[hugin-ptx] Re: how I shot myself in the foot with panoramas from stacks

2014-05-09 Thread JohnPW
On Tuesday, June 25, 2013 3:31:09 PM UTC-5, kfj wrote: Hi group! Back from a few weeks of trekking in Italy I am processing the accumulated imagery. Anticipating need for HDR-able material (for a project of mine I've not published yet) I had taken most of the individual images for my

Re: [hugin-ptx] Why is the Hugin manual being rewritten . . .

2013-04-17 Thread JohnPW
correctly.) Quite simply, a climbing expedition should not be mounted until the peak that is to be climbed has been identified. Otherwise it's an exploration, not an expedition. On Sunday, April 14, 2013 9:03:18 PM UTC-5, Tduell wrote: Hello John, On Mon, 15 Apr 2013 09:21:57 +1000, JohnPW

Re: [hugin-ptx] Why is the Hugin manual being rewritten . . .

2013-04-17 Thread JohnPW
and experience to the older program. I use myself for 80% the simple interface and I really think (my personal view) that it is a big improvement. Harry 2013/4/15 JohnPW johnpw...@gmail.com javascript: Why is the Hugin Manual http://wiki.panotools.org/Hugin being replaced with one for the new

[hugin-ptx] Re: Why is the Hugin manual being rewritten . . .

2013-04-17 Thread JohnPW
Thanks. I'll take a look. On Monday, April 15, 2013 2:26:14 AM UTC-5, Erik Krause wrote: Am 15.04.2013 01:21, schrieb JohnPW: Why is the Hugin Manualhttp://wiki.panotools.org/Hugin being replaced with one for the new GUI in the 2013 version of hugin when: The wiki doesn't forget

Re: [hugin-ptx] Why is the Hugin manual being rewritten . . .

2013-04-17 Thread JohnPW
making changes. It gives people something to discuss. Having discussions without written plans or mockups leads to a rather more vague goal and result. I apologize if this sort of interaction occurred and I missed it. John On Wednesday, April 17, 2013 3:14:45 PM UTC-5, JohnPW wrote: It's great

Re: [hugin-ptx] Re: Why is the Hugin manual being rewritten . . .

2013-04-17 Thread JohnPW
)* Harry 2013/4/15 Erik Krause erik@gmx.de javascript: Am 15.04.2013 01:21, schrieb JohnPW: Why is the Hugin Manualhttp://wiki.panotools.**org/Huginhttp://wiki.panotools.org/Hugin being replaced with one for the new GUI in the 2013 version of hugin when: The wiki doesn't

Re: [hugin-ptx] Why is the Hugin manual being rewritten . . .

2013-04-17 Thread JohnPW
:37:57 PM UTC-5, Harry van der Wolf wrote: 2013/4/17 JohnPW johnpw...@gmail.com javascript: Harry, If you point me to a compiled binary you recommend for OS X 10.8.3 I will give you exhaustive feedback. John Some time ago I built the 2013beta1 which you downloaded and where you had

Re: [hugin-ptx] Why is the Hugin manual being rewritten . . .

2013-04-17 Thread JohnPW
is doing it. I wish I could help in some way. My expertise though is more in the way of UI, UX, and IxD. John On Wednesday, April 17, 2013 3:50:12 PM UTC-5, JohnPW wrote: Yes, I never got that working correctly and settled on the last 2012 version. I have had the same problem with newer 2013

Re: [hugin-ptx] Why is the Hugin manual being rewritten . . .

2013-04-17 Thread JohnPW
usable for everyday, non technical, users. Unix on my Mac is about as far as I can go, and believe me, I can't even go very far into it either! On Wednesday, April 17, 2013 4:27:54 PM UTC-5, Stefan wrote: Hi JohnPW On 17.04.2013 22:14, JohnPW wrote: It's great that it's running well

Re: [hugin-ptx] Why is the Hugin manual being rewritten . . .

2013-04-17 Thread JohnPW
. I'll try to articulate useful feedback on it as I can. Thanks again, John On Wednesday, April 17, 2013 6:20:21 PM UTC-5, Tduell wrote: Hello John, On Thu, 18 Apr 2013 06:14:45 +1000, JohnPW johnpw...@gmail.comjavascript: wrote: It's great that it's running well on Linux. but I'm

[hugin-ptx] Why is the Hugin manual being rewritten . . .

