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5.1. The horizon of my panorama is curved instead of straight
+ u5 Q* |6 D3 ]2 n0 i4 {5.2. I get color/brightness differences between the images in my panorama; F0 _+ N a P1 [: V, B* C
5.3. How can I change the resolution (ppi or dpi value) of the generated panorama?
/ s- T* g# ~0 y3 \5.4. I see misalignments in the stitched panorama. What can I do to improve the result?
. I5 \$ d- B- o5.5. Some control points in my project have a relatively high control point distance. Will the alignment of my panorama improve if I delete all control points with an error above a certain threshold?
* m8 T% e1 F$ d$ A6 \( R6. How to...6 }) J8 H, S8 P" C9 j+ e' ^, q4 j
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6.1. My panorama contains curved lines. How do I get straight lines to remain straight in the panorama?7 F/ n; p5 d# O0 m/ ^ @+ m
6.2. How do I use the Horizontal line and Vertical line control points?
' y/ b0 F" |8 r% d" b" C6.3. How can I calibrate my lens parameters?4 u7 q. Q0 V/ g2 o5 ]; j) z. I0 w
6.4. Does PTgui allow stitching of photos that have the camera in different locations?, Y. T% ^7 s; h8 B7 N
6.5. How can I stitch mosaics, like partial scans from a flatbad scanner of a large image?7 E; h' t4 L0 H& E- M: T
6.6. My panorama was taken with the camera tilted up or down. Now there's a lot of unnecessary black space above/below the panorama, increasing the size of the output. Can it be cropped away before stitching? e+ d. _2 o/ r+ A8 R
6.7. How can I have better control of the overlap area (i.e. the location of the seams)?
/ N: X1 J4 g4 t1 O& s. Z1 y6.8. How can I create a vertical panorama? PTGui rotates my panorama 90 degrees!
& j4 u: z/ J: O E* O6.9. I want to cover the tripod in my (360x180 degree) spherical panorama. How do I add a nadir cap?& S6 y$ B. r' Z
6.10. How can I change the default settings for new panoramas?: X! L# Q U7 {% M- y5 B1 L6 v" T
6.11. How can I stitch extremely large panoramas?5 [/ o- g; p3 _
6.12. How can I align a set of images, all taken in the same direction (not a panorama)?* t/ z0 [3 i: y3 q+ N
6.13. How can I use exactly the same stitching settings for different sets of images?+ Z' f( E9 w; ?% ]; e
6.14. How can I correct a single image for lens distortion?
/ j) P( O7 s% q. N" k6.15. How can I show a panorama on my website?
2 t6 g% N; i( n6.16. How can I publish a panorama to Facebook?: s0 [% v" i6 t% P; ~6 g# d
6.17. Why does Facebook display my panorama as a flat image, not as an interactive panorama?
" i# U d9 A5 d0 G6.18. How can I use PTGui to add the metadata required by Facebook to an already stitched panorama?
5 _( l& W X+ T2 n" K( E6.19. How do I level/straighten a panorama using horizontal / vertical line control points?
6 F& E* F1 I4 P9 D3 j; U9 J! E, v6.20. How can I correct a single image for vignetting in PTGui Pro?
$ N- y8 a5 l W/ `5 H* ]6.21. My spherical panorama still has a hole in the top and/or bottom. How do I fill the missing parts to make the panorama truly spherical?
1 t) Q" r3 ?4 p6.22. After running Publish to Website my panorama has black holes at the top and bottom; how do I get rid of these?( z& y- j, w( [% e4 C; u
6.23. PTGui leaves some blank space around my panorama. How can I crop the panorama so that it fills the canvas entirely?" R% H8 j& y! Y+ B% h0 P o
6.24. How can I tell PTGui to output panoramas at a specific size?
0 i6 @- S! R$ E* g' C6 c3 B( W6.25. How can I defish a fisheye image in PTGui?
' G) O4 S% E8 W Z f; N5 E6.26. How can I extract a 'flat' image from a spherical panorama?$ N9 Y' {* p y! z' O6 `6 m
6.27. I have taken multiple panoramas from the same viewpoint, to create a time lapse movie. How can I ensure that subsequent panoramas are aligned when played back in sequence?! T* y! W6 f1 _8 N& u+ L( f/ s, ^
6.28. My project contains one or more images without any recognizable detail and it's impossible to place control points. How can I stitch my panorama?
