Pinapa-picture-an sa akin ng Nanay ko mga bata dito sa amin para daw may remembrance sila ng Christmas. Suggestion naman ni Ate photobooth na lang. Bago ako pumayag, tiningnan ko muna kung kaya ko haha.
Siguro kaya na-overwhelm ako sa attempt ko dati kasi I tried to solve the problem as a whole, at inuuna ko mag-imagine. Pero hindi na ngayon hehehe. At dahil nag-switch na ako sa Arch Linux medyo matagal na, linux-based tools ako nag-focus.
- Pano ko maco-control yung camera? Buti na lang supported ng gPhoto2 ang camera kong Canon 450D. It actually has a long list of supported cameras. At ang dali niya gamitin. After ko mag-install, I tried shooting some then move on na ko sa next problem.
- Pano ko male-layout yung photos? Naisip ko agad yung Python Imaging Library, pero while studying how to use it, may nag-suggest ng ImageMagick. Parang Photoshop siya ng command-line! At sobrang nakaka-addict pa yung documentation. Kasi it doesn’t just explain how to use it, pati yung math behind the command. Kaya parang na-gets ko na how Photoshop works deep inside (yung pinaka-gist lang haha). Anyway, it was easy to use. I tried layouting manually first. Nung nagawa ko na, next problem na ulit.
- Pano ko mapi-print after processing? CUPS! ang default printing tools ng Linux. Meron siyang lp command. Kailangan ko lang mag-lp -p Canon_iP2700_series -o media=4x6.bl,glossy -o scaling=100 <file>.
Ok na yung main components. Icing na lang yung iba. I just had to compile it into a script. Na naka-post dito. Baka meron jang trip din gawin. Kailangan lang ng computer, camera, at printer. :)
