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**iheiramo** · 01-21-2021, 01:32 PM - **1 Like**

Originally posted by stevebrot

Out of curiosity, how do you handle motion differences between the four frames?

Steve

By using pixelshift only when there is no motion in the frame

**Michail_P** · 01-21-2021, 02:55 PM

Originally posted by iheiramo

By using pixelshift only when there is no motion in the frame

Haha!!! ME TO! Of course there are windy days... so for now I accept some wind motion, only if and when it is supported by the general form of the shot.

**Bob 256** · 01-21-2021, 03:15 PM

Originally posted by acoufap

PSR takes four shots, HDR takes three shots.

Note the full statement. I did mention it takes more than three exposures. It does this due to the Bayer pattern but what it accomplishes is an RGB exposure for each and every individual pixel site.

**acoufap** · 01-22-2021, 01:16 AM

Originally posted by Bob 256

Note the full statement. I did mention it takes more than three exposures. It does this due to the Bayer pattern but what it accomplishes is an RGB exposure for each and every individual pixel site.

„Pixel shift basically takes three separate shots ...“ = „ I did mention it takes more than three exposures. “ - ok, why not just say four? No need to comment my comment.

**Rondec** · 01-22-2021, 04:02 AM

Lightroom processes pixel shift images without motion correction. So you often get artifacts in the branches of trees, even on a really still day.

My process is to run pixel shift images through Raw Therapee and generate a TIFF file that I process from there. RT has the most options for processing pixel shift of any software I've used.

**forest_bear59** · 01-23-2021, 02:56 AM

Thank You for the interesting information. I tried it out with K70 pixel shift DNGs but at the moment there seems to be some 'room for improvements'.
1.) It seems to me that the resulting DNGs - compressed or not - are not far as sharp as they should be. I could verify this with Lightzone and RAWTherapee, but I know of DxO users with the same results. So it seems to be a general problem.
2.) Darktable won't accept the converted DNGs as valid RAW files (skull symbol instead of picture preview).

Seems that some more work has to be done .... *sigh*

Regards
Stephan

jcdoss · 01-27-2021, 09:03 AM

Anything other than RawTherapee that processes hand-held pixel shift files? I don't hardly ever use pixel shift because of confusion over how to process, but it seems to be clearing out now. It would be nice to be able to process some hand-held PS files if there's software that can handle it.

myrdinn · 01-28-2021, 05:43 PM

Originally posted by jcdoss

Anything other than RawTherapee that processes hand-held pixel shift files? I don't hardly ever use pixel shift because of confusion over how to process, but it seems to be clearing out now. It would be nice to be able to process some hand-held PS files if there's software that can handle it.

I have the same question. Is there software that can handle hand-held pixel shift files? Does anyone know that?

**tduell** · 01-30-2021, 04:18 PM

Originally posted by jcdoss

Anything other than RawTherapee that processes hand-held pixel shift files?

dcrawps can handle pixleshift files from K-3II and K-1, and manage subject motion, but I'm not sure whether it can handle the handheld PS files from K-1 II. It might be worth a try.
It's an easy to use command line program that gives you quite a bit of control, and produces a TIFF which you can PP in the software of your choice.
It is simple to build on Linux and a Windows binary is also available here <https://github.com/tomtor/dcrawps>.
Hope this helps.

Cheers,
Terry

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01-21-2021, 01:32 PM - 1 Like	#16
iheiramo Unoriginal Poster Join Date: Nov 2016 Location: Espoo Photos: Albums Posts: 3,182	Originally posted by stevebrot Out of curiosity, how do you handle motion differences between the four frames? Steve By using pixelshift only when there is no motion in the frame

01-21-2021, 02:55 PM	#17
Michail_P Site Supporter Join Date: Nov 2019 Location: Kalymnos Photos: Gallery Posts: 3,006	Originally posted by iheiramo By using pixelshift only when there is no motion in the frame Haha!!! ME TO! Of course there are windy days... so for now I accept some wind motion, only if and when it is supported by the general form of the shot.

01-21-2021, 03:15 PM	#18
Bob 256 Site Supporter Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Idaho Photos: Gallery Posts: 2,378	Originally posted by acoufap PSR takes four shots, HDR takes three shots. Note the full statement. I did mention it takes more than three exposures. It does this due to the Bayer pattern but what it accomplishes is an RGB exposure for each and every individual pixel site.

01-22-2021, 01:16 AM	#19
acoufap Site Supporter Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Munich, Germany Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 4,191	Originally posted by Bob 256 Note the full statement. I did mention it takes more than three exposures. It does this due to the Bayer pattern but what it accomplishes is an RGB exposure for each and every individual pixel site. „Pixel shift basically takes three separate shots ...“ = „ I did mention it takes more than three exposures. “ - ok, why not just say four? No need to comment my comment.

01-22-2021, 04:02 AM	#20
Rondec Loyal Site Supporter Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Gladys, Virginia Photos: Gallery Posts: 27,666	Lightroom processes pixel shift images without motion correction. So you often get artifacts in the branches of trees, even on a really still day. My process is to run pixel shift images through Raw Therapee and generate a TIFF file that I process from there. RT has the most options for processing pixel shift of any software I've used.

01-23-2021, 02:56 AM	#21
forest_bear59 Site Supporter Join Date: Oct 2013 Location: Idstein (near Frankfurt - Germany) Photos: Gallery Posts: 147	Thank You for the interesting information. I tried it out with K70 pixel shift DNGs but at the moment there seems to be some 'room for improvements'. 1.) It seems to me that the resulting DNGs - compressed or not - are not far as sharp as they should be. I could verify this with Lightzone and RAWTherapee, but I know of DxO users with the same results. So it seems to be a general problem. 2.) Darktable won't accept the converted DNGs as valid RAW files (skull symbol instead of picture preview). Seems that some more work has to be done .... sigh Regards Stephan

01-27-2021, 09:03 AM	#22
jcdoss Pentaxian Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: Ingelheim am Rhein, Germany Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 6,801	Anything other than RawTherapee that processes hand-held pixel shift files? I don't hardly ever use pixel shift because of confusion over how to process, but it seems to be clearing out now. It would be nice to be able to process some hand-held PS files if there's software that can handle it.

01-28-2021, 05:43 PM	#23
myrdinn Forum Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: belgium Posts: 96	Originally posted by jcdoss Anything other than RawTherapee that processes hand-held pixel shift files? I don't hardly ever use pixel shift because of confusion over how to process, but it seems to be clearing out now. It would be nice to be able to process some hand-held PS files if there's software that can handle it. I have the same question. Is there software that can handle hand-held pixel shift files? Does anyone know that?

01-30-2021, 04:18 PM	#24
tduell Loyal Site Supporter Join Date: May 2015 Location: Melbourne Posts: 1,517	Originally posted by jcdoss Anything other than RawTherapee that processes hand-held pixel shift files? dcrawps can handle pixleshift files from K-3II and K-1, and manage subject motion, but I'm not sure whether it can handle the handheld PS files from K-1 II. It might be worth a try. It's an easy to use command line program that gives you quite a bit of control, and produces a TIFF which you can PP in the software of your choice. It is simple to build on Linux and a Windows binary is also available here <https://github.com/tomtor/dcrawps>. Hope this helps. Cheers, Terry

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