2013-04-14 Thread JohnPW
Why is the Hugin Manual http://wiki.panotools.org/Hugin being replaced with one for the new GUI in the 2013 version of hugin when: 1.) As far as I can tell, Hugin2013 is a *beta* version, 2.) it presently doesn't work (at least not on my computer) and, 3.) not wanting to offend, but frankly it

Re: [hugin-ptx] Re: Architectural plans alignment

2013-04-09 Thread JohnPW
That makes sense, Terry. I need to think about the variables and only enable the relevant ones instead of over enabling them and assuming they will sort themselves out during optimization. There are definitely problems with the roof drawing though. One is inaccuracy (from distortion in the base

[hugin-ptx] Re: Architectural plans alignment

2013-04-08 Thread JohnPW
Hi, It seems to me that any wonky-ness must be with the roof drawing. The plan, being a measured drawing and directly scanned should be nearly perfect. I have to admit, I don't follow how one would get a roof drawing from GIS, but I assume it was originally from an arial photo? Anyway, It

[hugin-ptx] Re: Architectural plans alignment

2013-04-08 Thread JohnPW
, 2013 12:59:37 PM UTC-5, JohnPW wrote: Hi, It seems to me that any wonky-ness must be with the roof drawing. The plan, being a measured drawing and directly scanned should be nearly perfect. I have to admit, I don't follow how one would get a roof drawing from GIS, but I assume

Re: [hugin-ptx] Re: Hugin 2013.0beta1 released

2013-03-12 Thread JohnPW
Thanks, Harry, After my last difficulties with using multiple versions on the same machine, I have to admit that I'm a bit scared to run this version. We'll see . . . Sorry I'm clever enough to help out on the Mac distros. If there is anything I can do that's helpful but hard to screw up, I'd

Re: [hugin-ptx] Abridged summary of hug...@googlegroups.com - 10 Messages in 6 Topics

2013-03-10 Thread JohnPW
Hey GN, Saw this and thought of our conversation. http://tirania.org/blog/archive/2013/Mar-05.html Miguel has discovered that he's switched to OS X! The next thing you know I'll be going to Linux! (actually, I wouldn't even know how, if I wanted!) Anyway, it surprised me. Just goes to show that

Re: [hugin-ptx] Google Summer of Code 2013

2013-02-27 Thread JohnPW
I'm not following this idea. Can you elaborate a bit? How would a control dowel work and what would it do? On Wednesday, February 27, 2013 9:48:52 PM UTC-6, Bob Campbell wrote: On Feb 21, 2013, at 7:09 PM, Jim Watters wrote: Hugin and Panotools community, What new ideas do you have

Re: [hugin-ptx] Abridged summary of hug...@googlegroups.com - 10 Messages in 6 Topics

2013-02-21 Thread JohnPW
than I've seen there. I wonder how they have optimized the software and what, if any, OSS libraries it uses. I'll have to take a look at the credits.] On 02/20/2013 09:24 AM, JohnPW wrote: Me, I'm sure you know that *Darwin is an OSS OS* You, *OS X* has moved so far beyond its Darwin

[hugin-ptx] Re: Can't make a HDR Panoramic for use in Autodesk Maya.

2013-02-21 Thread JohnPW
I don't use Maya, but have use environmental maps and light probes with other SW in the past. Cylindrical can work as long as the Zenith hole doesn't show up (non reflective subject.) But I assume Maya allows you to use a spherical panorama (equirectangular projection,) which is much easier.

Re: [hugin-ptx] Abridged summary of hug...@googlegroups.com - 10 Messages in 6 Topics

2013-02-20 Thread JohnPW
is proprietary, to me - not OSS. It may have a slab of Darwin OSS beneath it, but OS X is not Darwin. So OS X is no longer OSS. Doesn't sound strange to me at all! Anyway, I've used OS X (and Windows and OS/2 and Linux), too. Glad you enjoy it! On 02/19/2013 01:14 PM, JohnPW wrote

Re: [hugin-ptx] Re: The viewable sphere

2013-02-20 Thread JohnPW
Thanks, I missed that the second reference was the second part. -- -- 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

Re: [hugin-ptx] Abridged summary of hugi...@googlegroups.com - 10 Messages in 6 Topics

2013-02-19 Thread JohnPW
I'm sure your an expert in your bailiwick, but I think you're misinformed about Darwin and OS X. After all, Darwin is an Apple led OSS effort and OS X (Apple's complete commercial OS, which is not OSS) consists of a number of other software parts (some proprietary, and some not) such as OpenGL

[hugin-ptx] Re: The viewable sphere

2013-02-19 Thread JohnPW
Good article. Very approachable and clear. I didn't expect that from a maths journal. I especially like the description of the stereographic projection. The images in figs. 1 4 were especially useful. I hope the second part of the article is also easily available. Let us know when it comes

[hugin-ptx] Re: The viewable sphere

2013-02-18 Thread JohnPW
Thanks, BTW, Googled it and found this link, which is offered as a sample article: http://www.maa.org/mathhorizons/MH-Sept2011_MathPhotography.pdf John -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Hugin and other free panoramic software group. A list of

