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=Hint:=
Moved to Manual - https://wiki.apertus.org/index.php/AXIOM_Beta/Manual#Factory_Calibration
Create a variable containing your Betas IP for easy access.


export BETA=192.168.1.101
Here in the Labs - https://lab.apertus.org/T829
 
=Preparations=
Install on your AXIOM Beta:
pacman -S python-numpy
 
Install the following packages on your PC:
dcraw octave
 
For Ubuntu this would look like:
sudo apt-get install dcraw octave
 
Download and compile raw2dng on your PC: https://github.com/apertus-open-source-cinema/misc-tools-utilities/tree/master/raw2dng
 
==Step 1: Check range of the input signal==
 
On the Beta set gain to x1 by running:
./set_gain.sh 1
 
Download this Octave file to your PC into your current work directory:
wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/apertus-open-source-cinema/misc-tools-utilities/master/darkframes/read_raw.m
 
Capture an overexposed image with the Beta and check the levels:
 
ssh root@$BETA "./cmv_snap3 -2 -b -r -e 100ms" > snap.raw12
./raw2dng snap.raw12 --totally-raw
octave
    octave:1> a = read_raw('snap.DNG')
    octave:2> prctile(a(:), [0.1 1 50 99 99.9])
 
If everything worked you will get a wall of numbers now. TODO: We should extract the essential pieces of information here... (min/max maybe)?
 
Lower numbers should be around 50...300 (certainly not zero).
Higher numbers should be around 4000, but not 4095.
 
Repeat for gains 2, 3, 4.
 
Put this in startup script (ie: [[kick_manual.sh]]) :
./set_gain.sh 1
 
==Step 2: RCN calibration==
 
RCN stands for Row Coloumn Noise correction meaning we filter out the fixed pattern noise.
 
Make sure you have these scripts already in your Betas /root/ directly: https://github.com/apertus-open-source-cinema/beta-software/tree/master/software/scripts
 
Clear the old RCN values:
ssh root@$BETA "./rcn_clear.py"
 
Now you need to make sure that your Beta is not capturing any light (really not a single photon should hit the sensor :) ):
# close the lens aperture as far as possible
# attach lens cap
# put black lens bag over Beta
# turn off all lights in the room - do this at night or in a completely dark room
 
Take 64 dark frames at 10ms, gain x1 with the following script executed on your PC (1.2 GB needed):
ssh root@$BETA " ./set_gain.sh 1"
ssh root@$BETA ". ./cmv.func; fil_reg 15 0" # disable HDMI stream
for i in `seq 1 64`; do
  ssh root@$BETA "./cmv_snap3 -2 -b -r -e 10ms" > dark-x1-10ms-$i.raw12
done
ssh root@$BETA ". ./cmv.func; fil_reg 15 0x01000100"  # enable HDMI stream
 
Compute a temporary dark frame for RCN calibration:
raw2dng --swap-lines --no-blackcol --calc-darkframe dark-x1-10ms-*.raw12
 
This should process quite quickly and output something like the following at the end:
 
<nowiki>Averaged 64 frames exposed from 12.00 to 12.00 ms.
Could not compute dark current.
Please use different exposures, e.g. from 1 to 50 ms.
Dark offset : 0.00
Writing darkframe-x1.pgm...
Done.</nowiki>
 
 
Rename and upload darkframe to your Beta:
mv darkframe-x1.pgm darkframe-rcn.pgm
scp darkframe-rcn.pgm root@$BETA:/root/
 
Set the RCN values:
ssh root@$BETA "./rcn_darkframe.py darkframe-rcn.pgm"
 
Put this in startup script (ie : [[kick_manual.sh]]) :
./rcn_darkframe.py darkframe-rcn.pgm
 
If you get an error report like this:
<nowiki>Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "rcn_darkframe.py", line 17, in <module>
    import png
ImportError: No module named 'png'</nowiki>
 
Make sure the Beta is connected to the Internet via Ethernet and run:
pip install pypng
 
and then run the python script again
 
 
===Validation===
 
====Method 1:====
 
Put a lens cap on the camera and check the image on a HDMI monitor.
 
In the camera set the matrix gains to:
<nowiki>./mat4_conf.sh  20 0 0 0  0 10 10 0  0 10 10 0  0 0 0 10  0 0 0 0</nowiki>
 
run:
<nowiki>./rcn_clear.py</nowiki>
 
The static noise profile should be visible.
 
run:
./rcn_darkframe.py darkframe-rcn.pgm
 
The static noise profile should be gone.
You will still see dynamic row noise (horizontal lines flickering) - thats expected.
 
====Method 2:====
 
This method is now entirely automated with running one script inside the camera: https://github.com/apertus-open-source-cinema/beta-software/blob/master/software/scripts/rcn_validation.sh
 
 
Capture one darkframe without compensations:
ssh root@$BETA "./rcn_clear.py"
ssh root@$BETA "./cmv_snap3 -2 -b -r -e 10ms" > dark-check-1.raw12
 
Capture one darkframe with compensations:
ssh root@$BETA "./rcn_darkframe.py darkframe-rcn.pgm"
ssh root@$BETA "./cmv_snap3 -2 -b -r -e 10ms" > dark-check-2.raw12
 
 
Then use raw2dng to analyze the differences:
raw2dng --no-darkframe --check-darkframe dark-check-1.raw12
raw2dng --no-darkframe --check-darkframe dark-check-2.raw12
 
With the compensated snapshot the column noise should disappear, and only row noise left should be dynamic (not static). Visual inspection: the dark frame should have only horizontal lines, not vertical ones.
 
