Awesome-OpenSourcePhotography
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A list of awesome free open source software & libraries for photography. Also tools for video. For more awesomeness, check out awesome (https://github.com/sindresorhus/awesome).


- General (#general)
- Camera Firmware Mods (#camera-firmware-mods)
- Libraries (#libraries)
- **Canon** (#canon)
- **GoPro** (#gopro)
- **Sony** (#sony)  
- Utilities (#utilities)
- Analogue Photography (#analogue-photography)
- RAW image developers (#raw-image-developers)
- HDR Specific Software (#hdr-specific-software)
- Panorama Stitching (#panorama-stitching)
- Photo Organizers (#photo-organizers)
- EXIF Editors (#exif-editors)
- Photo Downloaders (#photo-downloaders)
- Camera Tetherers (#camera-tetherers)
- Monitor Color Correction (#monitor-color-correction)
- 360° Images (#360-images)
- Alternative Image Viewers (#alternative-image-viewers)
- Useful GIMP Mods or Scripts (#useful-gimp-mods-or-scripts)
- Communities (#communities)
- Resources (#resources)
- Video (#video)
- **General tools** (#general-tools)              
- **Compositing software** (#compositing-software)
- **Video Libraries** (#video-libraries)          
- Scripts (#scripts)
- **Video to Panorama** (#video-to-panorama)

General

- GIMP (http://www.gimp.org/) - A swiss knife for image manipulation.
- PhotoFlow (https://github.com/aferrero2707/PhotoFlow) - A non-destructive photo retouching program including RAW image development.
- ImageMagick (http://www.imagemagick.org/) - A suite of command-line utilities for modifying and working with images.
- GraphicsMagick (http://www.graphicsmagick.org/) - GraphicsMagick is usually faster than ImageMagick.

Camera Firmware Mods 

- CHDK (http://chdk.wikia.com/wiki/CHDK) - Canon Hack Development Kit, for Canon cameras. 
- Magic Lantern (http://magiclantern.fm/) - A software enhancement that offers increased functionality to Canon DSLR cameras.
- Autoexec Hack (https://github.com/KonradIT/autoexechack) - Compilation of hacks for GoPro Cameras.
- PTool Firmware Manipulation Tool (http://www.gh1-hack.info/) - Change the video recording parameters of Panasonic's cameras.
- Nikon Hacker (https://nikonhacker.com/wiki/Main_Page) - Nikon Patch and Nikon Emulator, 2 softwares for Nikon cameras.
- Xiaomi Yi Autoexec (https://github.com/PJanisio/Xiaomi_Yi_autoexec) - Compilation of autoexec scripts and mods for Xiaomi Yi camera.

Libraries

- LibGphoto2 (https://github.com/gphoto/libgphoto2) - C APi for Digital camera access and remote control. Java,python,C#, and much more bindings.

Canon

- OfxCanon (https://github.com/roxlu/ofxCanon) - OpenFrameworks addon for the Canon EDSK.
- Edsdk4j (https://github.com/kritzikratzi/edsdk4j) - Canon SDK for Java.

GoPro
- GoPro (https://github.com/kschzt/gopro) - API for controlling GoPro Hero 3 Camera from Node.js.
- GoPro (https://github.com/DenisCarriere/gopro) - GoPro Hero 4 - Python API.
- GoPro (https://github.com/joshvillbrandt/goprohero) - A Python library and a CLI that can interface with GoPro HERO3, HERO3+, and HERO4 cameras over http.
- GoPro.Hero (https://github.com/r1pper/GoPro.Hero) - A lightweight c# library to access and control GoPro HERO.

Sony

- SonyPy (https://github.com/storborg/sonypy) - Python module for Sony Camera Remote API.

Utilities

- Timelapse-sony (https://github.com/ThibaudM/timelapse-sony) - Android app for creating timelapse via "Ctrl with Smartphone" mode or connected by NFC.
- Remoteyourcam-usb (https://github.com/crazymaik/remoteyourcam-usb) - Control your Canon or Nikon DSLR camera from your Android device through USB.
- digiCamControl (https://github.com/dukus/digiCamControl) - DSLR camera remote control open source software.

