Klaus Esser
pro member
BTW Michael
one can't say that autopano is easy to understand, starting from scratch yesterday night I could only achieve the image posted late in the after noon today…
That said, it was on the G4 Powerbook and test and try is loooooooong with only 5 images… it took me a while to understand how to save PSD file not flattened!
and then, the result was far from perfect, I don't think the lack of nodal plate is faulty, but it is true that choosing a diagonal angle shoot in the room doesn't help much…
I'd like to know your default settings… hehe
Hi Nic!
AutoPano is one of the fastest stitchers. Even PTGui-Fans say so.
The best way is to shoot 3 rows symmetrical - one horizontal, on up and one down. This way you have a VERY wide angle (depending on the amount of single shots). I use a 35mm Nikon for that purpose om the 20D - but 20mm is also ok. 50mm you only should use for reall highres - there´s no advantage otherwise.
Flatstitching is basically the same as using a uww in one shot. The distortions are nearly identical - which is obvious.
Stitching of 3 rows and 6 shots each row from TIFFs or JPGs or RAWs takes around 10min. on my Mac G5 2x2GHz with 8GB RAM.
Rendering is done in 15min avarage at around 70MPx in TIFF 16bit.
best, Klaus