pfs_automerge(1)

💖 pfs_automerge — the manual page, but make it cute 💖

okay so bestie, you know how the pfstools crew ships this whole General Commands Manual thing? This is page one of it, pfs_automerge(1), and honestly? it's giving "batch-processing girlboss". let's get into it. 🦋

✨ NAME ✨

pfs_automerge — a script that scans, like, every single subdirectory of a directory you hand it and merges RAW files into HDR images. no cap, that's the whole job. 💅

🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

pfs_automerge [--align|-a] [--dest <dir>|-d <dir>] [--format (exr|hdr)|-f (exr|hdr)]

🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

So here's the vibe: you've got a bunch of RAW files, and each exposure stack lives in its own lil separate directory. This command is your mass-merge bestie — it takes all of those and turns them into HDR images, one directory at a time. iconic. 🔥

and listen, if your RAW files are just floating around ungrouped, <pink>pfs_split_exposures</pink> can sort them into individual directories for you automatically. teamwork, fr fr. 🫶

💅 OPTIONS 💅

• --align, -a — turn this on and the images get aligned with pfsalign before they're merged. like, straightened out first, then merged. you know the drill. ✨
• --dest <dir>, -d <dir> — writes the merged HDR images into the directory <dir>. the default is "merged". (yes bestie, lowercase, just like that. 🎀)
• --format (exr|hdr)|-f (exr|hdr) — pick how you want those HDR images stored: OpenEXR format (exr) or Radiance RGBE (hdr). the default is "exr". choose wisely, or don't, it's your life. 💜

👀 SEE ALSO 👀

pfsinme(1), pfs_split_exposures(1)

(go read them, iykyk. they're the supporting cast and they ate. 💖)

🐛 BUGS 🐛

Found a bug? Got comments? Please report them to the pfstools discussion group at http://groups.google.com/group/pfstools. don't be shy, the devs wanna hear it. 🙈

okay and that's the whole page, periodt. 🎀

this lil masterpiece lives in the General Commands Manual, and its name is pfs_automerge(1) — that's the header at the top and, yep, the footer at the bottom too, matching like a cute lil set. 💖✨ stay slaying, bestie. 🦋