Hi Folks, I wonder does anyone have experience stitching TIFF files with an alpha channel mask?
I have always thought that it would be useful and finally got around to trying it this week. Usually I take two ground shots, standing in slightly different places then include one in the Hugin stitch and then afterwards use the other one to patch out the photographer's feet using Photoshop on the down face of the cube. So this time I used Photoshop before the stitch - selected the area I wanted included and used "Select-menu / SaveSelection" to create an Alpha channel masking out the photographer's feet. I did this on both down shots and included them both in the Hugin stitch. I was happy with the result: http://veryderry.com/db/location.php?pano=441 no photographer's feet, no patching required. So I tried it on a second set of images - I used the same method created an Alpha Channel mask when I look at the preview of the file in the Mac Finder there is a white space where the feet were. But when I stitch the images together Hugin seems to have ignored the mask and the feet are there! I have tried several variations and compared the TIFF files between the two projects and have eliminated all the difference. (First time around the Alpha channel was called "Alpha" on the one that worked and not on the other so I changed that and re-ran the stitch but of course it made no difference.) So after all that long preamble my question is ... have other people had problems with Alpha channel masking? Is there a known error that makes it work on some projects and not on others? Is there some fine detail that has to be "just so" with Alpha channel masks? Any insights would be very welcome. George --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "hugin and other free panoramic software" group. A list of frequently asked questions is available at: http://wiki.panotools.org/Hugin_FAQ To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/hugin-ptx -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
