/* * Copyright (c) 2021, Alliance for Open Media. All rights reserved * * This source code is subject to the terms of the BSD 2 Clause License and * the Alliance for Open Media Patent License 1.0. If the BSD 2 Clause License * was not distributed with this source code in the LICENSE file, you can * obtain it at www.aomedia.org/license/software. If the Alliance for Open * Media Patent License 1.0 was not distributed with this source code in the * PATENTS file, you can obtain it at www.aomedia.org/license/patent. */ // This tool creates a film grain table, for use in stills and videos, // representing the noise that one would get by shooting with a digital camera // at a given light level. Much of the noise in digital images is photon shot // noise, which is due to the characteristics of photon arrival and grows in // standard deviation as the square root of the expected number of photons // captured. // https://www.photonstophotos.net/Emil%20Martinec/noise.html#shotnoise // // The proxy used by this tool for the amount of light captured is the ISO value // such that the focal plane exposure at the time of capture would have been // mapped by a 35mm camera to the output lightness observed in the image. That // is, if one were to shoot on a 35mm camera (36×24mm sensor) at the nominal // exposure for that ISO setting, the resulting image should contain noise of // the same order of magnitude as generated by this tool. // // Example usage: // // ./photon_noise_table --width=3840 --height=2160 --iso=25600 -o noise.tbl // # Then, for example: // aomenc --film-grain-table=noise.tbl ... // # Or: // avifenc -c aom -a film-grain-table=noise.tbl ... // // The (mostly) square-root relationship between light intensity and noise // amplitude holds in linear light, but AV1 streams are most often encoded // non-linearly, and the film grain is applied to those non-linear values. // Therefore, this tool must account for the non-linearity, and this is // controlled by the optional `--transfer-function` (or `-t`) parameter, which // specifies the tone response curve that will be used when encoding the actual // image. The default for this tool is sRGB, which is approximately similar to // an encoding gamma of 1/2.2 (i.e. a decoding gamma of 2.2) though not quite // identical. // // As alluded to above, the tool assumes that the image is taken from the // entirety of a 36×24mm (“35mm format”) sensor. If that assumption does not // hold, then a “35mm-equivalent ISO value” that can be passed to the tool can // be obtained by multiplying the true ISO value by the ratio of 36×24mm to the // area that was actually used. For formats that approximately share the same // aspect ratio, this is often expressed as the square of the “equivalence // ratio” which is the ratio of their diagonals. For example, APS-C (often // ~24×16mm) is said to have an equivalence ratio of 1.5 relative to the 35mm // format, and therefore ISO 1000 on APS-C and ISO 1000×1.5² = 2250 on 35mm // produce an image of the same lightness from the same amount of light spread // onto their respective surface areas (resulting in different focal plane // exposures), and those images will thus have similar amounts of noise if the // cameras are of similar technology. https://doi.org/10.1117/1.OE.57.11.110801 // // The tool needs to know the resolution of the images to which its grain tables // will be applied so that it can know how the light on the sensor was shared // between its pixels. As a general rule, while a higher pixel count will lead // to more noise per pixel, when the final image is viewed at the same physical // size, that noise will tend to “average out” to the same amount over a given // area, since there will be more pixels in it which, in aggregate, will have // received essentially as much light. Put differently, the amount of noise // depends on the scale