5. Improving the results$ H. I" v$ h/ {
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5.1. The horizon of my panorama is curved instead of straight# w& i& j/ K. V! Q2 U
5.2. I get color/brightness differences between the images in my panorama
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5.4. I see misalignments in the stitched panorama. What can I do to improve the result?. w! Q+ i( G% p! X4 B
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?
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' \% D' i, r* h; R) E6.1. My panorama contains curved lines. How do I get straight lines to remain straight in the panorama?
: q0 h( R) r* T4 F6 h$ M) V0 ?6.2. How do I use the Horizontal line and Vertical line control points?
/ J' F5 Y) e4 i6.3. How can I calibrate my lens parameters?' K3 U- H# Z- a4 R7 o3 ]) D( o9 I( `( [
6.4. Does PTgui allow stitching of photos that have the camera in different locations?
' i2 w: ]6 w9 u2 L- Q6.5. How can I stitch mosaics, like partial scans from a flatbad scanner of a large image?: a! Y. E/ n; [7 M
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?
5 i3 d& G/ I- V6.7. How can I have better control of the overlap area (i.e. the location of the seams)?
* g O4 x k4 `! h& R6.8. How can I create a vertical panorama? PTGui rotates my panorama 90 degrees!/ k- ^1 q! n# @
6.9. I want to cover the tripod in my (360x180 degree) spherical panorama. How do I add a nadir cap?
2 \. e# }) D8 [& X6.10. How can I change the default settings for new panoramas?
5 k `( k8 l* Q! a3 {, h) N6.11. How can I stitch extremely large panoramas?; w# |& g% s5 E. E) w5 M8 p
6.12. How can I align a set of images, all taken in the same direction (not a panorama)?
8 p3 {) u( R! E, u4 w6.13. How can I use exactly the same stitching settings for different sets of images?9 h$ G1 ^/ b. P- @# W
6.14. How can I correct a single image for lens distortion?
# M' n8 X" b9 z' R4 F6.15. How can I show a panorama on my website?
, C5 t, C- C% m4 k& T7 P# n& Q6.16. How can I publish a panorama to Facebook?$ x0 e; Z+ N6 t& m% ^
6.17. Why does Facebook display my panorama as a flat image, not as an interactive panorama?
/ C) @$ J. D$ C' D. t6.18. How can I use PTGui to add the metadata required by Facebook to an already stitched panorama?! G+ R, E$ X0 F# b) N; g r H
6.19. How do I level/straighten a panorama using horizontal / vertical line control points?* e! p; m- V: Z0 }! o* _- d) s
6.20. How can I correct a single image for vignetting in PTGui Pro?$ ?/ D! ~1 S. U5 b
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?8 `+ j# ]* m( ?+ k$ X9 i0 ~
6.22. After running Publish to Website my panorama has black holes at the top and bottom; how do I get rid of these?/ z5 I5 T3 r! z1 A' Y
6.23. PTGui leaves some blank space around my panorama. How can I crop the panorama so that it fills the canvas entirely?
3 j0 w: Y2 D) s8 u, x3 K6.24. How can I tell PTGui to output panoramas at a specific size?
7 q& q, j) G. B2 t1 l/ @6.25. How can I defish a fisheye image in PTGui?* C* b! g3 i* E: ^. n
6.26. How can I extract a 'flat' image from a spherical panorama?
, ^% Q3 x6 A2 c6.27. 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?
! i3 i0 k# ~2 v6.28. 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?: N9 b# l+ Y5 o( x; V
6.29. How can I view a finished panorama interactively on my computer?) q6 k& E6 q1 T: P) p1 _+ C
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?
: q; A, r: e I/ n3 O6.31. I need to align/overlay an image to an already stitched panorama. How can I do this?
9 r( q2 L2 G2 k# S, \% R6.32. How can I stitch a PTGui project from the command line?! c# L! W2 t5 H3 A2 w
6.33. Can I use PTGui to arrange pictures into a collage? Can I disable the warping/distorting of images?6 Z1 x6 f7 ]3 Y' H1 s0 F3 k
6.34. How can I display spherical panoramas on my iPad?
. y9 i2 H* ?" b6.35. How can I stitch panoramic video in PTGui?! `6 @* y5 c! Q5 ^
6.36. Is there a way to stitch many panoramas using the same settings?
1 Y# f# y/ w0 v' z6.37. How can I make 'little planet' images in PTGui?
( g% N! \$ X4 |" q3 D) c; A6.38. How can I stitch images from Adobe Lightroom in PTGui? Do you offer a Lightroom plugin?
/ Y$ k5 F# L2 y- R- `1 ?. d6.39. Can you tell me how to make 3d (stereoscopic) panoramas in PTGui?
; {) e( \1 j- P, K6.40. How can I view a stitched panorama in a Cardboard VR viewer on my phone?2 s5 m$ H+ y! ^6 M. L1 W
6.41. How can I stitch two back-to-back circular fisheye images?, }* o9 U; d. M( K
6.42. How can I retouch the nadir of a spherical panorama?
- ^" t% c1 t+ g- x9 Z6.43. How can I stitch images taken with a 360° one shot camera in PTGui?
. R1 [$ b# c r e1 b% t! x6.44. How can I prevent PTGui from placing control points in certain areas?
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d6 K% D. |& f" n F* ^7.1. What is the best way to take images for HDR stitching in PTGui Pro?
/ i) W% F) r L/ R, a: L0 i7.2. My images don't contain EXIF exposure information. Can I still use them to stitch HDR panoramas?2 o* h2 g ^. g" g. J: m* a# C, w ]# q
7.3. PTGui Pro doesn't recognize my bracketed exposures!+ F D+ ` e5 e) e5 P4 M
7.4. The stitched HDR panorama looks like it was not blended at all. I'm seeing hard edges between overlapping images.
. |; q0 N; j% s* D: Z7.5. 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?9 l, C% I" \+ n" c* |
7.6. Why should I use manual exposure mode? Isn't it much better to use automatic exposure, so that every image is optimally exposed?7 R: N) `* r k$ ~3 d6 Q
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.7 _+ B4 f; A$ q- L. e
7.8. What's the deal with linked images?
8 p+ _( t" S9 \5 F. v! J5 ^6 F7.9. Should I link my bracketed exposures or not?
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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.7 V ^; ?' R6 i8 b8 t2 \
7.12. Can I use PTGui Pro for exposure fusing / tone mapping / HDR generation of non-panoramic images?
) S! E- [% u" P7.13. Can I extract artificial bracketed images from my (non bracketed) RAW files and have PTGui Pro assemble those into an HDR panorama?
; u& ~/ \* R$ Z$ R5 J7.14. I have read the previous answer but I still would like to stitch my pseudo bracketed images generated from RAW files!) ?3 k9 U/ h; J6 f0 P% s" H
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8. GPU acceleration
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8.1. Which GPUs are supported by PTGui?
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2 Q4 e: j( t, `5 d7 o; M8.3. Does PTGui support using multiple GPUs?
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