Posted by John Williams on February 27, 2008 at 8:51 AM
Anyone else here use PTAssembler? I've used it for stitching for years now, and it's a great program with great support from its author, Max Lyons, if you're into that sort of thing.
I've been keeping an eye on the RMNP forum because I'm heading to Arizona this weekend for a quick trip and hope to sneak out and catch a wildflower photo or two . Les Barstow just posted an example photo processed with TuFuse, a free command line stacker, also from Max Lyons, that looks like it does a great job of blending photos with different exposure and/or focus.
TuFuse is also a part of PTAssembler. As you can see here, PTAssembler aligns the photos properly, so that TuFuse can stack them. (Have you ever tried merging two photos, one focused near and one far, and found that they didn't align perfectly because the field of view changed slightly? PTAssembler takes care of the alignment and TuFuse takes care of the blending.)
I'll have to wait until I get back to play with this new feature, but I have several older panoramas that I'd like to try it out on. Hopefully others geeky enough to play with this type of software will find the links useful .
Posted by Mark Hudon on February 27, 2008 at 12:22 PM
I've not done a grid of photos yet but so far, for a one line pano, CS3 has been great and easy to use for me.
Posted by John Williams on February 27, 2008 at 5:16 PM
I'm confused Mark. Are you saying CS3 can blend multi-focus and multi-exposure like TuFuse, or are you just commenting that you stitch with CS3? If CS3 handles multi-focus and multi-exposure in the same way as TuFuse, I was completely unaware and need to check it out!
Posted by Darren White on February 28, 2008 at 12:24 AM
John and Mark,
I use CS3 for all my stitching work...I have done up to 23 full size images in grid format and it works extremely well. you may have to do some very minor cloning or healing but other than that its amazing.......time consuming but amazing.....
Posted by John Williams on February 28, 2008 at 12:32 AM
I must have not worded my post well , sorry for misleading. Forget the stitching, the interesting part is the TuFuse (it just happens to be from a guy who has a stitching program).
Posted by Mark Hudon on February 28, 2008 at 12:08 PM
Sorry, John, I selectively read your original post. CS3 only stitches and noting more.
Posted by John Williams on February 28, 2008 at 2:29 PM
No apology necessary! I think I could have written my post better; it was obviously confusing. I'm off to AZ today, and I'll try and take some photos that are multi-exposure and multi-focus to play with TuFuse a bit. I'll report back my results pro or con for those interested.
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6 repliesI've been keeping an eye on the RMNP forum because I'm heading to Arizona this weekend for a quick trip and hope to sneak out and catch a wildflower photo or two
TuFuse is also a part of PTAssembler. As you can see here, PTAssembler aligns the photos properly, so that TuFuse can stack them. (Have you ever tried merging two photos, one focused near and one far, and found that they didn't align perfectly because the field of view changed slightly? PTAssembler takes care of the alignment and TuFuse takes care of the blending.)
I'll have to wait until I get back to play with this new feature, but I have several older panoramas that I'd like to try it out on. Hopefully others geeky enough to play with this type of software will find the links useful
I use CS3 for all my stitching work...I have done up to 23 full size images in grid format and it works extremely well. you may have to do some very minor cloning or healing but other than that its amazing.......time consuming but amazing.....