Gary I think autostich is what panotools uses. Which is what gigapan uses. Jpg only option is crap though. I would recommend the tool I use which is a plug in for one of my vfx tools called plate maker but I have a feeling its using autostich. Im going to check with them today. But it requires the $8000 compositing software or even if you use the free software option you still need the plugin and its part of a $3500 package called furnace.
Back on topic doesnt photoshop do non linear stiching with perspective correction? And if thats not the case does lightroom do stiching at all and if so is it any good?
On May 5, 2014 10:25 AM, "Gary Lobdell" <GLobdell@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Sorry to be late to this discussion.
I have been shooting panoramas for about 15 years and have tried a number of programs. The main problem I have encountered with many software packages was the inability to correctly handle tilted images. Most assume a level camera which seldom captures the view that I wanted. I use PTGUI which is a windows front for Pano Tools. Pano Tools was written by someone in Germany and is free for download, however is a series of dos routines. PTGUI and some others have written a windows app to control it and it makes life much easier. This does an excellent job and gives you control of the exposures you are blending. You get a report showing the control points along with miss-closures. You can add or subtract points and then reprocess. Trees and other moving objects cause the most problems in panos. This may be more control than you would like but I find it very helpful.
Gary Lobdell
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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
> " -
>
