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RE: TuFuse alignment

Thu Mar 11, 2010 2:27 pm (GMT -4)

maxlyons wrote:

No...TuFuse doesn't do any alignment ... Adding alignment would add about 300-500% more code to TuFuse!

Nevertheless it would be a nice feature!
Maybe something to see in Tufuse Pro ?

Salu2,
Klaus

By the way: how about next Tufuse Pro version ? Soon?

RE: TuFuse alignment

Thu Mar 11, 2010 10:40 am (GMT -4)

waters wrote:

Can TuFuse align bracketed images not taken on a tripod? I am shooting 5 bracketed images with a D300 set on Continuous High speed. They are essentially from the exact same spot, with only a fraction of movement. CS3 can do an auto align to line them up, but it would be easier if TuFuse could do the same thing.

No...TuFuse doesn't do any alignment, but PTAssembler does. As simple as it seems, alignment is actually a much more complicated task than the actual stacking performed by TuFuse. Adding alignment would add about 300-500% more code to TuFuse!

Max

TuFuse alignment

Thu Mar 11, 2010 9:03 am (GMT -4)

RE: Getting Started

Wed Mar 10, 2010 3:08 pm (GMT -4)

Thank you all for your comments.

In particular I'd like to address this to John.

I went to your site and looked around. There's a lot of very useful info there. The panos you have posted are fantastic. With them you've done exactly what I'm trying to accomplish.

This project has had a very steep learning curve for me. Terms like f-stop and FOV meant nothing to me before I got started on this.

I'm using a very simple panohead (made from 1/4"x1" aluminum bar with the help of a friend who manages a machine shop.) I found a tutorial (very similar to yours) on finding the entrance pupil, so I've overcome the problems with parallax.

I've also experimented with a half-dozen different programs (Autostitch, Microsoft's Image Composite Editor and a few others that are free to use) trying to achieve that immersive effect, but I've never had any real success. I can get photos (taken with a point-and-shoot camera) to stitch, but none produce the kind of output I am looking for.

Is the fish-eye lens necessary to give that 360 X 180 look?

Any help I can get will be very much appreciated.

Auto align and intermediate files

Wed Mar 10, 2010 6:52 am (GMT -4)

Hello Max

When using autocreate it is possible to tick a box to delete intermediate files in the preference screen.
But when using auto align the intermediate files are still saved and you have to delete them manually.
Is it possible when using autoalign that the you can delete the intermediate files automatically? I didn't find a box to tick that in the preference screen for auto aligning. Do I miss something?

Kind regards,
Henk Tijdink

RE: TIFFCROP not using Pref "Use Recycle rather than Delete

Wed Mar 10, 2010 5:24 am (GMT -4)

Cropping and deleting/recycling are handled by two different programs. The copping program doesn't do any deleting or recycling. Intermediate files are those created by the stitcher. I'll think about reworking the logic based on your comment, but for now, this functions as I intended and designed.

Max

TIFFCROP not using Pref "Use Recycle rather than Delete

Tue Mar 09, 2010 6:48 pm (GMT -4)

TIFFCROP, being a separate App, is not using the PTA Preference "If removing intermediate files, use Recycle rather than Delete" on the Behavior tab".
This is a shame, as it leads to extra keystrokes to either manually invoke TIFFCROP after uncropped final image has been reviewed; or to extra iterations of image stitching once a cropped final image is found to be sized other than expected.
If possible, TIFFCROP should be invoked with a Parameter to control handling of the Source Image. Else if it is PTA that Deletes (not Recycles) that Source Image after TIFFCROP (as error message when it cannot do so would indicate), then PTA behavior needs to be standardized.

