Re: [hugin-ptx] CRITICAL: join us to nuke the pesky bug that is plaguing the fast preview

2011-07-26 Thread Rogier Wolff
On Tue, Jul 26, 2011 at 12:27:19PM -0400, Yuval Levy wrote: > 2) as Hugin has evolved, threads have become more widely used and > conflicts more likely. Revision 4524 (2010-11-04 18:31:15) is as > far back as I went in my investigations so far looking for the use > of threads. This is when the I

Re: [hugin-ptx] Re: CRITICAL: join us to nuke the pesky bug that is plaguing the fast preview

2011-07-26 Thread Terry Duell
Hullo Greg, On Wed, 27 Jul 2011 14:22:31 +1000, Greg 'groggy' Lehey wrote: On Wednesday, 27 July 2011 at 13:29:52 +1000, Terry Duell wrote: [snip] The licence file in the version bundled with hugin says 2005, so there is a good chance that hugin already uses 2.3.2. Can anyone confirm?

Re: [hugin-ptx] Re: CRITICAL: join us to nuke the pesky bug that is plaguing the fast preview

2011-07-26 Thread Terry Duell
Hullo Greg, On Wed, 27 Jul 2011 14:06:28 +1000, Greg 'groggy' Lehey wrote: Given the fact that it's been out for 6 years, I'd think it's a good idea anyway. But maybe it would make more sense to make it an external dependency rather than part of the distribution. Do you see a problem wit

Re: [hugin-ptx] Re: tweaking enfuse parameters pays

2011-07-26 Thread Gnome Nomad
kfj wrote: On 26 Jul., 10:53, Gnome Nomad wrote: kfj wrote: Hi group! Working on the images of my last trip to the Alps I spent a fair amount of time on a 360X180 of one of my favourite spots. It's a deep- cut valley with deep shadows - taken on a sunny day with a bit of fluffy cloud. No way

Re: [hugin-ptx] Re: Feature request: make post-processing with exiftool optional

2011-07-26 Thread Gnome Nomad
kevin wrote: On Jul 26, 5:46 pm, David Haberthür wrote: On 26.07.2011, at 21:51, Tom Sharpless wrote: Like it says. Exiftool can greatly increase stitching time, because it makes a full-size temporary copy of the pano, which typically involves de-compressing and re-compressing the whole thi

Re: [hugin-ptx] Feature request: make post-processing with exiftool optional

2011-07-26 Thread Gnome Nomad
David Haberthür wrote: On 26.07.2011, at 21:51, Tom Sharpless wrote: Like it says. Exiftool can greatly increase stitching time, because it makes a full-size temporary copy of the pano, which typically involves de-compressing and re-compressing the whole thing. But for me there is no payoff

Re: [hugin-ptx] Re: CRITICAL: join us to nuke the pesky bug that is plaguing the fast preview

2011-07-26 Thread Greg 'groggy' Lehey
On Wednesday, 27 July 2011 at 13:29:52 +1000, Terry Duell wrote: > Hullo All, > > On Wed, 27 Jul 2011 13:22:00 +1000, Tduell wrote: > > >> Hugin bundles zthread 2.3.1 which was released 08-2003. >> The current release of zthread is 2.3.2 (03-2005). > > I may have been a bit premature. > I assumed

Re: [hugin-ptx] Re: CRITICAL: join us to nuke the pesky bug that is plaguing the fast preview

2011-07-26 Thread Greg 'groggy' Lehey
On Tuesday, 26 July 2011 at 20:22:00 -0700, Tduell wrote: > On Jul 27, 7:51 am, Yuval Levy wrote: > > [snip] > >> The current hypothesis is that this is a threading issue, and a different >> threading library means a potentially different behavior / effect.  So we >> have >> to watch for differen

Re: [hugin-ptx] Re: CRITICAL: join us to nuke the pesky bug that is plaguing the fast preview

2011-07-26 Thread Terry Duell
Hullo All, On Wed, 27 Jul 2011 13:22:00 +1000, Tduell wrote: Hugin bundles zthread 2.3.1 which was released 08-2003. The current release of zthread is 2.3.2 (03-2005). I may have been a bit premature. I assumed that the zthread bundled with hugin was 2.3.1 as that is what it says in the R

[hugin-ptx] Re: CRITICAL: join us to nuke the pesky bug that is plaguing the fast preview

2011-07-26 Thread Tduell
Hullo All, On Jul 27, 7:51 am, Yuval Levy wrote: [snip] > The current hypothesis is that this is a threading issue, and a different > threading library means a potentially different behavior / effect.  So we have > to watch for different CPUs (i.e. number of cores / threads) different O/S > Ver