at which it is measured, and the decision for this tool // was to make that scale relative to the image instead of its constituent // samples. For more on this, see: // // https://www.photonstophotos.net/Emil%20Martinec/noise-p3.html#pixelsize // https://www.dpreview.com/articles/5365920428/the-effect-of-pixel-and-sensor-sizes-on-noise/2 // https://www.dpreview.com/videos/7940373140/dpreview-tv-why-lower-resolution-sensors-are-not-better-in-low-light #include #include #include #include #include "aom_dsp/grain_table.h" #include "common/args.h" #include "common/tools_common.h" static const char *exec_name; static const struct arg_enum_list transfer_functions[] = { { "bt470m", AOM_CICP_TC_BT_470_M }, { "bt470bg", AOM_CICP_TC_BT_470_B_G }, { "srgb", AOM_CICP_TC_SRGB }, { "smpte2084", AOM_CICP_TC_SMPTE_2084 }, { "hlg", AOM_CICP_TC_HLG }, ARG_ENUM_LIST_END }; static arg_def_t help_arg = ARG_DEF("h", "help", 0, "Show the available options"); static arg_def_t width_arg = ARG_DEF("w", "width", 1, "Width of the image in pixels (required)"); static arg_def_t height_arg = ARG_DEF("l", "height", 1, "Height of the image in pixels (required)"); static arg_def_t iso_arg = ARG_DEF( "i", "iso", 1, "ISO setting indicative of the light level (required)"); static arg_def_t output_arg = ARG_DEF("o", "output", 1, "Output file to which to write the film grain table (required)"); static arg_def_t transfer_function_arg = ARG_DEF_ENUM("t", "transfer-function", 1, "Transfer function used by the encoded image (default = sRGB)", transfer_functions); void usage_exit(void) { fprintf(stderr, "Usage: %s [--transfer-function=] --width= " "--height= --iso= --output=\n", exec_name); exit(EXIT_FAILURE); } typedef struct { float (*to_linear)(float); float (*from_linear)(float); // In linear output light. This would typically be 0.18 for SDR (this matches // the definition of Standard Output Sensitivity from ISO 12232:2019), but in // HDR, we certainly do not want to consider 18% of the maximum output a // “mid-tone”, as it would be e.g. 1800 cd/m² for SMPTE ST 2084 (PQ). float mid_tone; } transfer_function_t; static const transfer_function_t *find_transfer_function( aom_transfer_characteristics_t tc); typedef struct { int width; int height; int iso_setting; const transfer_function_t *transfer_function; const char *output_filename; } photon_noise_args_t; static void parse_args(int argc, char **argv, photon_noise_args_t *photon_noise_args) { static const arg_def_t *args[] = { &help_arg, &width_arg, &height_arg, &iso_arg, &output_arg, &transfer_function_arg, NULL }; struct arg arg; int width_set = 0, height_set = 0, iso_set = 0, output_set = 0, i; photon_noise_args->transfer_function = find_transfer_function(AOM_CICP_TC_SRGB); for (i = 1; i < argc; i += arg.argv_step) { arg.argv_step = 1; if (arg_match(&arg, &help_arg, argv + i)) { arg_show_usage(stdout, args); exit(EXIT_SUCCESS); } else if (arg_match(&arg, &width_arg, argv + i)) { photon_noise_args->width = arg_parse_int(&arg); width_set = 1; } else if (arg_match(&arg, &height_arg, argv + i)) { photon_noise_args->height = arg_parse_int(&arg); height_set = 1; } else if (arg_match(&arg, &iso_arg, argv + i)) { photon_noise_args->iso_setting = arg_parse_int(&arg); iso_set = 1; } else if (arg_match(&arg, &output_arg, argv + i)) { photon_noise_args->output_filename = arg.val; output_set = 1; } else if (arg_match(&arg, &transfer_function_arg, argv + i)) { const aom_transfer_characteristics_t tc = arg_parse_enum(&arg); photon_noise_args->transfer_function = find_transfer_function(tc); } else { fatal("unrecognized argument \"%s\", see --help for available options", argv[i]); } } if (!width_set) { fprintf(stderr, "Missing required parameter --width\n"); exit(EXIT_FAILURE); } if (!height_set) { fprintf(stderr, "Missing required parameter --height\n"); exit(EXIT_FAILURE); } if (!iso_set) { fprintf(stderr, "Missing