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NOISECLEANER


Iteratively cleans noise from an image.

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last modified: December 15, 2018



USAGE: noisecleaner [-m method] [-n numiter] [-s stopdiff] [-f format]
[-p] infile outfile

USAGE: noisecleaner [-h or -help]

-m ... method ..... method of cleaning noise; choices are: 1 using
................... IM -enhance and 2 using IM -despeckle; default=1
-n ... numiter .... number of iterations; integer>0; default=5
-s ... stopdiff ... rmse stopping difference between between iterations;
................... 0<=float<=1; default=0 (do not stop until numiter reached)
-f ... format ..... output image format; choices are last (iteration) or
................... all (iterations); default=last
-p ................ show progress to terminal

PURPOSE: To iteratively clean noise from an image.

DESCRIPTION: NOISECLEANER iteratively cleans noise from an image. Two methods are available using either IM -enhance or IM -despeckle.

ARGUMENTS:

-m method ... METHOD method of cleaning noise. The choices are: 1 using IM -enhance and 2 using IM -despeckle. The default=1

-n numiter ... NUMITER is the number of iterations to apply. Values are integers>0. The default=5.

-s stopdiff ... STOPDIFF is the rmse stopping difference between between iterations. Values are 0<=floats<=1. The default=0 which indicates not to stop until numiter is reached. If a value larger than zero is specified, then processing will quit when the rmse difference between iterations is less than or equal to this value. Values larger than 0 will slow the processing in order to compute the rmse difference.

-f format ... FORMAT is the desired output image format. The choices are last (l), which saves only the last iteration reached or all (a), which saves a multiframe (multilayer) tiff file with each iteration as a frame (layer). The default is last. Note the output image file name will have its suffix replaced by .tif

-p ... show iteration PROGRESS to terminal

CAVEAT: No guarantee that this script will work on all platforms, nor that trapping of inconsistent parameters is complete and foolproof. Use At Your Own Risk.


EXAMPLES

Example 1 - Format = Last

Original
(image with noise added via filmgrain script)

Arguments:
(default)
-m 1 -n 5

Arguments:
-m 2 -n 5

Arguments:
(stops at sixth iteration)
-m 1 -n 10 -s 0.005

Arguments:
(stops at seventh iteration)
-m 2 -n 10 -s 0.005



Example 2 - Format = All

Original
(image with noise added via filmgrain script)

Arguments:
-m 1 -n 10 -f all
Animate Alternate Iterations

Arguments:
-m 2 -n 10 -f all
Animate Alternate Iterations



Example 3 - Bubbles With Noise

Original
(image processed to even out background)

Arguments:
-m 1 -n 10 -f last
(no significant change after 10 iterations)

Arguments:
-m 2 -n 10 -f all
(Animate Alternate Iterations)



What the script does is as follows:

  • Iteratatively applies either -enhance for method=1 or -despeckle for method=2