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White diffuse material for vignetting calibration - would sheets of paper work?
I do have some experience with the particular calibration tool in question, and while it's hard to give a general answer to questions like "Is paper an ok diffuser?" (there are many kinds of paper), I'...
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What's the best noise reduction method to use with RAW files in an open source image processor?
Why my RAW is noisier than Jpeg?
Because the JPEG created by your camera included the noise reduction contained in the camera's raw processing engine. When you work with the raw file in another ...
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Why don't camera manufacturers allow external software to run on their cameras?
I suspect that part of the problem is that until recently, cameras were fairly closed off "bespoke" embedded devices—there was no real money in releasing free firmware, and the systems were "unusual" ...
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Bulk auto NEF → TIFF in RawTherapee?
The short answer is no, at least not entirely. But Nikons free NX Studio software will do it quite easily. AFAIK, it is the only software that recognizes and applies every jpeg camera setting to the ...
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Why don't camera manufacturers allow external software to run on their cameras?
I think the biggest concern is that custom firmware could force a camera to operate outside of its normal operating limits, thus making it possible to break it with software.
There would be no way ...
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What open source software for auto-alignment of photographs?
If this is in order to get a nice animation of the images, you can use Google Photos. Then, once they are in your library, select the images you want, click the big plus in upper right, and select <...
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Lightroom Alternative That Doesn't Use a Catalog
Rawtherapee
It doesn't require importing photos, and works right off of you file system. When you edit a photo it creates a file along side that photo that can contains the edit info, and leaves the ...
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Open source licenses for sharing photographs (in the context of a research project)
A Creative Commons licence is the way to go:
Somebody took care of the legalese for you.
Your users will find it widely discussed
If you try to roll you own:
It will cost you a lawyer, or you ...
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Why don't camera manufacturers allow external software to run on their cameras?
My own answer would be that the primary reason for disallowing it is that it would prevent sandbagging by the camera manufacturers. E.g. here are some software-only features in the latest generation ...
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Are there any 360/Sphere open source photo resources?
Frankly, freeloading off other folks' work makes it seem like you're just being cheap and lazy. You can take 360ºx180º panoramas with a smartphone and fisheye attachment if you know what you're doing, ...
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How can I get a uniform white balance on a batch of JPEG images?
you can use Bimp > gimp-level-stretch. It works. I used it on 200 images and only had to re-work 10. That's cool.
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Lightroom Alternative That Doesn't Use a Catalog
OK, will post as answer, thanks. Works perfectly for me too.
I passed over Lightroom for a similar catalog reason. Too much unwanted stuff between me and my images. I just use Photoshop, it is the ...
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Lightroom Alternative That Doesn't Use a Catalog
Aftershot Pro is worth considering. It uses an optional catalog, so if you know where your files are, you do not need to use it. If we want powerful search, then you can opt in.
It supports RAW. It ...
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How to create two layers in "Gimp" and merge them back into one?
I see three ways of doing it
Layer -> new layer from visible
Layer -> Merge Layer | Image -> Merge Layer
Image -> Flatten Image
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Which software to assemble a time-lapse from images?
Good free tool from Microsoft Store
10Lapse
Easy to use, nice result.
Some time converting fails, but whatever.
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Which software to assemble a time-lapse from images?
If you're looking for a free app on Windows, I ended up using the Photos app that ships with Windows 10. It's a bad name for a product because it replaced Windows Movie Maker, but it was super simple ...
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