required parameter --iso\n"); exit(EXIT_FAILURE); } if (!output_set) { fprintf(stderr, "Missing required parameter --output\n"); exit(EXIT_FAILURE); } } static float maxf(float a, float b) { return a > b ? a : b; } static float minf(float a, float b) { return a < b ? a : b; } static float gamma22_to_linear(float g) { return powf(g, 2.2f); } static float gamma22_from_linear(float l) { return powf(l, 1 / 2.2f); } static float gamma28_to_linear(float g) { return powf(g, 2.8f); } static float gamma28_from_linear(float l) { return powf(l, 1 / 2.8f); } static float srgb_to_linear(float srgb) { return srgb <= 0.04045f ? srgb / 12.92f : powf((srgb + 0.055f) / 1.055f, 2.4f); } static float srgb_from_linear(float linear) { return linear <= 0.0031308f ? 12.92f * linear : 1.055f * powf(linear, 1 / 2.4f) - 0.055f; } static const float kPqM1 = 2610.f / 16384; static const float kPqM2 = 128 * 2523.f / 4096; static const float kPqC1 = 3424.f / 4096; static const float kPqC2 = 32 * 2413.f / 4096; static const float kPqC3 = 32 * 2392.f / 4096; static float pq_to_linear(float pq) { const float pq_pow_inv_m2 = powf(pq, 1.f / kPqM2); return powf(maxf(0, pq_pow_inv_m2 - kPqC1) / (kPqC2 - kPqC3 * pq_pow_inv_m2), 1.f / kPqM1); } static float pq_from_linear(float linear) { const float linear_pow_m1 = powf(linear, kPqM1); return powf((kPqC1 + kPqC2 * linear_pow_m1) / (1 + kPqC3 * linear_pow_m1), kPqM2); } // Note: it is perhaps debatable whether “linear” for HLG should be scene light // or display light. Here, it is implemented in terms of display light assuming // a nominal peak display luminance of 1000 cd/m², hence the system γ of 1.2. To // make it scene light instead, the OOTF (powf(x, 1.2f)) and its inverse should // be removed from the functions below, and the .mid_tone should be replaced // with powf(26.f / 1000, 1 / 1.2f). static const float kHlgA = 0.17883277f; static const float kHlgB = 0.28466892f; static const float kHlgC = 0.55991073f; static float hlg_to_linear(float hlg) { // EOTF = OOTF ∘ OETF⁻¹ const float linear = hlg <= 0.5f ? hlg * hlg / 3 : (expf((hlg - kHlgC) / kHlgA) + kHlgB) / 12; return powf(linear, 1.2f); } static float hlg_from_linear(float linear) { // EOTF⁻¹ = OETF ∘ OOTF⁻¹ linear = powf(linear, 1.f / 1.2f); return linear <= 1.f / 12 ? sqrtf(3 * linear) : kHlgA * logf(12 * linear - kHlgB) + kHlgC; } static const transfer_function_t *find_transfer_function( aom_transfer_characteristics_t tc) { static const transfer_function_t kGamma22TransferFunction = { .to_linear = &gamma22_to_linear, .from_linear = &gamma22_from_linear, .mid_tone = 0.18f }, kGamma28TransferFunction = { .to_linear = &gamma28_to_linear, .from_linear = &gamma28_from_linear, .mid_tone = 0.18f }, kSRgbTransferFunction = { .to_linear = &srgb_to_linear, .from_linear = &srgb_from_linear, .mid_tone = 0.18f }, kPqTransferFunction = { .to_linear = &pq_to_linear, .from_linear = &pq_from_linear, // https://www.itu.int/pub/R-REP-BT.2408-4-2021 // page 6 (PDF page 8) .mid_tone = 26.f / 10000 }, kHlgTransferFunction = { .to_linear = &hlg_to_linear, .from_linear = &hlg_from_linear, .mid_tone = 26.f / 1000 }; switch (tc) { case AOM_CICP_TC_BT_470_M: return &kGamma22TransferFunction; case AOM_CICP_TC_BT_470_B_G: return &kGamma28TransferFunction; case AOM_CICP_TC_SRGB: return &kSRgbTransferFunction; case AOM_CICP_TC_SMPTE_2084: return &kPqTransferFunction; case AOM_CICP_TC_HLG: return &kHlgTransferFunction; default: fatal("unimplemented transfer function %d", tc); } } static void generate_photon_noise(const photon_noise_args_t *photon_noise_args, aom_film_grain_t *film_grain) { // Assumes a daylight-like spectrum. // https://www.strollswithmydog.com/effective-quantum-efficiency-of-sensor/#:~:text=11%2C260%20photons/um%5E2/lx-s static const float kPhotonsPerLxSPerUm2 = 11260; // Order of magnitude for cameras in the 2010-2020 decade, taking the CFA