photo stitching software

[ricky1980]

anyone can recommend me a stitching software other than photoshop please?

photoshop isn't working for me at the moment. not entirely sure why. so want to try another software.

 

[Harvey_nikon]

Check out Autopano, its very good even if it does take some getting used to

http://www.autopano.net/en/

 

[grahamc]

panorama maker is pretty good

 

[Moonhawk]

Hugin - great for problematic panoramas as you can manually identify features.

 

[ricky1980]

i think my problem is the photos have slight distortion and thus photoshop has a hard time identifying the common features, so are any of the above works?

 

[Moonhawk]

i think my problem is the photos have slight distortion and thus photoshop has a hard time identifying the common features, so are any of the above works?

Hugin corrects for lens distortion (as long as you correctly specify the focal length and multiplier) - and also allows you to manually match features if the automatic matching fails.

 

[ricky1980]

trying out the hugin, looks very good indeed, thanks

 

[dreameruk]

you can also try this

http://zerenesystems.com/stacker/

oops misread the title

 

[Fuuudge]

I have Autopano and it works pretty well for me.

 

[Nod]

I use ArcSoft Panorama maker - came free with a scanner or printer and does a good enough job for my needs.

 

[johngie]

Panorama Factory

 

[mrtoad]

i have used one...autostitch...
it will do the job but your joins have to be pretty good
you will get some distortion and in converging verticals..(i did) and lose bits of the making up shots in large areas of black top and bottom
i have had medium success but dont do a lot really

be good to see your results and wish you well ..a good pano is remarkable
i saw one of a castle done in around 24 shots taken on zoom lens

 

[GeForce Junky]

I've used the trial version of Arcsoft Panorama Maker 4 with great success, but am reluctant to buy the full version as it can only do 4x4 grids, which is pritty poor. I'm currently playing around with Hugin and getting very confused!

 

[Terrywoodenpic]

I use PT Assembler It corrects for lens distortion and verticals with out trouble.
Another popular one is PTGui
All the better programs, like these two are based, on Photo tools by Helmut Dursch.

See these links


useful links
http://www.tawbaware.com/forum2/
http://www.nodalninja.com/index.html
http://www.nodalninja.com/forum/
http://www.tawbaware.com/maxlyons/
http://www.tawbaware.com/ptasmblr.htm

 

[ricky1980]

Autopan is great, minimal fuss and max effect, excellent. thanks guys, also testing my siggie

 

[Chaz Photos]

you don’t say what Photoshop you are using I have CS4 and here is one I just done works fine

 

[ricky1980]

it is CS4, it just can't cope with the lens distortion that's all.

autopan does it just fine

 

[Deckard]

Another vote for Hugin here.

 

[mstphoto]

PTGui for me

 

[Chaz Photos]

it is CS4, it just can't cope with the lens distortion that's all.

autopan does it just fine

I do most of mine on auto the above looks ok to me

 

[mrtoad]

i use autostitch...its a free download and works fairly well

 

[ricky1980]

my favorite thus far

 

[LongLensPhotography]

Hugin is great, open source, and available for all platforms. CS4 and Canon stitcher are real failures in this department.

 

[buckas]

^^ cheddar gorge?

my old motor

use photomerge in CS3 myself