rbl
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Location: Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal
Registered: 17 Jun 2004
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Mac OS X user seeking help from pros =)
Posted: 17 Jun 2004 at 11:15 GMT
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Hi!
I'm a mac os x user seeking for some stitching software to replace/complement Canon's PhotoStitch.
Last night, after reading the reviews here, I've downloaded all titles with demos for OS X and came out empty handed.
Except for the fantastic PTMac, everything else is worse than Photostich or very very specific.
What do I do?
99% of the time I stitch simple panoramas taken most of the times handhelding the camera, shooting digital or film like these ones (* links bellow). Photostich is great for sloppy folks like me but the end image lacks some quality.
What do I need?
I need an app as simple as PhotoStich but able to produce quality images like the ones PTMac does.
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Some PTMac dark secret on how-to create panoramas without spending several hours guessing Yaw values from my handheld shoots.
Thanks! =)
Ricardo
* links
35mm.org/fotoblog/showgallery.php/cat/527
35mm.org/fotoblog/showgallery.php/cat/525
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gavyn
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Location: Los Angeles, United States
Registered: 10 Jun 2004
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Re: Mac OS X user seeking help from pros =)
Posted: 17 Jun 2004 at 18:20 GMT
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Man do I hear you!
I have also been going down this same road trying everything I could my hands on for Mac OS X. I have been using PhotoStich for any of my Canon lenses above 20mm. That is as low as PhotoStich will go. My Canon Digital Rebel, shoots at 18mm so that's really 18 x 1.6 = 28.8 - not that wide.
So I went and Got a Sigma 14mm WideEye Lens for my Canon, which is really a 22.4, when converted for my Digital sensor (better). Also it's a fixed lens so I noticed less distortion .
I discovered that PhotoStich wouldn't let me accurately compensate for this Lens configuration. It still thought it was a Canon Lens or something and locked me out and wouldn't let me put in any new numbers. So I ran it it Auto anyway and made a test panorama.
With the recomendation of Other Users on this website I purchased PhotoVista. The User Interface really sucks next to PhotoStitch (which is so easy to understand). After a frustrating learning curve with PhotoVista I was able to input my Sigma Lens configuration and create a nearly Perfect Stitch. Compared to my PhotoStitch it was WAY better.
So now I use my Photovista for my sigma lenses.
I would recommend using both for different situations.
I also tried a demo of "Stich" which is a high end program but I was never able to really figure it out for doing Planar, flat panoramas. I have a feeling that it is really made for integrating Panoramas into 3-D world for Maya and CGI. It says it does flat panorama but I think it's a lofty claim that isn't 100% true.
Everyone's telling me to us PTMAC so I guess that will be the next thing I try.
Hope that helps,
Let me know if you discover anything better.
~Gavin
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Mathew Waehner
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Location: Raleigh, United States
Registered: 14 May 2004
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Re: Mac OS X user seeking help from pros =)
Posted: 22 Jun 2004 at 14:09 GMT
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I am a mostly happy PTMac user.
You don't need "Some PTMac dark secret" to guess your yaw values- you can set control points and let the optimizer figure it out. Keep in mind that after you set control points you have to actually run the optimizer. I didn't get that the first time.
There is a good (but long) tutorial on the Kekus site's forums.
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revmark
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Location: Harvey, United States
Registered: 22 Feb 2006
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Re: Mac OS X user seeking help from pros =)
Posted: 3 Sep 2006 at 4:46 GMT
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AH HA!!! Says the blind man to his mute and deaf daughter on the phone......
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John Houghton
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Registered: 17 Jan 2005
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