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p.1 #1Pano stitching software
What is the best stiching software for LR II/ Mac and or PS ver 8.0?
May 04, 2009 at 10:16 AM
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p.1 #2Pano stitching software
For $199 upgrade from PS 8.0 to PS CS4. You can do all of your retouching in LR, select all of the pano pieces and then export the whole set of images directly into CS4 by simply right clicking and selecting the menu item.

None of the stitching programs I have used to date even come close to what I am getting out of CS4 right now.

Alan
May 04, 2009 at 10:21 AM
mooneymse
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p.1 #3Pano stitching software
Thanks for the info. I will look into it.
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May 04, 2009 at 05:57 PM
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p.1 #4Pano stitching software
I like PTGUI Pro...
May 04, 2009 at 06:35 PM
Edward Crim
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p.1 #5Pano stitching software
Alan,

which stitching programs have you used?
May 04, 2009 at 08:56 PM
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p.1 #6Pano stitching software
the top programs are:

PS CS3/4
Autopano Pro
PTgui
Hugin
May 04, 2009 at 09:28 PM
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p.1 #7Pano stitching software
Autopano Pro is several lightyears better than CS4 and I own and use both. They just came out with an even newer version as well.
May 05, 2009 at 12:18 AM
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p.1 #8Pano stitching software
If you want to mess around with a free/easy program in the meantime you can download Microsoft I.C.E., it will do tiled panoramas and the auto setting is pretty cool when starting out.
May 06, 2009 at 02:28 PM
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p.1 #9Pano stitching software
CS4 amazes me. If you are good at taking the shots you plan to merge it will do it jaw dropping good.
May 06, 2009 at 05:30 PM
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p.1 #10Pano stitching software
howardm4 wrote:
the top programs are:

PS CS3/4
Autopano Pro
PTgui
Hugin

IMO I would put the programs in a different order

Autopano Pro
PTgui, PTAssembler, PTMac. Hugin all based on Panorama Tools
PS CS3/4 previous versions of Photomerge were not good
Microsoft ICE
May 08, 2009 at 10:10 PM
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p.1 #11Pano stitching software
I did not mean to infer an order or preference when I wrote that.

But I would probably agree w/ your order.
May 09, 2009 at 05:59 AM
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p.1 #12Pano stitching software
Auto Pano Pro is a stand alone program with more controls and features than CS4's stitching feature. It can be downloaded as a 64 bit program that runs on Mac OS X. With all the processing and huge files it should work more quickly than CS 4 which is only 32 bits in Mac. It threads well on my Mac Pro's 4 cores.
May 09, 2009 at 01:08 PM
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p.1 #13Pano stitching software
Any comments on differences between AutoPanoPro and the latest version of AutoPanoPro 2 ?
May 09, 2009 at 01:28 PM
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p.1 #14Pano stitching software
it seems to be fussier about settings for good stitching. i am tweaking the auto control point settings.

Herb...
May 09, 2009 at 06:29 PM
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p.1 #15Pano stitching software
Really? I'd been holding off upgrading, it's meant to be faster with multicore. Personally I always tweak the control points to use a setting of 2 or less as standard. Copes much better with movement and wider angle stitches. Just wish I could set it as default. Saying that - wish it would default to last folder on import and saving. It's annoying that it always defaults to desktop.
May 10, 2009 at 05:41 AM
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p.1 #16Pano stitching software
my tweaks have to do with the number of control points and how hard it works to find them. with 24MP captures and fine details, it needs to work harder. i've been having crashes at render time on really large stitches but i think it has something to do with the GPU setting. i need to do more testing. 24Kx14K pixel final output is pretty impressive though.

Herb...
May 11, 2009 at 09:11 AM
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p.1 #17Pano stitching software
I prefer PTGui, I abandoned Photoshop for panorama stitching years ago ... I don't usually tweak control points, I just mess around with a few basic customization features and it works excellently for 99% of the panoramas I have stitched. For me the speed that PTGui stitches and renders panoramas is also a plus (I have Intel quad core + 2gb RAM).
May 11, 2009 at 10:33 AM
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p.1 #18Pano stitching software
tweaking control points in Autopano Pro means telling Autopano Pro how many to create, how hard to look for identical points, and what criteria to automatically delete bad ones. it does everything else. i have used PTGui many times over the years and always pass on paying for it. i've always found better programs.

Herb...
May 11, 2009 at 01:39 PM
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p.1 #19Pano stitching software
I've only used PTgui and Photoshop CS2 for panoramas. I must say that PTgui blows CS2 out of the water and I hope that they've made improvements in CS3+.

PTguis blending is very good.
May 12, 2009 at 07:05 AM
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p.1 #20Pano stitching software
I put PT GUI first, since it honours embedded profiles, exif and supports 16 bit output and does a fabulous job. I also really like Auto pano kolor and it seems to always work, even when PT Gui struggles (on auto mode). CS4 is pretty decent, but lacks many of the advanced features of the other software, but still worth trying if you use PS anyway.
May 12, 2009 at 10:47 PM
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