[hugin-ptx] Just a thank you, and faking a shorter exposure

2016-07-04 Thread Alister Ling
I am overdue to saying THANK YOU to the community here. Although some things have been hard fought (it's tough getting through a thick skull), re, re, re-reading the enfuse manual, and re-reading the advice from Chris Spiel, and going back to basics with Erik Krause's enfuse droplet to vary on

[hugin-ptx] Re: Enfuse v4.2 question

2016-07-04 Thread Alister Ling
Hi, I had a very similar issue with my situation of a full Moon (right at the top end of white) over a foreground city (very dark) 12 EV difference (6 frames X 2EV diff) Here are my enfsue settings: exposure 1; saturation 0, contrast 0, mu 0.2, sigma 0.2. Although this is a tad dark, in post I

[hugin-ptx] Trouble with creating zenith fisheye from 3 fixed cameras

2017-04-09 Thread Alister Ling
Hi, a friend has provided me with 3 *fixed* wide-angle shots of an aurora display and I am trying to stitch it into a single circular fisheye image for projection in a planetarium dome. I almost have it: https://sites.google.com/site/alistargazing/articles/aurora-pano-creation-1. 3 cameras, one

[hugin-ptx] Re: Trouble with creating zenith fisheye from 3 fixed cameras

2017-04-10 Thread Alister Ling
> > > Wow great answers Andrew and Thomas! Looks like a pretty ideal way of approaching this project. Hopefully I will be able to try it out this week. I will post my progress Thank you and regards, Alister. -- A list of frequently asked questions is available at: http://wiki.panotools.org/H

[hugin-ptx] Re: Trouble with creating zenith fisheye from 3 fixed cameras

2017-04-14 Thread Alister Ling
Ta da! https://sites.google.com/site/alistargazing/_/rsrc/1492226036334/articles/aurora-pano-creation-1/Zenith_0001.JPG GOT IT! Thank you so much *Thomas Modes and Andrew Hazelden! * Your advice was bang on, I have created 2 frames manually using your framework, and now the rest is, as they say

[hugin-ptx] Re: Trouble with creating zenith fisheye from 3 fixed cameras

2017-04-14 Thread Alister Ling
I forgot to add that I will post a tutorial and code snippets when I am done. On Friday, April 14, 2017 at 9:21:13 PM UTC-6, Alister Ling wrote: > > Ta da! > > https://sites.google.com/site/alistargazing/_/rsrc/1492226036334/articles/aurora-pano-creation-1/Zenith_0001.JPG > > G

[hugin-ptx] Which optimizer to use on command line? (in looping script)

2018-02-02 Thread Alister Ling
Hi, which optimizer do I call on the command-line, how and when? Within hugin gui, I can optimize view, barrel, position and it comes out beautifully and generates a pto file. I have read through "https://wiki.panotools.org/Panorama_scripting_in_a_nutshell"; but still don't understand how to qu

Re: [hugin-ptx] Re: Which optimizer to use on command line? (in looping script)

2018-02-08 Thread Alister Ling
Zenith.tif Zenith0001.tif Zenith0002.tif 2> PROC_ERR.txt"; The autooptimiser runs quite quickly. Now to let the 1500 triplets process overnight. Regards, Alister. On Sat, Feb 3, 2018 at 2:01 AM, T. Modes wrote: > > > Am Samstag, 3. Februar 2018 00:51:53 UTC+1 schrieb Alister

[hugin-ptx] Re: Which optimizer to use on command line? (in looping script)

2018-02-27 Thread Alister Ling
. Hugin is grinding away at it nicely. Regards, and a deep bow to you, Alister. On Friday, February 2, 2018 at 4:51:53 PM UTC-7, Alister Ling wrote: > > Hi, which optimizer do I call on the command-line, how and when? Within > hugin gui, I can optimize view, barrel, positi

