Open Source & Free Photo/Image editing/workflow software

[Ballu]

Hi,
I want to start this live thread for keeping a database of open source and free (but stable) Photograph and/or Image editing/workflow softwares.
Try not to post any Shareware or Trial software.

I know we all have paid for one another software, but still you may need these great pieces around. Sometimes during traveling, If you want to use friends computer, these links can help you...

And try to put the name of software in the subject... again just a request.. nothing like hard and fast rule...

[Ballu]

GIMP - The GNU Image Manipulation Program

Every one might have heard about this. One of the biggest photoshop competitor (in photo editing).

http://www.gimp.org/

[Ballu]

GIMPShop: If you are used PhotoShop, GimpShop is the best bet. It provides the skin of PhotoShop on the top of GIMP software.

http://plasticbugs.com/?page_id=294

Seems like, can be run on USB thumb drive.

[LucisPictor]

Nice idea, Ballu!

Here are my recommendations:

1) Photofiltre: compact and quite versatile http://photofiltre.free.fr/frames_en.htm

2) Paint.NET: really nice and quite powerful http://www.getpaint.net/index2.html

3) IrfanView: one of my favourite freeware viewers http://www.irfanview.net/

4) XnView: is able to process a huge number of file types, even strange ones http://perso.orange.fr/pierre.g/xnview/enhome.html

5) Picasa: very useful freeware http://www.ds-tech.biz/pic-download/en.html


Carsten
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Cams in use: EOS 40D, EOS 350D, EOS500, Spotmatic SPII, Yashica-24, EXA I & 1c, Zenit EM; Oly 35RC,Minolta Hi-Matic E & F, Ricoh 500RF, Yashica Electro 35 GS, FED-3b and some others...
Lenses in use: Asahi Pentax: 2.8/28;3.5/35;1.4/50;1.7/50;2.8/105;28-80 | Canon (AF):1.8/50;17-85;75-300 | Former GDR: Pentacon 3.5/30; Pentaflex 1.8/50; CZJ 2.8/50; CZJ 4/135; Pentacon 4/200 | Fujinon: 43-75 | Hanimex: 3.5/23; 4/100;80-200 | Hoya: 25-42;80-205 | Kiron: 2/28;70-210 | Leica: Elmarit-R 2.8/35 | Mamiya: 1.8/55 | Minolta: 1.7/50 | Nikkor: 2.8/24;2/35;2/50;1.2/55;1.8/85;3.5/135 | West German: Ludwig 2.9/50; Meyer 2.8/100; Will 4.5/105; Schneider 3.5/135;Enna 3.5/135; Zeiss 4/135;Isco 4/135; Enna 4.5/240 | Olympus: 3.5/28;1.4/50;3.5/135 | Rikenon: 1.7/50;35-70 | Rollei/Voigtländer: 1.4/55;1.8/50 | Russian: Peleng3.5/8; Zenitar2.8/16; MIR2.8/37; Volna2.8/50; Industar3.5/50; Industar3.5/5cm; Helios2/50; Helios2/58; Volna2.8/80; Jupiter2/85; Kaleinar2.8/100;Tair2.8/135; Jupiter3.5/135; Jupiter4/135; Telear3.5/200; Jupiter4/200; Tair4.5/300;RF: Jupiter2.8/35;Industar2.8/53 | Sigma: 28-85;28-105(AF);17-70(AF) | Soligor: 28-105;35-200;70-220 | Tamron: 2.5/24;2.5/135;2.8/135;60-300;70-210 | Tokina: 28-105;80-200;12-24(AF);70-210(AF) | Vivitar: 3.5/17;2/24;2/28;2.5/28;2.8/28 | Yashica: 1.7/50;2/5cm | Other Japanese: Cosina3.8/20; Petri2.8/28; Albinar2.8/28; Porst1.8/35; 2.8/135; Weltblick3.5/135; Beroflex 8/500; Spiratone28-200; Maginon70-210
Green are the lenses I shoot the most.
More? http://forum.mflenses.com/viewtopic.php?t=65

[LeFanch]

