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'''Hugin''' {{Glossary|is an opensource graphical user interface (GUI) for [[Panorama tools]]|1}}.
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'''Hugin''' {{Glossary|is an Open Source panorama stitcher and graphical user interface (GUI) for [[Panorama tools]]|1}}. It also provides a number of additional components and command line tools.
  
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Like other [[GUI front-ends]], '''hugin''' provides an easy-to-use unified point-and-click interface to a whole range of other command-line tools including:
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== About Hugin ==
  
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* [[autopano-sift]], [[autopano-sift-C]] or [[autopano]] for automatic creation of [[control points]].
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Although Hugin is essentially a panorama stitcher, like other [[GUI front-ends]] it has a range of advanced features:
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* [[nona]] or [[PTmender]] for remapping input images and rendering output images.
 
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* [[enblend]] for seamless blending of output images.
 
  
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The Hugin project's mission is not only to provide a powerful GUI, but also to provide opensource replacements for the small number of closed source components of [[Panorama tools]], especially [[PTStitcher]].
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Among the Hugin workflow options, it is possible to correct [[Exposure correction|exposure]], [[Vignetting]] and [[White balance]] between photos; generate [[HDR]], [[w:Exposure Fusion|exposure fused]] or [[w:Focus stacking|focus stacked]] output from [[bracketing|bracketed]] photos; or use [[16bit]] and [[HDR]] input data natively.
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A [[PTStitcher]] replacement, called [[nona]] has been developed, supporting its most important features.
 
  
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Among the many flexible Hugin workflow options, it is possible to use increased tonal range data in a [[16bit workflow with hugin]] or work entirely with high [[dynamic range]] images such as floating-point [[TIFF]] from start to finish in a [[HDR workflow with hugin]].
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Photos can be digital or scanned, and taken with any kind of camera. A full range of lenses are supported, from simple cameraphones to obscure [[fisheye]] lenses.  Hugin supports various output [[projections]] including a range of spherical, cartographic, and camera projections.
  
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== Hugin components ==
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Hugin supports panoramas taken with multiple rows of photos, with or without bracketing.  Bracketed photos can be handheld, taken using a DSLR bracketing function, or as consecutive panoramas shot at different EV exposure levels.  Hugin can produce successful panoramas shot with cameras that always shoot using auto-exposure and auto-whitebalance.
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hugin also supports the use of masks which means that you can exclude parts of images you don't want to appear in your panoramas, or include parts of image you specifically want to appear in your panoramas.
  
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The following tools are part of the hugin suite:
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Hugin also uses a separate (background) panorama stitcher. This means that you can render a panorama in the PTBatcherGUI stich window, while working on the next panorama in hugin.
  
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* [[hugin]] the gui front end.
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Starting with version 2011.2.0, Hugin is scriptable in Python.  The scripting functionality is still in its infancy and requires more development and testing. For now it is available only in Linux and Windows, and currently there is no feedback from the plugin apart from it's success or failure, which is communicated in a dialog. If you're on Linux, you can start hugin from the command line and switch to the window you started it from while the plugin is running - then you'll see any console output it may produce.
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* [[nona]] a command-line replacement for [[PTStitcher]].
 
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* [[fulla]] correction of [[barrel distortion]], [[chromatic aberration]] and [[vignetting]].
 
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* [[nona_gui]] a version of [[nona]] with simple gui progress dialogs, similar to the windows version of [[PTStitcher]].
 
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* [[autooptimiser]] an experimental tool with the same interface as [[PTOptimizer]] except using pairwise optimization which doesn't require any manual pre-placement.
 
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* [[align_image_stack]] a tool to automate the process to [[align a stack of photos]].
 
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* [[tca_correct]] a tool to automatically generate [[chromatic aberration]] correction parameters for use with [[fulla]].
 
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* [[MatchPoint|matchpoint]] feature identification.
 
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* [[pto2mk]] generation of Makefiles for command-line stitching.
 
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* [[vig_optimize]] command line tool to estimate photometric parameters.
 
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* [[hugin_hdrmerge]] merges multiple exposures to [[HDR]] using Khan anti-ghosting algorithm
 
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* [[hugin_stitch_project]] batch stitches a hugin project, performing any [[HDR]] merging or blending as necessary.
 
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* [[panoglview]] OpenGL panorama viewer stored in sourceforge SVN alongside [[hugin]] which must be built separately.
 
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* [[autopano-sift-C]] version of [[autopano-sift]] written in C, also needs to be built separately.
 
