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A list of awesome free open source software & libraries for photography. Also tools for video.
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Mar 20, 2022
General
- GIMP - A swiss knife for image manipulation.
- PhotoFlow (⭐268) - A non-destructive photo retouching program including RAW image development.
- ImageMagick - A suite of command-line utilities for modifying and working with images.
- GraphicsMagick - GraphicsMagick is usually faster than ImageMagick.
Camera Firmware Mods
- CHDK - Canon Hack Development Kit, for Canon cameras.
- Magic Lantern - A software enhancement that offers increased functionality to Canon DSLR cameras.
- Autoexec Hack (⭐461) - Compilation of hacks for GoPro Cameras.
- PTool Firmware Manipulation Tool - Change the video recording parameters of Panasonic's cameras.
- Nikon Hacker - Nikon Patch and Nikon Emulator, 2 softwares for Nikon cameras.
- Xiaomi Yi Autoexec (⭐281) - Compilation of autoexec scripts and mods for Xiaomi Yi camera.
Libraries
- LibGphoto2 (⭐811) - C APi for Digital camera access and remote control. Java,python,C#, and much more bindings.
Libraries / Canon
- OfxCanon (⭐45) - OpenFrameworks addon for the Canon EDSK.
- Edsdk4j (⭐99) - Canon SDK for Java.
Libraries / GoPro
- GoPro (⭐132) - API for controlling GoPro Hero 3 Camera from Node.js.
- GoPro (⭐85) - GoPro Hero 4 - Python API.
- GoPro (⭐266) - A Python library and a CLI that can interface with GoPro HERO3, HERO3+, and HERO4 cameras over http.
- GoPro.Hero (⭐59) - A lightweight c# library to access and control GoPro HERO.
Libraries / Sony
- SonyPy (⭐51) - Python module for Sony Camera Remote API.
Utilities / Sony
- Timelapse-sony (⭐121) - Android app for creating timelapse via "Ctrl with Smartphone" mode or connected by NFC.
- Remoteyourcam-usb (⭐236) - Control your Canon or Nikon DSLR camera from your Android device through USB.
- digiCamControl (⭐570) - DSLR camera remote control open source software.
Analogue photography / Sony
- Digitaltruth - Film development chart.
RAW image developers / Sony
- Darktable - An open source photography workflow application and RAW developer.
- RawTherapee - A cross-platform raw image processing program.
- Photivo - A multi platform photo processor for RAW and bitmap images with 16 bit precision.
- Raw Studio (⭐75) - Read and manipulate RAW images from digital cameras.
- UFRaw - A utility to read and manipulate raw images from digital cameras.
- DCRaw - Decoding raw digital photos in Linux.
- Lightzone - Open-source digital darkroom software for Windows/Mac/Linux.
- Fotoxx - A Linux program for editing photos and other images.
HDR Specific Software / Sony
- Luminance (⭐516) - A complete workflow for HDR imaging.
- QPSFTMO - HDR Tone Mapping GUI for Linux.
- PFS Tools - A set of command line programs for reading, writing and manipulating HDR images and video frames.
Panorama Stitching / Sony
- Hugin - An easy to use cross-platform panoramic imaging toolchain.
- Panorama Tools - A framework for re-projecting and blending multiple source images into immersive panoramics of many types.
Photo Organizers / Sony
- Shotwell - A photo manager for GNOME 3.
- DigiKam/ShowFoto - Open Source Photo manager for KDE/Gnome desktop.
- GPhoto - A program and library framework that lets users download pictures from their digital cameras.
- Lychee - A great looking and easy-to-use photo-management-system you can run on your server, to manage and share photos.
- Simple Gallery (⭐2.7k) - 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 (⭐3.2k) - Material-designed android gallery alternative.
- A Photo Manager (⭐207) - Manage local photos on Android: gallery, geotag with photomap, tags, find, sort, view, copy, delete, send,...
- PhotoPrism - PhotoPrism™ is a server-based application for browsing, organizing and sharing your personal photo collection.
EXIF Editors / Sony
- ExifTool - A program for reading, writing, and manipulating image, audio, and video metadata.
- Exiv2 (⭐662) - 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 / Sony
- Rapid Photo Downloader - A photo and video downloader for the Linux Desktop.
Camera Tetherers / Sony
- Entangle - Entangle provides a GUI for taking photographs with a digital camera completely controlled from the computer.
Monitor Color Correction / Sony
- DisplayCal - Open source display calibration and characterization.
360° Images / Sony
- Open360viewer (⭐4) - Open source 360° media viewer.
Alternative Image Viewers / Sony
- Geeqie - An image viewer and image organiser program for Unix-like operating systems.
- FEH - An X11 image viewer.
Useful GIMP Mods or Scripts / Sony
- Cinepaint - A program for painting and retouching bitmap frames of films based on GIMP.
Communities / Sony
- /r/FOSSPhotography - Community about Free open source software for Photography on reddit.
- PIXLS.US - Community dedicated to tutorials, workflows, and showcases of high-quality photography using Free Software tools
Resources / Sony
- Unsplash.com - Free (do whatever you want) high-resolution photos, licensed under the Unsplash License (changed from CC0)
- Pexels.com - Royalty free high-resolution stock photos, licensed under Creative Commons Zero (CC0)
- Pixabay.com - Royalty free stock photos and videos, licensed under Creative Commons Zero (CC0).
- Shutterography.com - Free Photos.
Video / General tools
- FFmpeg - A complete, cross-platform solution to record, convert and stream audio and video.
- Virtualdub - A free video tool for basic editing and encoding.
Video / Compositing software
- Natron (⭐1.5k) - A node-based compositor based on the same principles as state-of-the art tools used in film and television post-production.
- ButtleOFX (⭐89) - A simple, user-friendly and open source compositing software.
- Blender - This open source 3D graphics has tools for video editing.
- Shotcut (⭐7.1k) - A free, open source, cross-platform video editor.
Video / Video Libraries
- OpenFX - An Open Plug-in API for 2D Visual Effects.
- TuttleOFX (⭐164) - An image processing framework based on OpenFX plugin format.
- Vid.stab (⭐710) - A video stabilization library which can be plugged-in with Ffmpeg and Transcode.
- Frei0r (⭐274) - A large collection of free and portable video plugins.
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Communities / Sony
Jul 20, 2015
Monitor Color Correction / Sony
Useful GIMP Mods or Scripts / Sony
Communities / Sony