5. Improving the results
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5.1. The horizon of my panorama is curved instead of straight
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5.3. How can I change the resolution (ppi or dpi value) of the generated panorama?
4 U7 r# _2 u" s5.4. I see misalignments in the stitched panorama. What can I do to improve the result?
* v& |& C3 F, ~: r d5.5. 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?& C1 k6 p3 E. d7 @4 x+ \+ v/ z' S
6.2. How do I use the Horizontal line and Vertical line control points?
6 j% b8 A6 _# d4 M# n, E. B7 _6.3. How can I calibrate my lens parameters?' B7 ~3 i5 u; W* O$ d! b# C6 U+ ^$ T0 W
6.4. Does PTgui allow stitching of photos that have the camera in different locations?
" p4 @2 c, w$ c5 ^5 }" H1 T6.5. How can I stitch mosaics, like partial scans from a flatbad scanner of a large image?
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6.7. How can I have better control of the overlap area (i.e. the location of the seams)?
6 `7 V. ^) s: w5 C( F+ E5 D3 _, U6.8. How can I create a vertical panorama? PTGui rotates my panorama 90 degrees!; g2 a& U6 r( B2 ]
6.9. I want to cover the tripod in my (360x180 degree) spherical panorama. How do I add a nadir cap?+ s9 J) o% P/ x4 H1 h% s+ c
6.10. How can I change the default settings for new panoramas?% X9 e! G' J! S! v. n
6.11. How can I stitch extremely large panoramas?
5 {& `0 j* x# \' L; a6.12. How can I align a set of images, all taken in the same direction (not a panorama)?; l& B8 D: U$ ~
6.13. How can I use exactly the same stitching settings for different sets of images?
5 ^! f# n+ ~; P/ z' [, M6.14. How can I correct a single image for lens distortion?
X2 E( V& b9 @" O6.15. How can I show a panorama on my website?- i+ s8 t; R b" R! O
6.16. How can I publish a panorama to Facebook?
5 Z! t3 d( a2 o3 R" P6.17. Why does Facebook display my panorama as a flat image, not as an interactive panorama?
0 T! J9 P! a: d9 I4 ~7 Y' R" ?6.18. How can I use PTGui to add the metadata required by Facebook to an already stitched panorama?
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( e9 |2 G* L9 m" \8 N0 w# T6.20. How can I correct a single image for vignetting in PTGui Pro?6 h3 |8 O0 G Y. C
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?; q R" o# `& E2 e x5 W; W! x
6.22. After running Publish to Website my panorama has black holes at the top and bottom; how do I get rid of these?
+ e7 C8 p& ?0 r( r; Q6.23. PTGui leaves some blank space around my panorama. How can I crop the panorama so that it fills the canvas entirely?/ T# |4 a+ H* o: o0 \
6.24. How can I tell PTGui to output panoramas at a specific size?: ~* k' f S7 u; c1 Z
6.25. How can I defish a fisheye image in PTGui?
5 X, ~$ k, t. F: o2 e1 u* ?6.26. How can I extract a 'flat' image from a spherical panorama?
. H! t0 g" i& @: D h6 \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?4 q* Q0 v* X7 }
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?$ f7 Y; i6 q" l; Y# _7 N
6.29. How can I view a finished panorama interactively on my computer?2 q q& Q# b# Z5 t6 L A! Y
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?/ P: n! b/ r: B, N6 ^+ p
6.31. I need to align/overlay an image to an already stitched panorama. How can I do this?
+ R4 L% G, G! m: G# X6.32. How can I stitch a PTGui project from the command line?
+ | R, C& G" Q# a! h, p6.33. Can I use PTGui to arrange pictures into a collage? Can I disable the warping/distorting of images?2 y y0 c2 Y6 I. Q
6.34. How can I display spherical panoramas on my iPad?
! H, q$ {2 Q# ~: x( N6.35. How can I stitch panoramic video in PTGui?& T2 ]" g3 o( k! v( l4 h3 @
6.36. Is there a way to stitch many panoramas using the same settings?
t7 M3 a3 }& L2 p9 ?% ^+ W6.37. How can I make 'little planet' images in PTGui?
R/ @8 l+ B: k# r/ E$ Q6.38. How can I stitch images from Adobe Lightroom in PTGui? Do you offer a Lightroom plugin?' M; h, q* t# B' f, Z6 Z/ Q
6.39. Can you tell me how to make 3d (stereoscopic) panoramas in PTGui?
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6.41. How can I stitch two back-to-back circular fisheye images?
* z+ o) R, m$ p% o0 U" R6.42. How can I retouch the nadir of a spherical panorama?6 ^- k8 l3 l' C5 L2 g; f; P: r! H
6.43. How can I stitch images taken with a 360° one shot camera in PTGui?; j$ V' \1 z" E) U( U; I
6.44. How can I prevent PTGui from placing control points in certain areas?
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) K$ ?* m! R8 g k7. PTGui Pro and HDR6 `: D" r% I6 }1 h0 h
) \. ?, Y5 X% Z. ~( C$ ~7 L7.1. What is the best way to take images for HDR stitching in PTGui Pro?& v: ]2 G6 i' k' r+ e
7.2. My images don't contain EXIF exposure information. Can I still use them to stitch HDR panoramas?: T1 o+ S8 M2 V* G7 M( }& k
7.3. PTGui Pro doesn't recognize my bracketed exposures!
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7.5. 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?$ D, b) j9 o5 {& b/ ^- I0 Y
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?
( Q N, {# }+ ~/ 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.
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t% _& l9 S3 ]! w7 C" s8 b7.9. Should I link my bracketed exposures or not?# J- H6 s% [8 [+ I O+ [
7.10. Can I retouch an HDR panorama, e.g. to remove ghost images of moving people?
7 V: f0 `' z u8 z1 w7.11. I would like to stitch my panorama in PTGui Pro, but use another application (e.g. Photomatix or Photoshop) to create the HDR.9 m" o! n8 g6 |5 b8 n* V( R$ B
7.12. Can I use PTGui Pro for exposure fusing / tone mapping / HDR generation of non-panoramic images?
`/ h1 Q/ H3 i- [' _5 ^: k7.13. Can I extract artificial bracketed images from my (non bracketed) RAW files and have PTGui Pro assemble those into an HDR panorama?+ O7 o; |8 \6 s9 d& X w; B( F
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. GPU acceleration
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( D& Y( n1 @ r1 I3 y8.1. Which GPUs are supported by PTGui?
9 y6 w; v$ I# L, w! W$ o" [8.2. Which graphics card should I buy?
. Q r `& z$ m: Y& `8.3. Does PTGui support using multiple GPUs?
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