Re: [hugin-ptx] (Not a Hugin topic, but related) — De-blurring images

2013-02-17 Thread JohnPW
, February 16, 2013 4:56:34 PM UTC-6, JohnPW wrote: I think I'll venture to download wine to try this out. Thanks Harry -- -- 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

Re: [hugin-ptx] (Not a Hugin topic, but related) — De-blurring images

2013-02-17 Thread JohnPW
, JohnPW wrote: As so often happens to me, the install (using MacPorts) of wine failed because of some underlying library it depends on isn't quite right and will not install. I think this is the sort of thing that keeps most ordinary folks from using OSS. Perhaps I'll try again later

Re: [hugin-ptx] (Not a Hugin topic, but related) — De-blurring images

2013-02-16 Thread JohnPW
I think I'll venture to download wine to try this out. Thanks Harry On Saturday, February 16, 2013 2:09:09 AM UTC-6, Harry van der Wolf wrote: Hi John, 2013/2/15 JohnPW johnpw...@gmail.com javascript: Is there any linux (OS X) compatible implementation out there? I was immediately

[hugin-ptx] (Not a Hugin topic, but related) — De-blurring images

2013-02-15 Thread JohnPW
I'd seen work on de-blurring where they used sensors to record camera movements to create a blur kernel for de-blurring, but had never seen this technique for deriving the de-blurring kernel directly from the photo. Has anyone here tried the executable linked here? (or similar?)

[hugin-ptx] Re: (Not a Hugin topic, but related) — De-blurring images

2013-02-15 Thread JohnPW
Here's a link to a related video. http://tv.adobe.com/watch/max-2011-sneak-peeks/max-2011-sneak-peek-image-deblurring/ -- -- 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

Re: [hugin-ptx] (Not a Hugin topic, but related) — De-blurring images

2013-02-15 Thread JohnPW
: Hello John, On Sat, 16 Feb 2013 08:56:37 +1100, JohnPW johnpw...@gmail.comjavascript: wrote: I'd seen work on de-blurring where they used sensors to record camera movements to create a blur kernel for de-blurring, but had never seen this technique for deriving the de-blurring

[hugin-ptx] Re: no output photo created

2013-02-07 Thread JohnPW
Ah the eternal complaint of technicians about users — blame the user isn't the answer. ;-) (I know we all know now that he has indeed read the FAQ, and that you misunderstood, but I'm responding anyway because addressing the assumed problem is important too.) It's hard for the people who know

Re: [hugin-ptx] Vignetting in output

2013-02-02 Thread JohnPW
I suggest comparing apples to apples. Use all the same parameters for camera, lens, and image on both trials. It appears the output images were not remapped in the same way before they ever got to the blending and sticking steps. On Saturday, February 2, 2013 4:24:25 PM UTC-6, Andrew Baddeley

[hugin-ptx] Re: [remote sensing] Use of Hugin to stitch thermal imagery (methods + results)

2013-01-29 Thread JohnPW
On Tuesday, January 29, 2013 1:52:26 PM UTC-6, Julien Schroder wrote: Well our work was exploratory, we are in a really windy area and the overlap wasn't calculated right that is why it is full of gap. It's pretty hard ot fly totally straight with a plane in this area so that is the best

[hugin-ptx] Re: [remote sensing] Use of Hugin to stitch thermal imagery (methods + results)

2013-01-29 Thread JohnPW
I see in your script stuff (which as I have said, I don't completely understand,) that you are using the --multirow switch. So maybe you are already getting the best performance you can and my suggestion is redundant. John -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the

[hugin-ptx] Re: [remote sensing] Use of Hugin to stitch thermal imagery (methods + results)

2013-01-25 Thread JohnPW
Oh so that first (cyan tinted) image is a gap between two individual images? I thought it was on a larger scale gap on a multi image mosaic. I was thinking it might be from an errant mask, Hugin bug, or some other esoteric problem. What scale is this thing at? How large an area does each image

[hugin-ptx] Re: [remote sensing] Use of Hugin to stitch thermal imagery (methods + results)

2013-01-25 Thread JohnPW
How are the full transparency and temperature images related. [Sorry if this is obvious from the nona script, but I don's speak nona :-) ] It appears the full transparency shows a conventional image mosaic with the temperature image (presumably your temperature mosaic image?) as a

[hugin-ptx] Re: How to calibrate fisheye lens image effectively?

2013-01-23 Thread JohnPW
a very quick result (it should be in your Hugin download file.) Really, it's all good. :-) John On Monday, January 21, 2013 7:32:30 PM UTC-6, JohnPW wrote: I'm answering things I don't really know about for sure, but . . . I think your best bet is method 2. When you use the lens, take

[hugin-ptx] Re: Should we optimize the parameter view (v) in the persepctive correction?

