Cross posted - How can I improve the results of my proprietary RAW processing pipeline?
Hello,
I am doing some experiment with Raw image processing using two post processing tools:- 1)Adobe PhotoShop (PS) CS5 2) Proprietary Image processing pipeline code. I captured some raw images using Nokia-900 in DNG format. This DNG has a Color filter Array data(raw bayer data) which is extracted and given as input to proprietary code. The proprietary software does not use any Metadata/Exifdata present in the DNG file. Adobe PS takes DNG file as input to process. I want to have comments from experts here about Visual Quality of these two outputs, critical comparison between two based on various factors like - Image Noise, Sharpness(blur), Colour accuracy, Brightness, Contrast, Colour Casts, Chroma Fringing if any, and any other parameter which you can point me to.
A) I fear the output from my code is inferior to Adobe PS output and want to correct/fix this in whatever way it is possible.
B) May be Adobe PS is using some extra metadata from the DNG file, or it has superior algorithms to process the image, I would like to understand what exactly is happening here.
The steps involved in obtaining the outputs from the two processing pipelines is as follows:
1) Output from Adobe PS: Load DNG, Colour balance to remove any casts by adjusting the colour temperature slider,then apply Unsharp mask(Amount-100%, Radius-2 pixels,Threshold-65), Noise filter Median(radius-1 pixel),Save processed image as a BMP.
2) Output from Proprietary: Colour balancing using a colour correction matrix, PErform Auto white balancing using a proprietary algorithm, RGB->YUV colour conversion, Un-sharp masking(proprietary algorithm on Y component alone), Median noise filter on Y,U,V (Standard 3x3 median filter on image), Gamma correction,YUV->RGB colour conversion, save as BMP.
Below are the two images(They are uploaded here as JPEG). Pls. give me your inputs.
1)Adobe PS output
2)Output from Proprietary processing pipeline
