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jguentert

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Re: app for Mac OS X 10.6 for deconvolution
« Reply #20 on: January 09, 2012, 04:34:23 pm »

 See: http://www.luminous-landscape.com/forum/index.php?topic=45038.new#new

For all those who are interested in deconvolution like me this may be interesting: I'm still searching for a perfect solution for the Mac (bought but not satisfied with Topaz InFocus – I would pay a lot to get the not perfect but easy to use Focus Magic updated for CS 4 or 5 without the need of Rosetta) but meanwhile I found sth. relatively new in this special field: Back In Focus Currently implemented algorithms: Unsharp masking (fast and full) Wiener finite and infinite impulse response Richardson-Lucy (with a thresholding variant) Linear algebra deconvolution

"Back In Focus" is absolutely not for beginners. It took me some days to learn how to use it – and here's room for improvement. But once you got how to use it – you'll get better pictures.

http://www.metakine.com/products/backinfocus/
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Re: app for Mac OS X 10.6 for deconvolution
« Reply #21 on: January 11, 2012, 08:34:37 am »

Theoretically, and assuming it doesn't screw up subsequent demosaicing, I think it would be a benefit. The 3 color band PSFs could be optimzed for the CFA filter characteristics. However, the practical question will be how much will the benefit be compared to the current practice of deconvolving the RGB channels with the same PSF.

I did try a similar approach with my astro sensors (working on full frame L R G and B images) with LR and VC deconvolution algorithms. The issue I had was that while the individual images "improved" in resolution, at least in my perception they were harder to combine regardless of whether I used the same PSF (calculated from an unsaturated star in the L frame) or a specific PSF calculated on each frame. I was unable to decide whether the issue was caused by the mysteries of iterations, noise around the star I used for the PSF (which had a very different look in the R and B channel for example) or the fact that even with a good apchromatic triplet R G and B do not focus exactly at the same point or even the fact that somes stars saturated the sensor in one color and not in another....

And indeed, if there is a benefit, will it be worth the trouble? Sharpening is a bit subjective anyway.
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