Re: [hugin-ptx] Re: Website update

2011-07-26 Thread Yuval Levy
On July 26, 2011 06:15:34 pm JKEngineer wrote: > I looked at it using IE8 under Win XP Pro. thanks for the feedback. > There's a repeating image at the top with the logo in the right > corner. yes, that's the banner. the only new thing here is that the logo is in the right corner, thanks for

[hugin-ptx] Re: Feature request: make post-processing with exiftool optional

2011-07-26 Thread kevin
On Jul 26, 5:46 pm, David Haberthür wrote: > On 26.07.2011, at 21:51, Tom Sharpless wrote: > > > Like it says.  Exiftool can greatly increase stitching time, because > > it makes a full-size temporary copy of the pano, which typically > > involves de-compressing and re-compressing the whole thin

[hugin-ptx] Re: Website update

2011-07-26 Thread JKEngineer
I looked at it using IE8 under Win XP Pro. The top does strange things. I tried to put a screen shot here, but can't. Verbal description: There's a repeating image at the top with the logo in the right corner. In the top of the text area, below the menus there is a thin horizontal slice of anot

Re: [hugin-ptx] CRITICAL: join us to nuke the pesky bug that is plaguing the fast preview

2011-07-26 Thread Yuval Levy
On July 26, 2011 05:22:42 PM Carl von Einem wrote: > I didn't see this issue so far on both of my Macs: the oldish one is a > dual processor PowerPC (2x 2.3 GHz, 6.5 GB RAM), the newer one is a dual > "hexacore" Intel Mac with about 24 or 26 GB of RAM. thanks for reporting. what version of OS X a

Re: [hugin-ptx] Feature request: make post-processing with exiftool optional

2011-07-26 Thread David Haberthür
On 26.07.2011, at 21:51, Tom Sharpless wrote: > Like it says. Exiftool can greatly increase stitching time, because > it makes a full-size temporary copy of the pano, which typically > involves de-compressing and re-compressing the whole thing. But for > me there is no payoff -- I really don'

Re: [hugin-ptx] CRITICAL: join us to nuke the pesky bug that is plaguing the fast preview

2011-07-26 Thread Carl von Einem
Yuval Levy schrieb am 26.07.11 18:27: On July 26, 2011 08:10:28 AM Lukáš Jirkovský wrote: I think this is one of the most serious bugs hugin ever had. Mainly because of the number of users affected by this issue. Yes, it is growing. And I see two drivers of growth that would confirm your hy

Re: [hugin-ptx] CRITICAL: join us to nuke the pesky bug that is plaguing the fast preview

2011-07-26 Thread Yuval Levy
On July 25, 2011 10:14:08 PM Terry Duell wrote: > Time to let the computer cool down a bit while I take a break. thanks for going so quickly through the dissecting process and helping build understanding for this pesky bug! Yuv signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part

Re: [hugin-ptx] CRITICAL: join us to nuke the pesky bug that is plaguing the fast preview

2011-07-26 Thread Yuval Levy
On July 26, 2011 03:16:43 AM Greg 'groggy' Lehey wrote: > I don't like the overview mode (maybe because I don't understand > its purpose) the relationship between the preview and the overview is like that between a map of the earth and a globe. The overview shows the globe itself, and you can t

Re: [hugin-ptx] Feature request: make post-processing with exiftool optional

2011-07-26 Thread Yuval Levy
On July 26, 2011 03:51:29 PM Tom Sharpless wrote: > A year or two ago I submitted a simple patch that adds that option to > the preferences tab. https://bugs.launchpad.net/hugin/+bug/679660 > consider adding it to the next release. I second the addition. You have write access to the Hugin repo

[hugin-ptx] Website update

2011-07-26 Thread Yuval Levy
Hi all, prompted by the recent release notes design discussion, I updated the English release notes [0] and made some small changes under the hood of our website. This was more than 36 hours and 4000 visits ago and there was no outcry, so I guess it works. Nevertheless, please test with differ

[hugin-ptx] Feature request: make post-processing with exiftool optional

2011-07-26 Thread Tom Sharpless
Like it says. Exiftool can greatly increase stitching time, because it makes a full-size temporary copy of the pano, which typically involves de-compressing and re-compressing the whole thing. But for me there is no payoff -- I really don't need camera settings in my panos, and I don't need a

[hugin-ptx] Feature Request: Save Redo/Undo list for replay.