For those who want to import / export / modify EXIF data, I would recommend :

Exiftool : Available as a Perl script (any platform) or as a standalone application for Windows, I found it very powerful and very convenient for batch jobs.
gpsPhoto : Able to incorporate gps positions to pictures exif data, from a GPX tracklog. That's a Perl script used in association with Exiftool.
Grazer : Specifically designed for geotagging picture, this program is known to work very well, but I have not tried it myself.
Exif Editor : More friendly user interface, also suitable for batch jobs.
Exifer : Graphical interface again, less powerful than previous entries, but still pretty cool to have a look at, or alter some values (missing aperture and focal lengths for example ).
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M42 (Russian) : Peleng 8/3.5, Zenitar 16/2.8, Industar-2 50/3.5, Helios-44M6, Jupiter 9 + 37A, Rubinar 500/8.
M42 (German) : Flek 20/4 + 35/2.4, Pentacon 29/2.8 + 50/1.8 + 200/4 + 300/4 + 500/5.6
M42 (Japanese) : Chinon 28/2.8, Sears 55/1.4, Super-Takumar 135/2.5
Tamron AD2: SP 17/3.5, 24/2.5, 28/2.5, SP 90/2.5, 135/2.5, SP 300/5.6, 80-210/3.8-4
PK : M 28/3.5, M 50/1.7

[Attila]

Thanks for this excellent post ! Can your explain you camera features from manual focus point of view ? In digital camera forum ? Please send your post into this topic http://forum.mflenses.com/viewtopic.php?t=359


I know nothing from Sony Alpha.
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Carl Zeiss Jena:Flektogon 2.8/20mm,4/25mm,2.4/35,2.8/65mm,4.5/4cm Tessar, 8/500mm Fernobjektiv
Pancolar 1.4/55mm,1.8/50mm,1.8/80mm,Tessar 2.8/50mm,Biotar 2/58mm,1.5/75mm,1.5/7,5cm
Carl Zeiss: Sonnar 2.8/135,2.8/180mm,Tessar 4/135mm
Nikon: 3.5/20mm,2.8/28mm,1.4/35mm,1.4/50mm,1.2/50mm,2/50mm,1.8/105mm,2.5/105mm,4/200mm macro,4.5/300mm
Pentax: Pentax 1.2/50mm,1.8/85mm,4/200mm
Helios: Helios-40 1.5/8,5cm,Helios-44-1 2/58mm,Helios-44-2 2/58mm
Olympus OM: 3.5/18mm,3.5/21mm,1.4/50mm,3.5/55mm macro,2.8/135mm,2/90mm macro,35-70mm,60-250mm
Meyer: 4.5/35mm Primagon,Primoplan 1.9/58mm,1.9/75mm,2.8/100mm,Orestegor 2.8/135mm,4.5/40 Helioplan
Leica: 4/100 Macro Elmar,2.8/90 Elmarit last version

[hasan]

My all-in-one-recommendation is FASTSTONE IMAGE VIEWER.

For vieweing/cropping/batch-renaming, watermarking and
even raw converting,
this tools does a great job.

Go here, for details and download:
http://www.faststone.org/FSViewerDetail.htm

Forgot to mention, that it supports
Chinese(Trad), Danish, Dutch, French, German, Hungarian, Italian, Norwegian, Polish and Spanish



"FastStone Image Viewer is a fast, stable, user-friendly image browser, converter and editor. It has a nice array of features that include image viewing, management, comparison, red-eye removal, emailing, resizing, cropping and color adjustments. Its innovative but intuitive full-screen mode provides quick access to EXIF information, thumbnail browser and major functionalities via hidden toolbars that pop up when your mouse touches the four edges of the screen. Other features include a high quality magnifier and a musical slideshow with 150+ transitional effects, as well as lossless JPEG transitions, drop shadow effects, image annotation, scanner support, histogram and much more. It supports all major graphic formats (BMP, JPEG, JPEG 2000, animated GIF, PNG, PCX, TIFF, WMF, ICO and TGA) and popular digital camera RAW formats (CRW, CR2, NEF, PEF, RAF, MRW, ORF, SRF and DNG). "
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|SMC K135/2.5 |SMC DA18-55 |SMC FA80-320 |AR 135/2.8(Chinon) |AR 55/1.4(M42)
|Sigma MF 90/2.8 |Sigma 28-80/3.5-5.6 |Exakta 24/2.8 |Vivitar 2x Macro Focusing TC