2013-01-23 Thread JohnPW
It probably just derives v from the EXIF data. BTW, I suspect that these methods don't do much to correct b anyway (but I could be wrong.) John On Wednesday, January 23, 2013 1:38:15 PM UTC-6, Linda Li wrote: The tutoiral Hugin tutorial — Simulating an architectural projection does not

[hugin-ptx] Re: Enfuse: Trying to use input masks to increase DR (with test files)

2013-01-22 Thread JohnPW
Ken, I guess I'm not clear on this. There are many things that seems strange about your experiment and the results, but I'm not sure which one is the one that is bothering you. For instance, There is the way masks behave in your experiment (personally this is the what surprises me.) The fact

[hugin-ptx] Re: How do they stitch this pano video from 3 cameras?

2013-01-22 Thread JohnPW
There are folks who have been working on video stitching SW for a while. Basically panotools for video. More than one active project out there. Sorry I don't have a link, but I'm sure these projects have been mentioned in this forum somewhere before. On Tuesday, January 22, 2013 2:41:48 PM

[hugin-ptx] Re: Understanding Hugin circular fisheye's FOV value.

2013-01-21 Thread JohnPW
I imagine that the HFOV is probably larger than you expect because it represents (I think) the theoretical HFOV of the whole image area (frame to frame) not just the FOV of the image circle. I think this is done because it's more about the input image file than the lens that was used. In other

[hugin-ptx] Re: Enfuse: Trying to use input masks to increase DR (with test files)

2013-01-21 Thread JohnPW
I can't specifically help you because I'm a moron when it comes to CLI and scripting (so I can't really tell what you are telling enfuse to do.) I am following you theoretically though. Test 1a-b is to test how the masking works (all as expected.) Test 1c-d trying to see how it handles the 1/2

[hugin-ptx] Re: How to calibrate fisheye lens image effectively?

2013-01-21 Thread JohnPW
I'm answering things I don't really know about for sure, but . . . I think your best bet is method 2. When you use the lens, take some extra images (from the same position) to the left and right (or up and down) so that you calibrate the lens for each use. You'll get a better and more accurate

[hugin-ptx] Re: How to calibrate fisheye lens image effectively?

2013-01-21 Thread JohnPW
PS I don't think that's so much image translation as image center shift (d e.) On Monday, January 21, 2013 6:23:51 PM UTC-6, Linda Li wrote: Plus, I think I also need to consider translation parameters in it, since the interface of the fisheye lens is not exactly the centre to the

[hugin-ptx] Re: Enfuse: Trying to use input masks to increase DR (with test files)

2013-01-21 Thread JohnPW
That is *maybe* the new scanners are better? On Monday, January 21, 2013 7:17:14 PM UTC-6, JohnPW wrote: PS I have found that few flatbed scanners have the capability with their exposure settings to enable you to really pull the detail out of the dense parts of film, chrome or negative

[hugin-ptx] Re: Enfuse: Trying to use input masks to increase DR (with test files)

2013-01-21 Thread JohnPW
Yeah, I've messed around with your scan files a bit and (aside from the issue of how infuse works with masks) I think it's a pretty darn well exposed chrome. You had to expose for the highlights and did a darn good job of it. Given that you're at in thin air, shooting into shadow and sun, and

[hugin-ptx] Re: Hugin stacks pictures to one stack, not 360 degrees as I want

2013-01-19 Thread JohnPW
How do the control points look? Look in the quick preview window and check show control points. It's hard to know what's happening without more information. You should probably post the PTO file. John On Saturday, January 19, 2013 4:18:42 AM UTC-6, moonki...@hotmail.com wrote: So, my problem

[hugin-ptx] Re: Enfuse: Trying to use input masks to increase DR

2013-01-19 Thread JohnPW
Try to get those files up so we have something to comment on :-) -- 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

[hugin-ptx] Re: Fisheye lens do not present circular projection on my cellphone

2013-01-18 Thread JohnPW
I have no experience with fisheye lenses, but . . . A) Indeed, they *are* designed this way. Fisheye lenses are either circular (a full 180º circular projection) or full frame (where the image circle is enlarged [and effectively cropped] to fill the full image area.) This is generally what most

[hugin-ptx] Re: Show and Tell - Operation StratoSphere

2013-01-18 Thread JohnPW
BTW, I like the smoke ring that is produced when the balloon explodes. -- 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

[hugin-ptx] Re: Show and Tell - Operation StratoSphere

2013-01-17 Thread JohnPW
Cool! Very nice! This sort of thing really was hard to imagine only a few years ago (few for someone of my age anyway.) Even a large government organization in an affluent world power would have been boggled. Now, a few decades later, with some amazing technological advances, an individual with

