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3 M G: Q" Q; t, L5.1. The horizon of my panorama is curved instead of straight
, E" O: L# K: W Y3 E8 O% _5.2. I get color/brightness differences between the images in my panorama: r7 t6 q3 j. J% u# |; N3 m
5.3. How can I change the resolution (ppi or dpi value) of the generated panorama?
4 e( m% {; D r* v" C" M. o5.4. I see misalignments in the stitched panorama. What can I do to improve the result?1 r" \$ @1 y5 ]) L5 y5 Y
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?+ ?- t0 X8 b6 A Z2 I' N8 Y1 L- r
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6.1. My panorama contains curved lines. How do I get straight lines to remain straight in the panorama?/ J* s+ \; f; h
6.2. How do I use the Horizontal line and Vertical line control points? + L* W( L+ I( K0 o! Y( J5 z
6.3. How can I calibrate my lens parameters?4 o, `; s( o1 y, L% H8 p
6.4. Does PTgui allow stitching of photos that have the camera in different locations?: |: U- Y$ W# [- U
6.5. How can I stitch mosaics, like partial scans from a flatbad scanner of a large image?2 s1 x4 }6 Q& ~) B, W9 _
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?$ F. ?0 H( l: E! B& Y6 g' H
6.7. How can I have better control of the overlap area (i.e. the location of the seams)?
, Y+ v4 ?6 e r& ~3 b) h Q3 E6.8. How can I create a vertical panorama? PTGui rotates my panorama 90 degrees!
, Y/ i, y- K& W5 A, K# h9 _* z7 d6.9. I want to cover the tripod in my (360x180 degree) spherical panorama. How do I add a nadir cap?& f( h7 m% G3 I
6.10. How can I change the default settings for new panoramas?
N! ?0 h$ w0 l7 t' T* l) i6.11. How can I stitch extremely large panoramas?
% G: c- g2 [* o9 G z6.12. How can I align a set of images, all taken in the same direction (not a panorama)?* q4 g! v, _9 P3 S+ w
6.13. How can I use exactly the same stitching settings for different sets of images?1 N- W$ B- S) s ~! q$ J
6.14. How can I correct a single image for lens distortion?0 Q. _# X- w9 }1 t! h
6.15. How can I show a panorama on my website?
5 z% G" J$ u: O0 \& |! {: c2 g6.16. How can I publish a panorama to Facebook?
4 Q1 e% X0 m+ t2 _$ K K- f6.17. Why does Facebook display my panorama as a flat image, not as an interactive panorama?
! |) e4 R( _$ t& Y: }: [6.18. How can I use PTGui to add the metadata required by Facebook to an already stitched panorama?
4 K) W, N% F, k! ~% M6.19. How do I level/straighten a panorama using horizontal / vertical line control points?4 Z e; |* L6 p
6.20. How can I correct a single image for vignetting in PTGui Pro?2 j: [" B6 c$ B9 m6 a
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?7 h& o, Y% f t1 j, F5 \8 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?9 a2 N \/ F Z0 G# e% H
6.23. PTGui leaves some blank space around my panorama. How can I crop the panorama so that it fills the canvas entirely?
* B: b, W- w( _- p6.24. How can I tell PTGui to output panoramas at a specific size?
- p, Z, t- {& Z- G3 k) z9 ]6.25. How can I defish a fisheye image in PTGui?# d l9 D7 p) Q+ C* s2 w3 E* A
6.26. How can I extract a 'flat' image from a spherical panorama?
3 \6 P" _0 ]+ F0 D$ `6 P# s6.27. 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?$ e" _/ b' c& ?- O/ N4 L8 m
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?1 x6 R9 i, G1 y4 }* f, c8 Q0 |( @
6.29. How can I view a finished panorama interactively on my computer?- H8 k! t' ~, S# O* k J" E
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?, m1 `) h5 H! R) P1 G( B% U
6.31. I need to align/overlay an image to an already stitched panorama. How can I do this?
3 j6 ~% |/ S0 ^ {6.32. How can I stitch a PTGui project from the command line?. `6 c: D- X8 I. P
6.33. Can I use PTGui to arrange pictures into a collage? Can I disable the warping/distorting of images?
2 a2 Z; c3 a4 t# s9 I W0 H; \6 {: @( o6.34. How can I display spherical panoramas on my iPad?
( p7 V2 Y" \& e" e/ b+ D$ {6.35. How can I stitch panoramic video in PTGui?8 J7 B* }4 s/ p* g
6.36. Is there a way to stitch many panoramas using the same settings?
; E; g9 H- r% q6 U6.37. How can I make 'little planet' images in PTGui?
% t5 ^ Y4 u( ]) X3 U3 n' D# k6.38. How can I stitch images from Adobe Lightroom in PTGui? Do you offer a Lightroom plugin?
; R) Q4 F1 g$ J& m0 P) U6.39. Can you tell me how to make 3d (stereoscopic) panoramas in PTGui?
* l& p. u3 R% Y. h% D3 g# n5 z4 Q6.40. How can I view a stitched panorama in a Cardboard VR viewer on my phone?! ]8 O- A0 l, ~" O5 O& Q
6.41. How can I stitch two back-to-back circular fisheye images?( @# l6 v9 y3 R/ V1 P
6.42. How can I retouch the nadir of a spherical panorama?* \' z: b5 @' m9 T- c$ B, P
6.43. How can I stitch images taken with a 360° one shot camera in PTGui?
9 l3 m1 M& z0 y6.44. How can I prevent PTGui from placing control points in certain areas?
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2 [& h6 C8 q6 B0 ?7 H7. PTGui Pro and HDR5 k; z& t+ `7 P& }, X# m1 A
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7.1. What is the best way to take images for HDR stitching in PTGui Pro?) `! ?$ s. S! i, ?2 H
7.2. My images don't contain EXIF exposure information. Can I still use them to stitch HDR panoramas?' t7 v# ]- Z! U) o% p
7.3. PTGui Pro doesn't recognize my bracketed exposures!
' H; _$ f1 `9 K3 ]% y6 V- K7.4. The stitched HDR panorama looks like it was not blended at all. I'm seeing hard edges between overlapping images.7 h! n4 {8 |9 x7 i
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?
% `% ^% I9 ]/ } c8 N% C7.6. Why should I use manual exposure mode? Isn't it much better to use automatic exposure, so that every image is optimally exposed?9 M. p9 w. O1 O3 o
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.
; N y- c$ F9 L7.8. What's the deal with linked images?+ l2 g) d4 A0 O7 Y, x, `
7.9. Should I link my bracketed exposures or not?
+ I& M- y9 s/ M6 y8 G4 j( B7.10. Can I retouch an HDR panorama, e.g. to remove ghost images of moving people?( [6 p3 h$ W1 s
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.
# \ m' {0 M6 Y2 z" v7.12. Can I use PTGui Pro for exposure fusing / tone mapping / HDR generation of non-panoramic images?
) P6 y% k _2 w- Q6 p; S7.13. Can I extract artificial bracketed images from my (non bracketed) RAW files and have PTGui Pro assemble those into an HDR panorama?) X- q* Y# n. \. x. r6 e- T4 i' C& k
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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2 i( T' w2 G0 M' o% D7 k6 L' y1 O8. GPU acceleration
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. t4 h" z/ F# X8 Z$ F8.1. Which GPUs are supported by PTGui?
% R; U. U& o+ l8 {: M' n$ |8.2. Which graphics card should I buy?
# z6 H5 j" U4 V( |3 w8.3. Does PTGui support using multiple GPUs?
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