5. Improving the results
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1 W: a6 V5 G0 A" {/ s& @3 t5.1. The horizon of my panorama is curved instead of straight
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- s: {; b' {' g0 P X* {" f5.3. How can I change the resolution (ppi or dpi value) of the generated panorama?7 ^, J; \# `1 {; F J9 O
5.4. I see misalignments in the stitched panorama. What can I do to improve the result?
' }; S. j! D7 _4 A! B& P5.5. 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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6.1. My panorama contains curved lines. How do I get straight lines to remain straight in the panorama?$ {1 G9 O X9 e" i/ B& l
6.2. How do I use the Horizontal line and Vertical line control points?
8 W% y8 I9 D; A; ~6 c; N% U6.3. How can I calibrate my lens parameters?
$ t w4 p# K; F; L0 s: H+ U6.4. Does PTgui allow stitching of photos that have the camera in different locations?
/ g7 A& @& \ B2 a1 m+ v2 y6.5. How can I stitch mosaics, like partial scans from a flatbad scanner of a large image?2 Y, k5 X, ~+ b, n V; {
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% X# m: v" }$ c# k. x6.7. How can I have better control of the overlap area (i.e. the location of the seams)?
) k( `3 i+ d& {% h6.8. How can I create a vertical panorama? PTGui rotates my panorama 90 degrees!
W3 F" n4 m% Z3 E3 O# W9 D# |6.9. I want to cover the tripod in my (360x180 degree) spherical panorama. How do I add a nadir cap?
8 a W1 D; q% N6 Z+ k6.10. How can I change the default settings for new panoramas?5 N0 y9 t: Z8 }( m7 I* A
6.11. How can I stitch extremely large panoramas?
: }1 t3 e+ [' X6.12. How can I align a set of images, all taken in the same direction (not a panorama)?
3 q: a4 j0 u! l. D7 r: J6.13. How can I use exactly the same stitching settings for different sets of images?- m2 z+ r' ?8 J
6.14. How can I correct a single image for lens distortion?
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6.16. How can I publish a panorama to Facebook?6 t7 H2 J% C0 m. u, R
6.17. Why does Facebook display my panorama as a flat image, not as an interactive panorama?
' W. G# H- y' ] n9 Q% v. d0 F6.18. How can I use PTGui to add the metadata required by Facebook to an already stitched panorama?7 L o* _+ T7 U3 X& a& E5 h8 D7 v4 y
6.19. How do I level/straighten a panorama using horizontal / vertical line control points?
. ^% v: A e5 _9 x6 t |; O* O6.20. How can I correct a single image for vignetting in PTGui Pro?
e- F9 K2 @* v1 t$ H6.21. 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?# x% _7 n' S" A) E8 h Y0 x
6.22. After running Publish to Website my panorama has black holes at the top and bottom; how do I get rid of these?
3 H0 r8 M7 }. r6.23. PTGui leaves some blank space around my panorama. How can I crop the panorama so that it fills the canvas entirely?
: E& `8 J! n) I! v9 p' t6.24. How can I tell PTGui to output panoramas at a specific size?3 z8 x$ ~2 |' y0 R$ H
6.25. How can I defish a fisheye image in PTGui?
* J0 J M5 ~0 j# {4 O @3 Q6.26. How can I extract a 'flat' image from a spherical panorama?8 J; v M8 m7 M0 E$ F
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?8 M# u2 Y- X, t0 K P) _% w& m Z
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?
2 p2 g4 Z, u/ g7 D* Y1 D6.29. How can I view a finished panorama interactively on my computer?
+ x3 N6 {& T9 |1 g$ {5 |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?
+ F- W' a2 ~* \ ~6.31. I need to align/overlay an image to an already stitched panorama. How can I do this?
) d* R4 t: [; w# u6.32. How can I stitch a PTGui project from the command line?( P& n- B+ S& [6 L8 V5 z* s* T
6.33. Can I use PTGui to arrange pictures into a collage? Can I disable the warping/distorting of images?; P$ D2 i; V% e
6.34. How can I display spherical panoramas on my iPad?/ U( T5 y4 f4 j5 z- T; X0 |
6.35. How can I stitch panoramic video in PTGui?5 w* A$ }3 T Y
6.36. Is there a way to stitch many panoramas using the same settings?" D4 T0 h$ K3 T8 ~! q8 L1 Q3 s B6 @) I
6.37. How can I make 'little planet' images in PTGui?
1 L$ G/ q- g; C5 w: b }6.38. How can I stitch images from Adobe Lightroom in PTGui? Do you offer a Lightroom plugin?; `" l( I" {0 q7 r6 ^' a
6.39. Can you tell me how to make 3d (stereoscopic) panoramas in PTGui?
3 A. x# z% N* ^- S; Y- Z6.40. How can I view a stitched panorama in a Cardboard VR viewer on my phone?) X* V# `2 }6 n/ g
6.41. How can I stitch two back-to-back circular fisheye images?% n5 ~5 B9 f. t% X, a& R* d
6.42. How can I retouch the nadir of a spherical panorama?
5 b5 _7 m0 V4 d9 G6.43. How can I stitch images taken with a 360° one shot camera in PTGui?. P: R$ R2 a. _5 Z# Q! b6 d
6.44. How can I prevent PTGui from placing control points in certain areas?% U! O8 T7 J/ R2 z7 D, Y1 f
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( a* _) [4 I! J7 K% A* J/ T; h' n* o7.1. What is the best way to take images for HDR stitching in PTGui Pro?+ r2 V. n$ \ ?( ^ z
7.2. My images don't contain EXIF exposure information. Can I still use them to stitch HDR panoramas?
6 }3 s* V2 _$ S: P" H- m7.3. PTGui Pro doesn't recognize my bracketed exposures!
% m1 P9 u$ y" h7 T" U7.4. The stitched HDR panorama looks like it was not blended at all. I'm seeing hard edges between overlapping images.+ D6 h( {# q8 N- U+ e* x" H" F
7.5. 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?% J* o, R( W) p* Y
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?9 x* W8 b! v" Y/ s* m" M. j" G
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.5 M" o+ K2 e6 u$ ]
7.8. What's the deal with linked images?
2 o* W9 d0 x4 V* F/ ?0 ]7.9. Should I link my bracketed exposures or not?
" u9 ^# m4 S* Q8 G7.10. Can I retouch an HDR panorama, e.g. to remove ghost images of moving people?
& z$ n+ ~* U$ e0 Q7 }, u7 F) z/ p+ B7.11. I would like to stitch my panorama in PTGui Pro, but use another application (e.g. Photomatix or Photoshop) to create the HDR.
' w" d, q& p7 A2 }) c7.12. Can I use PTGui Pro for exposure fusing / tone mapping / HDR generation of non-panoramic images?6 Y/ E1 ~! i) `
7.13. Can I extract artificial bracketed images from my (non bracketed) RAW files and have PTGui Pro assemble those into an HDR panorama?% ~$ }3 b* A+ ], R7 B
7.14. I have read the previous answer but I still would like to stitch my pseudo bracketed images generated from RAW files!
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8.1. Which GPUs are supported by PTGui?$ R7 H8 R' J9 U. g
8.2. Which graphics card should I buy?
1 N) X- {8 r: D6 \: L1 c% l8.3. Does PTGui support using multiple GPUs?
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