Not sure if this is the right forum for this, but I've seen quite a few questions around about HDR images (High Definition Range) and how to do it in Linux / Kubuntu. This was easy (each step is short) and worked great for me!
1. Visit http://ubuntu.davromaniak.eu/ and click on the link that corresponds with your version of Kubuntu (eg edgy/feisty/gutsy)
2. Click on the link that says "Browser contents" (next to "All")
3. Copy the lines in the dotted box. In Gutsy they look like:
4. OpenAdept Manager from the k menu, enter your admin password, and choose Adept Menu -> "Manage Repositories".
5. Under the "Third-Party Software" tab, click "Add" and paste the lines copied in step 3.
6. Click "Close" and then "OK" when it asks to reload.
7. In the command line add the security GPG key by pasting:
8. From the Adept you can now search for qtpfsgui. Click "Install" and then "Apply"
9. After a few seconds, it will finish installing and you can now run it from the command line by typing qtpfsgui.
The rest is just playing with the software. Just load three images in (with different brightnesses), move them around until everything looks as close to black as possible, click next and you've got an HDR image! It's super easy to export it to a jpg, openEXR or suchlike from there. If you do save to a true HDR format (say openEXR) you'll need something like Krita to open it up and edit it. Gimp's still behind on this one (though we love you anyway ;-) )
Enjoy!
1. Visit http://ubuntu.davromaniak.eu/ and click on the link that corresponds with your version of Kubuntu (eg edgy/feisty/gutsy)
2. Click on the link that says "Browser contents" (next to "All")
3. Copy the lines in the dotted box. In Gutsy they look like:
Code:
deb [url]http://ubuntu.davromaniak.eu[/url] gutsy-depomaniak all deb-src [url]http://ubuntu.davromaniak.eu[/url] gutsy-depomaniak all
5. Under the "Third-Party Software" tab, click "Add" and paste the lines copied in step 3.
6. Click "Close" and then "OK" when it asks to reload.
7. In the command line add the security GPG key by pasting:
Code:
wget [url]http://ubuntu.davromaniak.eu/1D59E694.gpg[/url] -O- | sudo apt-key add -
9. After a few seconds, it will finish installing and you can now run it from the command line by typing qtpfsgui.
The rest is just playing with the software. Just load three images in (with different brightnesses), move them around until everything looks as close to black as possible, click next and you've got an HDR image! It's super easy to export it to a jpg, openEXR or suchlike from there. If you do save to a true HDR format (say openEXR) you'll need something like Krita to open it up and edit it. Gimp's still behind on this one (though we love you anyway ;-) )
Enjoy!