PixelShift To DNG - beta

Submitted by lexa on Mon, 01/22/2018 - 04:51
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This forum topic intended for SonyPixelShift2DNG software: questions, suggestions, bug reports, etc.

DB (not verified)

Thu, 01/25/2018 - 21:27

I downloaded and installed the beta software this evening, and ran the program against a folder with 78 pixel shift sequences in it. All seemed to go okay, and I ended up with 78 .DNG files in my output folder.
My problem? I can't edit the .DNG files. I have tried to import them into Capture One 10, but Capture One doesn't see any files in the folder. I am using the version that only supports Sony cameras, although it will process any .JPG or .TIF, but apparently not .DNG.
So I tried my Adobe Photoshop CS 5.1... And it can't open them either. PS says that the camera is not supported by Camera Raw. Well true, the A7RM3 is not supported by this old version of PS, but this isn't a .ARW file, it's the .DNG file.
The Photos app in Windows 10 actually does open the file, but I can't do anything with it.
 

lexa

Fri, 01/26/2018 - 01:10

Just checked with Capture One 10.2.1.22 in Sony mode: it opens DNGs created with SonyPixelShift2DNG

What exact version of Capture One 10 do you use (Menu - Help - About)?

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Alex Tutubalin/FastRawViewer team

lexa

Fri, 01/26/2018 - 01:23

Camera Raw 6.6 (from Adobe Photoshop CS 5.1 Extended) also opens SonyPixelShift-generated DNG w/o problems: https://www.dropbox.com/s/ma3pnodg8ijmg8t/Screenshot%202018-01-26%2009.2...

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Alex Tutubalin/FastRawViewer team

LibRaw

Thu, 01/25/2018 - 22:15

Dear Sir:

Have you tried using Adobe's own converter over one ARW file to see if your version of Capture One opens it?

What version of ACR do you have in your Photoshop? For CS5 it should be Camera Raw 6.7.1.

BBFTX (not verified)

Sat, 01/27/2018 - 18:23

I like the SonyPixelShift to DNG beta software.   The resulting DNG files seem to have a better color balance and slightly better dynamic range than the combined files coming out of the Sony Imaging Edge software.  I'd be interested in other opinions, but I like the color rendering in the FRV software better than Sony's.  The Sony result seems to oversaturate the colors and they look a bit fake to me.
Thanks for a great beta program.

TC (not verified)

Sat, 03/10/2018 - 13:34

This is an excellent software. It's so much faster and easier to use than Sony Imaging Edge and also produced better quality. Any chance that it can also correct slight motions like moving cloud or tree branches?

Kees van der Have (not verified)

Thu, 03/15/2018 - 07:36

Very promising software. 
Very fast, better colors (more realistic). What I used to do is combine in the sony software and export as .tiff files, to be imported into LR classic. This worked fine, but with your software the filesize of the combined 4 pictures is about 70% smaller. Which is great. What we need now is a plugin for LR so we can import the 4 files straight into LR and combine in LR. 
Thanks for a great program.

ogniw (not verified)

Fri, 03/16/2018 - 09:02

The right border of the generated dng shows some garbage.

LibRaw

Fri, 03/16/2018 - 09:52

Dear Sir:

Please upload a raw sample and send us a link.

ogniw (not verified)

Fri, 03/16/2018 - 11:36

Done via pm to Iliah Borg at dpreview.com

ogniw (not verified)

Fri, 03/16/2018 - 17:44

Dear libraw team, why do you techincally allow posting examples (screenshots) and then remove them from my post without asking me? Please delete my post from above `The right border of the generated dng shows some garbage.` also. Modifying my post in this way is kind of a censorship, I don't accept.
 

LibRaw

Fri, 03/16/2018 - 17:47

Dear Sir:

We do no such thing. We don't edit posts here. Your accusations are totally baseless.

ogniw (not verified)

Fri, 03/16/2018 - 18:21

Dear libraw team, then the only possible explanation is, that embedding screenshots (and other graphic files) will be lost.
In this case, I apologize.
For test, I just add a screenshot to my post

LibRaw

Fri, 03/16/2018 - 20:30

Dear Sir:

To embed images the way you did you need to be registered and have access to "full HTML". Generally, the link under the reply window, saying "More information about text formats", may be somewhat useful. If you wish to include images, there is an "Image" icon in the editing bar, it should also work.

ogniw (not verified)

Fri, 03/16/2018 - 18:26

sample screenshot:

ogniw (not verified)

Fri, 03/16/2018 - 18:27

Hi Iliah, sample screenshot before saving my post:

ogniw (not verified)

Fri, 03/16/2018 - 18:33

Hi Iliah, sample screenshot before saving my post:

David Della Rossa (not verified)

Wed, 10/28/2020 - 15:23

Hello,
PixelShift2DNG is very interesting software.
However, I need to run the conversion process programmatically.
is it possible to invoke the conversion from command line, or is there an api available?
Thanks
David

lexa

Thu, 10/29/2020 - 00:37

Sorry, no command line support yet, probably we'll add it in future.

One may use our free/opensource LibRaw library to read ARW files and write some code for merge.

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Alex Tutubalin/FastRawViewer team

amv8

Sat, 10/31/2020 - 00:27

Hello, I just did some pixel shift images with my Sony A7RIII for the first time and used your very nice software to create the resulting .dng files.  I found that once I apply a lens profile correction in LR or ACR to the output .dng file from PixlShift2DNG, the lens distortion correction (warp) is slightly different than when applying the same lens profile correction to a non pixel shifted .arw file (i.e. a non pixel shifted image that was taken immediately before or after taking the pixel shift series).  Is this expected behavior and if so why would this be?  I discovered this when I was trying to composite the pixel shifted result with the non pixel shifted image and they didn't quiet align.  Any insight would be appreciated!

Michael Matteson (not verified)

Sun, 02/28/2021 - 19:05

Can the DRG files resulting from PixelShift To DRG be edited in Affinity Photo?  Thanks.

LibRaw

Sun, 02/28/2021 - 20:04

Dear Sir:

PixelShift2DNG writes out standard DNG files.

Peter (not verified)

Tue, 10/11/2022 - 04:19

PixelShift 2 DNG:  counter digits of 4 are not enough.

We request the to count also with 8 digits.  We run in trouble with our time elapse project with 4.

We would also be happy about JPG alternative to DNG. 

But in general this tool is a life saver! You should offer a patrion adress for donation.

Stephen Kahn (not verified)

Thu, 01/19/2023 - 13:49

I noticed "improved Sony A7RV support" is listed as a change with v1.1.9 (bld. 104). Does it support "motion correction" ?
Thanks in advance...Stephen

lexa

Fri, 01/20/2023 - 01:02

PixelShift2DNG logic is very simple, it just merges 4 (16) frames into a single file.

One may use Sony software to produce ARQ file with motion correction, then Pixelshif2DNG to convert (large) ARQ into a (smaller) DNG

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Alex Tutubalin/FastRawViewer team

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