[ptx] my first (ugly) panorama

[Stefan M. Brandl]

On Tue, Dec 30, 2003 at 12:07:25PM +0000, Bruno Postle wrote:
> On Tue 30-Dec-2003 at 12:56:00PM +0100, Stefan M. Brandl wrote:
> > On Tue, Dec 30, 2003 at 11:43:46AM +0000, Bruno Postle wrote:
> > > 
> > > It looks like a good stitch to me.  The reason why straight lines
> > > appear curved is because the output format is 'equirectangular' (a
> > > format suitable for 360degree panoramas), change it to 'rectilinear'
> > > and it will look more like a normal photograph.
> > 
> > Ok, thanks for the hint, but when I select rectilinear, the
> > result looks even worse (last picture on http://www.smbnet.de/pano/)
> 
> That looks good too :-)
> 
> The reason why it looks strange is that the first image is used as
> an anchor and is placed in the middle of the output - so it has very
> little distortion.  The second image has been distorted to fit.
> 
> Open the 'Panorama Preview' window and click on the button at the
> top left ('Centre the preview horizontally'), this will equalise the
> amount of distortion by placing both pictures as near to the middle
> of the output as possible.
> 

Great, that worked!
Thanks for your help.


Stefan