Brain fart...
Last sentence should read:
..., but of course more time-consuming than a software tool for
general stitching.
Time to sleep.
Hopes for colder weather in Oslo tomorrow. :-)
Jostein
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jostein" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <pentax-discuss@pdml.net>
Sent: Wednesday, July 13, 2005 11:58 PM
Subject: Re: Arcsoft Panorama Maker
A piece of panorama software is a good tool as long as you have a lot
of image detail in each tile. However, if you want a big sky above
that, no software can help you.
I've done a couple of big sky panoramas the "hard way" by tiling
them out in Photoshop and adjusting the stitch afterwards. It's
surprisingly simple to do, but of course more time consuming that a
software tool.
Jostein
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jens Bladt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <pentax-discuss@pdml.net>
Sent: Wednesday, July 13, 2005 11:14 PM
Subject: RE: Arcsoft Panorama Maker
>no one has been able to pick out where the stitching was done.
My panorama software (PhotoVista) works this way:
The images are stitched together - not in a line - but in a
zig-zag-line,
just like oposite fingers fittet together. That's probably why you
don't
notice the stitch. MY software is quite simple and cheap (50 USD),
but i
works very well. I have reacently made panoramas of people on a
beach. You
should think this is not possible. But it is.
Some times a person is missing his head, because he was moving
between
exposures. But then I just locate his head in the original single
photo and
then repair (paste) the panorama in Photoshop.
Look at this: http://www.flickr.com/photos/bladt/25762787/
I think it's amazing this vcan be done with a 24mm lens without
nodal point
adapter
(Please see: http://hjem.get2net.dk/bladt/DreamHC/Side25.html
Regards
Jens
-----Oprindelig meddelelse-----
Fra: Kenneth Waller [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sendt: 12. juli 2005 15:05
Til: pentax-discuss@pdml.net
Emne: Re: Arcsoft Panorama Maker
Herb,
FWIW, I've only used Panorama Maker on a few panos, (all tripod
mounted and
levelled with lenses from around 50mm up to 300mm) but the ease of
obtaining
great results makes it a winner in my book. My *istD pano's have
been
mistaken for larger format images & no one has been able to pick
out where
the stitching was done.
Kenneth Waller
-----Original Message-----
From: Herb Chong <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Arcsoft Panorama Maker
i got around to installing the copy (Panorama Maker 2000) that came
bundled
with my Nikon Coolpix 5000 and tried stitching a few images
together with it
and then comparing with the program i use most of the time,
iSeemedia
Photovista Panorama 3.0. my conclusion is that Photovista is still
the
better program, but not by much. the areas where Panorama Maker are
weaker
are in tuning for the lens barrel/pincushion distortion and focal
length. in
terms of blending, it does about as well as Photovista, which means
it is
one of the best. in terms of automatic alignment, i don't think is
is quite
as good as Photovista, but it is very close. it is able to cope
reasonably
well with foliage-only matches and slight tilting caused by hand
holding the
series of images. Photovista does better. Panorama Maker has an
easier to
use interface and supports direct output of QTVR files. with
Photovista, you
have to use a 3rd party program to create QTVR files, and the user
interface
is strange, to say the least.
i have played with probably about a dozen programs for stitching
panoramas
including VRToolbox Panoworx, Ulead Cool360, PanaVue
ImageAssembler, Realviz
Stitcher Express, and more that i can't remember. the two i use are
Photovista and Stitcher Express. i beleive that Panorama Tools is
the best
tool out there, and it's free too, but without a 3rd party GUI that
you pay
for, it's not easy to use. given that, i would rather work with a
for pay
tool that comes in one piece. both Stitcher Express and Photovista
require
somewhere between 20 to 50% overlap between successive images. i
aim for the
full 50%. Panorama Tools allows nearly 0% overlap with a successful
stitch,
but i don't use it.
Photovista is best for scenes where there are no definite patterns
and
straight lines that need to be kept straight as it's long and
tedious to
tune the lens to get everything right. close enough works well with
Photovista and produces results that look correct even under close
inspection. Stitcher Express is needed when there are strong
patterns or
lines that have to be matched and geometrically aligned correctly.
if there
aren't any, Stitcher Express usually fails to align the images and
that
means you can't create the panorama since manual alignment seldom
works.
Panorama Maker seems to be in-between with respect to ability to
handle or
require patterns and lines. if you haven't got anything, it's a
good choice.
if you have specific needs, you probably want to look at
Photovista,
Stitcher Express, and Panorama Tools and decide which one, or
several might
be needed to improve your stitched panoramas.
Herb....
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