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5.1. The horizon of my panorama is curved instead of straight+ s+ P+ F3 t, C5 u+ U& |- K
5.2. I get color/brightness differences between the images in my panorama
: s* y/ E& j3 a$ C# g) Q5.3. How can I change the resolution (ppi or dpi value) of the generated panorama?
) f3 `; _% Z5 H) I4 J5 p3 v) P* O5.4. I see misalignments in the stitched panorama. What can I do to improve the result?
1 h0 p, H# B6 u7 K* I9 {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?. ?3 C' N0 P2 l1 w, C' o9 S
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' C8 P& t& B- c/ [1 r( |+ O+ d" V6.1. My panorama contains curved lines. How do I get straight lines to remain straight in the panorama?9 }& v1 R2 J5 n E X. F
6.2. How do I use the Horizontal line and Vertical line control points?
) v" d6 v$ \" g* A* Q6.3. How can I calibrate my lens parameters?
/ C- |5 t; _! h5 J8 {6.4. Does PTgui allow stitching of photos that have the camera in different locations?
0 _' n+ w, O# l% M- I' n" N6.5. How can I stitch mosaics, like partial scans from a flatbad scanner of a large image?
|2 h9 m6 B, R# ]- g; t7 A+ D+ ~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?
- t- O7 A% r) C3 h% |! e2 L1 m6.7. How can I have better control of the overlap area (i.e. the location of the seams)?) D- Y9 S& i( t3 w) \! e
6.8. How can I create a vertical panorama? PTGui rotates my panorama 90 degrees!
, `$ }, {; \$ f2 t8 j# ?4 V6.9. I want to cover the tripod in my (360x180 degree) spherical panorama. How do I add a nadir cap?
, Y7 a. c4 i; k2 y0 W# [* G6.10. How can I change the default settings for new panoramas?
$ J3 [* z/ ^; H6 Q% G. G6.11. How can I stitch extremely large panoramas?. i# _" P# D7 p! I3 V2 m) y" f
6.12. How can I align a set of images, all taken in the same direction (not a panorama)?
$ \9 R3 K- h5 f6.13. How can I use exactly the same stitching settings for different sets of images?
+ i* t. G1 ~) L4 P" A- \6.14. How can I correct a single image for lens distortion?
' U9 U% \9 j5 a: v6.15. How can I show a panorama on my website?
+ P7 N# Y3 d; }3 f2 r; Q; s* q* J# \6.16. How can I publish a panorama to Facebook?! m" R3 j8 s, W
6.17. Why does Facebook display my panorama as a flat image, not as an interactive panorama?
8 i3 S8 G' r& J% g6.18. How can I use PTGui to add the metadata required by Facebook to an already stitched panorama?# n* L/ y8 Z& G( L. ~3 f- k
6.19. How do I level/straighten a panorama using horizontal / vertical line control points?
# L) D6 \) J* L- Z6.20. How can I correct a single image for vignetting in PTGui Pro?0 c' D/ c0 s5 s8 d: K! f
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?# w" {0 c9 N1 ? L p* z5 a
6.22. After running Publish to Website my panorama has black holes at the top and bottom; how do I get rid of these?
% A4 w( J" _% Q$ A$ n5 \6.23. PTGui leaves some blank space around my panorama. How can I crop the panorama so that it fills the canvas entirely?
. X) d$ v: C+ i9 o+ O% s+ U6.24. How can I tell PTGui to output panoramas at a specific size?
4 B7 e" x/ _8 Z6.25. How can I defish a fisheye image in PTGui?
/ U" G2 F0 I0 t/ |6.26. How can I extract a 'flat' image from a spherical panorama?& ^4 N4 [$ d, w
6.27. 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?/ v) _6 v3 K( }) I. A# ^
6.28. 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?0 Y5 n! @3 t, Z0 s! o5 C) e/ v
6.29. How can I view a finished panorama interactively on my computer?1 f; q4 Q4 c; y. A. A
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?, U) r0 O5 X" J" _
6.31. I need to align/overlay an image to an already stitched panorama. How can I do this?
# b+ d( J- N8 [# e! c- s! `6.32. How can I stitch a PTGui project from the command line?
) e$ I* l" V% a7 r. \6.33. Can I use PTGui to arrange pictures into a collage? Can I disable the warping/distorting of images?
* |3 f' e4 w3 F Q, K |$ D6.34. How can I display spherical panoramas on my iPad?
* V3 H" D" l: o A6 T5 o% B6.35. How can I stitch panoramic video in PTGui?
0 g' u- E7 `- W* B: |6.36. Is there a way to stitch many panoramas using the same settings?
0 m# G" p4 _2 r6.37. How can I make 'little planet' images in PTGui?
' C! s1 z# N) V) r8 ?8 s6.38. How can I stitch images from Adobe Lightroom in PTGui? Do you offer a Lightroom plugin?! c1 b* f. u# P* @, _% ] h
6.39. Can you tell me how to make 3d (stereoscopic) panoramas in PTGui?0 t) R4 _: d w% {4 w
6.40. How can I view a stitched panorama in a Cardboard VR viewer on my phone?6 S; f; l5 O+ s
6.41. How can I stitch two back-to-back circular fisheye images?" r3 \1 N m& P/ ~; j$ }
6.42. How can I retouch the nadir of a spherical panorama?
6 g. L R1 I* p6.43. How can I stitch images taken with a 360° one shot camera in PTGui?7 ~6 f& |! D+ S Q, X4 i( r3 b8 R
6.44. How can I prevent PTGui from placing control points in certain areas?
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' e! d5 E2 O1 f; d/ ]7.1. What is the best way to take images for HDR stitching in PTGui Pro?% B1 L/ w2 R: ]! x& K" K1 B& R5 }9 r
7.2. My images don't contain EXIF exposure information. Can I still use them to stitch HDR panoramas?" R( C& T1 y) T* I3 E6 y, ?! U% m
7.3. PTGui Pro doesn't recognize my bracketed exposures!
/ y( Q: D7 @# j T1 o8 u& _7.4. The stitched HDR panorama looks like it was not blended at all. I'm seeing hard edges between overlapping images.
& ]' ]1 {; Q2 H0 l0 ]3 B* k: i- 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?
& q/ z$ {4 s2 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?' U+ B" A U& X9 b9 o* X
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.& @0 E: }3 }1 j" K9 q7 \
7.8. What's the deal with linked images?; @- J2 |6 y2 @5 m& R7 e3 X
7.9. Should I link my bracketed exposures or not?
/ Y6 u" S/ L0 n& m; \. Q: A7.10. Can I retouch an HDR panorama, e.g. to remove ghost images of moving people?
( U) E$ W9 W/ e1 k7.11. I would like to stitch my panorama in PTGui Pro, but use another application (e.g. Photomatix or Photoshop) to create the HDR.5 Q' o6 ]% y8 ~
7.12. Can I use PTGui Pro for exposure fusing / tone mapping / HDR generation of non-panoramic images?
" i, j; c' Q% K: `" H4 U: R- V, E; a3 z7.13. Can I extract artificial bracketed images from my (non bracketed) RAW files and have PTGui Pro assemble those into an HDR panorama?
4 C* T$ R7 p% O$ T' t9 E7.14. I have read the previous answer but I still would like to stitch my pseudo bracketed images generated from RAW files!) g# E9 z7 N, r+ F, D) A( b3 l
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8. GPU acceleration
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8.1. Which GPUs are supported by PTGui?
8 y8 [1 L0 L( z7 O( P/ C8.2. Which graphics card should I buy?9 z8 ~' M" p2 v: c% N/ d
8.3. Does PTGui support using multiple GPUs?
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