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Hi,

I am looking for easy to use software to create Panoramic photos. I
bought AutoStitch from Serif and am not overly impressed with the
stitching capabilities. It is an ok tool. Is there any other software
that can create Panoramic photos?

Thank you in advance for any help.

NJ

On Sun, 02 May 2010 12:28:41 +0200, Neil Jones <> wrote:

>Hi,
>
>I am looking for easy to use software to create Panoramic photos. I
>bought AutoStitch from Serif and am not overly impressed with the
>stitching capabilities. It is an ok tool. Is there any other software
>that can create Panoramic photos?

Never heard of this AS from Serif,. However, there is a free version
of Autosticth that has been around for years created by two PhD
students at UBCo. I'ved used it fro yeaars myself.

http://cvlab.epfl.ch/~brown/autostitch/autostitch.html

> Hi,
>
> I am looking for easy to use software to create Panoramic photos. I
> bought AutoStitch from Serif and am not overly impressed with the
> stitching capabilities. It is an ok tool. Is there any other software
> that can create Panoramic photos?
>
> Thank you in advance for any help.
>
> NJ

I have the equivalent software from Kolor - Autopano PRO - and I would
have said it works very well indeed. Check that you have enough overlap
in your images - I'd suggest at least 1/3 of the frame. I try and keep
the exposure nearly the same as well.

Cheers,
David

"Neil Jones" <> wrote in message
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> Hi,
>
> I am looking for easy to use software to create Panoramic photos. I
> bought AutoStitch from Serif and am not overly impressed with the
> stitching capabilities. It is an ok tool. Is there any other software
> that can create Panoramic photos?
>
> Thank you in advance for any help.

ICE (Image Composite Editor) is a free download from Microsoft that is
pretty good.
Windows only, of course.

32bit and 64bit versions exist.

Neil Jones wrote:

> I am looking for easy to use software to create Panoramic photos. I
> bought AutoStitch from Serif and am not overly impressed with the
> stitching capabilities. It is an ok tool. Is there any other software
> that can create Panoramic photos?
>
I've had good results with Hugin, an open source project available as
free download from http://hugin.sourceforge.net/. Prebuilt binaries
are available for Windows and Mac.

Here's a link to an image I stitched together from 9 handheld shots
with a Pentax K20D, using the 40/2.8 Ltd. The stitching was done
entirely automatically, just accepting the defaults suggested by the
wizard (though there are a LOT of options if you want to get in to
tweaking!). Some USM & local contrast boost applied in GIMP after
stitching.

(Warning, 8.6MB 10232 x 3178 pixel jpeg!)

http://www.argaty.org.uk/images/LwrM..._a_cright_.jpg

On Sun, 02 May 2010 12:28:41 +0200, Neil Jones wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I am looking for easy to use software to create Panoramic photos. I
> bought AutoStitch from Serif and am not overly impressed with the
> stitching capabilities. It is an ok tool. Is there any other software
> that can create Panoramic photos?
>
> Thank you in advance for any help.
>
> NJ

If you're doing simple left to right melding, the 'pandora' plug-in for
GIMP works fairly well. It is definitely simple and easy to use.

Beyond that, I use the 'panotools' suite - which is also Open Source and
free for the using.

Alex Monro wrote:

> Here's a link to an image I stitched together from 9 handheld shots
> with a Pentax K20D, using the 40/2.8 Ltd.

> http://www.argaty.org.uk/images/LwrM..._a_cright_.jpg

What's the animal in the bottom left-hand corner? It looks like a lion.

--
Bartc

>> http://www.argaty.org.uk/images/LwrM..._a_cright_.jpg
>
> What's the animal in the bottom left-hand corner? It looks like a lion.
>
> --
> Bartc

No compared to the size of its owner it doesn't! Look a little way
further along - person in red.

David

On Sun, 2 May 2010 15:15:57 +0100, "bart.c" <> wrote:

>Alex Monro wrote:
>
>> Here's a link to an image I stitched together from 9 handheld shots
>> with a Pentax K20D, using the 40/2.8 Ltd.
>
>> http://www.argaty.org.uk/images/LwrM..._a_cright_.jpg
>
>What's the animal in the bottom left-hand corner? It looks like a lion.

A dog.

On Sun, 02 May 2010 13:31:42 +0100, Alex Monro
<> wrote:


>Here's a link to an image I stitched together from 9 handheld shots
>with a Pentax K20D, using the 40/2.8 Ltd. The stitching was done
>entirely automatically, just accepting the defaults suggested by the
>wizard (though there are a LOT of options if you want to get in to
>tweaking!). Some USM & local contrast boost applied in GIMP after
>stitching.
>
>(Warning, 8.6MB 10232 x 3178 pixel jpeg!)
>
>http://www.argaty.org.uk/images/LwrM..._a_cright_.jpg


I like the dog rooting in the foreground.