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Offline Stephane Murphy

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« on: 2008 October 09 07:46:33 »
Hi, if I understand correctly, before extracting the luminance channel (CIE L|ab) from RGB data we should create a custom RGB Workspace to set the correct RGB weight contribution to create the luminance channel.

Correct?

How do I figure out the correct  RGB weight value in the RGB Worspace interface? Do you know a systematic way do calculate this?

Thanks for the help
Stephane
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« Reply #1 on: 2008 October 09 15:24:07 »
Stephane,

> How do I figure out the correct RGB weight value in the RGB Worspace interface?

Each image will be different depending on your target.  For example, if your target is composed of mostly H-alpha (i.e. red nebulosity), you could go with a R=2, G=1, and B=1.  In the end, this will create a ratio of R=0.5, G=0.25, and B=0.25.  You're giving red more emphasis in the luminance channel.  When there are mixed colors (i.e. reds, greens and blues), I generally go with R=G=B=1.  This gives all three channels an equal weight.  The RGBWorkingSpace helps you control the dominant color in an image.  It will take some experimenting, but you will finally get a feel on what ratios to settle on.  I would recommend creating Previews of several of your targets, create several clones of these Previews, experiment with different ratios for each target/clone, and then extract their luminance channel. By going through this sequence, you'll find which ratios give  the best result.  It's all about compromise.  You'll find if you go too far in one channel, other targets will suffer.

I hope this helps,

Wade

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« Reply #2 on: 2008 October 09 15:57:15 »
Hi Stephane:

Recently I have upload a processing example working with the RGBWS process in PixInsight Core:
http://astrosurf.com/astro35mm/tutorial/hst/rgbws_hst.htm

I hope it can be helpful.
Carlos Sonnenstein

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« Reply #3 on: 2008 October 10 06:44:10 »
Thanks everyone for helping me. I will experiment with different weights and see. I try to set the ration to 1:1:1 and gama to 1 but the result background is very white.

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« Reply #4 on: 2008 October 10 12:30:38 »
Stephane,

As far as I know, there is no reason to adjust the gamma setting.  I only change the Luminance Coefficients values.

Wade