[Attila]

wow! Thank you Hasan!
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Olympus E-1,Nikon FA,Pentax MX,Praktica VLC3,Olympus-OM2N,Yashica Eletro 35 GN,Exakta Varex IIb,BESA L,Yashica MAT 124G
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Carl Zeiss Jena:Flektogon 2.8/20mm,4/25mm,2.4/35,2.8/65mm,4.5/4cm Tessar, 8/500mm Fernobjektiv
Pancolar 1.4/55mm,1.8/50mm,1.8/80mm,Tessar 2.8/50mm,Biotar 2/58mm,1.5/75mm,1.5/7,5cm
Carl Zeiss: Sonnar 2.8/135,2.8/180mm,Tessar 4/135mm
Nikon: 3.5/20mm,2.8/28mm,1.4/35mm,1.4/50mm,1.2/50mm,2/50mm,1.8/105mm,2.5/105mm,4/200mm macro,4.5/300mm
Pentax: Pentax 1.2/50mm,1.8/85mm,4/200mm
Helios: Helios-40 1.5/8,5cm,Helios-44-1 2/58mm,Helios-44-2 2/58mm
Olympus OM: 3.5/18mm,3.5/21mm,1.4/50mm,3.5/55mm macro,2.8/135mm,2/90mm macro,35-70mm,60-250mm
Meyer: 4.5/35mm Primagon,Primoplan 1.9/58mm,1.9/75mm,2.8/100mm,Orestegor 2.8/135mm,4.5/40 Helioplan
Leica: 4/100 Macro Elmar,2.8/90 Elmarit last version

[Orio]

Thank you Hasan!
I have not tried the editing functions yet. But even as an image browser, it has a great feature, that is, the instant left-click zoom+pan on previews.
VERY smart and useful.
Browser is fast also.
I think it will become my standard image browser.
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[hasan]

You're welcome.
In my opinion, this tool is awesome.
It has almost everything, I need for editing & viewing my images.

There is a function, which can't be mentioned enough:

1. Go in fullscreen mode, by double-clicking an image.
2. Now, move your mouse to the top, bottom, left, right.

Every direction will come up with its special pop-ups.
Top - thumbnails & file operations,
Bottom - a Navigator
Left - editing features.
Right - file information (EXIF etc.)
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Pentax Z20 |Pentax K100D |SMC K35/3.5 |SMC K50/1.4 |SMC A50/1.4
|SMC K135/2.5 |SMC DA18-55 |SMC FA80-320 |AR 135/2.8(Chinon) |AR 55/1.4(M42)
|Sigma MF 90/2.8 |Sigma 28-80/3.5-5.6 |Exakta 24/2.8 |Vivitar 2x Macro Focusing TC

[bob955i]

OptikVerve Labs Virtual Photographer

PC only suite of Photoshop plug-ins.

http://www.optikvervelabs.com/

[vilva]

GREYCstoration Open source algorithm for image denoising and interpolation.

A very good tool available for linux, Windows and Mac

http://www.greyc.unicaen.fr/~dtschump/greycstoration/index.html

See the rather convincing examples at

http://www.greyc.unicaen.fr/~dtschump/greycstoration/demonstration.html

- removing the cage from a zoo photo is one of the real tricks if denoising isn't enough.

NB. when you click on a thumbnail, you'll see the original image when the mouse pointer isn't on the picture and the denoised/restored/resized picture when the mouse pointer is on the picture - move the mouse in and out.

Veijo

[Jigt]

Fre good and havent discovered all the possibilities yet is Picasa.
Its from google and free.
It even reads pentaxs raw data.

Guido


http://picasa.google.com/download/
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[Ballu]

[vilva]