[hugin-ptx] SOLVED Re: Trouble with creating zenith fisheye from 3 fixed cameras

2018-03-01 Thread Alister Ling
finished time-lapse: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EQlogcyTfGM Regards, Alister. On Sunday, April 9, 2017 at 10:04:27 PM UTC-6, Alister Ling wrote: > > Hi, a friend has provided me with 3 *fixed* wide-angle shots of an aurora > display and I am trying to stitch it into a single circular fish

[hugin-ptx] Tutorial: Stitching 3 cameras into single fisheye panorama (for aurora)

2018-03-03 Thread Alister Ling
Hello friends, after completing a time-lapse of a geomagnetic storm, by using Hugin to stitch 3 cameras into a single fisheye overhead view, I have created a webpage with a detailed tutorial of all the steps. Thank you so much Thomas Modes and *Andrew Hazelden *for their help. https://sites.go

[hugin-ptx] Re: Hugin 2019.2.0 rc1 released

2019-12-17 Thread Alister Ling
THANK YOU THANK YOU! Now I can use "Panini general" with sliders on my Gear360 images, which I could not on the 2016 Win version. Regards, Alister Ling On Saturday, November 23, 2019 at 4:36:59 AM UTC-7, T. Modes wrote: > > Binaries of Hugin 2019.2 rc1 for Windows (64 bit) c

[hugin-ptx] Re: convert normal image into spherical panorama view

2020-02-02 Thread Alister Ling
Hi, it looks like you are already doing it. Open your image in Hugin, use fast preview and drag your image. Project as equirectangular 360x180. Click stitch. You probably want to change the output size so you don't lose resolution. It is possible that your EXIF contains camera orientation so th

[hugin-ptx] Re: Stitching two (or multiple) images with different resolutions together with Hugin

2020-02-03 Thread Alister Ling
Hi, I think the problem is that *because* they are screengrabs, hugin has no information about lens, field of view (scale). [Aside, this might make a good Turing test - are these images related?!]. I think if you told hugin that the second image had a shorter focal length by the same ratio as th

[hugin-ptx] Re: Stabilising/deshaking webcam timelapse footage

2020-02-03 Thread Alister Ling
THANK YOU !! This works really well - I was worried that control points would include moving objects (Moon/Venus), but I don't see any evidence of that. My problem was that during the time-lapse, my tripod very gradually shifted. When I stacked the 500+ images, they were not aligned. Here is m

Re: [hugin-ptx] Re: Align images/timelapse sequenses. Hugin to the rescue?

2020-05-10 Thread Alister Ling
SOLVED: nona-deshake https://groups.google.com/forum/#!searchin/hugin-ptx/nona-deshake%7Csort:date/hugin-ptx/yFE6VF-mtGk/U8OYAuNYCgAJ This is an old thread, but in case someone comes down this path, the link redirects onto another thread with the solution. Alister. > >> -- A list of frequentl

[hugin-ptx] SOLVED: Remapped Images won't align? Set crop to zero

2020-05-11 Thread Alister Ling
Technically this was figured out last year, but it took me 20 minutes to find it because my search terms were different I spent a couple of hours iterating Hugin with different settings then noting poor alignment in GIMP (8 pixels off in 3000), and at more than 1 km distance it was not a parall

[hugin-ptx] can't get fulla (or Hugin) to work for vignetting (and chromatic aber cor)

2020-06-22 Thread Alister Ling
Hi, I'm having some issues creating a blended pano - sorry for the long post. I'm using 2019.2.0.6c Log output gives me "enblend: excessive image overlap detected; too high risk of defective seam line", which I kinda understand... I have 5 post sunset sky/foreground shots which overlap abou

Re: [hugin-ptx] Re: can't get fulla (or Hugin) to work for vignetting (and chromatic aber cor)

2020-06-23 Thread Alister Ling
Hi Thomas and Jens, thank you for your quick replies! Good catch Thomas, I was missing the extension (I got sucked in by the default for multiple images) I will encourage my friend to make the flat properly - he has the equipment and is currently busy so I am doing the legwork on his images for h

Solved Re: [hugin-ptx] Re: can't get fulla (or Hugin) to work for vignetting (and chromatic aber cor)

