And an option to send back error report right from Hugin. There are many cases where a new user is stuck with errors while stitching.
On Sun, May 27, 2012 at 10:08 PM, Gnome Nomad <gnomeno...@gmail.com> wrote: > Sounds like a good idea, or at least links to the wiki, tutorials, > etc. Just so long as we keep in mind that Hugin will never be as > "easy/user-friendly" as the panorama photo software people have on > their smartphones and P&S cams, that shows them the first frame and > guides them in aligning the 2nd frame with proper overlap, etc. > > On Sun, May 27, 2012 at 1:15 AM, Jan Martin > <janmar...@diy-streetview.org> wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > I 'd like to put this suggestion up for discussion: > > > > Add a "Learn" tab to hugin. > > > > There is no doubt that learning hugin can be a challenge. > > > > Part of it is that creating a panorama means shooting first and then > > processing images with hugin. > > I think we loose a lot of new users with this two-step approach. > > > > Beginners usually mess up their footage until they know better. > > Messed up footage gives the impression hugin "does not work" or is very > hard > > to use to say the least. > > > > This is while other panorama programs have something like a "fully > automatic > > mode" to give results quick. > > hugin tries to follow this approach with the Assistant tab. > > > > What the "Learn" tab should have: > > A few screen videos explaining how to operate hugin to create > > - a single row panorama. > > - a multi-row panorama. > > etc. > > > > Links to download the images used with the videos. > > Links to tutorial pages with screenshots and text from the videos to > follow > > step-by-step. > > > > Last but not least we should explain how to shoot own footage properly. > > > > What do you think? > > > > Jan > > > > P.S.: > > There are tutorials at > > http://hugin.sourceforge.net/tutorials/index.shtml > > Suggested workflow is: First shoot, then stitch. > > -- > 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 > -- *Emaad* www.flickr.com/emaad -- 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
