Best software for Stitching lots of images

[Tin Can]

For my digital capture I routinely use PTGui. It is by far the best software for stitching that I have used. Photoshop is fine for small panos, not big ones. If you look at my website you can see some examples of the work I do in multiple row, HDR, focus stacked panoramas. Go to my blog section (woefully out of date!) and you can see some of my work to scale. I capture hundreds but often thousands of images that I first process as HDR, then focus stack and then I use PTGui to assemble the image. Only after that do I start using Photoshop.

-Joshua

www.joshuadunnphotography.com

Big and nice work. I think some really appreciate Art school after working or Military. Few Grad students buy all that gear and use this well.


Those moveable walls are genius. I know they are not yours,

So is your work. In person, they must be fantasic.

Congratulations!

Thanks!

[Mexipike]

For my digital capture I routinely use PTGui. It is by far the best software for stitching that I have used. Photoshop is fine for small panos, not big ones. If you look at my website you can see some examples of the work I do in multiple row, HDR, focus stacked panoramas. Go to my blog section (woefully out of date!) and you can see some of my work to scale. I capture hundreds but often thousands of images that I first process as HDR, then focus stack and then I use PTGui to assemble the image. Only after that do I start using Photoshop.


-Joshua

www.joshuadunnphotography.com

Thanks Joshua,
Your work looks great. The problem I run into with PTGUI is that since it’s a bunch of images of a wall with similar textures it doesn’t seem to automatically be able to create control points. I would have to go in and manually select each set of control points for 430 out of 437 images. Is there any way around this?

[Jac@stafford.net]

For my digital capture I routinely use PTGui. [...]

-Joshua

www.joshuadunnphotography.com

Wonderful work, Joshua. I am encouraged to look at pano work again. I left long ago when it required a revolving, incremented leveling head for QTVR, which is long gone. Thank you for your outstanding work. You made my day!

[Steven Ruttenberg]

Thanks Joshua,
Your work looks great. The problem I run into with PTGUI is that since it’s a bunch of images of a wall with similar textures it doesn’t seem to automatically be able to create control points. I would have to go in and manually select each set of control points for 430 out of 437 images. Is there any way around this?

There is a google users group tjat will ne able to hell tou with this dilemma. http://https://groups.google.com/forum/m/#!forum/ptgui

[Armin Seeholzer]

http://www.gigapan.com
or autopano is the way to go! I know many Pro's in EU use it!!!
I used it also in the past!

Cheers Armin

[Steven Ruttenberg]

I have made many gigabyte size panos with Ptgui no problem. Will eventually use it on 4x5 film. And for trying an experiment to use my 5DMKIII with 100mm macro f2.8 to digitize my 4x5. Just need a copy stand that has a geared table that will move in and out, while my geared macro rail moves left/right and up/down for focus. I took some practice shots and it has potential. Will photograph at 1:1 and f2.8 to start.

[Peter De Smidt]

Try 2.8 for sure, but I expect better results 1 or 2 stops smaller.

[Steven Ruttenberg]

Try 2.8 for sure, but I expect better results 1 or 2 stops smaller.

. I will give that a try.