Analogue photography

- Digitaltruth (https://www.digitaltruth.com/devchart.php) - Film development chart.

RAW image developers

- Darktable (http://www.darktable.org/) - An open source photography workflow application and RAW developer.
- RawTherapee (http://rawtherapee.com/) - A cross-platform raw image processing program.
- Photivo (http://photivo.org/photivo/start?redirect=1) - A multi platform photo processor for RAW and bitmap images with 16 bit precision.
- Raw Studio (https://github.com/rawstudio/rawstudio) - Read and manipulate RAW images from digital cameras.
- UFRaw (http://ufraw.sourceforge.net/) - A utility to read and manipulate raw images from digital cameras.
- DCRaw (http://www.cybercom.net/~dcoffin/dcraw/) - Decoding raw digital photos in Linux.
- Lightzone (http://lightzoneproject.org/) - Open-source digital darkroom software for Windows/Mac/Linux.
- Fotoxx (http://www.kornelix.com/fotoxx.html) - A Linux program for editing photos and other images.

HDR Specific Software
- Luminance (https://github.com/LuminanceHDR/LuminanceHDR) - A complete workflow for HDR imaging.
- QPSFTMO (http://theplaceofdeadroads.blogspot.com/2006/07/qpfstmo-hdr-tone-mapping-gui-for-linux_04.html) - HDR Tone Mapping GUI for Linux.
- PFS Tools (http://pfstools.sourceforge.net/) - A set of command line programs for reading, writing and manipulating HDR images and video frames.

Panorama Stitching

- Hugin (http://hugin.sourceforge.net/) - An easy to use cross-platform panoramic imaging toolchain.
- Panorama Tools (http://www.panoramatools.com/) - A framework for re-projecting and blending multiple source images into immersive panoramics of many types.

Photo Organizers

- Shotwell (http://yorba.org/shotwell/) - A photo manager for GNOME 3.
- DigiKam/ShowFoto (http://www.digikam.org/drupal/about?q=about/overview) - Open Source Photo manager for KDE/Gnome desktop.
- GPhoto (http://www.gphoto.org/) - A program and library framework that lets users download pictures from their digital cameras.
- Lychee (http://lychee.electerious.com/) - A great looking and easy-to-use photo-management-system you can run on your server, to manage and share photos.
- Simple Gallery (https://github.com/SimpleMobileTools/Simple-Gallery/) - A Android gallery app for viewing photos and videos similar to android stock gallery with support for file copy/move/rename/delete/share.
- Leaf Pic (https://github.com/HoraApps/LeafPic/) - Material-designed android gallery alternative.
- A Photo Manager (https://github.com/k3b/APhotoManager/) - Manage local photos on Android: gallery, geotag with photomap, tags, find, sort, view, copy, delete, send,...
- PhotoPrism (https://photoprism.org/) - PhotoPrism™ is a server-based application for browsing, organizing and sharing your personal photo collection.

EXIF Editors
- ExifTool (http://owl.phy.queensu.ca/~phil/exiftool/) - A program for reading, writing, and manipulating image, audio, and video metadata.
- Exiv2 (https://github.com/Exiv2/exiv2/)  - Exiv2 is a C++ library and a command-line utility to read, write, delete and modify Exif, IPTC, XMP and ICC image metadata.

Photo Downloaders

- Rapid Photo Downloader (http://www.damonlynch.net/rapid/index.html) - A photo and video downloader for the Linux Desktop.

Camera Tetherers

- Entangle (http://entangle-photo.org/) - Entangle provides a GUI for taking photographs with a digital camera completely controlled from the computer.

Monitor Color Correction

- Hughski (http://www.hughski.com/index.html)
- DisplayCal (http://displaycal.net/) - Open source display calibration and characterization.

360° Images

- Open360viewer (https://github.com/TheGreyDiamond/open360viewer) - Open source 360° media viewer.


Alternative Image Viewers

- Geeqie (http://geeqie.sourceforge.net/) - An image viewer and image organiser program for Unix-like operating systems.
- FEH (http://feh.finalrewind.org/) - An X11 image viewer.

