I missed the zoom box. very good to know. Unfortunately add and delete point controls you have do not appear to work on the Mac version. I'll take a look at the instruction website again and see if I missed something. Thanks Carlos
On Nov 5, 7:10 am, "Carlos Eduardo G. Carvalho (Cartola)" <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi John, > > it's not obvious, but you can do some things with masks. To add a new point > just activate the mask, clicking into it (not in any point) and then click > Ctrl+left mouse over some line. To remove a specific point, select it and > click del key. To zoom there is a combo box called Zoom with default value > of "Fix to windows" (not sure, mine is in Portuguese) where you can choose > some pre-defined values. > > In fact I agree that those masks are note much precise and usually when I > need more precision I use remapped images into layers in GIMP. > > Cheers, > > Carlos E G Carvalho (Cartola)http://cartola.org/360 > > 2011/11/5 JohnPW <[email protected]> > > > > > > > > > I should probably clarify this as now I look at it, it doesn't convey > > what I really wanted it too. > > First, the masking feature is great and I was quite happy to see it > > added. It works very well and I particularly like how it communicates > > how a mask on one layer effects overlapping areas on the other layers. > > A very clever solution. > > What I find a little frustrating is that the cursor, lines, and points > > are overly large for the task making it hard to see what you are > > doing. Also, although I may have missed it, I have not found a way to > > zoom in to work, nor have I found a way to add or remove points to the > > mask after it is created. It actually works very nicely in other > > respects. > > I hope nobody takes offense when I say something ignorant or incorrect > > about Hugin and the underlying tools. It's amazing software and I know > > I have only scratched the surface of its functions and features. > > > On Nov 4, 5:42 pm, JohnPW <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On Nov 4, 5:11 pm, Bruno Postle <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > The primary tool is the Mask tab in Hugin. You can render layers > > > > and try and blend them in an image editor but this is painful. > > > > Although I was super excited when a Masking feature was added to > > > Hugin, I felt the interface was somewhat lacking in subtlety and > > > control. I always feel like I would like to see where Hugin has > > > decided to put the blend seams and see if I agree. I On the other > > > hand, it has always worked better than I expected it would and I > > > appreciate the fact that it's easy to understand and straightforward > > > to use. Now that I have tried the technique I described, I appreciate > > > Hugin's implementation even more. It's hard to keep track of what's > > > going on in a regular image editor full of layers and masks. > > > > > You can also use the clone tool in an editor to fix missing areas, > > > > but I prefer to use a photo multiple times in a Hugin project with > > > > different masking to patch up larger areas like skies and ground. > > > > Now there's a great tip! I hadn't really thought of doing that. > > > (Although it seems like I've seen reference to doing something like > > > that in the website somewhere. I probably just didn't understand the > > > implications.) > > > > > To fix broken lines like 'steps' in the horizon, this technique > > > > still works: > > > > >http://wiki.panotools.org/Mending_parallax_errors_with_the_shear_tool > > > > I did read that article at some point. > > > > > -- > > > > Bruno > > > > Thanks > > > -- > > 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
