Panorama tools - Revision history

Erik Krause: Pointed to new mirror

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Keisel: /* What software is included in the panorama tools */

2010-08-05T10:13:56Z

‎What software is included in the panorama tools

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Keisel: PTStitcher closed source note, link to nona

2010-08-05T10:09:32Z

PTStitcher closed source note, link to nona

Keisel: More prominent SF links

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Thomas Rauscher: ...looks better now in the Glossary page

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...looks better now in the Glossary page

Thomas Rauscher: added to glossary

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 The Panorama Tools, also known as ''The PanoTools'' are a free suite of programs and libraries originally written by the german physics and mathematics professor [[Helmut Dersch]].  PanoTools provides a powerful framework for re-projecting and blending multiple source images into immersive panoramics of many types.  An updated version of the PanoTools library serves as the underlying core engine for many software  panorama [[GUI front-ends]].
-Helmut started development on PanoTools in 1998, producing some of the most professional and versatile software available for building panoramas and more, but had to stop development in 2001 due to legal harrassment and claims of patent infringement by a company called [[Ipix|IPIX]].  In 2003 he released some modifications to the java-based online panorama viewer [[PTViewer]].  One involved a standalone .exe version and another version could display HDR (high [[dynamic range]]) panoramas. The most recent release from Helmut is PTViewerME, a panorama viewer for PDAs and mobile devices. The homepage of Helmut can be found [http://webuser.fh-furtwangen.de/~dersch/ here]. It has no links to his older work on PanoTools, but some list members managed to make a copy of his old homepage before it shut down. See [[Mirrors]] for some links to these pages and additional information.
+Helmut started development on PanoTools in 1998, producing some of the most professional and versatile software available for building panoramas and more, but had to stop development in 2001 due to legal harrassment and claims of patent infringement by a company called [[Ipix|IPIX]].  In 2003 he released some modifications to the java-based online panorama viewer [[PTViewer]].  One involved a standalone .exe version and another version could display HDR (high [[dynamic range]]) panoramas. The most recent release from Helmut is PTViewerME, a panorama viewer for PDAs and mobile devices. The homepage of Helmut can be found [http://webuser.fh-furtwangen.de/~dersch/ here]. It has no links to his older work on PanoTools, but some list members managed to make a copy of his old homepage before it shut down. Thanks to Kathy Wheeler the page could be reconstructed completely: http://www.panotools.org/dersch
 After Helmut stopped developing Panorama Tools, the members of his mailing-list took over development, and began enhancing the software suite on their own. They moved the project to SourceForge and have fixed some bugs and developed additional functionality since.

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 | ''[[PTCrypt]]'' || Java tool for scrambling pictures intended to be viewed online with ptviewer.
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-| ''[[PTStitcher]]'' || Panorama stitching tool which remaps, adjusts and combines arbitrary images to panoramic views. No source available. A similar project is [[nona]] in [[hugin]].
+| ''[[PTStitcher]]'' || Panorama stitching tool which remaps, adjusts and combines arbitrary images to panoramic views. No source available. Similar projects are [[nona]] in [[hugin]] as well as [[PTmender]].
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 | ''[[PTOptimizer]]'' || Optimizes positions and sizes of images using control-point data.

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 == What software is included in the panorama tools ==
-Quoted from Helmuts original homepage:
+<!-- (was) Quoted from Helmuts original homepage: -->
-'''PanoTools is a collection of free tools for Panorama and 3D Object creation . It consists of: '''
+'''PanoTools is a collection of free tools for Panorama and 3D Object creation. It consists of: '''
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 | ''[[PTCrypt]]'' || Java tool for scrambling pictures intended to be viewed online with ptviewer.
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-| ''[[PTStitcher]]'' || Panorama stitching tool which remaps, adjusts and combines arbitrary images to panoramic views.
+| ''[[PTStitcher]]'' || Panorama stitching tool which remaps, adjusts and combines arbitrary images to panoramic views. No source available. A similar project is [[nona]] in [[hugin]].
 |-
 | ''[[PTOptimizer]]'' || Optimizes positions and sizes of images using control-point data.

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 Helmut started development on PanoTools in 1998, producing some of the most professional and versatile software available for building panoramas and more, but had to stop development in 2001 due to legal harrassment and claims of patent infringement by a company called [[Ipix|IPIX]].  In 2003 he released some modifications to the java-based online panorama viewer [[PTViewer]].  One involved a standalone .exe version and another version could display HDR (high [[dynamic range]]) panoramas. The most recent release from Helmut is PTViewerME, a panorama viewer for PDAs and mobile devices. The homepage of Helmut can be found [http://webuser.fh-furtwangen.de/~dersch/ here]. It has no links to his older work on PanoTools, but some list members managed to make a copy of his old homepage before it shut down. See [[Mirrors]] for some links to these pages and additional information.
-After Helmut stopped developing Panorama Tools, the members of his mailing-list took over development, and began enhancing the software suite on their own. They started a [http://panotools.sourceforge.net/ sourceforge page] and have fixed some bugs and developed additional functionality since.
+After Helmut stopped developing Panorama Tools, the members of his mailing-list took over development, and began enhancing the software suite on their own. They moved the project to SourceForge and have fixed some bugs and developed additional functionality since.
 == What software is included in the panorama tools ==

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 == What are the panorama tools ==
-{{Glossary|are a free suite of programs and libraries originally written by professor [[Helmut Dersch]]}}
+{{Glossary|A free suite of programs and libraries originally written by professor [[Helmut Dersch]]}}
 The Panorama Tools, also known as ''The PanoTools'' are a free suite of programs and libraries originally written by the german physics and mathematics professor [[Helmut Dersch]].  PanoTools provides a powerful framework for re-projecting and blending multiple source images into immersive panoramics of many types.  An updated version of the PanoTools library serves as the underlying core engine for many software  panorama [[GUI front-ends]].

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