2011-07-26 Thread Jan Martin
Hi all, in hugin there are the Redo/Undo buttons that work with a kind of "action list". I would like to suggest to add a feature to save the "action list". Then have a button to load that list and replay it step-by-step. Including switching tabs. This would be a great tool to teach how to do th

Re: [hugin-ptx] Re: Hugin 2011.2.0 release notes - fixed background image

2011-07-26 Thread David Haberthür
On 26.07.2011, at 16:45, Carl von Einem wrote: > Fafleralp with an extra p, right? And I already wondered why I couldn't find > a Flafleralp either through Wikipedia or osm.org... > This one, right? > Of course with an

Re: [hugin-ptx] Re: Hugin 2011.2.0 release notes - fixed background image

2011-07-26 Thread David Haberthür
>> Should I submit a bug-report on launchpad? :) > > too late :) > > honest and serious: yes please. *everybody*. reporting bugs on Launchpad > [0] makes sure that the information is recorded, structured, and does not get > lost. The tracker helps prioritize activities and keep an overview

Re: [hugin-ptx] CRITICAL: join us to nuke the pesky bug that is plaguing the fast preview

2011-07-26 Thread Yuval Levy
> > On July 26, 2011 08:10:28 AM Lukáš Jirkovský wrote: > >> I think this is one of the most serious bugs hugin ever had. > > > > What makes you reach this judgment? > > Mainly because of the number of users affected by this issue. Yes, it is growing. And I see two drivers of growth that would

[hugin-ptx] Re: tweaking enfuse parameters pays

2011-07-26 Thread kfj
On 26 Jul., 15:37, kevin wrote: > I've noticed similar issues with night shots.  Sometimes blown out > highlights around lights will cause those areas to be brighter then > they should and then you have to tweak some settings.  I've tried > different things including using masks to combine imag

Re: [hugin-ptx] Assembling pictures taken from different point of views

2011-07-26 Thread paul womack
Frederic Da Vitoria wrote: Hello I'm trying to do something for which I could not find any reference in the previous posts. I'm trying to reconstruct an image of something taken from different points of view. I took pictures of a fresco. My problem was that a tree was growing just in front of th

Re: [hugin-ptx] Re: Hugin 2011.2.0 release notes - fixed background image

2011-07-26 Thread Carl von Einem
Fafleralp with an extra p, right? And I already wondered why I couldn't find a Flafleralp either through Wikipedia or osm.org... This one, right? Oh BTW could you please check my German translation (the part about you.

Re: [hugin-ptx] Re: Hugin 2011.2.0 release notes - fixed background image

2011-07-26 Thread Yuval Levy
On July 26, 2011 10:05:41 AM David Haberthür wrote: > The image is not from the Flafleralp, but from the Fafleral. fixed in the repo, should go live at the next scheduled sync. > Should I submit a bug-report on launchpad? :) too late :) honest and serious: yes please. *everybody*. reporting

Re: [hugin-ptx] Assembling pictures taken from different point of views

2011-07-26 Thread Frederic Da Vitoria
2011/7/26, David Haberthür : > Hi Frederic > > On Tue, Jul 26, 2011 at 13:20, Frederic Da Vitoria > wrote: >> I'm trying to reconstruct an image of something >> taken from different points of view. I took pictures of a fresco. My >> problem was that a tree was growing just in front of the house wh

Re: [hugin-ptx] Assembling pictures taken from different point of views

2011-07-26 Thread David Haberthür
Hi Frederic On Tue, Jul 26, 2011 at 13:20, Frederic Da Vitoria wrote: > I'm trying to reconstruct an image of something > taken from different points of view. I took pictures of a fresco. My > problem was that a tree was growing just in front of the house where > the fresco was. So my idea was to

Re: [hugin-ptx] Re: Hugin 2011.2.0 release notes - fixed background image

2011-07-26 Thread David Haberthür
Dear All. I just noticed it now on this thread. The image is not from the Flafleralp, but from the Fafleral. Should I submit a bug-report on launchpad? :) Habi On Sat, Jul 23, 2011 at 20:21, Yuval Levy wrote: > On July 23, 2011 05:15:42 am cri wrote: >> [1] http://hugin.sourceforge.net/releases/2

Re: [hugin-ptx] CRITICAL: join us to nuke the pesky bug that is plaguing the fast preview