2020-06-24 Thread Alister Ling
Thanks all. While technically not 100% solved, I am well on the way to addressing it. In http://hugin.sourceforge.net/tutorials/tca/en.shtml one enters the distortion params and it calculates the values to put in fulla. Fulla runs properly, but my colours are not quite right, which suggests th

[hugin-ptx] workflow enfuse with no panorama?! can't figure it out

2014-11-18 Thread Alister Ling
Please help! And I will help others in return. I feel like I'm missing the obvious but after hours of trying I am near the point of giving up. I can load images and see exif data. As far as I can tell, I do not need to do anything else on the photos tab. I have no need for the masks or control

[hugin-ptx] Re: workflow enfuse with no panorama?! can't figure it out

2014-11-19 Thread Alister Ling
Hi Terry and Erik, thank you so much for your rapid feedback! I have now successfully got it going - I need to play with the enfuse parameters but that's another story. Terry, you were right about me needing to right-click and choose to put the images into the same stack. I got my output after

[hugin-ptx] Re: workflow enfuse with no panorama?! can't figure it out

2014-11-20 Thread Alister Ling
> > Gettin' closer all the time! Erik, I was able to use the enfuse droplet > with a trio of images! But when I dropped a folder of 9 (3 trios), onto the > same droplet it died part way through. It asked me the number of files in > the bracket, to which I replied three. Then it gave me 3 lines

[hugin-ptx] Re: workflow enfuse with no panorama?! can't figure it out

2014-11-21 Thread Alister Ling
It's a beautiful thing! Wahoo! Thank you so much Erik for both the droplets and your support. The process works really well. As promised, I will post a tutorial so that others like me can follow. Also on my list to do, I have to find the right combination of settings (weight, contrast, sigma etc

[hugin-ptx] Re: workflow enfuse with no panorama?! can't figure it out

2014-11-22 Thread Alister Ling
As promised, I have made an explicit tutorial on using Hugin for jumping straight to enfusing bracketed shots: https://sites.google.com/site/alistargazing/hugin-tutorial-enfuse-only Who should I contact in order to get it placed on the Hugin section for "Tutorials on other sites"? Alister. --

[hugin-ptx] Re: workflow enfuse with no panorama?! can't figure it out

2014-11-22 Thread Alister Ling
Hi Brandon, I will drop a note back here when I do find out. I had even tried the ImagesPlus (commercial astro-imaging software) HDR. Essentially gave me the same result - I need to bring down the highest end with little change in the middle and low, but I am too inexperienced with it to know h

[hugin-ptx] Re: workflow enfuse with no panorama?! can't figure it out

2014-11-23 Thread Alister Ling
Tutorials updated to include notes about Windows only. Reference and links to EnfuseGUI included. Here's the direct link to the time lapse enfuse tutorial featuring Erik's droplets: https://sites.google.com/site/alistargazing/home/enfuse-tutorial Thanks again guys! Salut, Alister. On Sunday,

[hugin-ptx] Enfuse parameters to prevent blowout in highlights?

2014-11-24 Thread Alister Ling
Hi, I've played with the parameters using EnfuseGUI but I am missing something. I have details in my short exposure that I can't see in the final; they are being blown out to nearly white: https://sites.google.com/site/alistargazing/home/images_hdr Advice would be appreciated. I have read the e

Re: [hugin-ptx] Re: workflow enfuse with no panorama?! can't figure it out

2014-11-27 Thread Alister Ling
Hi John, now that you mention it, I too wonder a bit because it looks like the parameters are being specified twice. I'll take a closer look at it this weekend. It's possible that I made two changes in between test runs and convinced myself both were necessary. I don't know if hugin calls enfus

[hugin-ptx] Re: Enfuse parameters to prevent blowout in highlights?

