TuFuse Readme For up-to-date, complete information on Tufuse, please visit: http://www.tawbaware.com/tufuse.htm ============================================== Version History: June 2012: Version 1.6 * Updated JPEG, ZLIB and TIFF libraries. * Created 64 bit version. Allows TuFuse to use much more memory, and allows much larger images to be created. * Support for Big TIFF. Nov 2009: Verison 1.50 * Added multithreading for processor intensive routines * Changed memory allocation routines to be more friendly to low memory machines Mar 2008: Verison 1.34 * Added "-B" Beta parameter to shift center of exposure weight curve towards lighter or darker pixels * Added "-C" option to dump exposure curve data, with URL to display chart for exposure curve * Increased precision of weighting calculations (internal change) * Modified (fixed?) implementation of -z 1 command * Fixed bug that prevented processing of RAW files, if directory name included a space Mar 2008: Verison 1.33 * Update to tufuse.bat to deal with paths that include spaces Mar 2008: Verison 1.32 * Minor bug fix, better handling of zero weights. * Internal reorganization in preparation for future changes. * Adding tufuse.bat to allow "sendto" access via Windows Explorer. Mar 2008: Verison 1.31 * Fixed bug that cause Tufuse to hang when processing many extremely dark images Mar 2008: Verison 1.30 * Added -a option to explicitly select 8 or 16 bit output * Added support for reading JPEG files * Added support for reading RAW files. DCRaw must be installed and available in current directory or path. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dcraw) * Modified -b "Auto-bracket" option to parse "+n", "-n" or "n" values: -b +n -> creates and fuses with one image "n" stops brighter -b -n -> creates and fuses with one image "n" stops darker -b n -> creates and fuses with one image "n" stops darker and one image "n" stops brighter * Added -w option to blend left/right edges (-180/+180 boundary) * Added --compression option to choose output compression format Feb 2008: Version 1.21 * Allow for non-integer stops when using auto-bracketing * Fixed handling of 16 bit/3 channel files Feb 2008: Version 1.20 * Added "auto-bracketing" feature Feb 2008: Version 1.11 * Fixed warning messages about deleting temporary files * Slight speed increase due to more efficient calculation of quality measures Feb 2008: Version 1.10 * Initial public release ============================================== Installation. Place Tufuse.exe in a directory of your choice. If you would like to be able to invoke TuFuse from any directory, then either (a) place TuFuse in a directory that is part of the system path or (b) add the directory in which you have placed TuFuse to the system path. (See: http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=Windows+path) If you would like to be able to invoke Tufuse via the "Send To" context menu available in Windows Explorer, then place Tufuse.bat in the Windows "sendto" folder. Detailed installation instructions are found in Tufuse.bat. Open tufuse.bat in a text editor (e.g. notepad), read and follow the instructions. ============================================== Usage. TuFuse.exe is invoked from the command line (DOS prompt) as follows: c:\path\to\tufuse.exe -o output.tif input1.tif input2.tif For more details, consult the TuFuse documentation: http://www.tawbware.com/tufuse.htm ============================================== License. TuFuse is freeware, and can be used without restriction. TuFuse comes with no warranty and TawbaWare and the author take no responsibility for any damages caused by the use of this program. Unauthorized redistribution of this program is prohibited. Packaging and/or distributing this program with any other program is prohibited without the explicit written consent of the author. ============================================== Contact: maxlyons@tawbaware.com