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Next step is for the choice of panorama type and image stitching method. The default settings are ok here and conform with mostly used cases.
Next step is only accessible in manual or semi-manual modes. It's the setting of control points. The control points in automatic mode are set by the program. Manually you usually can set them with more precision. The program will hint you on wether your control points are good for stitching. It's done with color dots - blue and green color denotes good control points, yellow and red - bad. One bad control ponts pair can ruin the whole panorama and its best to avoid them.
In my example the automatically stitched panorama had a number of defects, including double objects and visible sims.
Manual stitching had more sucess, although I couldn't get rid of the horizon line bend all the same.
Step 7 will provide you with a low resolution preview. The rectangle marquees show the images overlaps.
If the quality satisfies you , procede to the next screen where the images will be processed again and the panorama saved to desired format. You can let the program do fine tuning on the way or leave it for later.
Finally the Wisard brings you to the moment when the panorama is ready for export. You can choose between printing and web presentation, the optimization parameters will be different.
Panorama Factory can import the major image formats like jpg, tiff, bmp and psd. It can also extract images out of html and htm pages.
Ready panoramas can be exported to same jpg, bmp, png or psd and some formats that can be used for showing panoramas on the web (.ivr, .mov). The latter require corresponding software to be installed on the computer.
After you are done the program asks you if you want to save the project and in case of agreement all the image files resulted in stitching panorama in Panorama Factory will be saved to the source images directory by default. Dont't be surprised when you see a bulk of images in the directory four times more than the number of images you had left the previous time.
Altogether it can be said that Panorama Factory having very understandable interface and a good wisard is capable of producing good simless panoramas. I would not trust its autimatic mode very much but semi-autiomatic and manual methods can work very fine.
You can buy Panorama Factory for $79.99 at the corresponding Panorama Factory site.
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