Hugin Stitcher tab - Revision history

Thomas: /* Stitch */

2013-04-26T15:37:51Z

‎Stitch

Thomas: /* HDR merging */

2013-04-26T15:36:39Z

‎HDR merging

Thomas: /* Exposure fusion */

2013-04-26T15:34:10Z

‎Exposure fusion

Thomas: /* Projection */

2013-04-26T15:28:39Z

‎Projection

Dgjohnston at 02:07, 26 April 2013

2013-04-26T02:07:34Z

Harryvanderwolf at 17:33, 1 February 2013

2013-02-01T17:33:06Z

Harryvanderwolf: /* HDR merging */

2013-02-01T17:28:58Z

‎HDR merging

Thomas at 09:55, 27 January 2013

2013-01-27T09:55:25Z

Zarl: /* Projection */ Some hint what the thoby projection is used for

2012-04-04T07:29:39Z

‎Projection: Some hint what the thoby projection is used for

Bruno: rearrange to match GUI

2011-03-14T22:49:47Z

rearrange to match GUI

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 = Stitch =
-Click '''Stitch!''' (located in the bottom right corner of the window) to generate output panoramas immediately.  Selecting '''Save project and send to batch''' adds the current project to the [[Hugin Batch Processor]] stitching queue, note that the queue won't be processed unless this queue manager is running.
+Click '''Stitch!''' (located in the bottom right corner of the window) to generate output panoramas. With default setting the current project is added to the [[Hugin Batch Processor]] stitching queue. Note that the queue won't be processed unless this queue manager is running.
 __NOTOC__
 [[Category:Software:Hugin]]

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 If '''High dynamic range''' is enabled then hugin will identify likely [[Bracketing|bracketed]] stacks of images, then create remapped [[HDR]] images which are then blended with [[enblend]].
-<!-- Note that like the Exposure fusion option above, this generally only makes sense if the scene has been photographed multiple times using exposure bracketing, and the EV exposure values optimised in the [[hugin Exposure tab]].
+Note that like the Exposure fusion option above, this generally only makes sense if the scene has been photographed multiple times using exposure bracketing. This option works also for creating panorama from HDR input images.
 Enable '''High dynamic range merged stacks''' from '''Combined stacks''' to keep copies of the remapped HDR images as supplied to enblend.
-Enable '''High dynamic range''' from '''Remapped Images''' to keep copies of each image remapped in linear colour space before merging to HDR. -->
+Enable '''High dynamic range''' from '''Remapped Images''' to keep copies of each image remapped in linear colour space before merging to HDR.
-−
 High dynamic range '''Format''' can be either:

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 Note also that unlike '''Normal''' and '''HDR merging''' options where images are exposure corrected as part of the remapping process, enfuse requires that each exposure layer is supplied uncorrected - Hugin takes care of this automatically and will not apply exposure correction in this case.
 If '''Exposure fused from any arrangement''' is enabled then hugin will seam blend images with similar exposure with [[enblend]]  and than it will [[Exposure fusion|exposure fuse]] them using [[enfuse]]. This variant is often much more successful than '''Exposure fused from stacks''' in two situations:
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 Enable '''No exposure correction, low dynamic range''' from '''Remapped Images''' to keep the intermediate images supplied to [[enblend]] and [[enfuse]].
-Normal '''Format''' can be in one several output file types:
+The output '''format''' of Normal and Exposure fusion can be in one of several output file types:
-* '''[[TIFF]]''', various compression options. [[16bit]] and ''8bit'' depth supported.  '''None''' compression is supported by most other applications, '''LZW''' compression is common in Windows/Mac applications and '''Deflate''' compression is more common with Linux tools.
+* '''[[TIFF]]''', various compression options. [[16bit|16 bit]] and 8 bit depth supported.  '''None''' compression is supported by most other applications, '''LZW''' compression is common in Windows/Mac applications and '''Deflate''' compression is more common with Linux tools.
 * '''[[JPEG|JPG]]''', lossy compression suitable for web/email.  '''Quality''' can vary from ''0'' (extremely low quality, small file size) and ''100'' (high quality, large file size).  A typical quality setting for web/email would be between ''70'' and ''80''
-* '''[[PNG]]''', lossless compression. [[16bit]] and ''8bit'' depth supported.
+* '''[[PNG]]''', lossless compression. [[16bit|16 bit]] and 8 bit depth supported.
 == HDR merging ==

