AfterShot Pro Highlights and Recovery

[Tadjio]

Since starting the ASP Beta trial, I have been somewhat concerned about the way ASP handles Highlights.
I am finding that for JPG Images, included those rendered by ASP, the Highlights Clipping is incorrect.
Attached is a series of examples based on Image1 showing the Curves Histogram and no Highlights Clipping, only Shadows.

ASP with no Highlights Clipping

In order to test this, I did two things:
1) I loaded the same Image1 into PaintShop Pro (PSP) and tested the Clipping using Threshold.
In Image2 this shows clipping on the white house front at 254 (and 255) whereas ASP does not.

PSP Threshold of 254

2) In ASP I experimented with 3 different/alternative settings in order to 'achieve' the same clipping:
For Image3 I set the Highlight Warning down to 240 from 254.
For Image4 I set the Exposure Compensation to +0.1
For Image5 I set the AutoLevel Highlights to 0.005

ASP 'forced' Clipping

In each of these 3 cases I got the same resultant clipping as in PSP.

Curiously, if I export the Image as a TIFF to PSP it then shows no clipping.
Even more curiously, if I look at the Olympus RAW Image, it does show the Highlights Clipping.
(I tested moving the Highlight Recovery Value to 20 in order to remove the Highlights Clipping).

All this investigation started when I realised the AutoLevel was not working correctly.

[Tadjio]

I was pleased to receive feedback from Corel the very same day I submitted this topic.
Craig said "I’ve shared this with the development team and it will be reviewed carefully" and then later
Jeff said "We’ve already made significant improvements to the highlight recovery process, and I’d like to confirm that our new updates cure this issue for you" and asked me for sample images for both Canon and Olympus.

[Fraenzken]

... great to hear that! If that proves right, one of the most annoying and longest lasting issues of Bibble has finally been solved and I'd shout a loud "hurray"!

[claudermilk]

Two good bits of news there. Possibly resolving that long-nagging highlights issue, and Jeff responding as quickly as we Bibble users became accustomed to.

[maggus]

Jeff said "We’ve already made significant improvements to the highlight recovery process, and I’d like to confirm that our new updates cure this issue for you"

Two good bits of news there. Possibly resolving that long-nagging highlights issue, and Jeff responding as quickly as we Bibble users became accustomed to.

Hi,

still open when we´ll receive the update ?!
And, maybe I missed something, but is the issue described here really the same as the "good old" purple HR issue from Bibble ? Which I guess is one of the "two good bits" ?

best regards
Markus

[afx]

And, maybe I missed something, but is the issue described here really the same as the "good old" purple HR issue from Bibble ?

Yup!
cheers
afx

[Tadjio]

And, maybe I missed something, but is the issue described here really the same as the "good old" purple HR issue from Bibble ?

Yup!
cheers
afx

Yup what?
Please can you enlighten me, as a non-Bibble user.
How is a purple HR issue related?

[afx]

And, maybe I missed something, but is the issue described here really the same as the "good old" purple HR issue from Bibble ?

Yup!
cheers
afx

Yup what?

Yup as in confirmation.

Please can you enlighten me, as a non-Bibble user.
How is a purple HR issue related?

Bibble and the first release of AS have a nasty little problem with blown highlights in some cases resulting in purple/pink colors in the blown areas or harsh gradations.

Looks like they finally nailed this.

cheers
afx

[Tadjio]

Please can you enlighten me, as a non-Bibble user.
How is a purple HR issue related?

Bibble and the first release of AS have a nasty little problem with blown highlights in some cases resulting in purple/pink colors in the blown areas or harsh gradations.
Looks like they finally nailed this.
cheers
afx

Yup
Tx

[maggus]

Bibble and the first release of AS have a nasty little problem with blown highlights in some cases resulting in purple/pink colors in the blown areas or harsh gradations.

Looks like they finally nailed this.

cheers
afx

Hi afx,
thanx for your info .... just wonder when some update will be available to the crowd.
I hope the "check for updates" in ASP works.
cheers
Markus

[afx]

thanx for your info .... just wonder when some update will be available to the crowd.

It's not the only fix that is needed

cheers
afx

[Tadjio]

I hope the "check for updates" in ASP works.
cheers
Markus

Yup, it worked fine through the Beta Trial. Sometimes almost daily.

[AnandaSim]

Hi All,

I bought AFP last month. I use an Olympus PEN E-PL1 RAW files. I am very impressed with how AFP presents the initial editing defaults - it looks very much like the style of Olympus Viewer 2 - that is a proprietary JPEG engine. However, I am having issues with AFP turning burnt highlights to pink, usually when I use the Highlight Recovery slider past zero but in one circumstance, even without touching the slider.

Is there are resolution or an I doing something wrong?

Examples:

[afx]

Is there are resolution or an I doing something wrong?

You will need to wait for the next update for a fix ;-(

cheers
afx

[AnandaSim]

When will this be fixed then, anyone? It is a major bug. Does it only affect Olympus Raw or every camera Raw?

afx, thanks for replying.