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    Hugin Pano S/W...

    Do yHu use Hugin for stitching?

    I used to till some years ago, and then I found its interface became too convoluted to enjoy.
    I won't say it was difficult, but it became bothersome to use. Each iteration seemed to
    just make it worse! At one point I could no longer just save a quick pano, but had
    to save it as a ".pto" project. But worse than that, the later programs kept throwing errors and
    stopping. To do anything with the latest (64-bit) version, you've got to hunt through screenloads
    of vague interface . Today I struggled with a pano and - guess what? - I found that
    the version I did using MS-ICE was more accurately stitched than the Hugin one!

    So I thought I would try to find an ancient version. I remember the last good fun I had was about 2009,
    and I found a few from that era. I'm sure that the 2011 and onwards versions were problematic.

    A bit of an exasperated rave, but does anyone have any pointers with Hugin? (Like "dump it"!)

    --Oh, how the bloatware has swollen!

    That pano (part of) comparison. (Check out the wave fronts)...
    pano-comp.jpg
    CC, Image editing OK.

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    Not HUGE Hugin fans on AP?

    I thought after 39 views someone might...

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    Quote Originally Posted by ameerat42 View Post
    Not HUGE Hugin fans on AP?

    I thought after 39 views someone might...
    Never tried it .. so 40 views now and one lame, inexperienced response(as usual from me).

    main reason for my reply tho is to try PTGui.

    Problem now is cost tho! (about USD129 or something!!) .. quite expensive if you don't use it regularly.

    I got it when it was more like $50 or so, and the AUD was worth something too .. so was quite cheep(back then).

    BUT!(a big BUTT! ) it's about as good as it gets .. or got(back then) .. and I've never even tried to find an alternative.

    I remember ICE was quite good, but not enough control over what you wanted to play with .. whereas PTGui had a ton of control over how to stitch images, where to line images up relative to each other .. etc.

    Had a go in Ps years back and while it was OK .. nothing like PTGui's ability.

    I'm not much of a panorama creator ... let alone expert, or advisor on such topics .. and pretty much still a noob on the topic. And I didn't want to leave you in this thread, all alone either

    I've had this PC now for about 3 or so years(can't recall exactly, but about that long) .. and I do so few panorama stitches .. I only just realised I've yet to re-install PTGui on this PC!
    My other problem is my PTGui is an old version(maybe 5-7yo) and I doubt I can just update to the latest and greatest either, so it'll probably cost me a small fortune to do so.

    If ICE works for 'ya .. stick with it.
    If you have issues with ICE, and can afford to remortgage your house to afford PTGui .. the control over where you want images to stitch up to(relative to each other) .. it's the 'ducks knees'
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    Ta, AK. If there was ever a free (trial) version of PTGui I would have tried it.
    Good old Hugin was always the best, but the present version -

    MS Ice does not have as much in it as Hugin (and apparently PT...) but it is
    pretty accurate in most cases (that I have found). I'll keep fighting with H to
    see if I like it again

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    I have hugin on my desktop computer though I’m lucky if I do one pano a year, probably have to update it
    Though when I do a pano I use ICE, old habits die hard Am.
    Years ago I downloaded the free trial for PTGui and never got to use it, though if you buy it it’s yours forever with no upgrades costs
    Now days if I want a pano of sorts not shot from my iPhone I crop some off the top and bottom of a image.
    Easy to see I am not into Land or Seascapes. Sorry no Help really.

    I shoot with Olympus Cameras.. Sometimes Canon and My iPhone SE 2020




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    Ta, M A. I might be able to help you. - DON'T upgrade Hugin

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    Oh ok Am Thanks For That

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    Your story seems quite familiar Am. I installed Hugin once upon a time, but found that it put me to more trouble than I liked for results that were less perfect than I preferred. So I tried MS ICE and it did everything by magic and pretty well too.
    unfortunately I replaced my PC with a Mac four years ago, and for some unaccountable reason Microsoft decline to make ICE available for the Mac. So now I have Hugin installed again but I’ve never used it. It must be well out of date.

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    Hugin was the first stitching program I used aeons ago, but I haven't touched it since I got Photoshop... sorry!
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    Just get the exposure and composition of your photos right and use ICE. It works.
    Last edited by Mark L; 02-04-2018 at 8:04pm.

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    I know. Ta, ICE is nICE -- In a good way, of course
    It's gotta be better than "I like Ike!"
    Last edited by ameerat42; 02-04-2018 at 8:32pm.

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    ^ you must try and resist posting sometimes AM.

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    But that would not improve my panos...?

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