Basics |
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System requirements |
Windows 95/98/NT /ME/XP |
PC, 16MB RAM, 256 colors,
40Mb disk space |
File types |
Three |
Input:
JPEG, BMP, TIFF
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Output:
JPEG, TIFF, QuickTime
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Output styles |
Two
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Rectilinear
for wide views; Perspective for warp-free scenes.
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Save project to work on later |
Yes |
At any later time, you can
continue a project to add/remove photos , to make panoramas of different
resolutions/sizes, or to post panoramas as screen savers or web
pages. |
Stitching |
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Stitch multi-rows |
Yes* |
A complete spherical
panorama can be build |
Stitch random photo set |
Yes* |
Interactive tools are
provided |
Auto-detection of focal length |
Yes |
Knowledge of camera
focal length is not required |
Allows zooming |
Yes* |
Can stitch photos of
very different zooms |
Allows different exposures |
Yes |
Automatically balances brightness and
intensity between photos |
Corrects
camera distortion |
Yes* |
This is essential for
making seamless panoramas |
Corrects camera color
aberration |
Yes* |
The aberration is
strong with inexpensive wide-angle lens |
Auto-aligns images |
Yes |
Overlapping images are
registered automatically. |
Provides backup alignment tools |
Yes* |
Marker and
Overlay method is
provided to deal with inevitable problems from real-world
photos. |
Two manual stitching methods |
Yes* |
Marker and
Overlay method |
Handles moving objects |
Yes* |
By customizing
blending properties |
Handheld capability |
Yes* |
Can stitch photos of
very different overlaps, tilts and zooms |
Arbitrary output file
size/resolution |
Yes* |
Smaller suitable for web
publishing while larger for screen savers and wall posters |
Auto intensity balancing |
Yes |
To compensate
differences in camera exposure. |
Manual intensity balancing |
Yes* |
For customization in
addition to auto-balancing. |
Customize each photo's blending
order, location and width |
Yes* |
To hand moving
objects. |
Editing |
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Brightness/Contrast Adjustment |
Yes |
Adjust RGB
channels interactively |
Cropping/Resizing |
Yes |
An omnirama image can
be tailored to another size/resolution |
Re-converts to omnirama |
Yes* |
Useful if other photo
editing software is used |
Distortion correction |
Yes* |
To correct the barrel
effect where straight lines in the scene are curved in the
photo. |
Fill pole regions |
Yes* |
So you can
interactively put your logo to the standing ground area to
complete the omnirama. |
Posting |
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Visual multi-page printout setting |
Yes* |
Each printout page's
location, size and margins are set visually |
Views panorama immersive-style |
Yes |
Virtual reality
interactivity is supported by included PixtraViewer™
and PanoViewer™ plug-ins |
Dynamic screen saver albums |
Yes |
PanoScreen™
is included |
Instant immersive web
virtual tour |
Yes* |
With a button-click, a
panorama page is generated, using three browser plug-ins:
Applet, QuickTime and ActiveX |