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Saturday, March 13, 2010

Hugin Panorama Creator Software for Linux

Posted: 13 Mar 2010 04:16 AM PST

Hugin Panorama Creator Software for Linux: I've been looking for a Panorama creator application for my Linux box and bumped into Hugin. It's a free and open-source graphical user interface (GUI) for Panorama tools that's simple, easy-to-use, and gets the job done. Using Hugin, you can put together mosaic of photographs and turn them into a complete immersive panorama. You can also stitch any series of overlapping pictures and much more.

With Hugin's GUI, panorama stitching can be conveniently achieved by utilizing several overlapping photos taken from the same place or location, and then using control points to align and transform the images in order for them to be blended together to create a larger image. It also allows for the painless creation of control points between two images, optimization of the image transforms, and a whole lot more.


Hugin is equipped with a user-friendly unified point-and-click interface to a whole range of other command-line tools that includes:

* autopano-sift, autopano-sift-C, panomatic or autopano for automatic creation of control points.
* nona for remapping input images and rendering output images.
* enblend and enfuse for seamless blending of output images.

I have here a couple of stunning panoramas created using Hugin (click to enlarge):

Service At Other Side @ Brighton by Pepeketua


Water World (360 degree panorama) by fpsurgeon

More excellent Hugin-created panoramas HERE

If you want to try Hugin, you can download and install it via Synaptic Package Manager or Software Center if using Ubuntu. It's also available on other popular distribution repositories as well, so use your distro's official package manager to get it.

Awesome Linux T-Shirts and More Available Now at the Linux Store

Posted: 12 Mar 2010 02:30 PM PST

Awesome Linux T-Shirts and More Available Now at the Linux Store: Upon visiting the Linux Store at Linux.com, I was thinking of updating our list of cool and funny Linux t-shirts. That's because the collection of Linux-inspired shirts that I saw there are way too awesome. But the Linux Store doesn't only sell t-shirts; they also have mugs, hats, stickers, and more.

According to the public announcement made by the Linux Foundation, merchandise available in the Linux.com store is "designed to reflect the unique and varied culture associated with Linux" and will support the work of Linux creator Linus Torvalds. For example, t-shirts contain phrases like "Free The Code," "FSCK the Establishment," and "Fork You." All revenue generated from the store will go directly towards Linux Foundation activities, initiatives and events.

Here is a sample t-shirt that you will find at the Linux Store:


Visit the Linux Store now to purchase some geeky merchandise.

For those of you who are good at graphics design, the Linux Foundation is holding a t-shirt design contest so this is your chance to shine. The top 5 submissions will be selected and community members can cast their votes and comments through Linux.com to select the one lucky entry. The top designer will win a trip to Boston to attend LinuxCon in August and the winning t-shirt will be displayed for sale at the Linux Store. You can submit your T-shirt design HERE until April 11, 2010.

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