i find PTAssembler wildly unpredictable about things that are supposed to be
straight, like horizons, and terrible at blending. i can always find the
blend line between each frame. PhotoVista is the best of what i have tried,
and i have tried at least a dozen, commercial or otherwise. Panorama Maker
and Stitcher Express are second best. i can't remember what Panorama Factory
does, but i know that i never bought a copy after trying the demo. VR
Toolbox does OK, but it never worked reliably for me, crashing occasionally.
it did produce QTVR files properly though, which used to matter to me, but
not much anymore. Ulead 360 uses much too small a part of the screen area
and provided no zoom capability, so it was next to impossible to effectively
override the automatic stitching. none of the Panorama Tools derived
software blends well enough for me so i gave up on all of them, even if they
can detect and correct distortion the best. PhotoVista 3.5 is the best tool
i have so far except for two things - no 16-bit support, and limited output
file formats. i'm going to try Panorama Maker again because they announced
16-bit support and output of layered Photoshop files in their newest
version.
Herb....
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jens Bladt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <pentax-discuss@pdml.net>
Sent: Saturday, October 22, 2005 5:35 AM
Subject: OT: PhotoVista 3.5 vs. PTAssembler
Take a look at the very diffent paniramas I made from the exact same 12
shots:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/bladt/54801567/
To me, the one made in PTA seem to be mopr consitant with the real world
as
I remeber it.
