ADG Panorama Tools
Average Rating:
|
Rating: 
Updated: 28 Jun 2006 at 7:44 GMT,
by AlexChe
ADG Panorama Tools v.5.0
Greatly improved in comparison with previous version 4.0.
At the same time ADG Panorama Tools motto "extremally (ease-to-use + fast stitching + reasonable price)" are Live.
New features:
- Significant enhancement of output image quality (new filtration algorithms implemented).
- Output formats: ADG (.adg), QTVR (.mov) and JPEG (.jpg).
- Input formats: JPEG, TIFF, TARGA, BMP, GIF
- TWAIN-32 import from scanners and digital cameras.
- Direct printing of panoramic images
- Automatically calculation of most optimal size and resolution of output image.
- Virtual Tur creation possibility (based on hotspots and links to another webpages and panoramas).
New Output Options:
1. Auto Brightnes (on/off) - corrects brightness along panoramic image.
2. Auto Contrast (on/off) - corrects contrast of panoramic image.
3. Alternate Format
In case of client's web browser not support main format, alternative format or corresponding warning text will be shown:
- Warning Text - insert suitable warining text into html code (Java or QTVR plugin or JScript requared etc.)
- JPEG Static - insert html code to show jpeg image in case of Java or QTVR not enabled or not installed.
- JPEG JScript - insert javascript code to show panoramic image in case of Java or QTVR not enabled or not installed.
- <none> - no alternatives.
4. Image Resolution (%) - assign the percentage of maximum reasonable image resolution for most detail zoom-in view.
5. Image Quality (%) - assign image compression quality.
6. Maximum Zoom Adjustment (%)
Maximum Zoom - represents the maximum allowable zoom in percents. This option also determines the size of output file. Zero zoom value means no zoom and minimum file size. Maximum value 1000% means 10 times larger output resolution.
Auto stitching
In most cases, the program's automatic functions are totally sufficient for generating a seamless panorama.The program shows in live action how it connects the images by tilting and sliding them a little. ADG Panorama simultaneously displays the coordinates and image numbers on the bottom line.
Editing
In rare instances, however, the software cannot find enough matching points in two adjacent images in order to carry out the stitching process. The user must intervene manually here and he has two tools to do so. The two tools are very easy to understand. The first tool can be used to shift the image both horizontally and vertically in order to match it to the adjacent image. The second function relates to the angle at which the photo is to be "stitched" to its neighbor. Since both processes are visible on the monitor in real time, merging in these problem cases is still very easy and takes just a few seconds.
Viewing end control
Once all image editing processes have been completed to the satisfaction of the user, the great moment of image export comes next. ADG Panorama stores not only the stitched image, but also the required Java applet, the graphic control elements and the actual HTML page. Right after exporting, you can thus open and view the panorama image in a web browser, such as the Microsoft Internet Explorer or Netscape Navigator. The automatically generated "viewer" can easily be integrated in your website by copying the HTML code, so you can present the pictures to a broad public. The 3D image generated with ADG Panorama is easily displayed in browsers with Java capability, QTVR-plugin or JScript. The user can zoom into the image, pan from right to left or scroll vertically through the photo (mouse, wheel and keyboard control).