You'll be stuck at this dialog if you don't remember it. This magic number come from an outdated official tutorial. Just remember for this field to enter '10' degrees. Don't ask me what a 'HFOV(v) number' is, I have no idea. After the files are selected, you'll see this unfriendly dialog prompting you for a 'HFOV(v)' number. Do a multiple selection to select your files ( holding Ctrl key ) then press 'Open'.ĩ. Select the one named "Hugin Panorama creator" in this case then press the 'Load images.' button.Ĩ. Maybe in your operating system's menu, there is multiple entries for Hugin. Hugin does a good job only if the images are ready this way.ħ. The filenames must follow and images must have similar orientation. The preparation is all about filenaming and alignement. That's why I'm rotating the second scan at 180° thanks to the editing functions of the image viewer Nomacs.Ħ. Before feeding Hugin with our raw scans, we need to prepare them a bit. Hugin will use the informations in the overlapping area to match the document together and stich them perfectly.ĥ.
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This way I need only two scans to get the full artwork scanned with an overlapping area. I often have white margin all around the artwork, I rarely draw on all the surface of the A3. This way, I get two PNG files in sRGB, A4 sized with 300ppi quality (selected in blue here).Ĥ. I like Xsane because if you remove all unecessary panels and keep only the main user interface, it can just scan and auto-save the picture in a target folder. I scan them with Xsane on Linux Mint 17.3. I'm scanning my big A3 artwork documents this way in two time, flipping the artwork upside down on the little scanner.ģ. Here under my old Canon Pixma MP560 all-in-one printer scanner with a A3 sheet in the A4 scan top part. A4 scanner are cheap and nowaday bundled with many printers 'all in one' devices. It's only problems, so I have to find a solution with my A4 scanner. I also have no idea where I could find a A3 scanner compatible with Linux.
But I don't have a A3 scanner at home : they are expensive and take a lot of room. Here the problem start: I like drawing on A3 sized paper (29,7x42 centimeter / 11.69x16.53 inches), it's double size than A4 and have more room for drawings details.Ģ.
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On other Linux distro, Mac and Windows, check the download page of the project. sudo add-apt-repository ppa:hugin/hugin-builds On Ubuntu/Elementary/Linux Mint (Ctrl+C to copy line in your browser, Ctrl+Shift+V to paste on terminal. Hugin can be really faster than doing the stitching manually and produce a perfect result. But if you know your way and settings the tool is easy. The development team is doing big effort to simplify the process, and recent versions are really easier to use than the previous one, but still not really as intuitive as modern software: I still need my notes to get things done with it. Hugin is a very technical tool with many options.
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With Hugin, you can assemble a mosaic of photographs into a complete immersive panorama, stitch any series of overlapping pictures and much more. What is Hugin? Hugin is a free/libre open-source software. If you like drawing on large sheet of paper but decided you can't do it because you own only a small scanner, then this article about Hugin is for you.
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