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« on: December 03, 2013, 10:55:28 PM »

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v2014.129    12/03/13

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v2014.129 includes the following:

  • Sony A7/A7R raw: fixed WB issue when adjusting WB manually.
  • New raw clipping indicator: Hold the shift key while refining a raw photo to see the areas that are clipped (overexposed).
  • Minor UI fixes: Fixed misaligned controls on the refine window when using skins other than the new Darkroom 2014 skin.

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« Reply #1 on: December 03, 2013, 11:24:41 PM »

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New raw clipping indicator: Hold the shift key while refining a raw photo to see the areas that are clipped (overexposed).

Hi,
This release contains another neat feature.
Hold the shift key down in the refine screen, and any area that is 255 or over (Over exposed) will blink.
That helps us because now we know where to click and apply the Magenta grid.

Three items need mentioning.
1) You might have more than one area (grid) with a blinking alert.
You should respond to that by setting the magenta grid to try over the other area too. Many times, one click fixes them all.

2) If doing the above procedure still leaves the blinking area, it indicates that the over exposed area is so far over exposed, that it is not recoverable.

3) Often, you might find an image that has a small spot on the back of a white bird, or one small edge of a white cloud...
No need to go anal about it just because you see a small reading of 255. You have to use common sense.

Snap 008 shows the blinking area, grid 1,1 (top left)
Snap 010 shows the magenta grid applied to 1,1.
Fixed!!!


It gets better and better!

Enjoy,

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« Reply #2 on: December 04, 2013, 08:10:57 AM »

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New raw clipping indicator: Hold the shift key while refining a raw photo to see the areas that are clipped (overexposed).


3) Often, you might find an image that has a small spot on the back of a white bird, or one small edge of a white cloud...
No need to go anal about it just because you see a small reading of 255. You have to use common sense.

Fred


I will pass on that observation to our club judges Smiley Smiley

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« Reply #3 on: December 04, 2013, 09:52:21 AM »

I really like this feature, it saves me reading the RGB values with the dropper to decide which rectangle to click when it looks like some areas may need recovery.
Fred mentioned using the magenta outline; it's worth noting that sometimes a blue outline will be sufficient, especially if the most of the rectangle is bright. That will give better contrast overall.
My Canon DSLR has a highlight warning feature where the apparent over exposed areas blink in a similar way to QU refine. Out of curiosity I have checked a few images and compared the blinking areas and, as expected, the camera is pessimistic compared to what QU does with a raw image. The camera blinking is based on a jpeg image and indicates an advantage of using raw.
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« Reply #4 on: December 04, 2013, 10:01:21 AM »

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I will pass on that observation to our club judges Smiley Smiley

Jeff,
I see many of the winners of various contests on varying themes from Terry's club.
Fortunately, Terry wins most of them.

I saw one where Terry was honored with second place, while some junky set got the First place prize.
I think, after the winner was announced, the judge bought a Bentley!!

Hmmm!

Wasn't even close! 

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« Reply #5 on: December 04, 2013, 12:08:30 PM »

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Fortunately, Terry wins most of them.
Well, not always but often a commended or highly commended. The superior QU print quality helps  Grin
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« Reply #6 on: December 04, 2013, 01:55:00 PM »

My Canon DSLR has a highlight warning feature where the apparent over exposed areas blink in a similar way to QU refine. Out of curiosity I have checked a few images and compared the blinking areas and, as expected, the camera is pessimistic compared to what QU does with a raw image. The camera blinking is based on a jpeg image and indicates an advantage of using raw.
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If you change the in camera jpeg processing contrast setting (picture style) you can change that.  Set it to low (0) and it will be much closer to flashing only when the RAW is overexposed.  This is applicable even if you are not savings images as jpeg in camera.
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« Reply #7 on: December 04, 2013, 05:24:55 PM »

Hi Alex,
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If you change the in camera jpeg processing contrast setting (picture style) you can change that.  Set it to low (0) and it will be much closer to flashing only when the RAW is overexposed.
Yes, that's a good point, mine was set on neutral (all zeros) but I have now turned the contrast down. I'll have to take some test shots soon.
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« Reply #8 on: December 05, 2013, 10:20:04 AM »

My Canon DSLR has a highlight warning feature where the apparent over exposed areas blink in a similar way to QU refine. Out of curiosity I have checked a few images and compared the blinking areas and, as expected, the camera is pessimistic compared to what QU does with a raw image. The camera blinking is based on a jpeg image and indicates an advantage of using raw.
Terry
If you change the in camera jpeg processing contrast setting (picture style) you can change that.  Set it to low (0) and it will be much closer to flashing only when the RAW is overexposed.  This is applicable even if you are not savings images as jpeg in camera.

Cannot see such a setting option on my Camera a Pentax K20. Very small areas of blown whites do not show up well on camera screen, and can sometime not show up on 'puter screen, but then appear on the print.  I will have to live with the problem.

Example image below, blown spots marked in red and resulting PSE cloning in second image.



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