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== Welcome to the panorama tools wiki ==

The [[Wiki History|wiki]] that aims to show you what you can do with the [[panorama tools]] and how to use them the best way.

The panorama tools are mainly used to build [[PanoRama|panoramic images]] from a set of overlapping images.
The usability extends "just" building panorama's by far though. You can, for instance, use them to render an average of multiple images to broaden the [[dynamic range]] of the images or average out noise. You can also build object movies with them, morph between images and much more. See [[panorama tools applications]] for an extensive list.

We hope you'll find this knowledge base interesting and useful. And if you feel something is missing, please feel free to add your knowledge. All pages on this wiki are editable by you. Let the [[FAQ]] page help you on your way. If you are not up to adding something yourself, please add a description of what you think is missing to the [[requested pages]] page. However, you need an account and you need to [[Special:Userlogin|login]] to edit.

'''The creation of an account via web interface is currently disabled due to vandalism. Please send an email to one of the [[Special:Listadmins|admins]] and ask to create an account for you.''' In the [[Special:Listadmins|admins list]] click one of the users to find their addresses in slightly obfuscated form.

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==== Working with the Panorama Tools ====
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| width=20% | [[Getting started]] || An introduction to the Panorama Tools and links to tutorials.
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| width=20% | [[Panorama formats]] || Panoramas come in various shapes and sizes. This page describes the differences between them.
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| width=20% | [[Panorama tools applications]] || Applications of the panorama tools that go beyond panorama stitching.
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2005-03-13T10:48:29Z

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== Name ==
Peter Nyfeler

== About ==
My first camera I bought was an Olympus C 2000 Z in 1999 and works fine till now. In 2001, I saw this nice panoramas on the web and was fascinated. It was unbelievable for me to spinning around, up and down. Since that time I have a virus called panorama. I bought a coolpix 4500 with all the necessary parts to produce panoramas. It was a really hard time to collect all the informations about panorama shooting and panotools. Probably I took the wrong direction, because I first learned all about taking panoramas and after this I learned how to take good photos.

== Homepage ==
* Here my experimental [http://www.nyfeler-mueller.ch Homepage]
* My last [http://www.nyfeler-mueller.ch/Ardueser/Ardueser.htm Panoramas]

== Current Equipment ==
'''First'''
* Nikon D70
* Nikkor 10.5 mm
* Sigma 8 mm
* [http://www.nyfeler-mueller.ch/MonoPodHead/QTVR/MonopodHeadQTVR.html Monopod Head]

'''Second'''
* Coolpix 4500
* Fisheye Converter FC-E8
* Wideangle Converter WC-E63
* [http://www.nyfeler-mueller.ch/PanoHeadMulti/PanoHeadMulti.html Tripod Head]

== Added items to this wiki ==
* [[How to use PTEditor]]
* [[How to allocate enough RAM for PTEditor]]

User:Pitdavos

2005-03-13T10:48:16Z

Pitdavos: /* Current Equipment */

2005-03-13T10:24:01Z

Pitdavos:

My first camera I bought was an Olympus C 2000 Z in 1999 and works fine till now. In 2001, I saw this nice panoramas on the web and was fascinated. It was unbelievable for me to spinning around, up and down. Since that time I have a virus called panorama. I bought a coolpix 4500 with all the necessary parts to produce panoramas. It was a really hard time to collect all the informations about panorama shooting and panotools. Probably I took the wrong direction, because I first learned all about taking panoramas and after this I learned how to take good photos.