[ptx] Re: Autopano-sift installation problems....

[Ian Wood]

Not a direct solution, but i wrote a GUI for using autopano-sift on  
OS X:
<http://www.azurevision.co.uk/downloads/utilities/sift- 
helper-007.dmg.gz> (1MB)

This is a batch app - drop a load of folders (each containing one  
pano-worth of images) onto the window and it will make a batch script  
for the Terminal. Drop that script onto a Terminal window and it will  
go through each folder finding control points and making a Hugin  
project file in each folder.

The app is geared towards PTMac rather than Hugin, so some of the  
advanced features like looking for missed seams don't yet work  
properly on Hugin files.

Ian Wood

On 16 Sep 2005, at 12:00, ptx-request at email-lists.org wrote:

> Hi,
>
> This is my first post here, wonder if anyone can help
> a new user...
>
> I've been (unsuccessfully) trying to get autopano-sift
> onto my system (iMac G4, OS 10.3.9).
>
> I've been following the instructions that came with
> Hugin
> (version HuginOSX-05snap20050614.zip)
>
> So the Hugin instructions say:
> "1. You need to install .Net environment called Mono.
> You can get its Framework installer package from
> <http://www.mono-project.com/Downloads>."
> I did this, ran the installer, and no error messages
> appeared so I assumed all is installed correctly
>
> 2. Download Autopano-SIFT compiled for Mono
> environment from the author's homepage  and read its
> readme and license files.
> 3. If you'd like to try the method which is easier but
> may not work: please use PutAutopanoSiftToHuginOSX
> program comes with HuginOSX to put the relevant files
> into HuginOSX's application package. That's all. If
> this did not work, you can try the next method.
>
> Well, it didn't work.  After downloading Autopano-sift
> 2.3, and running the Hugin script, I got a small
> window with the message:
> "this feature is not currently supported" doesn't
> understand the <<event sysodisA>> message.
>
> So the next Hugin instructions:
>
> 4. We have to set up autopano-complete.sh comes with
> Autopano-SIFT. First, set AUTOPANO_PATH variable so
> that the script can find the .Net executables where
> ever the current path is. If you place the script and
> the executables in the same directory, `dirname "$0"`
> may work. Next, you need to replace every occurrence
> of "generatekeys.exe" with "generatekeys-sd.exe". Now
> the script should be ready. Launch the Terminal and
> try out the script. Typical usage would be
> "./autopano-complete.sh -o project.pto image1 image2"
> (-h option gives you the arguments you can use, but
> please note the long format with -- is not available
> on Mac and other BSD systems).
>
> Now, being a non-unix user, I have no idea what these
> actually mean - setting variables, where to find .Net
> executables, replacing bits & pieces etc.
>
> So here is where I'm stuck and don't know where to go
> from here.
>
> Any suggestions would be most appreciated....are there
> instructions for a unix dummy like me anywhere,
> something explaining everything in step-by-step
> detail?  I'm afraid of just "trying" stuff if I'm not
> exactly sure what I'm doing.
>
> Thanks in advance........
>
> Pavi
>