Re: [hugin-ptx] CHDK

2013-01-14 Thread JohnPW
/6493895227/ On Monday, January 14, 2013 4:39:39 AM UTC-6, bugbear wrote: JohnPW wrote: It sounds like it works as advertised, but doesn't alleviate the usability curse of PS's � the lack of physical controls makes the UI a deep nest of menus and a bottle neck for changing things. Still

Re: [hugin-ptx] CHDK

2013-01-13 Thread JohnPW
RAW is essentially unprocessed sensor data, right? And DNG is Adobe's all purpose, standard file format designed to convey raw data for any camera. Isn't that so? It seems like any SW written to read a DNG should be able to open any DNG without a problem. Why then, do they always distribute RAW

[hugin-ptx] CHDK

2013-01-12 Thread JohnPW
Anybody use CHDK? How do you like it? What is your experience with it? I was thinking of buying a little used Cannon ELPH and loading this on it to use as an inexpensive pocketable camera that can be used for snapshots or bracketed images enfused images and/or panos. From my search, it seems

Re: [hugin-ptx] CHDK

2013-01-12 Thread JohnPW
It sounds like it works as advertised, but doesn't alleviate the usability curse of PS's — the lack of physical controls makes the UI a deep nest of menus and a bottle neck for changing things. Still, the features you point out, plus being able to use a script to bracket and, most of all,

Re: [hugin-ptx] CHDK

2013-01-12 Thread JohnPW
S5IS, things could be better for you. -- Frederic Da Vitoria (davitof) Membre de l'April - « promouvoir et défendre le logiciel libre » - http://www.april.org/ Le 13 janv. 2013 01:42, JohnPW johnpw...@gmail.com javascript: a écrit : It sounds like it works as advertised, but doesn't

Re: [hugin-ptx] Adobe Photoshop CS2 download for free

2013-01-11 Thread JohnPW
Well that makes sense. Tempts me build a Windows computer! John On Friday, January 11, 2013 1:44:33 AM UTC-6, David Haberthür wrote: On 10.01.2013, at 02:03, Greg 'groggy' Lehey groo...@gmail.comjavascript: wrote: On Wednesday, 9 January 2013 at 9:15:21 -1000, Gnome Nomad wrote: A

Re: [hugin-ptx] Adobe Photoshop CS2 download for free

2013-01-09 Thread JohnPW
I'm sure it's legal. Why else would they offer it? I see no context for the page, so I don't know what they intend. But let's face it, it's CS2 which is so long in the tooth it's nearly dead. And on the Mac, it's PPC only. (Hard to remember, but I think I had it working on my intel MBP for a

[hugin-ptx] Re: rapperry pi and hugin possible ?

2013-01-06 Thread JohnPW
Cool! I didn't know about Raspberry Pi. I am reeling with ideas of cool things that could be done with it. Seems like it would have plenty of power for Hugin. The CPU has about the same power as a 300Mhz Pentium II. It may not handle big projects and it'll run slow, but it should work fine.

Re: [hugin-ptx] Re: Hugin - Faux Exposure Brackets - enfuse

2013-01-01 Thread JohnPW
Sorry, I forgot to remove the first 2 pages before posting. -- 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

Re: [hugin-ptx] Re: Hugin - Faux Exposure Brackets - enfuse

2013-01-01 Thread JohnPW
And always more information shows up after I post. It looks like this formula improvement may have been made some years ago. I'm not sure what improvement it is they have planned for v7. I suppose the documentation where they use the faulty formula as an example could be updated ;-) -- You

Re: [hugin-ptx] Re: Mapping camera parameters to hugin - pto files

2012-12-20 Thread JohnPW
That sounds like an excellent approach — like substituting for 'x' in algebra! What limits it to being useful only to the one photo? (I'm unable follow the formulas in memec's link without explanation, but maybe with a hint I can figure it out.) John On Wednesday, December 19, 2012 5:12:13

[hugin-ptx] Re: Questions re calibrating lens for Lensfun

2012-12-20 Thread JohnPW
I found the lensfun explanation and documentation regarding use and contribution to the database insufficient to do either (but I'm a failed geek.) As far as the data, the procedure they lay out is very thorough an much better explained. Presumably more samples lead to a better result (if the

[hugin-ptx] Re: Visualize seam

2012-12-20 Thread JohnPW
Can anyone tell me if doing as I described below (entering --visualize in the Enblend options box in Hugin) *should* make this option work properly? Thanks John On Monday, December 17, 2012 2:43:11 PM UTC-6, JohnPW wrote: I was interested to see the visualize output, but it didn't quite work

