lytroIO

[!IMPORTANT] This repo is still under development.

lytroIO aims to be a small C++ library to process Lytro files (extracting metadatas, saving images,... )

• Source code 📁: github.com/mtouzot/lytroIO
• Issues 🆘: github.com/mtouzot/lytroIO/issues

Description

Before being acquired and closed by Google in 2018, Lytro was an company developing plenoptic cameras for the general public.

The main use of light-field camera is the ability to change image focus during post-processing and thus, for example, being able to remove any blur or to create animated GIF with just one button pressed on the DSLR.

Image taken with a Lytro Illum by Doodybutch, published under CC BY-SA 4.0 license

Image taken with a Lytro camera animated by Christopher Hahne, published under GNU General Public License version 3 license for his PlenoptiCam software.

Compilation

Here are the commands to compile this project :

cd <lytroIO_build_directory>
cmake -G <cmake_generator> -DBUILD_EXAMPLES=<ON/OFF> -DBUILD_DOCS=<ON/OFF> <lytroIO_source_directory>
cmake --build . --config <cfg>

By default, BUILD_EXAMPLES and BUILD_DOCS are set to OFF.

External ressources

Here is some further reading or other projects :

• lfptools : a C tool to split Lytro files
• Lyli : the open-source alternative to the Lytro Desktop application
• Plenoptic : a website by Christopher Hahne, gather infos about Standard Plenoptic Camera
• Lytro Power Tools : a bunch of ressources linked to Lytro cameras and files