Sample output:
 
Average    : 127.36              # about 128, OK
Pixel noise : 5.44                # this one is a bit high because we only corrected row and column offsets (it's OK)
Row noise  : 2.30 (42.2%)        # this one should be only dynamic row noise - see Method 3 below.
Col noise  : 0.20 (3.8%)          # this one is very small, that's what we need to check here
 
====Method 3:====
Capture 2 frames:
ssh root@$BETA "./cmv_snap3 -2 -b -r -e 10ms" > dark-check-1.raw12
ssh root@$BETA "./cmv_snap3 -2 -b -r -e 10ms" > dark-check-2.raw12
 
Convert the two darkframes with raw2dng:
raw2dng dark-check-*
 
Make sure you have the required octave function file in place:
wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/apertus-open-source-cinema/misc-tools-utilities/master/darkframes/read_raw.m
 
Also you need to install the octave "signal" and "control" packages from: http://octave.sourceforge.net/packages.php
then inside octave run to install:
pkg install package_name
 
To check whether the entire row noise is dynamic, load the two raw images in octave and check the autocorrelation between the two row noise samples:
 
pkg load signal
a = read_raw('dark-check-1.DNG');
b = read_raw('dark-check-2.DNG');
ra = mean(a'); ra = ra - mean(ra);
rb = mean(b'); rb = rb - mean(rb);
xcov(ra, rb, 0, 'coeff')
 
Result should be very small (about 0.1 or lower). When running this check on two uncalibrated dark frames, you will get around 0.8 - 0.9.
 
==Step 3: Dark frame calibration==
 
Make sure the RCN calibration from previous steps is in place before continueing here.
 
Take 1600 dark frames at various exposure times and gains. This will require around 30GB of space on your PC.
 
for i in 1 2 3 4; do
  for e in `seq 1 100`; do
    for g in 1 2 3 4; do
      ssh root@$BETA "./set_gain.sh $g"
      ssh root@$BETA "./cmv_snap3 -2 -b -r -e ${e}ms" > dark-x${g}-${e}ms-$i.raw12
    done
  done
done
 
Compute dark frames for each gain:
 
raw2dng --calc-dcnuframe dark-x1-*.raw12
raw2dng --calc-dcnuframe dark-x2-*.raw12
raw2dng --calc-dcnuframe dark-x3-*.raw12
raw2dng --calc-dcnuframe dark-x4-*.raw12
 
This produces the following files:
 
darkframe-x1.pgm, dcnuframe-x1.pgm, darkframe-x2.pgm, dcnuframe-x2.pgm, darkframe-x3.pgm, dcnuframe-x3.pgm, darkframe-x4.pgm, dcnuframe-x4.pgm
 
Store these files in a save place as they will be used in post-processing.
Place them in the directory where you capture raw12 files or experimental raw HDMI recordings, so raw2dng will use them.
 
===Validation===
 
Capture a few new raw12 darkframes with rcn enabled and PGMs in place for raw2dng.
 
raw2dng --check-darkframe dark*.raw12 > dark-check.log
 
If the calibration worked you should get lower noise values as in step 2.
 
average value: close to 128
 
pixel noise: about 3 or 4 (may increase at longer exposure times)
 
row noise and column noise should look similar to this:
Pixel noise : 3             
Row noise  : 1.70   
Col noise  : 0.15
 
==Step 4: Color profiling==
 
Set gain x1.
 
ssh root@$BETA "./set_gain.sh 1"
 
Take a picture of the IT8 chart, correctly exposed.
 
Edit the coordinates and the raw file name in [http://github.com/apertus-open-source-cinema/misc-tools-utilities/blob/master/color-calibration/calib_argyll.sh calib_argyll.sh].
 
ssh root@$BETA "./cmv_snap3 -2 -b -r -e 10ms" > it8chart.raw12
./calib_argyll.sh IT8
 
Save the following files:
* ICC profile (*.icc)
* OCIO configuration (copy/paste from terminal) + LUT file (*.spi1d)
 
===Validation===
 
Render the IT8 chart in Blender, using the OCIO configuration.
 
Same with the ICC profile (Adobe? RawTherapee? What apps support ICC?)
 
(todo: detailed steps)
 
==Step 5: HDMI dark frames==
For experimental 4k raw recording (https://www.apertus.org/axiom-beta-uhd-raw-mode-explained-article-may-2016) step 3 calibration is not required (step 2 should be in place though). Instead darkframes are collected from HDMI recordings.
Record a 1-minute clip with lens cap on.
 
Average odd and even frames.
 
(todo: polish and upload the averaging script)
 
(todo: check if the HDMI dark frames can be computed from regular dark frames)
 
Results: darkframe-hdmi-A.ppm and darkframe-hdmi-B.ppm.
 
==Step 6: HDMI filters for raw recovery==
 
This calibration is for to the recorder, not for the camera.
It's for recovering the original raw data from the HDMI, so it has nothing to do
with sensor profiling and such.
 
Record some scene with high detail AND rich colors.
 
Take a raw12 snapshot in the middle of recording. The HDMI stream will pause for a few seconds.
 
Upload two frames from the paused clip, together with the raw12 file.
This calibration will be hardcoded in hdmi4k.
 
The two frames must be in the native format of your video recorder (not DNG). You should be able to cut the video with ffmpeg -vcodec copy.
 
==TODO==
 
* batch script to copy all the utilities for the workflow
* implement this: https://wiki.apertus.org/index.php/Calibration_files
* automate HDMI calibration
* remind Herbert to fix the line swapping bug

Revision as of 10:57, 15 November 2017

Moved to Manual - https://wiki.apertus.org/index.php/AXIOM_Beta/Manual#Factory_Calibration

Here in the Labs - https://lab.apertus.org/T829

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