## DESCRIPTION

i.colors.enhance auto-balances and enhances the color channels of a RGB image (e.g. from Landsat) to provide a more natural color mixture. Only the color table of each image band is modified, the base data remains untouched.

The module works by calculating a histogram for each color channel and removing an adjustable amount of outliers from either end before recalibrating the color scale with r.colors.

It will work with any 8-bit RGB imagery set and the script is easily modified to work with other datasets of greater band-depth.

## NOTES

Depending on the image, it may or may not be advantageous to use the -p flag to preserve the relative color scaling. You will have to experiment with the different options to find a setting that works best for your particular imagery.

The strength option should generally be set in the 90-99 range. The lower the number, the more saturated the image becomes. It represents the percentage cut-off for the top end of the color histogram curve. The lower end is fixed at 2% of the area under the curve.

For quicker execution of this module on large images you can achieve largely similar results by switching to a coarser resolution before the running of the module (using g.region) and then back to the original resolution afterwards.

## EXAMPLE

North Carolina sample dataset example with Landsat data:

    g.region raster=lsat7_2002_10 -p
    d.rgb blue=lsat7_2002_10 green=lsat7_2002_20 red=lsat7_2002_30
    d.barscale at=55.3125,93.125 bcolor=white text_pos=over

    i.colors.enhance blue=lsat7_2002_10 green=lsat7_2002_20 red=lsat7_2002_30 strength=95
    d.rgb blue=lsat7_2002_10 green=lsat7_2002_20 red=lsat7_2002_30
    d.barscale at=55.3125,93.125 bcolor=white text_pos=over

Uncorrected RGB composite of Landsat ETM channels B/G/R

Color corrected RGB composite of Landsat ETM channels B/G/R

## TODO

The strength option requires further refinement.

## SEE ALSO

d.rgb, g.region, i.oif, r.colors, r.composite, r.univar

## AUTHORS

Markus Neteler, Trento, Italy
M. Hamish Bowman, Dept. Marine Science, Otago University, New Zealand

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