5. Improving the results
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5.1. The horizon of my panorama is curved instead of straight
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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?, H8 E3 Y1 U8 g1 @
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6.1. My panorama contains curved lines. How do I get straight lines to remain straight in the panorama?- |: P" A& T; \
6.2. How do I use the Horizontal line and Vertical line control points? ( [& L( N) W/ D
6.3. How can I calibrate my lens parameters? e4 `' H4 T2 c/ g& |* Q$ C# A( U* y
6.4. Does PTgui allow stitching of photos that have the camera in different locations?
; x5 k" d# I* R6.5. How can I stitch mosaics, like partial scans from a flatbad scanner of a large image?
+ l9 H2 y) [1 N- B! |* y6.6. 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?/ H: Z' @& O3 X8 c' M. c
6.7. How can I have better control of the overlap area (i.e. the location of the seams)?
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6.9. I want to cover the tripod in my (360x180 degree) spherical panorama. How do I add a nadir cap?/ B2 O8 O; Q$ r
6.10. How can I change the default settings for new panoramas?; j0 ]" ]" \0 @. B9 b9 H+ f
6.11. How can I stitch extremely large panoramas?
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3 b5 g0 Q. w, q) g+ z6.13. How can I use exactly the same stitching settings for different sets of images?3 V0 o h* k" H0 c
6.14. How can I correct a single image for lens distortion?( q$ F3 D8 X$ a1 Q; I1 `9 b+ W
6.15. How can I show a panorama on my website?! a& I2 V0 \# w- h) s
6.16. How can I publish a panorama to Facebook?
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+ c. V2 Z! L( ?: z, }6.18. How can I use PTGui to add the metadata required by Facebook to an already stitched panorama?9 F( z/ i Y& b* Q
6.19. How do I level/straighten a panorama using horizontal / vertical line control points?5 \" N* ~- t0 c" O
6.20. How can I correct a single image for vignetting in PTGui Pro?
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6.22. After running Publish to Website my panorama has black holes at the top and bottom; how do I get rid of these?) v$ s! g7 T. U9 B' m4 p
6.23. PTGui leaves some blank space around my panorama. How can I crop the panorama so that it fills the canvas entirely?
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' U/ _# `% z6 X( z( P0 n6.26. How can I extract a 'flat' image from a spherical panorama?- j/ e, Q# J1 S! ^8 k5 i 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?
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6.29. How can I view a finished panorama interactively on my computer?( D) A5 r9 K% H
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?+ V r4 j5 k( ?7 L) i+ u% a
6.31. I need to align/overlay an image to an already stitched panorama. How can I do this?
2 [7 q3 e# F; b8 N0 q6.32. How can I stitch a PTGui project from the command line?6 h4 J$ E4 L1 T9 a5 E( K
6.33. Can I use PTGui to arrange pictures into a collage? Can I disable the warping/distorting of images?
% H& [# Z3 n7 Q6.34. How can I display spherical panoramas on my iPad?
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V1 x- W4 D8 ]6.36. Is there a way to stitch many panoramas using the same settings?( F6 y1 g) d* G- Z; g
6.37. How can I make 'little planet' images in PTGui?$ U0 ^2 F/ q# x# C% i2 a4 Q
6.38. How can I stitch images from Adobe Lightroom in PTGui? Do you offer a Lightroom plugin?
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6.40. How can I view a stitched panorama in a Cardboard VR viewer on my phone?
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6.43. How can I stitch images taken with a 360° one shot camera in PTGui?
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& q% l8 R, [7 Y5 D7. PTGui Pro and HDR- R. y1 I6 s" R/ c
$ v |* j) c7 J3 x$ W7.1. What is the best way to take images for HDR stitching in PTGui Pro?0 I/ A7 H! X" _. F: B. r% r, B
7.2. My images don't contain EXIF exposure information. Can I still use them to stitch HDR panoramas?
, M, |/ J0 l6 l% A7.3. PTGui Pro doesn't recognize my bracketed exposures!
Y$ V/ i; \- {) }4 e" a7.4. The stitched HDR panorama looks like it was not blended at all. I'm seeing hard edges between overlapping images.
! ~+ |6 D8 q3 b: N7.5. 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?) ? h9 @7 a3 O e2 k0 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?
. `+ ~# c5 S! S, {$ j7.7. 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.
, O3 w" b; U* }: y+ Z0 e) h7.8. What's the deal with linked images?3 B3 M5 m9 o- ], X% X0 @8 m
7.9. Should I link my bracketed exposures or not?
/ l4 z/ t3 ]7 I7 x& U2 n7.10. Can I retouch an HDR panorama, e.g. to remove ghost images of moving people?
2 L; ~. G- `4 d7 d; y! i% D5 p7.11. I would like to stitch my panorama in PTGui Pro, but use another application (e.g. Photomatix or Photoshop) to create the HDR.
+ D- u+ ]- D* n) \9 M7.12. Can I use PTGui Pro for exposure fusing / tone mapping / HDR generation of non-panoramic images?% A* o$ q0 y+ b5 E3 J, {2 s
7.13. Can I extract artificial bracketed images from my (non bracketed) RAW files and have PTGui Pro assemble those into an HDR panorama?
- D% b8 p0 b. d( k0 P8 D7.14. I have read the previous answer but I still would like to stitch my pseudo bracketed images generated from RAW files!1 \0 m* ~0 y7 e* n: U) @
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% w5 }6 c& {! a- X1 R! I! ?8. GPU acceleration
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8.1. Which GPUs are supported by PTGui?
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