Hi Cory Thanks - I use Linux as well (dual boot with win XP) but compiling from source is something I've never quite come to grips with. I always tend to get masses of errors and missing dependencies.....
Both Irfanview and Studioline allow the user to tweak the dcraw settings. I'm not quite sure how they relate to what you have done but I'll give it a try. Cheers Brian ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia http://members.westnet.com.au/brianwal/SL/ Quoting Cory Papenfuss <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On Wed, 29 Aug 2007, Brian Walters wrote: > > > > That's interesting. I've had a similar experience with the > > interpretation of Raw files in Studioline Photo Classic, a > program that > > I use for cataloging images. It also uses dcraw. The raw > conversion of > > photos I took some months ago of Comet McNaught are all blown out > badly > > in the Studioline conversions. > > > > I don't quite understand the setting changes you made to > Irfanview. Can you elaborate? > > > > > > Cheers > > > > Brian > > > Since I'm a linux guy and compiled dcraw from Dave Coffin's C > source code, I simply changed that one line to a different number. > > Probably doesn't help most people who use programs *based* on > dcraw. > > The originial line of code read > perc = width * height * 0.01; /* 99th percentile white > point */ > .... which I changed to > perc = width * height * 0.001; /* 99.9th percentile > white point */ > or > perc = width * height * 0.0001; /* 99.99th percentile > white point */ > > > I could have done it by manipulating the blackpoint and > brightness > settings instead, but I would have had to do that by hand. I > generally > run through all my RAW conversions with everything set up on > "auto," and > only fine-tune the ones that deserve special attention. > Re-compiling the > source allowed me to use the same batch mode script, just have a > modified > dcraw good for star photos. > > Sorry, that probably doesn't help much. > > -Cory > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Finally - A spam blocker that actually works. http://www.bluebottle.com/tag/4 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
