Enblend-enfuse

Behind a simple thing like a picture sometimes lies a lot of hard work and computer processing as photo manipulation has long entered the digital realm.

Enblend-enfuse is a console-based application that uses complex computing algorithms in order to stitch together multiple images with different exposures into a single picture without creating and processing HDR (high-dynamic range) photos.

The process behind the software is a complicated one that relies on parameters such as exposure, saturation, local contrast and local entropy to fuse the files together into a seamless result.

All the options available in the application are provided as soon as it is loaded. There is a long list, organized into several sections: common options, extended options, fusion choices (allows setting the values for the aforementioned parameters) and an advanced group of settings.

From a simplistic perspective, working with Enblend-enfuse is mostly a matter of awarding the correct importance (weight) to pixels that have been well-exposed and highly saturated as well as to those present in areas with high contrast levels.

Apart from this, the user has a wide range of other possibilities to control the fusion process for achieving optimum results. There are settings for defining the depth channel or apply a soft or hard mask.

Enblend-enfuse is not designed for the average user as it relies on complicated concepts that require solid photography knowledge; but despite this drawback it can come up with great results, blending the images into a single one without visible seams.

Behind all the difficult to grasp configuration choices, the program is approachable as the developer makes available sufficient documentation about all the processing algorithms and the intricacies of the options.