Open source on linux

tmihai · Post by **tmihai** » Tue Jun 14, 2011 5:58 am

Hi
This is my first post here and I want to know if anybody here uses successfully an open source photo stacking software on Linux.
I have tried 2 but without much success.

Thank you all.

rjlittlefield · Post by **rjlittlefield** » Tue Jun 14, 2011 8:59 am

CombineZP is rumored to work inside a Windows emulator on Linux. I haven't tried it myself. You might check the archives at http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/CombineZ/messages to what details have been reported.

Zerene Stacker runs native on Linux, but it's not open source.

--Rik

tmihai · Post by **tmihai** » Wed Jun 15, 2011 1:56 pm

Thank you rjlittlefield

I tried CombineZP but I think I should start saving some money for Zerene Stacker.

--Mihai

jcb · Post by **jcb** » Mon Aug 15, 2011 11:45 am

I have spent the day trying to do just this : stacking with Linux software (under GPL or similar licence).
The basic information came from http://www.lenaturaliste.net/portail/ar ... s-gnulinux (sorry the text is in French but there is a shell script near the bottom of the page).
The following software was used : dcraw, convert (imagemagick), align_image_stack (hugin), enfuse.
Here is my first stack : 24 images (Nikon D700, micro Nikkor 200mm f/4 at f/11, 1x, step 0,5mm), no post stacking treatment except resizing. The subject is not in the nicest condition but happened to be there.

Here is the second : 47 images (Nikon D700, micro Nikkor 200 f/4, Nikon CFI Plan 10x NA 0.25, step 0,01mm). I stopped the stack to early (going up).

Hope this helps. The pictures are not great, which is mostly my fault, not the software's.