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From: Claude <noreply@anthropic.com>
Date: Sun, 3 May 2026 13:17:36 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] composite: use east frame background with bilateral filter at
 70% zoom
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Switch monthly pipeline from render_phase_closeup (black background) to
composite_full_moon (east frame + NASA moon overlay) when an east frame
and detection are available.  Falls back to render_phase_closeup when
east verification is disabled.

Changes:
- composite_full_moon: bilateral filter (d=9, σ=75) on upscaled background
  to smooth pixelation artifacts before compositing the NASA moon
- composite_full_moon: caption now placed below the moon disk instead of
  overlapping it (paste_y + target_size + 12)
- run_phase: keep detection result (best_det) alongside best_frame
- _render_and_post: accept east_frame + detection, route to the right renderer
- Monthly pipeline uses moon_height_pct=0.70 for the east-frame composite

https://claude.ai/code/session_01JieSeNQZ3X6fhsb11YyJrK
---
 moon_composite.py     | 10 ++++++++--
 moon_phase_monthly.py | 31 +++++++++++++++++++++++--------
 2 files changed, 31 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

diff --git a/moon_composite.py b/moon_composite.py
index 315ba38..374a234 100755
--- a/moon_composite.py
+++ b/moon_composite.py
@@ -191,6 +191,11 @@ def composite_full_moon(
     crop = src.crop((left, top, left + crop_w, top + crop_h))
     bg = crop.resize(output_size, LANCZOS)
 
+    # ── Smooth upscaling artifacts in the sky background ──
+    import cv2
+    bg_arr = cv2.bilateralFilter(np.array(bg), d=9, sigmaColor=75, sigmaSpace=75)
+    bg = Image.fromarray(bg_arr)
+
     # ── Where is the moon's center within the upscaled background? ──
     moon_x_in_crop = cx - left
     moon_y_in_crop = cy - top
@@ -230,10 +235,11 @@ def composite_full_moon(
     paste_y = max(0, min(paste_y, output_size[1] - target_size))
     bg.paste(ref_rot, (paste_x, paste_y), mask)
 
-    # ── Caption ──
+    # ── Caption — below the moon disk, not overlapping it ──
     if caption:
         draw = ImageDraw.Draw(bg)
-        _draw_caption(draw, caption, (22, output_size[1] - 48), output_size[0])
+        caption_y = min(paste_y + target_size + 12, output_size[1] - 30)
+        _draw_caption(draw, caption, (22, caption_y), output_size[0])
 
     Path(out_path).parent.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
     bg.save(out_path, quality=92)
diff --git a/moon_phase_monthly.py b/moon_phase_monthly.py
index 5c180ea..6f886e9 100755
--- a/moon_phase_monthly.py
+++ b/moon_phase_monthly.py
@@ -337,11 +337,13 @@ def run_phase(phase: str, target_utc: datetime | None, cam: str,
     dark_frames.sort(key=lambda x: abs(x[1] - target_utc))
 
     best_frame: str | None = None
+    best_det = None
     best_dt: datetime | None = None
     for fpath, fdt in dark_frames:
         det = detect_moon(fpath)
         if det is not None and det.quality >= MIN_QUALITY:
             best_frame = fpath
+            best_det = det
             best_dt = fdt
             offset_min = int((fdt - target_utc).total_seconds() / 60)
             print(f'best frame: {pathlib.Path(fpath).name}  quality={det.quality:.3f}  '
@@ -368,11 +370,14 @@ def run_phase(phase: str, target_utc: datetime | None, cam: str,
         phase, spec, target_utc, best_dt,
         cam, dry_run, no_upload, out_path,
         witness_text=f'sky-cam {cam} — {illum_pct}% lit — {_format_local(best_dt)}',
+        east_frame=best_frame,
+        detection=best_det,
     )
 
 
 def _render_and_post(phase, spec, target_utc, when_utc, cam,
-                     dry_run, no_upload, out_path, witness_text):
+                     dry_run, no_upload, out_path, witness_text,
+                     east_frame=None, detection=None):
     if out_path is None:
         out_dir = pathlib.Path(MOVIES_DIR) / cam / _output_subdir(phase)
         out_dir.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
@@ -393,17 +398,27 @@ def _render_and_post(phase, spec, target_utc, when_utc, cam,
     print(f'dial-a-moon: {nasa_path}')
 
     illum_pct = round(_mp.illumination(when_utc) * 100)
-    from moon_composite import render_phase_closeup
     caption = (
         f"{spec['label']} — {illum_pct}% lit — {target_utc.strftime('%B %Y')} — "
         f"{witness_text} — NASA SVS Dial-a-Moon"
     )
-    render_phase_closeup(
-        str(nasa_path), out_path,
-        output_size=(OUT_W, OUT_H), moon_height_pct=MOON_PCT,
-        caption=caption,
-        when_utc=when_utc,
-    )
+    if east_frame is not None and detection is not None:
+        from moon_composite import composite_full_moon
+        composite_full_moon(
+            east_frame, detection, when_utc,
+            str(nasa_path), out_path,
+            output_size=(OUT_W, OUT_H),
+            moon_height_pct=0.70,
+            caption=caption,
+        )
+    else:
+        from moon_composite import render_phase_closeup
+        render_phase_closeup(
+            str(nasa_path), out_path,
+            output_size=(OUT_W, OUT_H), moon_height_pct=MOON_PCT,
+            caption=caption,
+            when_utc=when_utc,
+        )
     print(f'wrote {out_path}')
 
     if no_upload: