AutoStitch: Entire Sierra Quemada Range from the South Rim

[Doc Savage]

Thanks Richard,

I haven't put image resizer on this computer yet, I used Photoshop to resize the pic. I like the stitching and the original looks pretty darn good (well it ought to at 37MB, I stitched about 15 8mp shots together for that). The one thing I was disappointed in with Photostitch, and you can see it to a small degree in autostitch is the curving of the pano. I knew I was going to stitch these shots together and made it a point to level the tripod. I must have had a slight tilt to the head or something. This happened on all the panos I took.

Robert

[xseption]

Thanks for the stitching pano software tip!

~ edd

[RichardM]

Q: My Autostitch demo expired. What do I do?

A:We are periodically updating the demo version of Autostitch. Please download the latest version from this webpage. The latest release version is Autostitch v2.2.

Guess I'll have to reload it some other day, as it's already past my bedtime.

[RichardM]

Taco,  the sky is very difficult to do.  When I make my spherical panoramas, I use the best out there, Panotools with PTGUI or HUGIN with the Enblend extension.  And it's not expensive, it's free.   When you take the pictures it is imperative that you lock in the exposure for all shots, otherwise it will be impossible to look natural.

http://panotools.sourceforge.net/

[MMTaco]

No version for Mac yet :-(

[Casa Grande]

Actually, PTMac is the one you want.

[MMTaco]

Actually, PTMac is the one you want.

BOOM!!  Thanks Big House!!

[lsnead]

Taco,  the sky is very difficult to do.  When I make my spherical panoramas, I use the best out there, Panotools with PTGUI or HUGIN with the Enblend extension.  And it's not expensive, it's free.   When you take the pictures it is imperative that you lock in the exposure for all shots, otherwise it will be impossible to look natural.

http://panotools.sourceforge.net/

I'd agree, I think PTGUI is the best for stitching large panoramas (10 or more images) together.  It even has support for creating HDR panos too.
Plus you can preview it before you generate the entire thing.  I'd advise having a computer with lots of RAM (4GB min) and a fast HDD.
The main thing to remember is keep your settings consistent b/w each shot and try to keep your nodal point intact for if your going for spherical panoramas.
They make all sorts of tripods that can achieve this.  Personally, I have the Manfrotto 303SPH QTVR.
Some HDR examples I've done using PTGUI..
The Waterworks (95 MP)
South Rim from Dodson Peak (88 MP)

Feel free to PM me if you have more specific questions