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 * [[The General Panini Projection|Panini General]]
 * [[Fisheye Projection|Thoby Projection]], is modeling the 10.5 mm Nikkor fisheye lens and was introduced with [http://hugin.sourceforge.net/releases/2011.0.0/en.shtml hugin 2011.0.0]. The projection is called after Michel Thoby who was able to empirically find it.
 = Field of View =

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 * ''floating-point'' [[TIFF]], various compression options.
 * '''[[OpenEXR|EXR]]''', this is a high dynamic range format which is more compact than a high dynamic range TIFF.
 = Processing =
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 [[enblend]] is the default '''Blender''' for use with [[hugin]], normally there is no need to change this.  Additional command-line '''Options''' can be set here or in the [[hugin Preferences]] for new projects.
 __NOTOC__
 [[Category:Software:Hugin]]

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 * [[Fisheye Projection|Thoby Projection]], is modeling the 10.5 mm Nikkor fisheye lens and was introduced with [http://hugin.sourceforge.net/releases/2011.0.0/en.shtml hugin 2011.0.0]. The projection is called after Michel Thoby who was able to empirically find it.
-== Field of View ==
+= Field of View =
 This is the horizontal and vertical [[Field of View|angle of view]] of the output image,
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 * Transverse Mercator has to be less than 180 degrees horizontally.
-== Canvas Size ==
+= Canvas Size =
 Set the '''width''' and '''height''' of your output panorama in pixels.  '''Calculate Optimal Size''' will estimate
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 small images, it is better to create an ''Optimal Size'' image in hugin and downsize it later in an image editor such as [[Gimp]].
-== Crop ==
+= Crop =
 The crop settings allow just a portion of the panorama to be stitched, there are various reasons to do this:
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 The '''Fit Crop to Images''' button will automatically determine a crop that has a maximum number of pixels and no empty space.  This is the same function as the '''Autocrop''' button in the [[Hugin Fast Preview window|Fast Preview window]].
-== Output ==
+= Panorama Outputs =
 Hugin can output 'normal' stitched images, [[Exposure fusion|exposure fused]] images or high dynamic range ([[HDR]]) images.
 The following options determine which kind of image is created, and allow keeping the intermediate images created during the process.
-=== Normal ===
+== Normal ==
 If '''Exposure corrected, low dynamic range''' is enabled then [[enblend]] is used for blending. In the final stitching process [[nona]] reprojects and distorts images to fit, '''enblend''' takes these images as individual [[TIFF]] files and merges them using sophisticated seam positioning and blending.  Further '''enblend''' settings can be found in the [[hugin Preferences]].
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 Enable '''Exposure corrected, low dynamic range''' under '''Remapped Images''' if you want to keep the intermediate images that '''enblend''' uses as input - For example modifying the [[alpha channel]] of these images and then blending manually is one technique for including and excluding people or objects that move between shots.
-=== Exposure fusion ===
+== Exposure fusion ==
 If '''Exposure fused from stacks''' is enabled then hugin will group the input images into exposure stacks by comparing positions, any images with more than 70 % overlap are grouped like this.  Each of these [[Bracketing|bracketed]] exposure stacks will be [[Exposure fusion|exposure fused]] with [[enfuse]] and the results seam blended together into a panorama with [[enblend]].
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 * '''[[PNG]]''', lossless compression. [[16bit]] and ''8bit'' depth supported.
-=== HDR merging ===
+== HDR merging ==
 ''The option '''High dynamic range''' is only available in '''Advanced''' and '''Expert''' mode.''
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-== Stitch ==
+= Stitch =
 Click '''Stitch!''' to generate output panoramas immediately.  Selecting '''Save project and send to batch''' adds the current project to the [[Hugin Batch Processor]] stitching queue, note that the queue won't be processed unless this queue manager is running.