Re: [hugin-ptx] Re: Hugin - Faux Exposure Brackets - enfuse

2012-12-20 Thread JohnPW
I'm glad this is stimulating discussion. This is the kind of thing I enjoy reading here (especially when somebody can explain things they know.) Anyway, I'd like to figure out some things about sigmoidal contrast. Is a sigmoidal contrast simply an approach to setting the contrast curve we all

Re: [hugin-ptx] Re: Hugin - Faux Exposure Brackets - enfuse

2012-12-19 Thread JohnPW
Exactly! On Wednesday, December 19, 2012 5:13:57 AM UTC-6, Frederic Da Vitoria wrote: I expect the faux-bracketing to keep the lightest parts of the darkest exposure and the darkest parts of the lightest exposure. If this were true, there should not be any loss in the highlights.

Re: [hugin-ptx] 2010.0.0 on OSX 10.6.8?

2012-12-18 Thread JohnPW
Nice image Carl, On Tuesday, December 18, 2012 1:55:17 AM UTC-6, zarl wrote: Dr. Kurt schrieb am 18.12.12 04:01: I stitched this panorama http://worldwidepanorama.org/wwp_rss/go/n7775 I see you wide angle lens. Were you able to capture the whole boat and occupants in one nadir shot (and

[hugin-ptx] Re: Is this just a hopeless scene or can adjusting

2012-12-18 Thread JohnPW
That's pretty funny. :-) But it will probably help a great deal! On Tuesday, December 18, 2012 3:08:52 PM UTC-6, Matias Tukiainen wrote: Shooting again tomorrow, fabricated the world's laziest pano head for my tripod from a CD case, two erasers and a lot of duct tape :'D maybe it'll hold

Re: [hugin-ptx] Re: Hugin - Faux Exposure Brackets - enfuse

2012-12-18 Thread JohnPW
at Bugbear wondered. On Tuesday, December 18, 2012 3:37:17 PM UTC-6, Frederic Da Vitoria wrote: Hello JohnPW IMO, you shouldn't compare the highlights between any image and c100: since c100 is the darkest, it will always show more details in the highlights than any other picture. You should

Re: [hugin-ptx] Re: Hugin - Faux Exposure Brackets - enfuse

2012-12-18 Thread JohnPW
choosing picture with a better exposition (that is under-exposed by the camera's standards) would give better results. 2012/12/18 JohnPW johnpw...@gmail.com javascript: Are you sure you didn't mix the two up? o1 is the original and o2 is the output. In my opinion the shirt detail in o2 is very

Re: [hugin-ptx] Re: Hugin - Faux Exposure Brackets - enfuse

2012-12-17 Thread JohnPW
to hear about it. John On Monday, December 17, 2012 4:51:50 AM UTC-6, bugbear wrote: JohnPW wrote: This is very cool (and, amazingly, I've gotten it to work form me.) I'm still trying to figure out how to run the perl script, but I'm happy I at least have the commands working on the command

[hugin-ptx] Re: 360 video camera on kickstarter

2012-12-17 Thread JohnPW
That's pretty cool! Nice job. On Monday, December 17, 2012 2:23:54 AM UTC-6, Naked Robot wrote: maybe this is interesting for the group www.kickstarter.com/projects/1996234044/sphericam-the-easy-360o-video-camera -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups

[hugin-ptx] Re: Visualize seam

2012-12-17 Thread JohnPW
I was interested to see the visualize output, but it didn't quite work for me. I put --visualize in the Enblend options box in Hugin (shouldn't that work?) I always get this error: enblend: info: loading next image: Antietam House 5Z.tif 1/1 enblend: info: loading next image: Antietam House

[hugin-ptx] Re: Visualize seam

2012-12-17 Thread JohnPW
+state:results Perhaps calling --visualize (Im using 2012.0.0 built by Harry van der Wolf on OS X 1..8.2) brings up a similar coding problem from a similar but different place? John On Monday, December 17, 2012 2:43:11 PM UTC-6, JohnPW wrote: I was interested to see the visualize output, but it didn't

Re: [hugin-ptx] Re: Visualize seam

2012-12-17 Thread JohnPW
UTC-6, GnomeNomad wrote: My experience with the bug never kept it from finishing a stitch. I didn't fix anything. On 12/17/2012 02:47 PM, JohnPW wrote: Hmm . . . Google tells me that this is a problem that some of you (Gnome Nomad, kfj, et al.) have seen and fixed before. A bug

Re: [hugin-ptx] Re: Hugin - Faux Exposure Brackets - enfuse

2012-12-12 Thread JohnPW
to automatically bracket using JPGs, I'd think you'd get good dynamic range results. Or you can do it manually (adjusting the shutter speed). Then you're getting into the area of shooting high-dynamic range images. On 12/11/2012 09:23 AM, JohnPW wrote: Actually, for static situations, I have found

