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It\u2019s not even black-and-white, it\u2019s gray-and-gray.\nThis is becuase while the ADC\u2019s output can theoretically go from 0 to 16382, the actual data doesn\u2019t cover that whole range: () Histogram of raw image The real range of ADC values is ~2110 to ~136000.\nLet\u2019s set those values as the white and black in the image: Vnew = (Vold - Black)/(White - Black) () Progress Much better, but it\u2019s still more monochromatic then I remember the tree being.\nCamera sensors aren\u2019t actually able to see color: They only measure how much light hit each pixel. In a color camera, the sensor is covered by a grid of alternating (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bayer_filter) color filters : () Let\u2019s color each pixel the same as the filter it\u2019s looking through: () Bayer matrix overlay This version is more colorful, but each pixel only has one third of it\u2019s RGB color.\nTo fix this, I just averaged the values each pixel with it\u2019s neighbors: () Demosaicing results Applying this process to the whole photo gives the lights some color: () Demosaiced tree However, the image is still very dark.\nThis is because monitors don\u2019t have as much dynamic range as the human eye, or a camera sensor:\nEven if you are using an OLED, the screen still has some ambient light reflecting off of it and limiting how black it can get. There\u2019s also another, sneaker factor causing this: () True linear gradient Our perception of brightness is non-linear. If brightness values are quantized, most of the ADC bins will be wasted on nearly identical shades of white while every other tone is crammed into the bottom.\nBecause this is an inefficient use of memory, most color spaces assign extra bins to darker colors: () sRGB gradient As a result of this, if the linear data is displayed directly, it will appear much darker then it should be. Both problems can be solved by applying a non-linear curve to each color channel to brighten up the dark areas\u2026 but this doesn\u2019t quite work out: () ohno Some of this green cast is caused by the camera sensor being intrinsically more sensitive to green light, but some of it is my fault:\nThere are twice as many green pixels in the filter matrix.\nWhen combined with my rather naive demosaicing, this resulted in the green channel being boosted even higher. In either case, it can fixed with proper white-balance:\nEqualize the channels by multiply each one with a constant. However, because the image is now non-linear, I have to go back a step to do this.\nHere\u2019s the dark image from before with all the values temporarily scaled up so I can see the problem: () \u2026 here\u2019s that image with the green taken down to mach the other channels: () Banishing the green \u2026 and after re-applying the curve: () Finally: A decent photo. This is really just the bare minimum:\nI haven\u2019t done any color calibration, the white balance isn\u2019t perfect, there\u2019s lots of noise that needs to be cleaned up\u2026 Additionally, applying the curve to each color channel accidentally desaturated the highlights.\nThis effect looks rather good \u2014 and is what we\u2019ve come to expect from film \u2014 but it\u2019s has de-yellowed the star.\nIt\u2019s possible to separate the luminance and curve it while preserving color.\nOn it\u2019s own, this would make the LED Christmas lights into an overstaturated mess, but combining both methods can produce nice results. For comparison, here\u2019s the image my camera produced from the same data: () \"in camera\" JPEG image. Far from being an \u201cunedited\u201d photo: there\u2019s a huge amount of math that\u2019s gone into making an image that nicely represents what the subject looks like in person. 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Black)/(White - Black)\n\nProgress\nMuch better, but it\u2019s still more monochromatic then I remember the tree being.\nCamera sensors aren\u2019t actually able to see color: They only measure how much light hit each pixel.\nIn a color camera, the sensor is covered by a grid of alternating color filters:\n\nLet\u2019s color each pixel the same as the filter it\u2019s looking through:\n\nBayer matrix overlay\nThis version is more colorful, but each pixel only has one third of it\u2019s RGB color.\nTo fix this, I just averaged the values each pixel with it\u2019s neighbors:\n\nDemosaicing results\nApplying this process to the whole photo gives the lights some color:\n\nDemosaiced tree\nHowever, the image is still very dark.\nThis is because monitors don\u2019t have as much dynamic range as the human eye, or a camera sensor:\nEven if you are using an OLED, the screen still has some ambient light reflecting off of it and limiting how black it can get.\nThere\u2019s also another, sneaker factor causing this:\n\nTrue linear gradient\nOur perception of brightness is non-linear.\nIf brightness values are quantized, most of the ADC bins will be wasted on nearly identical shades of white while every other tone is crammed into the bottom.\nBecause this is an inefficient use of memory, most color spaces assign extra bins to darker colors:\n\nsRGB gradient\nAs a result of this, if the linear data is displayed directly, it will appear much darker then it should be.\nBoth problems can be solved by applying a non-linear curve to each color channel to brighten up the dark areas\u2026 but this doesn\u2019t quite work out:\n\nohno\nSome of this green cast is caused by the camera sensor being intrinsically more sensitive to green light, but some of it is my fault:\nThere are twice as many green pixels in the filter matrix.\nWhen combined with my rather naive demosaicing, this resulted in the green channel being boosted even higher.\nIn either case, it can fixed with proper white-balance:\nEqualize the channels by multiply each one with a constant.\nHowever, because the image is now non-linear, I have to go back a step to do this.\nHere\u2019s the dark image from before with all the values temporarily scaled up so I can see the problem:\n\n\u2026 here\u2019s that image with the green taken down to mach the other channels:\n\nBanishing the green\n\u2026 and after re-applying the curve:\n\nFinally: A decent photo.\nThis is really just the bare minimum:\nI haven\u2019t done any color calibration, the white balance isn\u2019t perfect, there\u2019s lots of noise that needs to be cleaned up\u2026\nAdditionally, applying the curve to each color channel accidentally desaturated the highlights.\nThis effect looks rather good \u2014 and is what we\u2019ve come to expect from film \u2014 but it\u2019s has de-yellowed the star.\nIt\u2019s possible to separate the luminance and curve it while preserving color.\nOn it\u2019s own, this would make the LED Christmas lights into an overstaturated mess, but combining both methods can produce nice results.\nFor comparison, here\u2019s the image my camera produced from the same data:\n\n\"in camera\" JPEG image.\nFar from being an \u201cunedited\u201d photo: there\u2019s a huge amount of math that\u2019s gone into making an image that nicely represents what the subject looks like in person.\nThere\u2019s nothing that happens when you adjust the contrast or white balance in editing software that the camera hasn\u2019t done under the hood.\nThe edited image isn\u2019t \u201cfaker\u201d then the original: they are different renditions of the same data.\nIn the end, replicating human perception is hard, and it\u2019s made harder when constrained to the limitations of display technology or printed images.\nThere\u2019s nothing wrong with tweaking the image when the automated algorithms make the wrong call.\n\n\n No adblocker detected. 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