nothing if you are going to Exposure ramp them anyway with @dmilligan awesome script.  Right?  That prompts my next question.

Post #157 and 167 page

Why don,t you use dmilligans script? It,s for postproduction deflickering.

If dmilligan Bridge script does it all, can we do away with xmp deflicker and just use ETTR?

600D
ETTR Default Setting
10" Slowest Shutter
Link Dual Iso OFF
Deflicker Default Setting
Trigger Mode in Halfs DblClick  (should have been Always ON)

10 Second Interval


I made a booboo by not have the interval long enough.  Should have had it a 15 seconds for 10" Slowest Shutter.


@RenatoPhoto  Thank you for your OP!  Very much appreciated!  In step #13 you missed a "-" (minus sign).   

Also, I was hung (confused) on this step, "RAW EV indicator: OFF  Here you can press the set button and select ETTR hint.  This will display in the RAW histogram a hint of how many more EVs you can expose to meet the ETTR parameters set in previous menu."

You have OFF in bold, but this needs function needs to be ON. 

Thank you to all that are making this possible!

I'll post here each time the card corrupts. 

Last action: Format card in camera.  HDR Time lapse.  5 aeb, 2ev, 15 sec intervals, M mode, M Focus.  Ended sequence with play button. 

3 HDR timelapse and a full day photoshoot (500 images) since last post.

Plug into Lexar card reader, and it needs to be formatted.

Recuva to the rescue.

Not blaming ML at all, I simply don' know what is causing it.

One thing I forgot to mention.

I'm using a Lexar® Professional USB 3.0 Dual-Slot Reader.  It's plugged directly into the rear usb 3 port.
http://www.lexar.com/products/lexar-professional-usb-30-dual-slot-reader

An addition note, I every day (shut down and restart) I have to unplug this card reader in order for it to be recognized.  My computer doesn't acknowledge simply inserting the SD card.

The only reason I'm posting here is because I don't know if ML is a factor.

I have a reoccurring issue that I wish to bounce off you you guys.   

Gear:
Canon T3i, with latest Canon Software 1.0.2.
ML NEXT v2.3 2014Jan20600D102
Full Battery


About every few weeks, my Sandisk Extreme Pro 64gb will get corrupted while in camera. 

I don't know what is causing it, and it's happen three times.

One time, I turned the camera off, and back on (with in a few seconds) and the screen gave me the "Card Cannot Be Read" mumbojumbo.

Today, I left the camera going for a star timelapse.  I put the setting to 30sec and to stop after 250 images (or so).  After the 250 images, I estimate that the camera was sitting for 30 minutes before I went to get it.  I flipped the switch to off, then back on, and got Card error message. 

Thankfully, I've been able to recover the files with Recuva.  I recently lost a 32gb PNY card and was not able to recover or format it.  I'm not sure how, why, or what version of ML was on it. 

In order to get my Sandisk Card back, I have downloaded the SD Card Formatter 4.0 tool from here: https://www.sdcard.org/downloads/formatter_4/

After I reformat it, I used the EOSCard Tool from here: http://chdk.wikia.com/wiki/EOScard

Then, since I'm using the Nightly Build v2.3 2014Jan20600D102 version, I'll unzip that folder to the SD card and go on my way.

I originally installed ML the proper way with 32gb and smaller. 

I've never corrupted a card with the Stable version of ML.

One thing I just noticed, is that the SD card does not have a .FIR file on it.  Just ML Folder and autoexec.bin.  Does it need to have the "600D-102.fir" file?  Because it works without one.

Thank you for any suggestions.  This is driving me crazy.

[First off, thank you for the great response to these requests! Amazing!]

But for the niche VFX artist user, Can make use of these extra exposures. As we are looking to capture dynamic resolution more stops the more resolution. Yes raws you can push and pull them a stop or two. But this is emulated. Yes you can recreate it but your dynamic range will be noisey and less in dynamic range resolution.

First off, thank you for the great response to these requests!  Amazing!

I want to reiterate boogotti84 about the benefit for smaller EV increments.  I shoot interiors and the range from the shadows inside a room to the sun outside the windows is so great that without these smaller steps we lose some of the quality/data.  I'm being schooled by the gentleman at http://digitalcoastimage.com/portfolio/content/01_large.html and he recommends the 1/3 or 2/3 stop with 15 to 18 frames (less or more depending on scenario obviously) to capture the data properly.


Thank you again!

Thank you nightly builders for the new advanced bracket updates! 

I particularly appreciate the increase in frames from 9 to 15!  Thank you!

I would like to request these updates. 

1.  Add 0.3 and 0.7 EV increment options.

2.  Shutter speed sequence calculator.  In the Promote Control, when you select your shutter speed and EV increment, it calculates the shutter speed range based on the number of frames you select.   The good thing about this is that you get an on screen visualization of the shutter speed sequence (under to over) based on EV and Frames.   See this for an on screen example, http://youtu.be/TstWu67pKj0?t=5m2s  (5:02 to 5:40)

3. Add more Frame from 15 to 40. (just in case you need them  )

4. Faster between shots.  Especially in Autodetect mode.

Thank you again!