Re: [hugin-ptx] Re: Hugin - Faux Exposure Brackets - enfuse

2012-12-12 Thread JohnPW
or noise reduction to the image when making a JPG out of a RAW file). On 12/11/2012 09:32 AM, JohnPW wrote: Just to clarify: The image capture is the onerous part. My old camera (Nikon CP4500) takes forever to capture a TIFF (10-15 seconds between shots) I can capture JPEGs

Re: [hugin-ptx] Re: Hugin - Faux Exposure Brackets - enfuse

2012-12-12 Thread JohnPW
Thanks. I was thinking it might be Image Magic, but I haven't been able to get it to work for me and so am not familiar with it's commands. John On Wednesday, December 12, 2012 3:55:33 AM UTC-6, bugbear wrote: JohnPW wrote: What are you folks doing to faux-bracket your images? With RAW

[hugin-ptx] Re: Is this just a hopeless scene or can adjusting

2012-12-12 Thread JohnPW
This looks like it was enfused. Enfusing stacks then stitching is helpful (rather than stitching before infusing. If you have abundance of overlapping images, picking the most compatible ones is helpful. Also using the mask feature to steer where the seam is placed or which image to use for an

[hugin-ptx] Re: Is this just a hopeless scene or can adjusting

2012-12-12 Thread JohnPW
In the end though, even the simplest, home made, kludged, pano attachment to move the NPP over the tripod axis will make your life much easier and and give markedly nicer pano images. My photo professor always said that 99% of the time, it's easier to fix problems in the studio, than in the

Re: [hugin-ptx] Re: Hugin - Faux Exposure Brackets - enfuse

2012-12-12 Thread JohnPW
11:54:22 AM UTC-6, JohnPW wrote: Thanks. I was thinking it might be Image Magic, but I haven't been able to get it to work for me and so am not familiar with it's commands. John -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Hugin and other free panoramic

Re: [hugin-ptx] Re: Hugin - Faux Exposure Brackets - enfuse

2012-12-12 Thread JohnPW
:/Applications/Hugin/HuginTools/:$PATH* # Finished adapting your PATH environment variable for use with MacPorts. On Wednesday, December 12, 2012 3:55:33 AM UTC-6, bugbear wrote: JohnPW wrote: What are you folks doing to faux-bracket your images? With RAW files, obviously you can do all

Re: [hugin-ptx] Re: Hugin - Faux Exposure Brackets - enfuse

2012-12-12 Thread JohnPW
I added a slash and now it works. For any other poor noob, here is text that worked for me: export PATH=/opt/local/bin:/opt/local/sbin:$PATH:/Applications/Hugin/HuginTools/ -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Hugin and other free panoramic software

Re: [hugin-ptx] Re: Hugin - Faux Exposure Brackets - enfuse

2012-12-12 Thread JohnPW
Actually it appears that it was this text that did it: export PATH=/opt/local/bin:/opt/local/sbin:/Applications/Hugin/HuginTools/:$PATH On Wednesday, December 12, 2012 10:21:48 PM UTC-6, JohnPW wrote: I added a slash and now it works. For any other poor noob, here is text that worked for me

[hugin-ptx] Re: Off topic: pyExifToolGUI: a Linux/Mac OS X/Windows gui for exiftool

2012-12-12 Thread JohnPW
Thanks for the handy tool, Harry. Worked for me on Mountain Lion (but I didn't give it a real vigorous workout.) John -- 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

Re: [hugin-ptx] Re: Might this idea work? scripting process

2012-12-11 Thread JohnPW
this thing called the Internet ... Anyway, I have no idea what Hugin can read and write. Maybe developers can clue us in? On 12/10/2012 12:40 PM, JohnPW wrote: So GN, (Sorry, I'm not sure I follow) You are using 48b tiffs as source images for Hugin to stitch panoramas? What

Re: [hugin-ptx] Re: Hugin - Faux Exposure Brackets - enfuse

2012-12-11 Thread JohnPW
I've done it. Works quite successfully. If you're shooting JPGs, I wouldn't worry about converting them to 16-bit TIFF - JPG doesn't have the color depth for that. Hmm, I think using TIFF isn't onerous at all! On 12/10/2012 01:04 PM, JohnPW wrote: Why not faux-bracket the source images

Re: [hugin-ptx] Re: Hugin - Faux Exposure Brackets - enfuse

2012-12-11 Thread JohnPW
Just to clarify: The image capture is the onerous part. My old camera (Nikon CP4500) takes forever to capture a TIFF (10-15 seconds between shots) I can capture JPEGs, bracketed or not, in a burst and the resulting files are much smaller than a single TIFF. In post porcessing on the compute,r

[hugin-ptx] Re: Hugin - Faux Exposure Brackets - enfuse

2012-12-11 Thread JohnPW
What are you folks doing to faux-bracket your images? With RAW files, obviously you can do all sorts of non-destructive things, but I assume you aren't using RAW files though, or it wouldn't really be all that faux. If you are using conventional files, I assume you are adjusting the curves?

