On Sat, 30 Jul 2022, 01:46 David W. Jones, wrote: > > Hey, Thomas and Bruno! > > On 7/29/22 09:17, Bruno Postle wrote: > > > The first lets you declare the lens type of your photos (if it can't be > > detected): > > Hmm. It seems complicated for the Assistant, which I think of as the > "beginners" tool. Would a beginner even know what the different lens > types mean?
The previous Assistant tab had a drop down for lens type, plus focal length and crop factor, all in the space next to the first button. This was exposing deep photo techno stuff to first-time users that in reality would be auto-detected (if the focal length can't be detected in the EXIF metadata, you still get a pop-up asking for it as before). With the split button, the lens type options appear only if you click on the pull down arrow - and the first item is labelled as default, so I *hope* anyone exploring these will be gently made aware only that there are other possibilities. > > The second lets you run different alignment strategies. > > I like the wording of the options on the dropdown. They make functional > sense - user knows they have scanned images or have a dual-lens camera. > Although why are there two "Scanned images" entries - one plain, one > with TrXYZ? Would a beginner know what the difference is? The problem is that: although using the XYZ mosaic parameters to stitch scans is conceptually the right way to do it (because sometimes your 'scans' are from a mounted camera or microscope and need lens correction); the simple way of doing it that abuses the lens d&e parameters is more stable and works perfectly for flat-bed scanners. You can read the labels as 'scanned images' and 'scanned images using cryptic other stuff', which is about right. What I like about this new framework is you can try it, undo, try something else etc... Before, these assistant scripts were difficult to find. > > The third split menu gives various ways of stitching the final panorama. > > This dropdown list definitely drops out of the beginner category! > > What does the "Zero-noise output" do? It is a photo technique where you shoot bracketed exposures and reconstruct a normal (non HDR) image that uses the lowest noise data for the dark areas of the image. It gives spookily high quality results, especially if you are printing. You need a tripod and a static scene, so it isn't an everyday technique: http://www.guillermoluijk.com/article/nonoise/index_en.htm > Does hovering over a number/button have a tooltip that explains things? The buttons have the same tooltips as before ("Load a series of images"), there are no tooltips for the individual menu entries. -- Bruno -- A list of frequently asked questions is available at: http://wiki.panotools.org/Hugin_FAQ --- 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]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/hugin-ptx/CAJV99Zhm5OuKoPExBSFVHcybj4Udadn6X5ZVnXjuR366k4Jwow%40mail.gmail.com.
