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CarloDidier wrote:
Bifurcator wrote:
This was kind of a test to see how well PhotoShop, AutoPano Pro, and PTGui Pro could do when handed a set of 14x3 (42 total) 8 megapixel images. Only Photoshop's Photomerge didn't choke completely. The other two misplaced images, left terrible unsmoothed seams, and took many times (3 or 4) longer. Photoshop couldn't figure out the top row or row and a half of clouds so it left it blank and smoothed to a solid color. 
Wow, the most I did until now were 42 also! You can see it here.
Dude! That's like, the coolest site! Seriously, those are excellent!
You weren't too far from my house when you created this one:
http://www.ptgui.com/gallery/twin_tower_nagoya_japan_panorama.html
No problem with the sky in that one (for PTGui), but I had sky problems in other stitches. The problem is that reference points can only be found when there is information. How could you find them on a series of pictures of a perfectly white sheet of paper?
Hehe... yup! This might have a chance though. 
The Photoshop approach you describe is a good idea. I might give PS a try again, though until now, it never really convinced me for stitching.
I think that if you have to hand manipulate the stitch then PS at least CS3, is probably not the best tool for the job. I have Realviz but I haven't migrated it over to Mac yet so I didn't include it in the test. Looking at your site is inspiring me to do so tho. 
I always had far better results with PTGui. PS often either couldn't stitch at all for lack off good reference points or it couldn't get smooth transitions when PTGui, with the same images, just happily stitched a nearly perfect pano on full auto ...
Cool! I'll give it another try next time. I just tried it again (right now) on several 3 and 4 image panos and it didn't seem much better. It was a lot faster than it was on the big one but still a few slight seams and not really the best distortions. Which projection type do you use most [for flat views like above] and what file types are best? In my (limited) tests only JPEGs were available to it.
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