Carl von Einem wrote: > I always prefer (if possible) to save masks as paths
me too. >> -------- Original Message -------- >> In any case, below is how I would integrate masking into my workflow. >> Please understand this is one case, and an example only. >> >> 1. capture images >> 2. convert raw to tiff (or some other lossless format) >> 3. load images into hugin >> 4. load stored lens data, (crop circle and distortion params) >> 5. create control points >> 6. pairwise optimize to get rough position >> 7. mask out problem/undesired areas. >> 8. cleanup/tweak control points (reoptimizing as necessary) >> 9. generate final output I rather have 7 before 5, although it is an iterative process (especially if you want to consider positive masking as well). >> Below is what I do now: >> >> 1. capture images >> 2. convert raw to tiff (or some other lossless format) >> 3. load images into gimp, mask out areas I don't want. (tripod, pano >> head) >> 4. load images into hugin >> 5. load stored lens data, (crop circle and distortion params) >> 6. create control points >> 7. pairwise optimize to get rough position >> 8. realize there are other places I want/need to mask out. >> 9. Determine which images I need to edit mask by using the preview >> window. >> 10. save and exit hugin >> 11. reload images into gimp and update the mask again >> 12. load the previously saved project in hugin >> 13. cleanup/tweak control points (reoptimizing as necessary) >> 14. generate final output >> sounds very similar to what I do, although I don't doo pairwise optimization - I lay the images out roughly based on the shooting pattern. Probably pairwise CP detection and optimization would increase the speed and accuracy of my process if scripted/automated but I have not taken the time to do so - results are sufficient when detecting and optimizing the whole thing. >> In this case, I thought adding the masking interface to the crop tab >> would be the best place, as one is attempting to acomplish basically the > > I'd prefer an interface for masking that can display two different > images side by side, e.g. the CP editor tab. That way I can quickly > decide which parts in one image are better that parts in another. indeed, I think this is the reason why Fahim implemented it in preview mode - makes it easier to decide which parts in one image are better than parts in another; enable to deal with distortions at zenith and nadir (change the perspective / view to something convenient, do the masking; change it back) and enables positive masking (apply the mask's shape to all underlying images - in positive and negative as necessary). >> Positive masking would be some what tricky since, as far as I know, the >> only way to guarantee an area of one image will definately appear is to >> apply a negative mask to all of the overlapping images of the area. Is >> that correct? > > You could also order the images in a different way (move up or down in > images tab) which somehow makes a difference for enblend. I'd love to be > able to control that behaviour better, e.g. by using positive masking. image ordering is not as effective as proper positive masking - for which I also see "apply negative mask to all of the overlapping images of the area" as the only way to guarantee it, as Gerry stated. >> Would a few people please give me some examples of how they would like >> to use masking within Hugin? > > Today I often enough have to edit masks of images that are already > loaded in a hugin project. To see the difference I need to newly load > the whole project. I'd prefer a button in the preview window that allows > to just reload all images (or maybe also just one). keep them coming 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
