Posted by Phillip Noll on January 7, 2008 at 2:56 PM
I've been reading up on image stitching for the production of panaoramas and mosaics and it seems that AutoPano Pro (APP) is very often named as one of the best programs out there. It seems this programs works extremely well with images from digital cameras and extracts much of the necessary input parameters from the EXIF data.
My question is: How well does this program work on scanned film images that do not have the EXIF data? I have many panoramas and mosaics I've taken on film and would like to be able to stitch them together with something that is fairly "automatic" rather than slog through this manually in PSCS.
Does anyone have any first-hand experience stitching scanned film images with APP (or any other similar stitcher)? Any helpful suggestions?
Thanks!
Posted by John Mumaw on January 8, 2008 at 3:01 PM
Why not download the free demo. and see for yourself?
I use Panaorama Factory and am extremely pleased with it, although I've never tried it with film. They also offer a free demo.
Posted by David Bostedo on January 8, 2008 at 5:39 PM
Phillip - I'm not certain how you've taken the pics and I've not used Autopano Pro - however, I have done a fair amount of stitiching.
I think the more important thing is that you've gotten the exposure settings (ISO, ap., ss) the same across all of the pics. If that's the case, it shouldn't really matter whether you've got EXIF or not. I'd guess that Autopano only uses the EXIF to do exposure correction to bring them all in line.
And while you're downloading, do a search for Autostitch. It's a pretty good freebie and has worked well for me at times.
Posted by Phillip Noll on January 8, 2008 at 7:45 PM
Thanks for the feedback!
I was mainly looking for input on the capabilities of the software in manual mode using images that did not come from a digital camera. I couldn't find much on the web describing how one uses AutoPano Pro to stitch scanned film images so I was hoping someone here had tried it and could let me know if this particular program would work for me. Guess I'll do as suggested and download the demo and try it.
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3 repliesMy question is: How well does this program work on scanned film images that do not have the EXIF data? I have many panoramas and mosaics I've taken on film and would like to be able to stitch them together with something that is fairly "automatic" rather than slog through this manually in PSCS.
Does anyone have any first-hand experience stitching scanned film images with APP (or any other similar stitcher)? Any helpful suggestions?
Thanks!
I use Panaorama Factory and am extremely pleased with it, although I've never tried it with film. They also offer a free demo.
I think the more important thing is that you've gotten the exposure settings (ISO, ap., ss) the same across all of the pics. If that's the case, it shouldn't really matter whether you've got EXIF or not. I'd guess that Autopano only uses the EXIF to do exposure correction to bring them all in line.
And while you're downloading, do a search for Autostitch. It's a pretty good freebie and has worked well for me at times.
I was mainly looking for input on the capabilities of the software in manual mode using images that did not come from a digital camera. I couldn't find much on the web describing how one uses AutoPano Pro to stitch scanned film images so I was hoping someone here had tried it and could let me know if this particular program would work for me. Guess I'll do as suggested and download the demo and try it.