Hi John, in fact I use many many ways to blend. I use normal hugin automated blend, I generate remapped images and put them as a layer in GIMP to use the pieces I want, I guess you can imagine your way and test it. Testing will give you the experience you are searching for.
Cheers, Carlos E G Carvalho (Cartola) http://cartola.org/360 2011/11/4 JohnPW <[email protected]> > Ah yes. Maybe I gave too much info on the particular image and > confused my question. It's probably much simpler than folks were > probably thinking. > > I shouldn't have said "fixing the horizon manually," as I'm not really > concerned about trying to make the picture look like it was taken in > one go. I just want to make decisions on what is in the picture and > how it is blended. I actually like the fact that the horizon is moving > as it shows in a single image the dynamic nature of the situation in > time and space. > > So to pose my problem more clearly, I should have simply said that I > want to "adjust the image manually." I am interested in what methods > people are using for making easy and efficient "hand adjustments." My > particular interest is about how people choose to output the images > for ease of registration and masking, and also what approach they take > to doing that masking and adjustment. > > Do people use the individual remapped images and manually place them > in a panorama sized image document? > Do they do what I posed and output just two panos of alternating > remapped images? (I thought this might be easier since all > photographic information could be contained in just 2 equal sized > panoramas.) > Are alpha channels the way to go making the blends and masks? > Is there some other better way? > tricks tips etc. > > Thanks > --John > > On Nov 4, 3:40 am, kfj <[email protected]> wrote: > > On 4 Nov., 06:07, JohnPW <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > I have some images I recently took handheld on a small yacht sailing > > > in San Francisco Bay. I had to put all the control points on > > > stationary parts of the boat since anything else was in constant > > > motion. It has made me want to do more hand blending and masking to > > > make the (very mismatched) horizon less jarring and to fix a few > > > things on the boat that moved. I was considering how best to do it. > > > > Forgive my slightly off-topic reply, but here it is anyway: > > > > When I was a student, I attempted a project to analyze some (real- > > world, messy, processed...) animal feed raw materials by way of an > > image analysis system. This was in the eighties: I had a (nice :-) > > video microscope and a 512X512 monochrome frame grabber in an AT > > compatible computer. I showed the images I was working on to the prof > > who was reading computer vision at my uni. He looked at them and told > > me my problem was 'ill-posed'. I was a bit miffed at the time, but as > > my project proceeded I had no choice but eventually to come to the > > same conclusion. > > > > If the scene isn't static, you'll have a very hard time 'stitching' it > > together: it's like trying to make a garment from wrongly-cut pieces > > of material. I'd say the problem is ill-posed. What you need isn't a > > panorama stitcher but an optical system that captures all the moving > > bits in one go. > > > > Yet I'm curious to hear a few good tips on fixing the horizon > > 'manually', even though I usually manage to get the horizon right, > > sacrificing precision elsewhere in the stitch. > > > > Kay > > -- > 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 > -- 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