2014-11-27 Thread Alister Ling
Have not finished playing with the parameters yet. Last night I ran out of steam and tonight I ran out of steam shoveling 30+cm (12+ inches) of snow. I am using 4.1.1 doc and exe (checked with --V). The doc talks about the parameters but does not actually give an example line so I'm guessing. I

Re: [hugin-ptx] Re: workflow enfuse with no panorama?! can't figure it out

2014-11-28 Thread Alister Ling
Quite correct John, the droplets do not matter for this operation. I have removed the mention of these from the tutorial. Thanks for catching this! Alister. On Thursday, November 27, 2014 10:11:21 PM UTC-7, Alister Ling wrote: > > Hi John, > now that you mention it, I too wonder a bi

[hugin-ptx] Re: Enfuse parameters to prevent blowout in highlights?

2014-11-28 Thread Alister Ling
y begin to imagine what you've gone through). Alister. On Friday, November 28, 2014 5:28:45 AM UTC-7, cspiel wrote: > > On Friday, November 28, 2014 6:22:16 AM UTC+1, Alister Ling wrote: >> >> set enfuse_additional_parameters= --exposure-weight=0.8 >> --saturation-weight

[hugin-ptx] Re: Enfuse parameters to prevent blowout in highlights?

2014-11-30 Thread Alister Ling
e (tomorrow). Here is my result: https://sites.google.com/site/alistargazing/moon-rise-sets/enfuse-paramaters-for-the-moon On Monday, November 24, 2014 8:15:33 AM UTC-7, Alister Ling wrote: > > Hi, I've played with the parameters using EnfuseGUI but I am missing > something. > &g

Re: [hugin-ptx] Re: workflow enfuse with no panorama?! can't figure it out

2014-12-03 Thread Alister Ling
I can't say absolutely, but I would draw that conclusion too. The interface might be slightly different, but should be similar enough. On Tuesday, December 2, 2014 10:52:19 AM UTC-7, John Muccigrosso wrote > > > NP. Thanks for writing this up. If I understand it correctly then, it is > _not_ li

[hugin-ptx] Re: Align images/timelapse sequenses. Hugin to the rescue?

2016-02-16 Thread Alister Ling
Wow, nice coincidence. I too am having issues, but with a 270 frame time lapse - I can't figure out the correct workflow. Worked *beautifully* for 5 frames, but got unexpected results for all 270. I let (2013.0.0.0d404a7088e6) run all night after having clicked Hugin's CPfind. It found some 11

[hugin-ptx] Re: Align images/timelapse sequenses. Hugin to the rescue?

2016-02-17 Thread Alister Ling
mmand-line methods. I appreciate your pointing me in the right direction. Regards, Alister. On Wednesday, February 17, 2016 at 9:33:58 AM UTC-7, T. Modes wrote: > > > > Am Mittwoch, 17. Februar 2016 07:20:41 UTC+1 schrieb Alister Ling: >> >> Worked *beautifully* for 5 frames,

Re: [hugin-ptx] Re: Align images/timelapse sequenses. Hugin to the rescue?

2016-03-03 Thread Alister Ling
"All images at once". Perplexed, Alister. On Wednesday, February 17, 2016 at 11:13:44 PM UTC-7, Tduell wrote: > > Hello Alister, > > On Thu, 18 Feb 2016 16:44:40 +1100, Alister Ling > > wrote: > > > Thank you Thomas, and please forgive my semi-beginner qu

Re: [hugin-ptx] Re: Align images/timelapse sequenses. Hugin to the rescue?

2016-03-03 Thread Alister Ling
Sorry for the recent absence, I had to leave home for a week and concentrate on other issues. On Wednesday, February 17, 2016 at 11:13:44 PM UTC-7, Tduell wrote: > > Hello Alister, > > On Thu, 18 Feb 2016 16:44:40 +1100, Alister Ling > > wrote: > > > Thank y

Re: [hugin-ptx] Re: Align images/timelapse sequenses. Hugin to the rescue?

2016-03-05 Thread Alister Ling
s as buses and trucks cross. Regards, Alister. On Friday, March 4, 2016 at 3:11:24 PM UTC-7, Tduell wrote: > > On Fri, 04 Mar 2016 11:59:58 +1100, Alister Ling > > wrote: > > > Hi again Terry, I tried cpfind with --linear, but I am still having the > > same problem