into // account. static const float kEffectiveQuantumEfficiency = 0.20f; // Also reasonable values for current cameras. The read noise is typically // higher than this at low ISO settings but it matters less there. static const float kPhotoResponseNonUniformity = 0.005f; static const float kInputReferredReadNoise = 1.5f; // Focal plane exposure for a mid-tone (typically a 18% reflectance card), in // lx·s. const float mid_tone_exposure = 10.f / photon_noise_args->iso_setting; // In microns. Assumes a 35mm sensor (36mm × 24mm). const float pixel_area_um2 = (36000 * 24000.f) / (photon_noise_args->width * photon_noise_args->height); const float mid_tone_electrons_per_pixel = kEffectiveQuantumEfficiency * kPhotonsPerLxSPerUm2 * mid_tone_exposure * pixel_area_um2; const float max_electrons_per_pixel = mid_tone_electrons_per_pixel / photon_noise_args->transfer_function->mid_tone; int i; film_grain->num_y_points = 14; for (i = 0; i < film_grain->num_y_points; ++i) { float x = i / (film_grain->num_y_points - 1.f); const float linear = photon_noise_args->transfer_function->to_linear(x); const float electrons_per_pixel = max_electrons_per_pixel * linear; // Quadrature sum of the relevant sources of noise, in electrons rms. Photon // shot noise is sqrt(electrons) so we can skip the square root and the // squaring. // https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Addition_in_quadrature // https://doi.org/10.1117/3.725073 const float noise_in_electrons = sqrtf(kInputReferredReadNoise * kInputReferredReadNoise + electrons_per_pixel + (kPhotoResponseNonUniformity * kPhotoResponseNonUniformity * electrons_per_pixel * electrons_per_pixel)); const float linear_noise = noise_in_electrons / max_electrons_per_pixel; const float linear_range_start = maxf(0.f, linear - 2 * linear_noise); const float linear_range_end = minf(1.f, linear + 2 * linear_noise); const float tf_slope = (photon_noise_args->transfer_function->from_linear(linear_range_end) - photon_noise_args->transfer_function->from_linear( linear_range_start)) / (linear_range_end - linear_range_start); float encoded_noise = linear_noise * tf_slope; x = roundf(255 * x); encoded_noise = minf(255.f, roundf(255 * 7.88f * encoded_noise)); film_grain->scaling_points_y[i][0] = (int)x; film_grain->scaling_points_y[i][1] = (int)encoded_noise; } film_grain->apply_grain = 1; film_grain->update_parameters = 1; film_grain->num_cb_points = 0; film_grain->num_cr_points = 0; film_grain->scaling_shift = 8; film_grain->ar_coeff_lag = 0; film_grain->ar_coeffs_cb[0] = 0; film_grain->ar_coeffs_cr[0] = 0; film_grain->ar_coeff_shift = 6; film_grain->cb_mult = 0; film_grain->cb_luma_mult = 0; film_grain->cb_offset = 0; film_grain->cr_mult = 0; film_grain->cr_luma_mult = 0; film_grain->cr_offset = 0; film_grain->overlap_flag = 1; film_grain->random_seed = 7391; film_grain->chroma_scaling_from_luma = 0; } int main(int argc, char **argv) { photon_noise_args_t photon_noise_args; aom_film_grain_table_t film_grain_table; aom_film_grain_t film_grain; struct aom_internal_error_info error_info; memset(&photon_noise_args, 0, sizeof(photon_noise_args)); memset(&film_grain_table, 0, sizeof(film_grain_table)); memset(&film_grain, 0, sizeof(film_grain)); memset(&error_info, 0, sizeof(error_info)); exec_name = argv[0]; parse_args(argc, argv, &photon_noise_args); generate_photon_noise(&photon_noise_args, &film_grain); aom_film_grain_table_append(&film_grain_table, 0, 9223372036854775807ull, &film_grain); if (aom_film_grain_table_write(&film_grain_table, photon_noise_args.output_filename, &error_info) != AOM_CODEC_OK) { aom_film_grain_table_free(&film_grain_table); fprintf(stderr, "Failed to write film grain table"); if (error_info.has_detail) { fprintf(stderr, ": %s", error_info.detail); } fprintf(stderr, "\n"); return EXIT_FAILURE; } aom_film_grain_table_free(&film_grain_table); return EXIT_SUCCESS; }