Mode: All in Folder

Principle

Speos Sensor System Exporter does a recurrent scan of a given folder. Exposure Maps are processed as soon as they are stored in the folder. All maps are processed with the same sensor and conditions.

To run the Speos Sensor System Exporter using this mode, refer to the section below that lists the keys that must be filled (even if some are optional).

Keys

Input folder

The Input folder represents the scanned folder. Process starts as soon as an Exposure Map is detected in this folder. If several maps are detected at the same time, those will be processed one by one.

Input folder:    # path to input folder (format: 'c:\folder')

Output folder

The Output folder corresponds to the folder where results are saved.

Output folder:    # path to output folder

Xmp backup folder

Xmp backup folder: by default, and for the All in folder mode, Exposure Maps are removed from the Input folder after the process is completed. This is done to avoid processing several times the same map.
  • Fill in the key to move the map into a specified folder to avoid removal.
  • Do not fill in the key (or if the key is not present) to remove the map and so avoid the backup.
Xmp backup folder:    # path to folder where processed xmp can be backup

Sensor

The Sensor corresponds to the path to the YAML Sensor Properties file.

Sensor:    # sensor filename

Export

5 different types of export are available. For each export, a tuple can be set to indicate the output file format required:

  • Electron export

    Note: Electron export corresponds to the Noise export and the Signal export combined.
  • Noise export
  • Raw export
  • Processed export
  • Signal export
Raw export: []          # tuple from: 'xmp','bin' 'dng' (format: ['xmp', 'dng'])
Electron export: []     # tuple from: 'xmp','bin'
Noise export: []        # tuple from: 'xmp','bin' (expressed in number of e-)
Processed export: []    # tuple from:'jpg', 'png', 'tiff', 'bmp'
Signal export: []       # tuple from: 'xmp','bin'

xmp format corresponds to files that can be opened using Virtual Photometric Lab.

bin format corresponds to binary files that can be loaded using a Python script:
  • using 'fromfile' function from the 'NumPy' library
  • data type is np.uint16 for all outputs except Noise export which is np.int16
Important: Signal export and bin format are available only from the updated version of Speos Sensor System Exporter that you can download from this link.

Example: You want to get Raw export as dng and xmp, plus Processed export as png, and neither Electron export nor Noise export

Raw export: ['xmp', 'dng']
Electron export: []
Noise export: []
Processed export: ['png']
Signal export: []
Note: Export keys with no tuple [] can be omitted.

exe Termination

To end the exe, a filename terminate (without extension) must be added in the scanned folder.