[ptx] Re: New hugin user feedback and questions

[Pablo d'Angelo]

Hi Rob,

I hope its ok to post this reply to the ptx list as well.

I think I'll add most of the suggestions after hugin 0.5.

Rob Studdert wrote:

> I'm new to Hugin but I'm quickly learning what it can do and I'm really 
> impressed with its flexibility to this point, thanks for producing such a great
> piece of software. 
> 
> I've been subscribed to and lurking on the pxt mail list for the last week or 
> so
> but my attempts to post to it have been rejected I'd still like to offer my
> feedback,

Strange. Did you use the same email adress for subscribing and sending?

> I do have some suggestions and queries, I'm no programmer so please
> bear with me, hopefully my post will make sense.
> 
> On the issue of operational suggestions and improvement:
> 
> Preferences:
> 
> I would like to be able to set the default lens and type for a new project. I
> would also like to be able to set the default camera crop factor.
>
> 
> Camera and Lens tab:
> 
> When the new lens button is activated for any image number could either the
> values previously in those fields (to that point in the optimization) or the 
> new
> project default lens be used? (set by checkbox perhaps)?
> 
> Control Points tab/display panes:
> 
> When tuning control points using the fine tune button (or "auto fine-tune" 
> check
> box) I find it a little frustrating that the originating window (the window
> where the initial control point of the pair was made) changes position after 
> the
> tuning has been performed.
> 
> Optimizer tab:
> 
> Would it be possible to include an optimiztation roll-down option that provides
> "everything (except anchor)"? This is an option that I would use frequently
> since I currently have to set mode to "the Custom parameters below" and if I'm
> using a lot of lenses then I have to manually check or un-check lots of check
> boxes many times.
> 
> Operational questions:
> 
> Is there any way to minimise/negate black-space or centre the output image in
> the vertical plane without altering the perspective/VP independent of the
> horizontal anchor line? I often end up with output images with a great deal of
> black space above or below the wanted part of the image which adds 
> significantly
> to the output file size.

Unfortunately not yet. Will probably be included after hugin 0.5

> Also no matter what I do I can't use PTStitcher as the "Stitching engine", 
> every
> time I try two error message boxes pop up containing the following messages, 
> the
> first with an exclamation in a yellow triangle icon and the second with a white
> cross in a red circle icon:
> 
> "Program Error
> 
> PTStitcher.exe has generated errors and will be closed by Windows. You will 
> need
> to restart the program
> 
> A logfile is being generated"
> 
> and
> 
> "Error executing PTStitcher.exe
> 
> Stitching failed
> PTStitcher exited with nonzero error code"

The pano12.dll file shipped with hugin doesn't work on some windows
machines. Replace it with version 2.7.0.9 from
http://photocreations.ca/panotools/


> One of my hugin produced panos: 
> 
> http://home.swiftdsl.com.au/~distudio/temp/pano084.mov (~1MB)
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> 
> Rob Studdert
> 
> Digital Image Studio
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> 
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> 
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> 
> 
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