Bart van Andel wrote: > On 7 sep, 05:26, Yuv <goo...@levy.ch> wrote: >> the more the merrier! I would suggest giving more meaningful names >> (first column) indicating the purpose of the settings. Some works >> better with fisheye lenses than others. > > I haven't even checked out this new preset thing (which I deem a very > good idea!), so I don't know if I'm saying something stupid, but > wouldn't a comment or description field be a better solution to > describe the purpose of each preset? I'd favour this over using very > long names.
an *additional* comment / description may or may not be useful - the defaults can also be explained in the manual. What we absolutely need is a way to identify the different settings, and this goes via *short* descriptive name. The idea is that users give names that are meaningful to them; but we do need to name the defaults properly. Right now I can define three different Autopano-SIFT-C settings and give all three of them the same "Autopano-SIFT-C" name. The preferences panel does not complain. This will generates confusion later on, e.g. in the Images tab where I have a drop down with three entries that look exactly the same. Even "Autopano-SIFT-C 1","Autopano-SIFT-C 2","Autopano-SIFT-C 3" would be better than the present situation. This is, of course, just for defaults. It is expected that the user will give those settings a meaningful name, e.g. I already see myself giving them names such as "8mm full spherical" or "rectilinear gigapano" to relate them with my own workflow. It would also make sense to add the "Points per Overlap" (currently in the Images tab) to the settings. When I work with my calibrated fisheye lens, I often use only 4 CPs per overlap. On the other hand, there are situations when I like to generate more CPs. Ultimately we need a short, descriptive, custom name for the user to recognize their own settings; and to identify the defaults that will be shipped with Hugin. Yuv --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
