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" R4 D: L0 }; P p; S6 F5.1. The horizon of my panorama is curved instead of straight
- _5 \1 z" ^% w0 L Z3 F5.2. I get color/brightness differences between the images in my panorama, I- c( v/ i: {! X( L
5.3. How can I change the resolution (ppi or dpi value) of the generated panorama?
( x3 s$ x- r& r7 K5.4. I see misalignments in the stitched panorama. What can I do to improve the result?
/ m4 n$ Y6 Y6 G [6 \/ ~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?
" N! K9 b) M2 A" C6 t& @6. How to...
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6.1. My panorama contains curved lines. How do I get straight lines to remain straight in the panorama?
" m6 K' ]5 r( d6.2. How do I use the Horizontal line and Vertical line control points? 3 J1 Y( i4 X- N3 [7 Q" i) G
6.3. How can I calibrate my lens parameters?
$ K; c4 m! n. G4 n3 `4 k. Z1 a+ ?6.4. Does PTgui allow stitching of photos that have the camera in different locations?
9 m2 [5 ~ U# P: H5 m w6.5. How can I stitch mosaics, like partial scans from a flatbad scanner of a large image?
2 m3 G5 n; V: A7 }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?
/ \7 X' M, Z6 B" H6.7. How can I have better control of the overlap area (i.e. the location of the seams)?( k7 @5 T: A k! ~
6.8. How can I create a vertical panorama? PTGui rotates my panorama 90 degrees!
! s) Q; V2 k( B: n/ e6.9. I want to cover the tripod in my (360x180 degree) spherical panorama. How do I add a nadir cap?
+ ? V6 p2 d$ T, g5 M6.10. How can I change the default settings for new panoramas?6 a5 I2 H1 H0 B
6.11. How can I stitch extremely large panoramas?1 j0 c2 d- L: u ]) K3 l
6.12. How can I align a set of images, all taken in the same direction (not a panorama)?
* E, `/ u& m ^, R; }6.13. How can I use exactly the same stitching settings for different sets of images?1 ]( J3 [+ P, F* G
6.14. How can I correct a single image for lens distortion?* i |9 `: i: v4 F; P) r. X
6.15. How can I show a panorama on my website?
' Q/ S6 S# g6 x$ A6.16. How can I publish a panorama to Facebook?2 r, h5 o: n, `0 O6 j
6.17. Why does Facebook display my panorama as a flat image, not as an interactive panorama?
& _6 O/ b: [6 A" w8 q1 |6.18. How can I use PTGui to add the metadata required by Facebook to an already stitched panorama?8 ?3 N/ I+ N% R3 ^2 w
6.19. How do I level/straighten a panorama using horizontal / vertical line control points?
1 u6 |1 ?/ P4 Q& [, t9 [3 c6.20. How can I correct a single image for vignetting in PTGui Pro?6 a S1 d2 q) N! q
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?
$ r7 H# T; u* ?/ T) h/ u6.22. After running Publish to Website my panorama has black holes at the top and bottom; how do I get rid of these?
; Y( w% }. _+ i& \6.23. PTGui leaves some blank space around my panorama. How can I crop the panorama so that it fills the canvas entirely?
7 d6 W8 w& u2 u2 @5 E6.24. How can I tell PTGui to output panoramas at a specific size?
: C( S/ S: H! n6.25. How can I defish a fisheye image in PTGui?
- [% t) m* ?9 H# ^6.26. How can I extract a 'flat' image from a spherical panorama?0 r2 @5 h6 m6 I m- C
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?
R! ?/ I. _6 k/ t$ _7 X' c5 q: _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? [4 K5 k+ j8 h; ^* D
6.29. How can I view a finished panorama interactively on my computer?) J0 ~: ~( W3 E% G
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?, {9 F* `4 u) w( s! \/ G
6.31. I need to align/overlay an image to an already stitched panorama. How can I do this?
5 W; |5 p' l' } ~/ U) k6.32. How can I stitch a PTGui project from the command line?
& A9 \) R) I6 Q- n! z6.33. Can I use PTGui to arrange pictures into a collage? Can I disable the warping/distorting of images?% {( ~. I l. S- B( A
6.34. How can I display spherical panoramas on my iPad?
4 u' L$ y! A) `6.35. How can I stitch panoramic video in PTGui?! L5 b# P J* _) t# c
6.36. Is there a way to stitch many panoramas using the same settings?" i2 J' u7 ]7 m
6.37. How can I make 'little planet' images in PTGui?
B1 y8 @% {+ x+ j6.38. How can I stitch images from Adobe Lightroom in PTGui? Do you offer a Lightroom plugin?
M& L- V) w6 e# w6.39. Can you tell me how to make 3d (stereoscopic) panoramas in PTGui?6 {, z6 {. X4 x3 K
6.40. How can I view a stitched panorama in a Cardboard VR viewer on my phone?
" [. S; n$ L+ @5 d4 Y2 W6.41. How can I stitch two back-to-back circular fisheye images?
- E) E% M, ^: y6 Q5 e& C6.42. How can I retouch the nadir of a spherical panorama? X, Z x, x1 N5 S, \/ z. q9 }
6.43. How can I stitch images taken with a 360° one shot camera in PTGui?
3 P3 y. F( ?! U% w% s! ~% B7 c6.44. How can I prevent PTGui from placing control points in certain areas?6 l7 O/ w1 h* K4 T* G4 o( L- `2 n
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2 p5 s& C. H. e J3 E* a# Z7. PTGui Pro and HDR
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7.1. What is the best way to take images for HDR stitching in PTGui Pro?
' u5 m( z* \% ^# u# s# R7.2. My images don't contain EXIF exposure information. Can I still use them to stitch HDR panoramas?; P7 V8 V8 U4 N
7.3. PTGui Pro doesn't recognize my bracketed exposures!8 G6 z2 Z0 }- G. I+ K8 V U
7.4. The stitched HDR panorama looks like it was not blended at all. I'm seeing hard edges between overlapping images.
, @9 ^: E, d2 S6 Y9 s7.5. 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?
9 v: k/ M% R' W5 k0 v7.6. Why should I use manual exposure mode? Isn't it much better to use automatic exposure, so that every image is optimally exposed?. j' d) l, ~7 S2 ^. \ m9 r
7.7. 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.
& J. W% Z) n* { f/ t# u7.8. What's the deal with linked images?
. m* q2 G. b' [5 ?; w5 c: f& R# N6 a7.9. Should I link my bracketed exposures or not?
( h! B; E9 p4 H+ P7.10. Can I retouch an HDR panorama, e.g. to remove ghost images of moving people?
; R7 W& \& A( y0 |+ B0 U$ a6 J7.11. I would like to stitch my panorama in PTGui Pro, but use another application (e.g. Photomatix or Photoshop) to create the HDR.2 B3 {3 ]7 U7 P/ w) z
7.12. Can I use PTGui Pro for exposure fusing / tone mapping / HDR generation of non-panoramic images?" e2 z# y8 d" R6 f
7.13. Can I extract artificial bracketed images from my (non bracketed) RAW files and have PTGui Pro assemble those into an HDR panorama?" W( I& |$ u8 S# l
7.14. I have read the previous answer but I still would like to stitch my pseudo bracketed images generated from RAW files!
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8.1. Which GPUs are supported by PTGui?2 S7 y) X2 j; M4 W1 o
8.2. Which graphics card should I buy?
3 E* H& ]! C8 y5 V g% u) f+ c; R8.3. Does PTGui support using multiple GPUs?
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