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 * [[Panini]]
 * [[Architectural]]
-* [[Orthographic]]
+* [[Fisheye Projection|Orthographic]]
-* [[Equisolid]]
+* [[Fisheye Projection|Equisolid]]
 * [[Equirectangular Panini]]
 * [[Biplane]]
 * [[Triplane]]
 * [[The General Panini Projection|Panini General]]
-* [[Thoby Projection]], is modeling the 10.5 mm Nikkor fisheye lens and was introduced with [http://hugin.sourceforge.net/releases/2011.0.0/en.shtml hugin 2011.0.0]. The projection is called after Michel Thoby who was able to empirically find it.
+* [[Fisheye Projection|Thoby Projection]], is modeling the 10.5 mm Nikkor fisheye lens and was introduced with [http://hugin.sourceforge.net/releases/2011.0.0/en.shtml hugin 2011.0.0]. The projection is called after Michel Thoby who was able to empirically find it.
 == Field of View ==
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 * Large 'gigapixel' style panoramas can be stitched in sections then blended later.
-The cropped-out areas are shown darkened in the [[hugin Preview window]].
+The cropped-out areas are shown darkened in the [[hugin Preview window|Preview window]].
-The '''Fit Crop to Images''' button will automatically determine a crop that has a maximum number of pixels and no empty space.  This is the same function as the '''Autocrop''' button in the [[Hugin Fast Preview window]].
+The '''Fit Crop to Images''' button will automatically determine a crop that has a maximum number of pixels and no empty space.  This is the same function as the '''Autocrop''' button in the [[Hugin Fast Preview window|Fast Preview window]].
 == Output ==
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 If '''Exposure fused from stacks''' is enabled then hugin will group the input images into exposure stacks by comparing positions, any images with more than 70 % overlap are grouped like this.  Each of these [[Bracketing|bracketed]] exposure stacks will be [[Exposure fusion|exposure fused]] with [[enfuse]] and the results seam blended together into a panorama with [[enblend]].
-Note that for this to work, the scene has to be photographed multiple times using exposure [[bracketing]] and the EV exposure values set either manually in the [[hugin Camera and Lens tab]], automatically from [[EXIF]] data or by optimising exposure in the [[hugin Assistant tab]] or [[hugin Exposure tab]].
+Note that for this to work, the scene has to be photographed multiple times using exposure [[bracketing]] and the EV exposure values set either manually in the [[Hugin Photos tab|Photos tab]], automatically from [[EXIF]] data or by optimising exposure in the [[hugin Assistant tab]] or [[hugin Exposure tab]].
 Note also that unlike '''Normal''' and '''HDR merging''' options where images are exposure corrected as part of the remapping process, enfuse requires that each exposure layer is supplied uncorrected - Hugin takes care of this automatically and will not apply exposure correction in this case.
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 * When the panorama has been shot entirely on automatic exposure, in this situation it is useful to seam blend adjacent photos with small EV differences, but then exposure fuse larger EV differences - As effectively happens with this option.
-Note that hugin uses a threshold of 0.5 EV exposure difference to determine which photos can be fused into each layer.
+Note that Hugin uses a default threshold of 0.5 EV exposure difference to determine which photos can be fused into each layer. This threshold can be modified on the [[Hugin Photos tab|Photos tab]] in the Expert mode (selecting group by Output layers).
 Enable '''Blended layers of similar exposure, without exposure correction''' from '''Layers''' to keep exposure layers from the '''Exposure fused from any arrangement''' step, these are useful for manual [[Contrast Blending]].