Vito Di Vita
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Location: Mount Prospect, United States
Registered: 24 Nov 2009
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jannefoo
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Location: Finland
Registered: 3 Jun 2009
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Re: PTGUI 9 Beta Released
Posted: 5 Aug 2010 at 5:06 GMT
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Catching up to hugin's features I see.
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DennisS
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Location: Los Anglels, United States
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Re: PTGUI 9 Beta Released
Posted: 5 Aug 2010 at 15:45 GMT
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Two new features reduce processing time dramatically.
1) Real-time masking. You no longer need to use Photoshop to apply an Alpha Channel mask. You can mask your images inside PTGui. There are also two types of masks: inclusion (green) and exclusion (red). Paint an area red and PTGui will ignore those pixels. Paint an area green and PTGui will include those pixels. The Panorama editor screen shows all masking results in REALTIME! As you apply the mask, you see the results instantly. No more going back and forth between Photoshop and PTGui, wait for the image to load, create a preview panorama, then inspect the results. As you paint the mask, you see the results instantly.
2) Zooming in on the Panorama editor screen. I had a stitching error. I zoomed in on the affected area. I added a control point to the two images, optimized and saw the results instantly. You do not need to create a preview panorama, and then zoom in on the resulting panorama. You can zoom in and see the results of your work instantly.
These two features alone make the upgrade worth it. I tried processing a set of images that took hours. The masking and manual control point placement took literally minutes due to the real-time results.
This upgrade is definitely worth the $65.
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hindenhaag
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Location: Netherlands
Registered: 7 Mar 2010
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Re: PTGUI 9 Beta Released
Posted: 5 Aug 2010 at 16:31 GMT
updated: 5 Aug 2010 at 16:38 GMT
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DennisS is right: saves a lot PS worktime!
something else in real time masking: you can via copy and paste function in "mask" - in "advanced" - edit bracketed shots.
Would I have known before, I would not have set up an "action for masking" in PS working with the copy and paste command to copy the alpha channel to the rest of the bracketed pics...
3) new basic web panorama viewer and publishing wizard: combined Flash/HTML5 viewer. To access via bar on top: >Tools > publish to website.
Plus several other features.
I installed the new Beta versions besides the old one. So I can compare the two versions, plus there is still the stable version around...When your license is older than a year, the upgrade is around 53,55€ incl tax in NL.
Joost has done a good job, many thx to him
Regards,
Heinz
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hindenhaag
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Location: Netherlands
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Vito Di Vita
Posts: 62
Location: Mount Prospect, United States
Registered: 24 Nov 2009
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Re: PTGUI 9 Beta Released
Posted: 9 Aug 2010 at 15:04 GMT
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Oh thanks a million for the copy paste tip!
It was getting counter intuitive to save each mask...
I'm really impressed with this feature by itself.
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Vito Di Vita
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DennisS
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Location: Los Anglels, United States
Registered: 1 Sep 2007
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Re: PTGUI 9 Beta Released
Posted: 11 Aug 2010 at 4:27 GMT
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I just restitched a panorama that was very tedious to complete the first time. There were many small stitching errors. Previously it took hours to get control points placed in order to fix the stitching errors.
With this beta version, the zooming feature cut the time down to a small fraction. No more guessing. You see the results of a very small area as quick as you can place points and optimize. On a dual monitor system, it is a pleasure.
HOWEVER!!!
There is one very small feature that was taken away -or- I cannot find where to turn it back on.
The tabs on the Control Point screen used to be bold for images that had control points assigned. Now, all the tabs are bold. I cannot easily look for "cross linked" control points any more. I have to click on each and every tab to see if there are any control points on images that are not next to each other. This may seem small, but it is the small things that make software useable.
I cannot believe how far this product has come since version 7.
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Vito Di Vita
Posts: 62
Location: Mount Prospect, United States
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Re: PTGUI 9 Beta Released
Posted: 11 Aug 2010 at 5:10 GMT
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Make sure u post in the ptgui forum, they are listening and will either tell u the solution or fix it in the next beta.
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John Houghton
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Location: Hitchin, United Kingdom
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Re: PTGUI 9 Beta Released
Posted: 11 Aug 2010 at 6:20 GMT
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DennisS said: The tabs on the Control Point screen used to be bold for images that had control points assigned. Now, all the tabs are bold.
Dennis, On my Windows V7 system, it's the same as it has always been, except that the numerals are a little bit taller: 9px on V9 as opposed to 8px on V8. This small difference may make a difference to their legibility. I have always felt that there was insufficient differentiation between the bold and non-bold numbers and I have to look very carefully to see the difference. Using different colours as well would make a big improvement, I think.
John
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Nikos Giannakopoulos
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Location: Athens, Greece
Registered: 10 Jan 2008
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Re: PTGUI 9 Beta Released
Posted: 19 Sep 2010 at 13:59 GMT
updated: 19 Sep 2010 at 14:07 GMT
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Well done Joost...
I've always waited for this mask feature on PTGUI...
Waiting for the final non-beta version to be released!
(just upgraded the licence for version 9)
Nikos
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