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Subject: Re: [OM] (OM) OT image stitching / panoramas
From: Chuck Norcutt <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2012 09:06:53 -0400
Yes, Hugin obviously did a better job.  I'm curious if current PhotoShop 
would do as well.  I used to get occasional problem with CS3 but not 
with CS4.  I may not have done a pano with CS5 yet.

Chuck Norcutt


On 4/24/2012 1:06 AM, Nathan Wajsman wrote:
> PS CS 3, I have not bothered to upgrade since I use it so little. Here is the 
> scene:
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/belgiangator/panorama/20120306-pano_20120306.jpg.html
> Note the banding in the sky. I could not get rid of it no matter what. Until 
> I downoaded Hugin and tried it:
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/belgiangator/panorama/20120306-20120306-_DSF1405-20120306-_DSF1423.jpg.html
>
> In both cases, if you click on the two little rectangles below or above the 
> picture, you can see it in screen-filling size.
>
> Cheers,
> Nathan
>
> Nathan Wajsman
> Alicante, Spain
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>
> YNWA
>
>
>
> On Apr 24, 2012, at 1:34 AM, Chuck Norcutt wrote:
>
>> What version of PhotoShop and what couldn't it handle?
>>
>> Chuck Norcutt
>>
>> On 4/23/2012 4:30 PM, Nathan Wajsman wrote:
>>> I recently tried Hugin on some images that Photoshop could not handle, and 
>>> it worked like a charm.
>>>
>>> Highly recommended.
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>> Nathan
>>>
>>> Nathan Wajsman
>>> Alicante, Spain
>>> http://www.frozenlight.eu
>>> http://www.greatpix.eu
>>> http://www.nathanfoto.com
>>> PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws
>>> Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/
>>>
>>>
>>> YNWA
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Apr 23, 2012, at 5:25 PM, Chuck Norcutt wrote:
>>>
>>>> First thing to check is that many cameras do it themselves these days.
>>>> Maybe your friend doesn't need any other software.  Check the manual.
>>>>
>>>> Things I used to use but haven't in a long time
>>>>
>>>> You can try this (the "demo" version, limited control but free and easy)
>>>> <http://www.cs.bath.ac.uk/brown/autostitch/autostitch.html>
>>>>
>>>> Full control and free and based on PanoTools (maybe the granddaddy)
>>>> <http://hugin.sourceforge.net/>
>>>>
>>>> There's lots more out there but I don't know of anything else that's
>>>> free.  You probably can't get any better than Hugin functionally but I
>>>> haven't used it in years and don't know how the interface operates
>>>> today.  Years ago it was a bit kludgy but has probably improved
>>>> significantly since then.  PhotoShop used to be so-so for panos but has
>>>> gotten better and better.  As of CS5 I don't see any need to use
>>>> anything else but then I don't try to go beyond 180 horizontally or more
>>>> than one frame height vertically.  It may work fine for full 360 degree
>>>> spherical stuff but I don't go there.  I assume the same technology
>>>> that's in CS5 is in current versions of PS Elements.
>>>>
>>>> ps:  I sometimes don't like what PS does when you hand it a bunch of
>>>> images and let it use its "auto" mode for the method of aligning and
>>>> blending images.  I almost always use the simple "reposition" method
>>>> which almost always returns a good image with no additional effort
>>>> required and minimal cropping (even from handheld panos if done with
>>>> reasonable care)
>>>>
>>>> Chuck Norcutt
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 4/23/2012 1:27 AM, Brian Swale wrote:
>>>>> I hesitate to ask this since maybe I should have written down the group
>>>>> wisdom which has been given out a bit over the last 2 months. But since I
>>>>> didn't envisage using this stuff myself, I didn't keep records.
>>>>>
>>>>> The friend of a friend wants to know what photo stitching software is
>>>>> recommended.  I know some is available free, and some (eg PT Gui ) costs.
>>>>>
>>>>> Info welcome. Thanks.
>>>>>
>>>>> Brian Swale.
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