With the discussions about future Hugin GUI direction I thought it would be relevant to describe the existing Hugin GUI in terms of the data it represents, and some of the problems with the way we do it now.
There are only a few ways Hugin represents data: == Lists of photos == The Images, Camera and Lens, and Crop tabs are 'lists of photos with their variables'. Functionally they are all very similar - You can select single or multiple photos and edit the variables. The Camera and Lens tab is really two lists, but only the Geometric variables are represented in the list - This is an ommision, but missing Photometric variables have never been reported as a bug, maybe these columns are just not very useful? These variables reappear in a less repetitive fashion in the 'variable groups' tabs later on (see below). There is some functionality that seems out of place: * In the Images tab, We have Clean control points, Remove points, Create control points and run Celeste, which have little to do with the Position variables in this tab. * EXIF data isn't particularly relevant to Position variables, and again isn't displayed as columns in the list. * 'Anchor this image for exposure' should be with the Photometric variables on the Camera and Lens tab. * The photo filename is shown in the Images tab and Camera and Lens tab, but not in the Crop tab. In order to display all possible information, these three tabs could be split out into six tabs: 1. Image and EXIF attributes (EXIF currently not listed at all) 2. Positions (roll/pitch/yaw, but with XYZ positions soon to be added) 3. Lens variables (geometric parameters) 4. Photometric sensor variables (currently not listed at all) 5. Control points (number of points is currently listed in the Images tab) 6. Crop variables I'm not saying this reorganisation should happen, but the information that is currently presented and not presented is arbitrary and somewhat accidental. == Pairs of photos == The Control Points tab shows two images at a time, obviously there are a number of minor improvements that can be made here. There is also the Control Points table which is really an extension of the Control Points tab, i.e it isn't any use combined with any other part of Hugin. == Variable groups == An aspect of the Hugin model that isn't at all obvious is that we have this concept of 'variable groups'. The Optimizer and Exposure tabs would appear to be lists of photos with checkboxes for variables to be optimised - but this isn't what they are at all, they are really lists of these 'variable groups'. This is most obvious with the 'lens number' system - If you only have one 'lens' in your project, then there is only one entry in the 'Lens Parameters' and 'Camera and Lens Variables' lists at the bottom of the Optimizer and Exposure tabs. Similarly, the Image Orientation (roll, pitch & yaw) list on the Optimizer tab is a list of 'stacks' rather than a list of photos, e.g. with the gsoc2009_layout branch you can link the positions of photos together into 'stacks' and it is these groups that are listed here rather than a list of photos. Other future ways of grouping would be to separate 'lens' stuff (barrel and vignetting) from 'sensor' stuff (EMoR) and to be able to link XYZ camera positions in a similar way to 'stacks'. == Project overviews == We have four project overviews, discussed in other threads: 1. Assistant tab 2. Fast Preview 3. Preview window 3. Stitcher tab The Stitcher tab is really just a collection of general project settings. I'd like to see 'actions' removed altogether, i.e. we have a Stitch now! button that duplicates the Create panorama button on the Assistant. Also, surely all stitching should be done through the Batch Processor? if not, what is wrong with the Batch Processor that needs fixing? -- Bruno --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