$ L' x" z- n/ h; n8 G( h6.29. How can I view a finished panorama interactively on my computer?" q$ P/ h. D' `) i
6.30. I would like to send a panorama to a friend/client/... Is it possible to view a panorama interactively without needing to install a plugin first?
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6.32. How can I stitch a PTGui project from the command line?
# K2 N* |& O* p( e6.33. Can I use PTGui to arrange pictures into a collage? Can I disable the warping/distorting of images?
& o6 t( r) Q, E0 O2 O. F% P3 D6.34. How can I display spherical panoramas on my iPad?6 f# r1 V9 d# W( R2 L! h
6.35. How can I stitch panoramic video in PTGui?2 E( [: o& f1 t; ~' E
6.36. Is there a way to stitch many panoramas using the same settings?" w: Y, G7 ]5 w3 x8 ] p
6.37. How can I make 'little planet' images in PTGui?
% U2 Z) m# g0 b- G0 f6.38. How can I stitch images from Adobe Lightroom in PTGui? Do you offer a Lightroom plugin?
7 ?7 ?9 P- X6 M' s- I6.39. Can you tell me how to make 3d (stereoscopic) panoramas in PTGui?
9 h( Z8 D# Q, G* r2 F/ o7 r) _6.40. How can I view a stitched panorama in a Cardboard VR viewer on my phone?9 M$ L# u5 J0 |/ b6 L
6.41. How can I stitch two back-to-back circular fisheye images?3 X4 G4 a# ^" I: y, @
6.42. How can I retouch the nadir of a spherical panorama?
) o4 L( q" t X6.43. How can I stitch images taken with a 360° one shot camera in PTGui?
# c% G) a+ D" m) u% c9 l, j8 W6.44. How can I prevent PTGui from placing control points in certain areas?. P5 w, u3 ~# { e! ]% t
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5 ~8 \9 a Y2 I7. PTGui Pro and HDR
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0 r( W; E( x) G' I3 g, S7.1. What is the best way to take images for HDR stitching in PTGui Pro?# F/ W( x! z, }5 @$ G
7.2. My images don't contain EXIF exposure information. Can I still use them to stitch HDR panoramas?
9 w7 g; n# W: `7 @8 j) p/ M1 B7.3. PTGui Pro doesn't recognize my bracketed exposures!
+ p W0 Q$ }- }0 a/ Z' t7.4. The stitched HDR panorama looks like it was not blended at all. I'm seeing hard edges between overlapping images.
5 d. D. ]4 @, i7 I0 q$ d/ N7.5. So I forgot to switch my camera to M mode; my bracketed images are taken in auto exposure mode. Can I still stitch them to HDR in PTGui Pro?/ E1 j0 W# V e- I; D4 R
7.6. Why should I use manual exposure mode? Isn't it much better to use automatic exposure, so that every image is optimally exposed?
& E/ x% y$ E0 Q9 Z7.7. PTGui Pro displays the wrong EV values! My images were taken at -2, 0, +2. This is confirmed by the EXIF data but PTGui shows something else in the Image Parameters tab.
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7.9. Should I link my bracketed exposures or not?
/ ~, X4 [7 v r4 R& W: d" Y* E7.10. Can I retouch an HDR panorama, e.g. to remove ghost images of moving people?
( Z! i& T2 P5 a- G( i! x7.11. I would like to stitch my panorama in PTGui Pro, but use another application (e.g. Photomatix or Photoshop) to create the HDR.
) t5 H2 ?8 K7 x1 u9 }/ u% I" z7.12. Can I use PTGui Pro for exposure fusing / tone mapping / HDR generation of non-panoramic images?
% |! }9 v2 |, j4 m, A/ K3 k" |7.13. Can I extract artificial bracketed images from my (non bracketed) RAW files and have PTGui Pro assemble those into an HDR panorama?' Y& d' F% O# x8 W( o& Q
7.14. I have read the previous answer but I still would like to stitch my pseudo bracketed images generated from RAW files!8 n; s% ~- s* u6 L2 O
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' M; G6 Z8 V2 N) K% R3 W F8. GPU acceleration
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8.1. Which GPUs are supported by PTGui?
# E1 ]( g0 a# i% K$ B! t8.2. Which graphics card should I buy?
. I/ y0 f! [+ R0 i8 o3 X, o1 o8.3. Does PTGui support using multiple GPUs?
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