5. Improving the results1 J2 y9 s3 }! p
5 ]" o: E: |' B5.1. The horizon of my panorama is curved instead of straight4 L( [( b$ \( |5 B; f* t* F
5.2. I get color/brightness differences between the images in my panorama
/ R* L, P$ v; G" E. I5 V5.3. How can I change the resolution (ppi or dpi value) of the generated panorama?' w8 B1 j/ p' B: z8 {2 {( Z# M
5.4. I see misalignments in the stitched panorama. What can I do to improve the result?+ G [/ _; y0 |) D
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?. h) @* q6 a4 S1 H4 o! m }
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?( W! n* w* E4 ~2 i! m
6.2. How do I use the Horizontal line and Vertical line control points?
! p4 V1 `2 Z7 p0 w6.3. How can I calibrate my lens parameters?" S) I! K, C0 _
6.4. Does PTgui allow stitching of photos that have the camera in different locations?/ q0 d0 V3 [/ {8 y9 h: O
6.5. How can I stitch mosaics, like partial scans from a flatbad scanner of a large image?# n; }( X1 \7 N+ X, l& |( i
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?
) ~9 E5 D! Y: h# P! S0 O6.7. How can I have better control of the overlap area (i.e. the location of the seams)?
& H8 a' m- g: U- J: I3 l, H6.8. How can I create a vertical panorama? PTGui rotates my panorama 90 degrees!* O! R0 n7 N/ K. n# n3 ?. M" R
6.9. I want to cover the tripod in my (360x180 degree) spherical panorama. How do I add a nadir cap?$ B% v" S8 ]9 S4 Z( j. @: W/ o* j7 p# f
6.10. How can I change the default settings for new panoramas?
* r. f/ j! s8 V( `0 U' O6.11. How can I stitch extremely large panoramas?
. P) l8 s& d4 v9 ^6.12. How can I align a set of images, all taken in the same direction (not a panorama)?
( G, W7 V8 f6 w9 \6.13. How can I use exactly the same stitching settings for different sets of images?
; C2 P3 T7 B8 ]! }6.14. How can I correct a single image for lens distortion?/ g+ G( v4 U" y
6.15. How can I show a panorama on my website?
; L7 p6 n) _2 y) W' C& o6.16. How can I publish a panorama to Facebook?1 `- H2 z' a4 H0 b) V5 `
6.17. Why does Facebook display my panorama as a flat image, not as an interactive panorama?/ u" K1 N; T; C W, c( i
6.18. How can I use PTGui to add the metadata required by Facebook to an already stitched panorama?. ]/ K% K; {3 X
6.19. How do I level/straighten a panorama using horizontal / vertical line control points?0 H J* {- u- c' l: G. v3 H$ m
6.20. How can I correct a single image for vignetting in PTGui Pro?
9 x) v, j8 o: d, b6.21. 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?
# H' E" ?3 v' n6.22. After running Publish to Website my panorama has black holes at the top and bottom; how do I get rid of these?
( m; D% G3 g) e2 z* h2 ?6.23. PTGui leaves some blank space around my panorama. How can I crop the panorama so that it fills the canvas entirely?
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8 }/ K% R/ U' p; L6.25. How can I defish a fisheye image in PTGui?( \0 e; N( [ |
6.26. How can I extract a 'flat' image from a spherical panorama?! n$ }4 v/ a0 I4 Q) R
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?+ O+ _7 _1 b" B) N1 {
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?. r, s: z7 r7 Z" Z
6.29. How can I view a finished panorama interactively on my computer?+ `% c. B5 U3 r& T7 x2 j. [0 v
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?
1 h$ i9 n. c- z. e, ~6.31. I need to align/overlay an image to an already stitched panorama. How can I do this?' M) t! L+ T6 w& l, _
6.32. How can I stitch a PTGui project from the command line?
5 _+ v' ?4 R; e* N" F$ C: R1 L6.33. Can I use PTGui to arrange pictures into a collage? Can I disable the warping/distorting of images?
6 {, T, V( \* d, [* `; a6.34. How can I display spherical panoramas on my iPad?" b5 S4 P$ v+ k" V3 v& ^
6.35. How can I stitch panoramic video in PTGui?
, _8 E, I2 t2 ^0 Z6 P3 F0 M$ O6 ?6.36. Is there a way to stitch many panoramas using the same settings?
6 B$ e9 ]' A5 ~6.37. How can I make 'little planet' images in PTGui?1 {/ \# d$ L) M. u
6.38. How can I stitch images from Adobe Lightroom in PTGui? Do you offer a Lightroom plugin?
$ W% g, \9 M( i1 J! ]6.39. Can you tell me how to make 3d (stereoscopic) panoramas in PTGui?/ \) |% y$ o1 @ D$ ^
6.40. How can I view a stitched panorama in a Cardboard VR viewer on my phone?: X% N4 Y7 r( H. ~9 U3 p
6.41. How can I stitch two back-to-back circular fisheye images?* w# A5 z# ^! L# a1 B
6.42. How can I retouch the nadir of a spherical panorama?6 O0 T w" \( W% H! [) h% m
6.43. How can I stitch images taken with a 360° one shot camera in PTGui?( g5 n+ A Y u8 f& ?' h3 \" f6 R/ J5 Y
6.44. How can I prevent PTGui from placing control points in certain areas?
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7. PTGui Pro and HDR
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! _1 y- K q6 J! N3 M# p3 }7.1. What is the best way to take images for HDR stitching in PTGui Pro?5 |" M9 i: {) L6 L& X) x& L
7.2. My images don't contain EXIF exposure information. Can I still use them to stitch HDR panoramas?5 z& H' j/ O0 X5 f: D# H
7.3. PTGui Pro doesn't recognize my bracketed exposures!
9 S. a4 @5 l: x6 v7.4. The stitched HDR panorama looks like it was not blended at all. I'm seeing hard edges between overlapping images.7 S. J2 b. {& H% q
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?
7 L8 f0 j: M" M+ A7.6. Why should I use manual exposure mode? Isn't it much better to use automatic exposure, so that every image is optimally exposed?
: W* f/ ?+ u! w7.7. 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.
) ]) `" L) Y) r1 H7.8. What's the deal with linked images?
1 @& R% ?4 N, b$ R) B8 h E7.9. Should I link my bracketed exposures or not?
6 A& @1 K ]; |- B3 \: F$ U9 Q7.10. Can I retouch an HDR panorama, e.g. to remove ghost images of moving people?3 b$ B' \, j+ B% e
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.
3 E4 @/ n, }: G8 J0 g7.12. Can I use PTGui Pro for exposure fusing / tone mapping / HDR generation of non-panoramic images?( w- g/ W% s5 r+ a E
7.13. Can I extract artificial bracketed images from my (non bracketed) RAW files and have PTGui Pro assemble those into an HDR panorama?& D/ d. }2 A1 M
7.14. I have read the previous answer but I still would like to stitch my pseudo bracketed images generated from RAW files!3 {. q/ o/ E0 E5 _0 W8 Y" I
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8. GPU acceleration
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8.1. Which GPUs are supported by PTGui?; K7 h; m: E' A( \% ~- C
8.2. Which graphics card should I buy?
# M' f/ e2 l) H' Q/ O; O8.3. Does PTGui support using multiple GPUs?
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