makeGIMP

Create an image-stack for GIMP or Photoshop from other images (default: enfuse, mantiuk and fattal).

This module needs an HDR-list-file (config-var HDR_LIST) generated by module findGroups. Also, the modules which create the input-files for makeGIMP must run first. For the default setup, these are the modules enfuseImages, tmMantiuk and tmFattal.

GIMP_EXT

Extension of the generated image. Defaults to GIMP's native format xcf. If set to psd, this module will create a Photoshop compatible psd-file.

GIMP_PREFIX

Prefix for generated images. Defaults to gimp_.

IMG_DIR

Working directory. This module expects it's input files in this directory and creates it's output files in this directory.

GIMP_LAYER_<n>

Definition of layer n starting from zero (background layer). This module uses all defined layers until it finds an empty GIMP_LAYER_<n>-variable. Each layer definition variable consists of four tokens: GIMP_LAYER_<n>="file-prefix file-ext layer-mode layer-opacity".

This module loads any number of generated images of a merged image-sequence as layers into a GIMP-file.

In the default setup, you don't have to configure anything yourself. The default config in hdrff.conf is:

: ${GIMP_LAYER_0:="$ENFUSE_PREFIX     $ENFUSE_EXT     baselayer      100"}
: ${GIMP_LAYER_1:="$TM_MANTIUK_PREFIX $TM_MANTIUK_EXT SOFTLIGHT-MODE 50"}
: ${GIMP_LAYER_2:="$TM_FATTAL_PREFIX  $TM_FATTAL_EXT  OVERLAY-MODE   100"}
      

The bottom layer is the image generated by enfuseImages, which is typically a realistic interpretation of reality. On top of this layer there are two tone-mapped versions of the HDR image. Using different blend-modes and layer opacities, you can fine-tune the result without the need to regenerate the input files. The combined image is often better than the individual input-images.

To add more layers or use images tone-mapped with other algorithms, just change the layer-definition in your personal config-file. Just note that all layers have to be defined consecutively starting from zero. The first parameter is the prefix, the second the extension of the layer-file. The third parameter is the layer-mode and the last is the layer-opacity in percent. Available layer-modes are:

• NORMAL-MODE
• DISSOLVE-MODE
• BEHIND-MODE
• MULTIPLY-MODE
• SCREEN-MODE
• OVERLAY-MODE
• DIFFERENCE-MODE
• ADDITION-MODE
• SUBTRACT-MODE
• DARKEN-ONLY-MODE
• LIGHTEN-ONLY-MODE
• HUE-MODE
• SATURATION-MODE
• COLOR-MODE
• VALUE-MODE
• DIVIDE-MODE
• DODGE-MODE
• BURN-MODE
• HARDLIGHT-MODE
• SOFTLIGHT-MODE
• GRAIN-EXTRACT-MODE
• GRAIN-MERGE-MODE
• COLOR-ERASE-MODE
• ERASE-MODE
• REPLACE-MODE
• ANTI-ERASE-MODE

Credit: The core code of this module was taken from a script called createHDR.sh.