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Re: Combining images?



Also try out ale ("a tool that merges images to increase fidelity or
create mosaics") and grunch ("merge partial scans into a larger
image").  I happened to notice them just a few days ago while browsing
the graphics packages.

             brian

On Sun, 22 Aug 2004 07:20:57 -0500, Nate Bargmann <n0nb@networksplus.net> wrote:

> As usually happens, I stumble across a solution.  Another search
> pointed me toward a method of creating a panorama with the Gimp.  That,
> in turn, led to pnmstitch and pnmcat of the netpbm package.  pnmstitch
> will combine images that have overlapping areas while pnmcat just butts
> them together.  Since I had already cropped my images in the Gimp,
> pnmcat worked very well matching up the images in the page fold area.
> 
> It amazes me how many times I'll get frustrated with a GUI program only
> to find a commandline program that does the job as well or better.  A
> little experimenting with the commandline options and then a
> consistently repeatable result can be obtained.



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