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|    Mike Scott to Mike Easter    |
|    Re: Correction for Pin Cushion effect    |
|    22 May 25 09:05:43    |
      From: usenet.16@scottsonline.org.uk.invalid              On 21/05/2025 21:05, Mike Easter wrote:       > pinnerite wrote:       >> If anyone has experience of this I would welcome it. In caae the       >> need arises again.       >       > This isn't likely to be useful.       >       > My preferred tool for stitching images together is basically a Win tool       > that I use under W7 for various purposes, IrfanView.       >       > Allegedly IV runs under WINE:       >       >> There is no native-Linux version of IrfanView. However, you can use       >> IrfanView in conjunction with Linux programs like WINE, Windows       >> Linux emulators and Linux-based virtual machines. Take the ZIP       >> version of IrfanView and unzip it or copy your existing Windows       >> IrfanView folder to Linux. This is easier because the installer may       >> need additional Windows DLLs to run. See instructions on: IrfanView       >> on Linux with Wine .       >       > ... but I've never done that.       >              I've used hugin (in repo) to assemble panoramic photos with fair       success. I admit to failure the only time I tried to assemble document       scans as the OP is doing. But it might be worth a whirl; I didn't try       overly hard.              But using a phone is guaranteed to make the job harder because of       perspective. Either scan bits of the page on a flatbed, or use a camera       with a long lens.                     --       Mike Scott       Harlow, England              --- SoupGate-DOS v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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