= Leica digital camera processing =

The RCD produces raw files that need to be processed in order to create TIFF files.  The processing basically uses a gain and offset scaling and (probably) corrects for lens distortion.  See the [wiki:Sensors/RCD_CH39 RCD page] for more details, including filename convention.

== Processing the raws ==

 1. Load the Leica photo processing software
    * Under Windows, select start->programs->leica->calibration->Calibration Post Processing
    * If using wine, run "leica_photo_processing"
 1. Select the appropriate camera config (Parameters)
    * As of late 2009, this is CH39_021_060
    * There may be updates to this as the camera is recalibrated
 1. Select the input files
    * Typically this will be something like ~airborne/workspace/IPY09_11-2009_219_Helheim/leica/RCD/images
    * You can click and shift-click to select a list from the open file dialog, but be aware that it appears to take about 5 seconds per file under wine, so expect a long wait while it's thinking (it hasn't crashed!)
 1. Unset all the processing options (Auto Contrast, Adaptive left-right balance)
 1. Select the output directory
    * Typically this will be something like ~airborne/workspace/IPY09_11-2009_219_Helheim/leica/RCD/images-processed
 1. Select 16 bit TIFF output ('''this is important!''')
 1. Hit the start button and go for coffee (allow about 20-30secs per file)

A typical processing setup looks like:

[[Image(photo_processing_screenie.png)]]
   
== Tagging the TIFFs ==

TBC:
{{{
python ~chrfi/tifftagger -v -V -p IPY09/11 -l Helheim -f 219 /users/rsg/airborne/workspace/IPY09_11-2009_219_Helheim/leica/RCD/logs/090807-120958ImageEvents1.csv /users/rsg/airborne/workspace/IPY09_11-2009_219_Helheim/leica/RCD/images-processed/
}}}

== Subsequent processing ==

There are several other steps that could be undertaken:
 * orthorectification (map the photos with respect to the ground/aircraft position)
 * ? geocorrection (map the photos with respect to the ground + a DEM) - possibly only Bill's azgcorr mods could do this
 * compositing orthorectified photos and seam-line adjustment
   * compositing is easy, but will have ugly problems when you get different views on an object with vertical structure
   * to improve the look of this, you have to manually edit the positioning of the joins - this is currently a very manual process and we do not currently have software for it