RAW image noise removal with the OpenSource image processing tools

RAW photo denoise various softwares

Noise is a ubiquitous feature for all images, which we take.  It’s expressed by random speckles present on our image, which we can compare to the film grain for analog cameras. Unfortunately, noise can seriously deteriorate the quality of our image. It is only one side, where the noise can play a positive role – … Read more

Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner flight images procesing

Boeing dreamliner image postprocessing

In this short post, I would like to show you a way how to relatively quickly process the images, taken through the Boeing Dreamliner 787-9 window. Initially, an issue sounds very silly, although knowing the cabin crew policy during your flight you can be really disappointed when you want to take some pictures outside of … Read more

How to make the custom Stellarium landscape using Street View?

Street View in Stellarium

If you like watching the night sky, you must have been using at least one of the stargazing (night sky) apps or software. Mustn’t you? One of the most popular software, which is both easy to use and contains most of the relevant stuff for night observers is Stellarium. The current version of this program … Read more

The quickest way to dehaze your photo for long distance observation purposes

IrfanView image dehave Mickleton UK

The basic way to remove the haze and color casts in your picture in open-source software is by using Gimp. This program can trivially easily do it for you, however, you must spend up to a few minutes adjusting your color preferences. Basically, the Gimp software is perfect for people, who want to enhance the … Read more

Checking the tsunami vulnerability in your holiday destination

Heywhatsthat tsunami simulation

The Coastal zone makes up only 4% of the world’s land area but is home to one-third of the world’s population. The Coastal zone is also the most popular destination for holidaymakers, who stay in the hotel located alongside the beach. Being on your holiday we are not always aware of the basic and underrated … Read more

Using Heywhatsthat.com to generate a multiple summit-perspective views in Google Earth – part 2

Heywhatsthat multi-summit panorama2

In this part of the article, I would like to say more about multiple summit-perspective views in Google Earth. First of all, previously I have described largely how to manage the heywhatsthat.com panoramas in Google Earth. Now you will see how to put a few summits into your Google software and manage them correctly. Let’s … Read more