Alternative to PTgui

[koffiejunkie]

I haven't actually tried PTgui (yet) but stumbled upon this. It's not free, and the trial version watermarks the image, but I thought I'd post it for the sake of interest. It does a pretty good job.

I posted my panorama of False bay here. It's a quick and dirty first try, I haven't done anything PP with it (I would like to run it through some noise reduction). It's about 5.7MB in size.

 

[bwana]

I always used to use the canon photo-stitching software they always give you but the PS version isnt too bad either.

What did you do yours in?

 

[koffiejunkie]

I need some sleep I did it in "Calico Panorama" The link I gave shows more software, but that's the one I used. Seems dead easy to use and the result isn't bad considering the source images.

 

[bwana]

I need some sleep I did it in "Calico Panorama" The link I gave shows more software, but that's the one I used. Seems dead easy to use and the result isn't bad considering the source images.

My fault - if I had looked at the larger photo I would have noticed the watermarking.

How does it compare to PS3 for this sort of thing?

 

[koffiejunkie]

How does it compare to PS3 for this sort of thing?

No idea. Once I learn how to do it in PS I'll let you know

I have actually tried it in PTgui. I added the images, it put them in the right order, but it needed alignment. I fiddled with it a bit but got called away and never got back to it.

I don't know how Calico compares in terms of output quality, but ease of use is as good as it gets: 1. Load images. 2. Click "align" - it takes a few seconds (for 9 10MP 16bit TIFF images). 3. Click "make" to save it to TIFF.

 

[bwana]

No idea. Once I learn how to do it in PS I'll let you know

I have actually tried it in PTgui. I added the images, it put them in the right order, but it needed alignment. I fiddled with it a bit but got called away and never got back to it.

I don't know how Calico compares in terms of output quality, but ease of use is as good as it gets: 1. Load images. 2. Click "align" - it takes a few seconds (for 9 10MP 16bit TIFF images). 3. Click "make" to save it to TIFF.

Have you tried the canon photo stitch software that came with your camera?

I'm downloading a whole host of software updates including that and the the EOS utility which I use that for remote capturing when it's tethered.

 

[koffiejunkie]

Have you tried the canon photo stitch software that came with your camera?

Never knew I had it I just tried it - seems faster but for some reason it doesn't save it properly - just gives me a blank image. I'll check for updates.