Re: [hugin-ptx] Re: Might this idea work? scripting process

2012-12-10 Thread JohnPW
So GN, (Sorry, I'm not sure I follow) You are using 48b tiffs as source images for Hugin to stitch panoramas? What are the specs for acceptable input and output files for Hugin? I just spent 40 minutes trying to find some kind of Hugin tech spec list and have now given up.( I do understand Hugin

[hugin-ptx] Re: Hugin - Faux Exposure Brackets - enfuse

2012-12-10 Thread JohnPW
Why not faux-bracket the source images first, then stack and enfuse them before stitching? This is similar to making bracketed images from RAW files (eliminates alignment/movement difficulties common to conventional bracketing.) I have to admit, most of my panos are from jpegs shot with cheap

Re: [hugin-ptx] determine heading from sun position.

2012-11-19 Thread JohnPW
KFJ authored a post on using the sun and Wolfram Alpha to orient panoramas about 6 months to a year ago. I wasn't able to find it, but I'm sure someone who knows how to use the features of the site better than me can find it. On Monday, November 19, 2012 4:31:51 PM UTC-6, Cartola wrote: Hmm,

Re: [hugin-ptx] determine heading from sun position.

2012-11-19 Thread JohnPW
I guess I should have tried harder: https://groups.google.com/d/topic/hugin-ptx/vWRO7SxdFxQ/discussion On Monday, November 19, 2012 5:24:16 PM UTC-6, JohnPW wrote: KFJ authored a post on using the sun and Wolfram Alpha to orient panoramas about 6 months to a year ago. I wasn't able to find

[hugin-ptx] Re: determine heading from sun position.

2012-11-19 Thread JohnPW
And cool, BTW. If I were smart enough, I'd adapt it to the mac (or Unix. Either way, I'm too ignorant to do it :-) ) On Monday, November 19, 2012 5:33:29 PM UTC-6, Erik Krause wrote: Am 20.11.2012 00:24, schrieb JohnPW: KFJ authored a post on using the sun and Wolfram Alpha to orient

Re: [hugin-ptx] Use of Hugin in remote sensing

2012-11-11 Thread JohnPW
I'd be interested in seeing some of your work product when you finish. I'm just curious to see what some of the original temp mosaic image files and the stitched results look like. :-) John On Sunday, November 11, 2012 4:44:01 PM UTC-6, alouest wrote: Ok that works, thanks! I keep having

[hugin-ptx] Re: ANN: lens calibration tutorial

2012-11-03 Thread JohnPW
Nice, Torsten, I appreciate useful tutorials. I haven't thoroughly read it yet, but it looks good. It appears there are some informative links in it too. When I do read it properly, I'll pass any feedback I have on to you (to do with as you please, of course. :-) ) John PS typo: *transverse*

[hugin-ptx] Re: control points as way of Hugin life?

2012-10-31 Thread JohnPW
I suppose you should use whatever works for you. It's good to experiment with anything that could get you what you want with less fuss. For me that might be a nice fisheye lens. I like the control and quality Hugin offers. I imagine most people in this forum are looking to get the maximum

[hugin-ptx] Re: OffTopic - Color Film Development

2012-10-31 Thread JohnPW
Don't use anybody who won't return your film! Join a local photo group. They'll clue you in to the local resources. I develop BW 4x5 in my bathroom and then scan. A good printer with custom ink sets works well. For silver prints I use a darkroom at a local photography association. I've gone

Re: [hugin-ptx] Re: Digikam can stich panoramas using hugin

2012-10-20 Thread JohnPW
I suppose so (I use Aperture.) I'm probably an unusual Mac user in that I do try to use OSS, and of those that do, I'm probably even more unusual in that I really don't know what I'm doing! For example, I've tried Dark Table, but have never been able to get it to run correctly(font problems,

Re: [hugin-ptx] Announce: jpeg2qtvr-0.04

2012-10-20 Thread JohnPW
on it for a while and get back to you if I can't figure it out in a week or so. Thanks Bruno. John On Thursday, October 18, 2012 11:23:22 PM UTC-5, JohnPW wrote: On Thursday, October 18, 2012 1:25:15 PM UTC-5, Bruno Postle wrote: . . . This means that it needs some more perl modules, and they may

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