Have you asked this question on the PTGui support group? (See directions at the topic titled "Technical Support Forums" on this page...
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Uri
uricogan
Aug 17, 2012 9:34 pm
... And if anyone would be good enough to respond, please do it for the Mac too. I was successful *once* and was able to use Enblend with PTGui Pro on my Mac...
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Uri
uricogan
Aug 17, 2012 9:43 pm
I am almost able to shoot a complete pano with the 14-24mm lens and the D800e at 14mm using 6+2+2 but I still get a couple of little "holes" around the nadir....
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jrgen_schrader
Aug 18, 2012 6:35 am
Not sure if this method works with the Nikon as well, but Michel Thoby has developed a special shooting pattern that allows to cover a sphere with 6+1 on the...
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Hans
panoramicsdk
Aug 18, 2012 8:19 am
... The Samyang is kind of semi fisheye with a gigantic distortion and has larger FOV than the Nikon 14-24mm has. There is no way of using 6+1 with any other...
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Christian Bloch
blochonsen
Aug 18, 2012 8:21 am
I think the trick was to mount the camera at an angle, so the diagonal FOV takes care of the small left-over corners. Diagonal may also make the moiré less...
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Hans
panoramicsdk
Aug 18, 2012 9:08 am
... Sorry but this is not a fisheye. You can not increase the FOV by rotating it. Actually you loose quite a lot when you use that method with a rectilinear...
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Hans
panoramicsdk
Aug 18, 2012 9:37 am
... Another way is to shoot 6 at zero and 2 at +90 but with the clickstops at 0 and 90. Same 2 shots -90 at 0 and 90 degrees and than a nadir shot But...
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Per B.
panograf
Aug 18, 2012 10:09 am
________________________________ Also many people talk about how good the new images from the Curiosity will be but actually the technology is almost the same...
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Ken Warner
kwarner000@...
Aug 18, 2012 10:56 am
That's interesting. I didn't anticipate that would happen....
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Hans
panoramicsdk
Aug 18, 2012 11:55 am
... Apart from maybe a slightly sharper lens than the 16mm fisheye there is no advantage if you want to shoot at 14mm. You get lower resolution and it is a...
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Lionel
lionel_drew
Aug 18, 2012 2:22 pm
Have you looked at http://www.ptgui.com/plugins.html at all? There are instructions for downloading and installing a number of plugins for PTGUI, for both Mac...
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Jeffrey Martin
giant_klobas...
Aug 18, 2012 2:28 pm
http://xkcd.com/1095/...
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Erik Krause
ekrause2003
Aug 18, 2012 7:23 pm
... Enfuse can not be used as a plugin for PTGui. Either you enfuse your images prior to stitching with f.e. EnfuseGUI or you stitch to sparate blend planes...
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Uri
uricogan
Aug 19, 2012 2:03 am
... Yes, can't compare the two. One is a fisheye and the other is recti. ... Thanks, I will try this. So far, I got good results using the Nikon 14-24mm @14mm:...
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Lionel
lionel_drew
Aug 19, 2012 3:15 am
Erik, thanks for clearing that up. I have two other questions you may be able to help with: 1. Do you know where I can get information about configuring...
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Erik Krause
ekrause2003
Aug 19, 2012 9:13 am
... Sorry, I don't have a Mac. On Windows there is a "bin" subfolder of the GUI program folder containing an "enfuse" folder where the binary is. But may be...
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Hans
panoramicsdk
Aug 19, 2012 10:09 am
... Lionel You do not need to do anything to install the enfuse file with EnfuseGui on Mac. As always on Mac everything is included in the app. Just drop the...
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Roger D Williams
roger_d_will...
Aug 19, 2012 11:01 am
The massive support generated has enabled the guys running this project to shop around for a stronger motor with lower power demand. They have found one, and...
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Peter Nyfeler
pitdavos
Aug 19, 2012 11:08 am
Hi Lionel ... As Hans said no configuration needed. Probably it's a problem with file format. I develop my tif's with Nikon Capture NX2. These tif's are not...
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Thomas Bredenfeld
tom6bred
Aug 19, 2012 11:16 am
i didn't find the URL in previous posts, so i feel free to add it here: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1530895202/astro-time-lapse-motion-control?ref=live...
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Lionel
lionel_drew
Aug 19, 2012 3:01 pm
Wow, lots of feedback, thanks! I'm a little concerned this is off topic for this forum, but I really need and appreciate the help. If this is the wrong...
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Erik Krause
ekrause2003
Aug 19, 2012 4:05 pm
Hello, I wrote a small wiki page on how to use PTGui to automatically align and merge bracketed shots using the Batch Builder - including how to use SNS-HDR...
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Roger D Williams
roger_d_will...
Aug 19, 2012 4:34 pm
That's an interesting idea! I know they intend to recommend the unit for rotation in any plane, not just the horizontal, so one could handle rotation and the...
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Hans
panoramicsdk
Aug 19, 2012 5:36 pm
... It may be that you need to manually ad the number of bracketed images. If one single image has a different EXIF they will not automatically set the number...
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Trausti Hraunfjord
blueslander
Aug 20, 2012 4:50 am
Thanks Roger and Thomas. This looks very interesting indeed. The Kickstarter page mentions that they are (will be) testing vertical load limits. For pano...
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Christian Bloch
blochonsen
Aug 20, 2012 8:38 pm
Hey all, Found a very interesting paper at SIGGRAPH, that proposes an interactive seam manipulation tool. ...
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Erik Krause
ekrause2003
Aug 20, 2012 9:19 pm
... Interesting indeed. If I understand correctly they use a similar technique as seam carving to find the lines with least energy: ...
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Christian Bloch
blochonsen
Aug 21, 2012 1:56 am
I think Photoshop uses seam carving during stitching (and for auto-blend layers). But I'm surprised nobody has tried the interactive seam manipulation method....
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Sacha Griffin
sachagriffin
Aug 21, 2012 2:01 am
Yes, photoshops is very good. A nice hard blend with gradual tonal blending. Great for high frequency details. Ptgui's works well but no where as cool as this...