RE: Shore Pines and Moss, Blacklock Point, OR

Tue Mar 09, 2010 6:31 pm (GMT -4)

Hi Steve,
I just posted the counter-point to this shot.
I have had similar issues with Manzanita clusters that you had with the pines. In person, very 3-d and interesting, but hard to keep the same interest in a flat photo without lots of tweaking. Nice job on the processing.
cheers, Darcy

RE: Moss everywhere

Tue Mar 09, 2010 5:10 pm (GMT -4)

Temperate rain forests all look the same, assuming they haven't been clearcut (raped), Beautiful, Lush Green! They are full of incredible biodiversity and promote wet feet and knees!

Nice shot!

Steve

Moss everywhere

Tue Mar 09, 2010 4:50 pm (GMT -4)

After seeing Earth-Sea's photo of the lone mossy log, I realized I had to post the inverse. This was taken in Lynn Canyon in North Vancouver, B.C. a few weeks ago.

6 shots, portrait.

larger version here: http://www.pbase.com/dspimage/image/122598507/original.jpg

RE: Lincoln Memorial Star Trails

Tue Mar 09, 2010 4:49 pm (GMT -4)

dsjtecserv wrote:

Great image Max. Unusual to see the stars rotating around the south. Was this a panorama? If so, was there any problem with interruption of star trails between the frames?

Dave,

Thanks...no this is just a single image. Well, it is actually several stacked images, but the entire scene fits in one frame.

Max

RE: Adirondack mountaintop panorama

Tue Mar 09, 2010 4:45 pm (GMT -4)

dsjtecserv wrote:

I don't know whether I like this one better or not. It looks more complete and self contained by having the whole tree, and it includes more of the valley to the right. But the clouds aren't as interesting and there's a whole lot a uniform gray. I'd be interested in your opinions, comparing the two.

Dave,

Out of the three, I like the last one the best. Being honest, the sky didn't catch my eye in any of them, so I had to go back and look at them all again when you mentioned the clouds! The composition feels more "balanced" to me with the entire tree visible. In fact, if it had a little more on the left, I think I would like that even more. But, now I'm just being difficult!

Max

Shore Pines and Moss, Blacklock Point, OR

Tue Mar 09, 2010 2:57 pm (GMT -4)

A couple days ago, we took some friends on a hike to Blacklock Point, just a few miles north of Port Orford, OR. The trail starts near the airport, a shockingly huge runway, built during WWII, 5000 feet long, meets the eye, posing the question, whats that doing here, in the middle of nowhere?. The small planes that now use it, take off or land in about 1/10 of it!

Along the trail, there are many twisted forms of shore pines, tough to photograph, as they tend to blend into the background trees, at least without a 3d view. I spotted a brilliant green, moss covered tree, laying across a bog, about 200 feet off trail. It drew me like a magnet! There were some very interesting trees behind it, so I did a 6 image stitch.

After getting home and processing/stitching the images, I was a bit disappointed in the result. It didnt stand out as brilliantly as the visual effect when I saw it, so I started playing with ideas in Photoshop. With masks and layers, I desaturated the image, except for the mossy log, then added another layer, giving a hint of sepia tone to those less saturated areas. I darkened the background trees, other than the twisted trunks that are closer, which I lightened, so they would stand out somewhat. I think I finally managed to get the look and emotional feeling of what I saw.

North Downs at Woldingham, England

Tue Mar 09, 2010 6:37 am (GMT -4)

For some reason the "ups" are called "downs". I love these smoothly moulded shapes.

2 landscape images
Canon 5D mk II, EF50mm f1.8 II, 1/640 @ f8, ISO 200

fredpop

RE: Adirondack mountaintop panorama

Sun Mar 07, 2010 7:11 pm (GMT -4)

Here's the alternative version, shot from the same location but using a 10 mm lens. But a substantial portion of the foreground is cropped, so it's probably the rough equivalent of a 14 or 15 mm lens.

I don't know whether I like this one better or not. It looks more complete and self contained by having the whole tree, and it includes more of the valley to the right. But the clouds aren't as interesting and there's a whole lot a uniform gray. I'd be interested in your opinions, comparing the two.

Dave