Review of Stitcher panorama software and Competition reminder

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wayne - 20 Feb 2006 02:32 GMT

Hi all,

I've just posted a review of Realviz Stitcher, which plays quite nicely
with Photoshop:
<http://www.dimagemaker.com/article.php?articleID=443>

Also a reminder that there are two competitions currently going with
prizes on DIMi:
Panorama and
Multi-image collage
Neither cost anything to enter and you can use any software you want to
do the images:
<http://www.dimagemaker.com/competitions.php>
Both are monthly competitions with monthly prizes and a grand prize at
the end.

Cheers,

Wayne

Wayne J. Cosshall
Publisher, The Digital ImageMaker, http://www.dimagemaker.com/
Assistant Director, International Digital Art Award
Writer and educator in graphic design, photography, digital technology
Personal art site http://www.artinyourface.com/
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Paul Furman - 20 Feb 2006 03:08 GMT

> Hi all,
>
> I've just posted a review of Realviz Stitcher, which plays quite nicely
> with Photoshop:
> <http://www.dimagemaker.com/article.php?articleID=443>

At a quick glance it looks competent.
What does it cost?

> Also a reminder that there are two competitions currently going with
> prizes on DIMi:
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> Personal art site http://www.artinyourface.com/
> wayne@dimagemaker.com

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Battleax - 20 Feb 2006 03:14 GMT

>> Hi all,
>>
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> At a quick glance it looks competent.
> What does it cost?

Several hundred dollars

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wayne - 20 Feb 2006 05:22 GMT

Stitcher is US$580. This was the version I tested. Stitcher Express is
US$119.

Of course you can win them in the monthly panorama competition on DIMi.

Cheers,

Wayne

Wayne J. Cosshall
Publisher, The Digital ImageMaker, http://www.dimagemaker.com/
Assistant Director, International Digital Art Award
Writer and educator in graphic design, photography, digital technology
Personal art site http://www.artinyourface.com/
wayne@dimagemaker.com

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Pete D - 20 Feb 2006 06:52 GMT

Is it better or as good as the free version of autostitch ?

> Stitcher is US$580. This was the version I tested. Stitcher Express is
> US$119.
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> Personal art site http://www.artinyourface.com/
> wayne@dimagemaker.com

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wayne - 20 Feb 2006 10:02 GMT

I haven't looked at autostitch but I'll go get the free version and
have a look. Because I am more Mac than PC here, I tend to concentrate
on crossplatform products. But I've downloaded it and I'll giv eit a go
and let you know.

Cheers,

Wayne

Wayne J. Cosshall
Publisher, The Digital ImageMaker, http://www.dimagemaker.com/
Assistant Director, International Digital Art Award
Writer and educator in graphic design, photography, digital technology
Personal art site http://www.artinyourface.com/
wayne@dimagemaker.com

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Ed Ruf (REPLY to E-MAIL IN SIG!) - 20 Feb 2006 11:38 GMT

>I haven't looked at autostitch but I'll go get the free version and
>have a look. Because I am more Mac than PC here, I tend to concentrate
>on crossplatform products. But I've downloaded it and I'll giv eit a go
>and let you know.

It seems a French company has licensed the autostitch algorithms for use
in Autopano Pro. I've just started giving the demo a try. Seems to have
lot's of features, but given what little time I've had driving it, it's a
bit rough around the edges. Definitely a 1.x release.

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Alter Ego - 20 Feb 2006 13:05 GMT

>>I haven't looked at autostitch but I'll go get the free version and
>>have a look. Because I am more Mac than PC here, I tend to concentrate
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> lot's of features, but given what little time I've had driving it, it's a
> bit rough around the edges. Definitely a 1.x release.

Autostitch http://www.cs.ubc.ca/~mbrown/autostitch/autostitch.html

Are we talking about the same program? Is this what has been used in
Autopano Pro? http://www.autopano.net/

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Ed Ruf (REPLY to E-MAIL IN SIG!) - 20 Feb 2006 14:51 GMT

>Autostitch http://www.cs.ubc.ca/~mbrown/autostitch/autostitch.html
>
>Are we talking about the same program? Is this what has been used in
>Autopano Pro? http://www.autopano.net/

Yes. Look at
http://www.cs.ubc.ca/~mbrown/autostitch/autostitch.html#licensing :

"Autostitch is now available in the following commercial products:

* Autopano Pro www.autopano.net
* Serif PanoramaPlus2 www.serif.com "

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Alter Ego - 20 Feb 2006 16:57 GMT

> On Mon, 20 Feb 2006 08:05:14 -0500, in rec.photo.digital.slr-systems
> "Alter
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> * Autopano Pro www.autopano.net
> * Serif PanoramaPlus2 www.serif.com "

Yes, that was bound to happen, autostitch was my favourite until the new
version of PTGui came along.

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Justus Lipsius - 20 Feb 2006 18:50 GMT

> It seems a French company has licensed the autostitch algorithms for use
> in Autopano Pro. I've just started giving the demo a try. Seems to have
> lot's of features, but given what little time I've had driving it, it's a
> bit rough around the edges. Definitely a 1.x release.

Not only a bit rough around the edges, but (as the name suggests) not
enough manual control, which leaves you fiddling with whatever controls
there are. until the result is totally unacceptable. But I do like its
search function. Name a directory and the program will find (and preview)
all candidates for stitching. It comes up with a lot of surprises and
'revolutionary insights', panoramas that you never ever dreamed of. That's
a feature I really like.

JL

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