Useful GIMP Mods or Scripts

- GIMP Plugin Registry (http://registry.gimp.org/)
- Cinepaint (http://sourceforge.net/projects/cinepaint/files/CinePaint/) - A program for painting and retouching bitmap frames of films based on GIMP.

Communities
- Flickr Open Source Photography Group (https://www.flickr.com/groups/83823859@N00/)
- /r/FOSSPhotography (http://reddit.com/r/fossphotography) - Community about Free open source software for Photography on reddit.
- Open Source Photography Community on Google+ (https://plus.google.com/u/0/communities/110647644928874455108)
- Open Source Photography Group on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/groups/326042310770868/)
- Open Source Photography Sub on Reddit (https://www.reddit.com/r/opensourcephotography)
- Open Source Photography Group on 500px (https://500px.com/groups/open-source-photography)
- PIXLS.US (https://pixls.us) - Community dedicated to tutorials, workflows, and showcases of high-quality photography using Free Software tools

Resources
- Unsplash.com (https://unsplash.com/) - Free (do whatever you want) high-resolution photos, licensed (https://medium.com/unsplash/the-unsplash-license-f6fb7de5c95a) under the Unsplash License (changed from CC0 
(https://medium.com/unsplash/why-we-moved-from-the-creative-commons-zero-license-to-the-unsplash-license-598f76386489))
- Pexels.com (https://pexels.com/) - Royalty free high-resolution stock photos, licensed (https://www.pexels.com/photo-license/) under Creative Commons Zero (CC0)
- Pixabay.com (https://pixabay.com/) - Royalty free stock photos and videos, licensed (https://pixabay.com/en/service/faq/) under Creative Commons Zero (CC0).
- Shutterography.com (https://www.shutterography.com) - Free Photos.

Video 

General tools

- FFmpeg (https://www.ffmpeg.org/) - A complete, cross-platform solution to 
record, convert and stream audio and video.
- Virtualdub (http://www.virtualdub.org/) - A free video tool for basic editing and encoding.

Compositing software

- Natron (https://github.com/MrKepzie/Natron) - A node-based compositor based on the same principles as state-of-the art tools used in film and television post-production.
- ButtleOFX (https://github.com/buttleofx/ButtleOFX) - A simple, user-friendly and open source compositing software. 
- Blender (https://www.blender.org/) - This open source 3D graphics has tools for video editing.
- Shotcut (https://github.com/mltframework/shotcut) - A free, open source, cross-platform video editor.

Video Libraries

- OpenFX (http://openfx.sourceforge.net/) - An Open Plug-in API for 2D Visual Effects.
- TuttleOFX (https://github.com/tuttleofx/TuttleOFX) - An image processing framework based on OpenFX plugin format.
- Vid.stab (https://github.com/georgmartius/vid.stab) - A video stabilization library which can be plugged-in with Ffmpeg and Transcode.
- Frei0r (https://github.com/dyne/frei0r) - A large collection of free and portable video plugins.

Scripts

Video to Panorama 

Using FFmpeg (https://www.ffmpeg.org/) and Hugin (http://hugin.sourceforge.net/).

#!/bin/bash                                                                
mkdir -p /tmp/images                                                       
ffmpeg -i video.avi -r 5 -qscale 3  tmp/images/image-%3d.jpg               
pto_gen -o tmp/hugin.pto tmp/images/*.jpg                                  
cpfind --multirow -o tmp/hugin.pto tmp/hugin.pto                           
cpclean -o tmp/hugin.pto tmp/hugin.pto                                     
linefind -o tmp/hugin.pto tmp/hugin.pto                                    
autooptimiser -a -l -s -m -o tmp/hugin.pto tmp/hugin.pto                   
pano_modify -o tmp/hugin.pto --center --fov=AUTO --canvas=70% tmp/hugin.pto
pto2mk -o tmp/hugin.mk -p tmp/output tmp/hugin.pto                         
make -f tmp/hugin.mk all                                                   

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