Thanks! Did anyone ever use something like the Roundshot? Just curious, Klaus On May 3, 2014, at 11:47 PM, karl shah-jenner <shahjen@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > What is your personal opinion about the best option? That would be the question - is it PS? > > I have been pondering this question for a while and I have come up with some weird ‘alternative' results, > > Just wondering and thanks, > > > > > > autostitch - www.autostitch.net > > first go to edit>options and set the image size in pixels you want* and if > you're working with portrait images select rotate clockwise (so it'll > arange them horizontally then you can rotate the image back when it's > finished) then set jpeg quality to 100. > > then file>open (point it to the folder where the images are.. it's > generally smart enough to find the most useful images it can work with) > then hit start > > the pano.jpg will appear in the directory when it's done. > > > *try setting a small size first to see how it performs > > have a look at the examples on the autostitch site - for freeware it does > an amazing job. > > a review with examples: > http://www.dansdata.com/quickshot031.htm > > > a comment "Autostitch. I've tried using panorama software before, but was > always disappointed. Despite using a tripod and a careful set up, a lot of > photo sets gave poor results. I suppose if I made a career out of it I > could have done better - I know a lot of people obtain excellent results > with existing programs, probably because they put the time and effort into > it. Also, most stitching programs only work with one vertical or horizontal > row. Now, alone comes a program whose performance not only blows away all > other programs, but is the easiest to use program ever. Simply dump ALL > your pictures in a folder, and put Autostitch to work. It will find all > connecting images, be they rotated or whatever, and make a great looking > panorama out of them with NO manually intervention. It rarely gets > confused, can stitch any number of rows and columns, and can handle an > enormous number of pictures. I've heard of it handling up to 60 images!" > from > http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1018&message=12018470 > > > I've recommended this before in PF and noted that > http://www.autopano.net/faq > "Autopano Pro is a commercial version of Autostitch using a licensed > professional version of the SIFT algorithm " - >
