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Old 28th May 2018, 13:07   #1  |  Link
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Diving video

Back from my diving travel, I have a bunch of video, shooted with a cheap underwater camera.

Some are nicely balanced, others, like this, have dead red channel and a very dominant blue.

I am asking your help, to get a functional script to give back some realistic colors. I saw many video tutorials, that apply to professional (and costly) software.

I know the physic behind water color absorption depth but I have no idea about how to automatically reverse the process.

Tried with GamMaC but I get horrible results.

Thanks.
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The video link is broken
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Yep, file dont seem to be on server.

I've just fixed an Image link in RgbAdapt thread, PostImage changed link names from PostImage.org to PostImage.cc some months ago, so some of them
(but not all) have gotten broken over time since then.

https://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=170642
here same link to RgbAdapt Graffer


EDIT: No idea how to adjust automatically, maybe get rough settings using grapher, and vary SPow (on each channel identically),
via some Blue:Red ratio, or something like that (no idea really). [EDIT: Vary args In ScriptClip]

EDIT: Maybe try Martin53(AWB) or Bernardt white Balance funcs.

EDIT: Or maybe keep all three channel Spow static, vary Red and Blue RPow as average green channel varies up and down, still no idea.
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@ lansing - you can download with a download manager like jdownloader2 (useful but very bloated software, make sure you get the ad free version)



The red channel is almost non-existent. (e.g. convert to RGB and use showred) . Difficult to make it look realistic

You can try some weighted average of G,B +/- manipulations to reconstruct the R , but it won't look "real". It will look off

preview of R,G,B
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Sorry for the problematic link. Fixed.

What I do with images is use green channel to recreate red, while reducing blue component at the same time. Then I correct other aspects of image.

It's so strange there is no script yet to correct such a common thing as diving videos. We have almost anything here but that

I know it will be a trial and error process, such what happens to recolor bw, but let us try.

Two video tutorial you can take as a reference are this and this.
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The red channel is almost non-existent. (e.g. convert to RGB and use showred) . Difficult to make it look realistic
It's possible and I do it by hand with photoshop (yes, photoshop).

This is the possible result but it's way too limited to rendering to make it an acceptable solution.
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Are you sure that the fish is red? It looks yellow to me in the original.
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It's possible and I do it by hand with photoshop (yes, photoshop).

This is the possible result but it's way too limited to rendering to make it an acceptable solution.
That's what I said above - you can try to reconstruct the red channel - but it doesn't look "real" or that great. It will look "off"
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Are you sure that the fish is red? It looks yellow to me in the original.
It was a fast solution to give you a idea.

Anyway, the two band variant is orange.
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If you're happy with photoshop, it can process video too

But I wouldn't crush so much detail in the corals, shadows . (e.g. you could convert to RGB with full range matrix before photoshop or using RGB filters)
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I think a paralenz cam will be the most practical (and expensive) solution.
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I think a paralenz cam will be the most practical (and expensive) solution.
Maybe next trip, otherwise you would need a time machine

But how about rentals ? If you're not doing this frequently , maybe it makes more sense
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Your best choice is probably to get 3dlut creator for this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gHx0a4TKQbo
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Your best choice is probably to get 3dlut creator for this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gHx0a4TKQbo
Not necessarily; there is nothing you can't do with other programs like photoshop or AE or resolve . (I know this because I have used 3dlutcreator for years, since beta testing stage) . In fact, some operations can actually be "better" in other programs because you can use a wider gamut space

You're just mixing channels that demo, and you will have the same problems . What's not shown in that underwater demo is a "red" reference object, just as "red" coral, "red" fish, skin tones etc... It might look ok for some shots, but overall it will still be "off". The main problem is missing real red channel information, and a lot of it. There is only so much you can do , by mixing G/B and doing various manipulations
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Not necessarily; there is nothing you can't do with other programs like photoshop or AE or resolve . (I know this because I have used 3dlutcreator for years, since beta testing stage) . In fact, some operations can actually be "better" in other programs because you can use a wider gamut space

You're just mixing channels that demo, and you will have the same problems . What's not shown in that underwater demo is a "red" reference object, just as "red" coral, "red" fish, skin tones etc... It might look ok for some shots, but overall it will still be "off". The main problem is missing real red channel information, and a lot of it. There is only so much you can do , by mixing G/B and doing various manipulations
Definitely not avisynth. It would be a nightmare trying to do it without a gui. And using a lut is definitely better than trying to reproduce every step you did in photoshop with avisynth.
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I process UW shots sometimes, I made VD plugin for it (not much different from some yuv adjust variation).
What I do is roughly these steps (in this order):
1. white balance - focused on some white/gray objects at pleasing distance
2. luma contrast (levels)
3. overall saturation boost
4. try to saturate/desaturate specific colors. Often the colors end up so much quantized it is just better to get rid of them completely.
Not science, I just get something that I like to look at.
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Definitely not avisynth. It would be a nightmare trying to do it without a gui. And using a lut is definitely better than trying to reproduce every step you did in photoshop with avisynth.
yes, yes, and yes

But I question the usefulness of a lut . If you're doing this in whatever GUI program, then why not just do it in there? If you use one that can keyframe, you can even adjust for exposure changes (eg. different depths), lighting condition changes etc...At least you can have consistent color, consistency color timing.
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But I question the usefulness of a lut . If you're doing this in whatever GUI program, then why not just do it in there?
To quote Photoshop as an example, it has his own video rendering and codecs. I prefer to feed the output to x264.

To quote other programs, please suggest me something free or cheap with a good interface and output control. Premiere is not cheap
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I process UW shots sometimes, I made VD plugin for it (not much different from some yuv adjust variation).
Can you attach here a x64 version to try?
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But how about rentals ? If you're not doing this frequently , maybe it makes more sense
At least here in Italy, I don't think there is a rental of that device available.
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