Anyone recommend panoramic software?
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Hey guys –
Can anyone recommend a standalone panoramic photo stitching program, or in the alternative a plugin for CS2?
Autopan pro is one of the best.
PSCS3 is not bad but Autopan Pro is better.
I,ve tried a few!!!???
PT Assembler is the one I settled on- very smart auto stitching and very deep “you create your own nighmare controls”:))))
http://www.tawbaware.com/ptasmblr.htm
Windows only I believe for what that is worth.
a hand held pan 3x3888x… pixel stitch, which this program seems to have no problems dealing with. Excuse the crappy exposure , my issue not the program:)
There is a decent tutorial and support backup and a forum on Max’s site.
Will
i know that you said you weeren’t interested in CS3 but I thought that I would post this as a test example, that I wanted to perform, of the embedded photomerge in CS3. This was just a test shot to see what the final image would look like and how well the photomerge would work so, I know that it is a terrible shot with a lot of problems in it. I did no inhancements on this posted final image at all and it was all automated. The only thing that I did manual was apply the lower, 2nd, row of merged photo’s and allign them with the top row. I really wanted to give this a good test so, I shot some portrait and others landcaped and then merged a total of 36 photographs in this final panoramic image. I also adjusted the in camera focus in each new frame and continued shooting during the shade of cloud coverage, which explains why part of buidings are in focus and parts are not (wanted to see how photomerge would handle that little problem and I think it did well. You can find a couple of very fine lines, in the sky, where some of the photo’s were merged but they are very easy fixes. I also did not take extra care in lining up each shot but just made sure that there was some, or a lot, of overlap.
I am going to reshoot this the proper way and in better lighting as the test shot was in harsh Lithuanian sun light. I will probably have a total of 4 rows and 26 columns in the final shot… I must admit that I am very amazed at how well the photomerge tool works in CS3.. Amazing alignment for an automated arrangement in my book!! I know that it is costly but I think that it may very well be worth it, but that is up to the individual…
Oh yes, the posted image is only 2% the size of the original. Having said that, the file is very huge and does take a lot of processing time with all of the tools in photoshop..
As Richard stated, it is faster. It really is worth every penny Zach, the improvements are truly amazing. If you do any graphic design with any of your photographs, you will find that it can cut the time in half, compared to CS2. The tools are far better and they added more to the adjustment layers as well. The black and white conversion is great as well. Just from what you discovered with the photomerge, it is so easy to use and the lines are so easy to fix in the adjustment layers. Must say that I was not sure about CS3 and the cost at first but I after spending some time with it; I really love this upgrade… Sorry about the orange walls
I was going to trash this but I thought that you might like to see how it does with a total of 57 photographs: This sucker is HUGE LOL… This one does have some very serious flaws and a big mess in it but I thought that this might help you in spending that extra money, Zach LOL.
Everytime I shoot this thing, I seem to miss detail and learn something new for shooting and setting up all of the shots for the stitching process. This one did require some aligning and adjustments but it is so easy as the automated process fills up the layers pallete and makes it simple for moving and adjusting one file at a time. I really wanted to get the clouds and clear sky in it but I did 3 sweeps of the horizon and things moved faster than I wanted. (that and a bird flew into one of the frames LOL). Cleaning and blending the clouds and sky was easy but I overlooked some other details in the lower section and my hardrive is so full that a crash fear has overcome me again so, I rushed this one LOL. Seems that I am going to have to reshoot this yet again but it is one of the funniest frustrating shots that I have done in a good while. You are going to love CS3 Zach 🙂
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