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diff --git a/graphics/lensfun/DESCR b/graphics/lensfun/DESCR new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..6d5517bc7e9 --- /dev/null +++ b/graphics/lensfun/DESCR @@ -0,0 +1,16 @@ +The goal of the lensfun library is to provide a open source database +of photographic lenses and their characteristics. In the past there +was a effort in this direction, but then author decided to take +the commercial route and the database froze at the last public +stage. This database was used as the basement on which lensfun +database grew, thanks to PTLens author which gave his permission +for this, while the code was totally rewritten from scratch (and +the database was converted to a totally new, XML-based format). + +The lensfun library not only provides a way to read the database +and search for specific things in it, but also provides a set of +algorithms for correcting images based on detailed knowledge of +lens properties. Right now lensfun is designed to correct distortion, +transversal (also known as lateral) chromatic aberrations, vignetting +and colour contribution of the lens (e.g. when sometimes people +says one lens gives "yellowish" images and another, say, "bluish"). |