Photo Stitching Software
What is photo stitching?
Photo stitching is the process of stitching several digital photos to a wide angle picture, or even 360 degree panoramic picture.
Photo stitching software Panoweaver overview
Photo stitching software can stitch any kind of photos to create an image with wider angle. For professional photographers, fisheye lens is usually used to get fisheye photos to stitch a full spherical panoramic image. If you are just using a normal digital camera with normal lens, it is also possible to get a beautiful panoramic image with Panoweaver 6.0.
Panoweaver 6.00 Standard Edition is designed to stitch normal photos and wide-angle photos. There two other editions for Panoweaver 6.00, Professional and Batch, which also offer fisheye photo stitching and other advanced features. Check comparison chart. Standard edition is the most cost-effective among the three. It is designed for non professionals who do not have professional photography equipment.
Main features of Panoweaver 6.0 Standard edition:
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Stitching normal photos and wide-angle photos
Automatic stitching and manual stitching photos
Stitching photos to spherical and cylindrical panoramas
Stitching photos to partial panorama/wide-angle photo
Stitching photos in single row and multiple rows
Blending features, adjust exposure values automatically.
Export panoramic images to full screen Flash, QuickTime and Java VR tours
Price: Only $99.99! Check online store. |
Preparation before photo stitching
Normal photo stitching with Panoweaver 6.0 Standard edition is quite easy. Before shooting your digital camera, you should first calculate how many photos you need to take if you want to get a panoramic image. After calculation, adjust nodal point for your equipment, and take the photos. If you just want to stitch a few photos to a wide-angle image, you don't need to calculate the above photo numbers. Just take several continuous photos and stitch with Panoweaver to get a wide-angle image.
Photo stitching process with Panoweaver
Automatic stitching and manual stitching are both supported in Panoweaver 6.00. Automatic stitching is applied when there are enough matching points between adjacent photos; when there are not enough matching points, manual stitching should be applied to insert matching points manually.
It is recommended to use pano head and tripod to take the photos. If you want to shoot hand held, check these useful tips.
The following photo is taken with Nikon D200 + 17-55mm lens. After calculation, at least 7 photos are needed to create a 360 degree panorama. 12 photos are taken so that there are enough overlapping between photos. Import these photos in Panoweaver 6.00 Standard:
Publish panoramic photos stitched by photo stitching software Panoweaver
After stitching the above photos in Panoweaver 6.00, we get the following cylindrical panorama. Panoweaver 6.00 can export the panoramic image into various players, Flash, QuickTime and Java. Click the following links to view the panorama image.
Flash | QTVR | Java
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