  
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More information, documentation and tutorials are available on the project website.
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* [http://hugin.sourceforge.net Hugin homepage] on SourceForge. Screenshots, Tutorials, Documentation and Links.
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* [http://sourceforge.net/projects/hugin Hugin project summary page] on SourceForge. Downloads.
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* [https://launchpad.net/hugin Hugin on Launchpad]. Bug database and Feature requests.
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* [[Hugin FAQ]] Frequently asked questions about Hugin.
  
 
== User interface ==
 
== User interface ==
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* [[Hugin Camera and Lens tab]]
 
* [[Hugin Camera and Lens tab]]
 
* [[Hugin Crop tab]]
 
* [[Hugin Crop tab]]
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* [[Hugin Mask tab]]
 
* [[Hugin Control Points tab]]
 
* [[Hugin Control Points tab]]
 
* [[Hugin Optimizer tab]]
 
* [[Hugin Optimizer tab]]
 
* [[Hugin Exposure tab]]
 
* [[Hugin Exposure tab]]
 
* [[Hugin Stitcher tab]]
 
* [[Hugin Stitcher tab]]
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* [[Hugin Batch Processor]]
 
* [[Hugin Preferences]]
 
* [[Hugin Preferences]]
 
* [[Hugin Preview window]]
 
* [[Hugin Preview window]]
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* [[Hugin Fast Preview window]]
 
* [[Hugin Control Points table]]
 
* [[Hugin Control Points table]]
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* [[Hugin Reset Values window]]
 
* [[Hugin Keyboard shortcuts]]
 
* [[Hugin Keyboard shortcuts]]
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* [[Hugin Scripting Interface]]
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== Hugin components ==
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The following tools are part of the Hugin suite:
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* [[hugin]] the gui front end.
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* [[nona]] a command-line replacement for [[PTStitcher]].
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* [[fulla]] correction of [[barrel distortion]], [[chromatic aberration]] and [[vignetting]].
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* [[nona_gui]] a version of [[nona]] with simple GUI progress dialogs, similar to the windows version of [[PTStitcher]].
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* [[autooptimiser]] a tool with the same interface as [[PTOptimizer]] except using pairwise optimization which doesn't require any manual pre-placement.
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* [[align_image_stack]] a tool to automate the process to [[align a stack of photos]].
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* [[tca_correct]] a tool to automatically generate [[chromatic aberration]] correction parameters for use with [[fulla]].
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* [[MatchPoint|matchpoint]] feature identification.
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* [[pto2mk]] generation of Makefiles for command-line stitching.
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* [[pto_gen]] command line tool to generate project file from images
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* [[cpfind]] command line tool to find control points
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* [[linefind]] command line tool to find vertical features for leveling
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* [[icpfind]] command line tool for using heuristic control point matching like inside [[hugin]Hugin GUI]
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* [[cpclean]] command line tool to remove control points with improbable error distances
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* [[checkpto]] command line tool to examine project file and reports back the number of image chains present
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* [[pto_var]] command line tool to manipulate image variables
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* [[pto_lensstack]] command line tool to manipulate lens and stacks
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* [[calibrate_lens_gui]] automatic lens calibration using straight-line detection
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* [[vig_optimize]] command line tool to estimate photometric parameters.
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* [[hugin_hdrmerge]] merges multiple exposures to [[HDR]] using Khan anti-ghosting algorithm
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* [[hugin_stitch_project]] a GUI tool to stitch a single Hugin .pto project.
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* [[celeste_standalone]] removes cloud-like control points from project files.
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* [[Hugin Batch Processor|PTBatcherGUI]] a GUI queue manager for stitching multiple Hugin projects.
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* [[Hugin Batch Processor|PTBatcher]] command-line access to the [[Hugin Batch Processor]] stitching queue.
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* [[deghosting_mask]] Creates mask for removing ghosting in bracketed images
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* [[pano_modify]] Change output parameters of project file
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* [[pano_trafo]] Transform image coordinates
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* [[pto_merge]] Merges two or more Hugin project files
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* [[panoglview]] OpenGL panorama viewer stored in sourceforge SVN alongside [[hugin]] which must be built separately.
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* [[autopano-sift-C]] version of [[autopano-sift]] written in C, also needs to be built separately.
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More information, documentation and tutorials are available on the [http://hugin.sourceforge.net/ project website].
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Like other [[GUI front-ends]], '''Hugin''' provides an easy-to-use unified point-and-click interface to a whole range of other command-line tools including:
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* [[autopano-sift]], [[autopano-sift-C]], [[panomatic]] or [[autopano]] for automatic creation of [[control points]] (note that an external control-point generator is no longer required by Hugin).
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* [[enblend]] and [[enfuse]] for seamless blending of output images.
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The Hugin project also provides open source replacements for the small number of closed source components of [[Panorama tools]], especially [[PTStitcher]].
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A PTStitcher replacement called [[nona]] and a PTOptimizer replacement called [[autooptimiser]] have been developed, supporting their most important features.
  
