Is there any update on this issue?
On Fri, Jan 14, 2011 at 7:17 AM, Sigma Relief <jkru...@gmail.com> wrote: > I am glad this is a common issue and it looks like there are lots of > ideas. I like the proposed dynamic area that automatically shows all > selected photos, but it should be an option, not a replacement for the > context of seeing where in the sequence images lie. > > Allowing the user to adjust the height of the tab section and thus > control how many lines are displayed would solve the how many to show > dilemma. > > While on this topic, a more direct way to find a specific image would > be useful. Many CAD systems let users right click through a stacked > layer of parts to select hidden objects. A similar right click option > to cycle thru stacked photos, identify the number of a selected photo, > and perhaps most importantly, allow editing of some sort would be > great. > > Being able to directly remove a selected image from the project via > the preview pane once selected, either thru the tab at top or a new > right click option is a good first start to weed out bad images. > > Allowing masks to be drawn in preview will allow much greater > continuity and speed for tweeking multi row images. Being able to > crop all the moving heads from the upper row of a pano shot in a crowd > quickly would be nice. Same goes for moving clouds between rows. > There would obviously need to be some method of selecting which image > or images to apply masks to. > > Adding control points would be another obvious feature to add to the > preview tool once images can be directly selected. A zoom function > would make placement a lot more accurate. The current scroll wheel > field of view change(when they are selected) is mostly useless as is > is not used often and the manual slider is much more accurate when > needed. I'm sure zooming is a heavy set of computations, but resizing > the window works like a charm, I don't see why this should be that > different. > > An even more exotic control point feature would be an auto find > feature that takes a user selected point on 1 image and searches > nearby areas in all stacked photos for similar points. A dynamic > threshold that starts lower than normal (after all, these points were > probably not found in the origional search) and increases based on the > angular distance (not pixel distance) from the chosen point. I have > found selecting the exact same point on stacked photos, especially > architectural ones with hard lines helps mediocre alignment projects, > but gets time consuming when 5 or more images stack. It is these > heavily overlapped corners that such a feature helps with most by > getting everything to converge on 1 point. > > Being able to see control points that only tie to a single image could > help root out bad images as the current implementation gets > overwhelmed in large projects. A feature to sort by worst average > control point distance for an entire image would also point out > trouble images better than the worst pairs list in the control points > tab. > > Well that got a bit out of hand, I hope I don't kill a good thread. I > know feature requests are a dime a dozen, but the new fast preview is > so good in my opinion that it deserves a spot in the creation chain, > not just to check results. > > On Jan 13, 8:21 am, kevin <ke...@bluelavalamp.net> wrote: > > On Jan 13, 3:36 am, kfj <_...@yahoo.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I sympathize. In complex multi-sequence situations with large numbers > > > of images, trying to identify images by looking at 'which number > > > lights up' (or reverse) is a pain, since often the numbers for the > > > image one wants to identify are outside the currently displayed range. > > > This has often annoyed me. But where does one draw a line? 100 images? > > > 200? two rows? three? maybe there's a better way altogether? > > > > > Kay > > > > > On 13 Jan., 05:54, Sigma Relief <jkru...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > Just a minor request for the GUI on the fast preview feature in > > > > windows; make the numbered tabs closer together when there are more > > > > images. The old version could fit 50+ on a 1600 pixel wide screen > > > > while fast preview fits 40 with large spacing between tabs. Reducing > > > > spacing would be a good easy start. Wrapping to a 2nd or 3rd line > > > > would make identifying images easier as it eliminates having to > > > > continually scroll back and forth when using the identify feature. > At > > > > least in Windows, there is plenty of room for 3 rows of numbers, 1 > > > > above the current row and 1 where the horizontal scroll bar is. A > > > > small vertical scroll bar could be used for more than 3 rows. > > > > > > Are there any simple variables a user could tweak to improve this? > > > > > > I'm not sure if there is an official feature request area so any > > > > pointers would be appreciated. > > > > What about in addition to the row with the scroll bar there's a line > > where the numbers change. If there's no mouse on an image the area is > > blank, when the mouse moves over images that area is used to show > > which image numbers are currently highlighted and they can be colored > > just like the scrolled row is. > > -- > 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<hugin-ptx%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/hugin-ptx > -- *Emaad* www.flickr.com/emaad -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Hugin and other free panoramic software" group. 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