I'm new to hugin-ptx and I'm not a resident expert but I think I can help! The stable release is version 0.7 and it can be installed from a self-contained, pre-compiled package on OS X. I grab the package from sourceforge: http://sourceforge.net/project/platformdownload.php?group_id=77506 ... though there may be a better way to link to it. At least this way it will default to the platform you are running your browser on.
Version 0.8 has a lot of new features but is not yet stable. You can get installers for various snapshots of 0.8 (that is, various points in the development) compiled by various people at http://panospace.wordpress.com on the downloads tab. Luckily, there are some for OS X thanks to Harry van der Wolf. The latest, cutting-edge version would need to be checked out from SVN and compiled on your own. This is as rough for OS X as the wiki page makes it sound and I do not recommend it unless you want to try and fix problems you're having yourself. I'd just stick with 0.7 myself if you want the easiest solution. As far as being plug-and-play, Hugin is well on its way to being that and if you stick to the 'assistant' tab (the initial tab that comes up when you start) it will attempt to be fully-automatic. However, this is highly dependent on the quality of your input images. Here, 'quality' means: taken from the camera's nodal point, well over-lapping, using a low-distortion lens, having plenty of good things to turn into 'control points' (i.e. not the night sky or some other homogeneous field) as well as numerous other things related to image stitching. Hugin uses numerical methods to optimize the camera position for each image and characteristics of the lens used. These methods are susceptable to instability and always will be. If the assistant tab fails then you will need to delve into the other tabs and intervene to help the numerical routines along a bit. even when intervention is required it's still quite easy to use once you get the hang of it and we can help! Cheers! Seth On Wed, Apr 15, 2009 at 1:12 PM, Wallowa Bob <robk...@bmi.net> wrote: > > Is Hugin plug and play, or not? I'm proficient with cameras and > Photoshop, but I'm a lousy computer geek. > I'm confused by the installation instructions on the web pages. > > If I install the "Pre-compiled Version" will it unpack and play > without any more installations? > The wiki installation page "http://wiki.panotools.org/ > Hugin_Compiling_OSX" is a nightmare of installation steps. Can I avoid > all this with a "pre-compiled" version? > > I installed Hugin 0.8 for MacOSX since it was available, bit it didn't > doesn't work on my Powermac G5. > Like another poster, it opened and worked OK adding the control points > but crashed/froze when I asked it to run the merging part of the > program. > > But maybe I should have installed version 0.7? > Again, is it precompiled anywhere so I can just open it and go, or do > I have to do other steps? > > > > -- seth.berr...@gmail.com Graduate Research Assistant University of Minnesota Digital Technology Center --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "hugin and other free panoramic software" group. A list of frequently asked questions is available at: http://wiki.panotools.org/Hugin_FAQ To post to this group, send email to hugin-ptx@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to hugin-ptx-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/hugin-ptx -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