2011-07-26 Thread Lukáš Jirkovský
On 26 July 2011 15:26, Yuval Levy wrote: > Hi Lukáš, > > On July 26, 2011 08:10:28 AM Lukáš Jirkovský wrote: >> I think this is one of the most serious bugs hugin ever had. > > What makes you reach this judgment? > Mainly because of the number of users affected by this issue. Also the fact that i

Re: [hugin-ptx] CRITICAL: join us to nuke the pesky bug that is plaguing the fast preview

2011-07-26 Thread Yuval Levy
On July 24, 2011 11:52:53 PM Greg 'groggy' Lehey wrote: > I've just cloned the hg repository and built the latest version > (5345). Thank you for chiming in, your help is appreciated. > I had some difficulties building, which I'll mention in a > separate message Please do. [0] can use an update

[hugin-ptx] Re: tweaking enfuse parameters pays

2011-07-26 Thread kevin
On Jul 26, 6:52 am, kfj <_...@yahoo.com> wrote: > As I'm on this topic again, I'd like to add another hopefully helpful > hint. Even though I already put my middle exposure at -1, the +1 > exposure still is way to bright, but I need it for the deep shadows. > Nevertheless the result of the fusio

Re: [hugin-ptx] CRITICAL: join us to nuke the pesky bug that is plaguing the fast preview

2011-07-26 Thread Yuval Levy
Hi Lukáš, On July 26, 2011 08:10:28 AM Lukáš Jirkovský wrote: > I think this is one of the most serious bugs hugin ever had. What makes you reach this judgment? > In my opinion it's some threading issue, because even though it > happens very often, it doesn't happen every time. You know more a

Re: [hugin-ptx] CRITICAL: join us to nuke the pesky bug that is plaguing the fast preview

2011-07-26 Thread Lukáš Jirkovský
Hello, On 24 July 2011 15:47, Yuval Levy wrote: > Hi all, > > We know that the current Hugin is plagued with a pesky spurious bug that is > difficult to reproduce.  It is causing grievance to a lot of users as seen on > the ML and on the main tracker ticket where the bug is discussed  [0]. I thi

Re: [hugin-ptx] Re: Hugin 2011.2.0_rc2 released

2011-07-26 Thread Emad ud din Btt
thanks On Sun, Jul 24, 2011 at 8:43 AM, Matthew Petroff wrote: > Hugin 2011.2.0-rc2 binaries for Windows are now available. > See sourceforge.net downloads page: > https://sourceforge.net/projects/hugin/files/hugin/hugin-2011.2_beta/ > > The builds are not Python enabled as I have yet to devise a

[hugin-ptx] Assembling pictures taken from different point of views

2011-07-26 Thread Frederic Da Vitoria
Hello I'm trying to do something for which I could not find any reference in the previous posts. I'm trying to reconstruct an image of something taken from different points of view. I took pictures of a fresco. My problem was that a tree was growing just in front of the house where the fresco was.

[hugin-ptx] Re: tweaking enfuse parameters pays

2011-07-26 Thread kfj
On 26 Jul., 10:53, Gnome Nomad wrote: > kfj wrote: > > Hi group! > > > Working on the images of my last trip to the Alps I spent a fair > > amount of time on a 360X180 of one of my favourite spots. It's a deep- > > cut valley with deep shadows - taken on a sunny day with a bit of > > fluffy clo

Re: [hugin-ptx] tweaking enfuse parameters pays

2011-07-26 Thread Gnome Nomad
kfj wrote: Hi group! Working on the images of my last trip to the Alps I spent a fair amount of time on a 360X180 of one of my favourite spots. It's a deep- cut valley with deep shadows - taken on a sunny day with a bit of fluffy cloud. No way I could get the sky and the shadows right with one e

Re: [hugin-ptx] Hugin not completing stitch preview

2011-07-26 Thread Frederic Da Vitoria
2011/7/25, Adrian : > I'm brand new to stitching photos and found Hugin through an online > search. > > I downloaded and installed the latest Hugin this past weekend on a > Windows XP machine (32bit). I was able to stitch together several > panoramas from a mountain hike. Thank you, the images lo

Re: [hugin-ptx] CRITICAL: join us to nuke the pesky bug that is plaguing the fast preview

2011-07-26 Thread Greg 'groggy' Lehey
On Tuesday, 26 July 2011 at 16:24:32 +1000, Terry Duell wrote: > Hullo Greg, > > On Mon, 25 Jul 2011 13:52:53 +1000, Greg 'groggy' Lehey > wrote: > > [snip] > >> Anything else I should try? Until I can reproduce it with tip, there >> doesn't seem to be much point to try a binary search. > > I hav