 
== Development ==
 
== Development ==
  
 
Hugin is Open Source, and like every community-developed software very much dependent on voluntary contributions of resources. If you have coding skills, you are welcome to look at the source code and contribute to it. Even if you don't have coding skills, you most likely have some skills that the project could use and you are more than welcome to contribute your time. The tasks requiring attention change frequently and so do the required skillset and resources. Find more about the [[Development of Open Source tools|development process]].
 
Hugin is Open Source, and like every community-developed software very much dependent on voluntary contributions of resources. If you have coding skills, you are welcome to look at the source code and contribute to it. Even if you don't have coding skills, you most likely have some skills that the project could use and you are more than welcome to contribute your time. The tasks requiring attention change frequently and so do the required skillset and resources. Find more about the [[Development of Open Source tools|development process]].
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== See also ==
 
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* [[hugin FAQ]] Frequently asked questions about hugin
 
  
 
== External links ==
 
== External links ==
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* [http://hugin.sourceforge.net hugin homepage] for Screenshots, Tutorials, Documentation and Links.
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* [http://hugin.sourceforge.net Hugin homepage] for Screenshots, Tutorials, Documentation and Links.
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* [http://sourceforge.net/projects/hugin hugin sourceforge project] for Downloads, Bug database and Feature requests.
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* [http://sourceforge.net/projects/hugin Hugin Sourceforge project] for Downloads.
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* [http://hugin.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/hugin/ sourceforge SVN] to browse the hugin sourcecode.
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* [https://launchpad.net/hugin Hugin's bug tracker] for bug reports and feature requests.
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* [http://hugin.hg.sourceforge.net/hgweb/hugin/ Sourceforge HG] to browse the Hugin source-code in Mercurial.
 
* [http://groups.google.com/group/hugin-ptx hugin-ptx GoogleGroup] to contribute to development and peer support.
 
* [http://groups.google.com/group/hugin-ptx hugin-ptx GoogleGroup] to contribute to development and peer support.
  

Revision as of 09:24, 19 January 2013

Hugin is an Open Source panorama stitcher and graphical user interface (GUI) for Panorama tools. It also provides a number of additional components and command line tools.

About Hugin

Although Hugin is essentially a panorama stitcher, like other GUI front-ends it has a range of advanced features:

Among the Hugin workflow options, it is possible to correct exposure, Vignetting and White balance between photos; generate HDR, exposure fused or focus stacked output from bracketed photos; or use 16bit and HDR input data natively.

Photos can be digital or scanned, and taken with any kind of camera. A full range of lenses are supported, from simple cameraphones to obscure fisheye lenses. Hugin supports various output projections including a range of spherical, cartographic, and camera projections.

Hugin supports panoramas taken with multiple rows of photos, with or without bracketing. Bracketed photos can be handheld, taken using a DSLR bracketing function, or as consecutive panoramas shot at different EV exposure levels. Hugin can produce successful panoramas shot with cameras that always shoot using auto-exposure and auto-whitebalance.

hugin also supports the use of masks which means that you can exclude parts of images you don't want to appear in your panoramas, or include parts of image you specifically want to appear in your panoramas.

Hugin also uses a separate (background) panorama stitcher. This means that you can render a panorama in the PTBatcherGUI stich window, while working on the next panorama in hugin.

Starting with version 2011.2.0, Hugin is scriptable in Python. The scripting functionality is still in its infancy and requires more development and testing. For now it is available only in Linux and Windows, and currently there is no feedback from the plugin apart from it's success or failure, which is communicated in a dialog. If you're on Linux, you can start hugin from the command line and switch to the window you started it from while the plugin is running - then you'll see any console output it may produce.

User interface

Hugin components

The following tools are part of the Hugin suite:

More information, documentation and tutorials are available on the project website.

Like other GUI front-ends, Hugin provides an easy-to-use unified point-and-click interface to a whole range of other command-line tools including:

The Hugin project also provides open source replacements for the small number of closed source components of Panorama tools, especially PTStitcher. A PTStitcher replacement called nona and a PTOptimizer replacement called autooptimiser have been developed, supporting their most important features.

Development

Hugin is Open Source, and like every community-developed software very much dependent on voluntary contributions of resources. If you have coding skills, you are welcome to look at the source code and contribute to it. Even if you don't have coding skills, you most likely have some skills that the project could use and you are more than welcome to contribute your time. The tasks requiring attention change frequently and so do the required skillset and resources. Find more about the development process.

External links

Supported operating systems

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