5. Improving the results
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5.1. The horizon of my panorama is curved instead of straight
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' m; \9 C7 @8 ^) a5.4. I see misalignments in the stitched panorama. What can I do to improve the result?8 @" B8 p9 T. @( D/ S1 y6 x
5.5. 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?
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6.1. My panorama contains curved lines. How do I get straight lines to remain straight in the panorama?" T; n; v9 ^. I1 q. D: h
6.2. How do I use the Horizontal line and Vertical line control points?
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/ l3 Z) R: I" n7 j, G/ o) O/ x$ G$ L6.4. Does PTgui allow stitching of photos that have the camera in different locations?5 E0 _/ @# `! K
6.5. How can I stitch mosaics, like partial scans from a flatbad scanner of a large image?
+ \6 L+ m9 B3 t5 U; T6.6. 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?
0 W1 f7 }5 V/ O7 Q: k6.7. How can I have better control of the overlap area (i.e. the location of the seams)?
0 O' n" {% N3 ]$ J& {5 o6.8. How can I create a vertical panorama? PTGui rotates my panorama 90 degrees!
5 `1 v$ J$ P( I4 H: k6.9. I want to cover the tripod in my (360x180 degree) spherical panorama. How do I add a nadir cap? D( i# h+ J: Q7 E0 b' s9 \. p4 Z
6.10. How can I change the default settings for new panoramas?
9 j1 o; Y* M9 I4 ]6.11. How can I stitch extremely large panoramas?; U" e6 n3 p/ H* r
6.12. How can I align a set of images, all taken in the same direction (not a panorama)?( J& ^' _5 F- [
6.13. How can I use exactly the same stitching settings for different sets of images?6 Q0 S8 `$ S& O6 q5 C! N! z+ I
6.14. How can I correct a single image for lens distortion?
" L" s7 p- Z2 x3 y. g6.15. How can I show a panorama on my website?9 f$ w i+ Y1 x: h1 ]! C
6.16. How can I publish a panorama to Facebook?" W, h+ U. E/ {% Y
6.17. Why does Facebook display my panorama as a flat image, not as an interactive panorama?
2 q W* l9 ^. q& g4 U6.18. How can I use PTGui to add the metadata required by Facebook to an already stitched panorama?
2 U+ D( l, E4 {* B6.19. How do I level/straighten a panorama using horizontal / vertical line control points?, K( D% O; H9 y& A4 X* e5 e4 k0 c
6.20. How can I correct a single image for vignetting in PTGui Pro?( [! O. A/ \) P0 C# ]& L' b
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?
0 Q' \/ L. R8 D' i; ]6.22. After running Publish to Website my panorama has black holes at the top and bottom; how do I get rid of these?
0 n8 |% v3 u' u% H6 p, J6.23. PTGui leaves some blank space around my panorama. How can I crop the panorama so that it fills the canvas entirely?
7 G3 ]: V1 N- ]5 L+ g2 z6.24. How can I tell PTGui to output panoramas at a specific size?8 S g6 D0 a* Z- f4 |
6.25. How can I defish a fisheye image in PTGui?
& Y6 a7 @2 c' t: W8 Z6.26. How can I extract a 'flat' image from a spherical panorama?
# C1 `- D1 W4 a' P- w2 \. j6.27. 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?
2 i5 J5 f0 N$ R3 V: n6.28. 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?
# H0 h& V2 M& ^7 T6 [/ b# B6.29. How can I view a finished panorama interactively on my computer?2 z; x" Y0 @+ b+ x
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?0 C/ P. Y2 r7 i. v
6.31. I need to align/overlay an image to an already stitched panorama. How can I do this?
% y7 ^! ?+ S0 p5 _, T6.32. How can I stitch a PTGui project from the command line?/ e f3 Y# Z0 S O/ {
6.33. Can I use PTGui to arrange pictures into a collage? Can I disable the warping/distorting of images?
3 ` t9 }1 c9 [( H5 s6 X6.34. How can I display spherical panoramas on my iPad?! y! F0 V4 n* x( o4 H9 @, P7 T
6.35. How can I stitch panoramic video in PTGui?, E- c. T6 K C9 A! {
6.36. Is there a way to stitch many panoramas using the same settings?
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+ z( F5 i2 t; ^6.38. How can I stitch images from Adobe Lightroom in PTGui? Do you offer a Lightroom plugin?" r/ t) ?. T+ @+ Y+ b
6.39. Can you tell me how to make 3d (stereoscopic) panoramas in PTGui?0 L% x& H, @0 Q7 U3 L
6.40. How can I view a stitched panorama in a Cardboard VR viewer on my phone?/ s$ G7 v% R1 ]- i" _
6.41. How can I stitch two back-to-back circular fisheye images?6 h( R7 g" v7 E5 {
6.42. How can I retouch the nadir of a spherical panorama?% v$ b5 e/ @# g7 `: `' u% v
6.43. How can I stitch images taken with a 360° one shot camera in PTGui?0 i) n' f. B! \/ N
6.44. How can I prevent PTGui from placing control points in certain areas?
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* W6 P1 X3 p1 Y! z1 a! W7. PTGui Pro and HDR
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0 B/ ]. L" Y$ f0 `* O" X% D8 }7.1. What is the best way to take images for HDR stitching in PTGui Pro?0 J: b. g# }+ }7 s/ r# J8 G' S# ^
7.2. My images don't contain EXIF exposure information. Can I still use them to stitch HDR panoramas?1 X. B1 s: \! `
7.3. PTGui Pro doesn't recognize my bracketed exposures!2 `" J& G8 J9 x! M5 R" m4 w
7.4. The stitched HDR panorama looks like it was not blended at all. I'm seeing hard edges between overlapping images.
% p' w) V( o% j7.5. 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?% K8 Y+ L2 P! v0 `+ Z2 A2 `; b3 o
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?
1 i) V% Q+ E$ p8 l0 R0 w3 A7.7. 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.4 n" T1 X4 y9 w" e8 ~8 L' K4 I- g2 Q
7.8. What's the deal with linked images?9 O7 m3 }2 o1 e! J2 w# z( n w
7.9. Should I link my bracketed exposures or not?% V, g# v; a- ?3 `4 O- p
7.10. Can I retouch an HDR panorama, e.g. to remove ghost images of moving people?, |+ O* q8 K1 q/ L/ C0 `
7.11. I would like to stitch my panorama in PTGui Pro, but use another application (e.g. Photomatix or Photoshop) to create the HDR.
" @- k M* O+ x$ v) J! O, M) y7.12. Can I use PTGui Pro for exposure fusing / tone mapping / HDR generation of non-panoramic images?( v0 ^4 m7 h3 B* l* L: `
7.13. Can I extract artificial bracketed images from my (non bracketed) RAW files and have PTGui Pro assemble those into an HDR panorama?6 j- w7 s$ e8 i) ]8 B0 u9 r
7.14. I have read the previous answer but I still would like to stitch my pseudo bracketed images generated from RAW files! c) |/ V, v* S# `- w2 p
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- V) z: b; g' ^2 O. z( f8. GPU acceleration
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% }, K+ e5 R0 B* P8.1. Which GPUs are supported by PTGui?2 \ [6 E- V9 N' y q
8.2. Which graphics card should I buy?7 o% C' }+ e( r
8.3. Does PTGui support using multiple GPUs?
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