On Tuesday, May 1, 2012 12:16:20 PM UTC-7, Bruno Postle wrote: > > On Tue 01-May-2012 at 03:35 -0700, AlekseyM wrote: > >What library Hugin uses to create tiff files? Maybe it is possible to > >add some options to specify different tiff format? > > It would be possible, but the alpha channel in the enblend TIFF > output is useful since a lot of panoramas have transparent areas. >
While I agree that it's useful to support alpha channel (and I've used that masking capability with Enfuse), It seems that image processing software intended for photographers tends not support alpha channel TIFF even when it does support 48bit TIFF. Image processing software intended for a broader audience, intended for illustrators, is more likely to support alpha channel TIFF. For example, the free to use, Serif Photo Plus Starter Edition, opened all the problem TIFFs and allowed them to be exported as 24bit or 32bit TIFF. DxO Optics Pro wouldn't open the converted 32bit TIFF but did open the converted 24bit TIFF. Unfortunately it seems very unlikely that the makers of software for photographers will be persuaded to support alpha channel TIFF. I understand that the conversion is possible with ImageMagick but as-well-as my reluctance to install all that stuff on my Windows install, even Ubuntu now shows a warning that ImageMagick cannot be authenticated (whatever that means). Perhaps the better approach would be yet-another-utility-program, based on libtiff, which strips the alpha channel and could be used after Enblend or Enfuse? -- -- 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. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
