11 July 2013, 12:26 +10:00 Graeme Gill wrote: >Nikolay Pokhilchenko wrote: > >> 1. Balancing the channel multipliers for better interpolation, i.e. "white >> balancing" the raw data. >> 2. Spacial computations, including interpolation. >> 3. Backward application of channel multipliers from the first stage to >> recover illumination-depended channel values of interpolated image. >> 4. Applying the camera profile to interpolated image. At this stage image is >> "absolute colorimetric". >> 5. Correcting the white balance using chromatic adaptation based on >> mulitpliers from first point or based on human visual evaluation. >> >> As a result we may get an image with both best interpolation and correct >> chromatic >> adaptation. I suppose this approach is performed in modern DSLRs and >> commercial >> RAW-converters. > >This undoes the effect of premature white balancing, but can't correct the >damage from democratising cross channel contamination. Thank You, it's clear. Can You evaluate practical degree of cross-contamination while demosaicing of RAW shots from popular DSLRs? Is it huge, moderate or negligible?