[I paste my answer here. Mike] Hi, I am a software developer myself. I imagine it's not simple. The code I was referring to is morph-to-fit script and related.
As a side note, ACR and PS use a script to stitch, I imagine the analysis and refinement to implement the whole process... They have managed to make a simple to use tool that fulfills a lot of people needs with a few clicks. I am not saying it's perfect or to steel the idea from it, but it's a good example. Too bad the discussion was split by writing directly to my inbox, as now I've got two opposite answers... Of course, I wouldn't come to force anybody to do it or accept some code for it, nor having hard feelings for refusing that. Here might come some fork, that makes FOSS so flexible, but also a pain for the users, no wonder they blame it so much... ACR would be my tool of choice, as I am not looking for something free, but, you know, I have embraced Linux, due to much pain induced by using Windows (privacy invasion and lack of support for certain VT-d implementations that renders it not bootable for years, and other inconsistencies and situations that broke my workflow). So I have found several gems like RawTherapee, Darktable, Inkscape, Krita, GIMP, Blender, along with their fine and responsive teams. And the DE's on Linux are stellar wonderful and well usable, that lead me to a true dilemma of what to chose, I'd peek at least two at once. The only thing left would have been a good panorama tool, which Hugin is. Kind Regards, Mike PS: Often, the simpler the UI, the more complex the code is. On Wednesday, August 7, 2019 at 11:14:47 PM UTC+3, Bob Bright wrote: > > > On 2019-08-07 11:38 a.m., Mihai Dobrescu wrote: > > [Hi all, I continue the discussion here. Mike] > > Thank you! The discussion began when I've tried to get more out of that > middle-bottom bush. In your first attempt, you've got the same crop as me > and the bush was cropped too much too. > I find the process of that tuning exactly the same as you do. > Somehow, I've got a similar image. > > As for the second attempt, indeed, I think Gimp might be the solution, but > Hugin should be able to apply this process itself as it seems to be a > necessary step in some cases and mght be useful in panoramas. > I think the code is there, because Hugin morphs individual images in order > to synchronize the control points. > > Best Regards. > > > Sorry, but as I explained to you in email, the code is *not* there. Hugin > is a dedicated panorama stitcher. It doesn't work by "morphing" individual > images. What it does is apply certain global transformations to the input > images, using a well established model, in order to match control points in > the images as closely as possible. There's no code in there to perform > arbitrary transformations of groups of pixels within the input images, or > within the resulting panorama. > > ACR works exactly the same way Hugin does when it comes to stitching: it > matches features in the input images by applying global transformations to > them. But unlike Hugin, ACR contains additional code which allows it to > distort specific parts of the result. It looks to me like the additional > code is basically a limited (and therefore fairly easy to automate) version > of Gimp's cage transform tool, dedicated to this one task of filling in > empty space around the edges of a stitched image. > > Could the necessary code be added to Hugin? Of course it could! But that > would be an enormous amount of work, and I can't see that it would be worth > anyone's while to put the effort in. You're probably going to want to edit > your panorama in the Gimp or some other general purpose editor, anyway, to > fix minor stitching/blending errors, do some color correction, add a bit of > sharpening, etc. So why not fix the corners of your panorama while you're > at it? > > My advice is to embrace the unix/linux philosophy of using collections of > smaller, focused tools to accomplish what you're after. Hugin and the Gimp > are both very good at what they do. You can think of them, if you like, as > a single combined program: Hugin+Gimp. It's a very powerful combination. > Sure, it's a bit less convenient to use than ACR in some respects. But > that's a small price to pay for the freedom to be able to avoid the > inflexible and invasive operating systems that companies like Adobe cater > to. > > Cheers, > BBB > -- > > Bob Bright > Vancouver Island Digital Imaging > +1 250 857 9887 > bbbr...@victoriavr.ca <javascript:> > -- A list of frequently asked questions is available at: http://wiki.panotools.org/Hugin_FAQ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "hugin and other free panoramic software" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to hugin-ptx+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/hugin-ptx/e6bbf82a-5411-486c-ac64-95f983738420%40googlegroups.com.
