hugin

[Michael]

but it has 17 control points set. You said I could rotate it in hugin? How
does one do that?

On Fri, Aug 19, 2016 at 4:24 PM, Brian Cluff <brian at snaptek.com> wrote:

> I'd say that still fits with my answer.  If you have one image that it
> can't align it will be sitting on the preview in it's default orientation.
>
> Brian Cluff
>
> On 08/19/2016 11:31 AM, Michael wrote:
>
> I don't know if this is the problem but:
> All of the pictures were taken in portrait orientation. In the control
> point tab all of the images except one are in a landscape orientation. The
> one image that is in that orientation is the last image in that series and
> it is the image that is stretched. Does that have any bearing in this
> problem?
>
> On Fri, Aug 19, 2016 at 11:46 AM, Brian Cluff <brian at snaptek.com> wrote:
>
>> Double check that you do indeed have control points between every single
>> image.  It sounds like you might have a single image that isn't connected
>> in any way, or maybe only partially connected and when it stitches it end
>> up placed on top of all your other images.  The preview is just an OpenGL
>> preview of what you can expect to get but it works differently than the
>> final stitch so you can often times get different results if your control
>> points aren't all perfect.
>>
>> You can check your layout tab in the fast panorama preview (the GL
>> preview button) and play with the scale.  The layout tab will quickly show
>> you how your images are connected together and how well.  If you have any
>> images that are just floating out there with no lines then that's your
>> culprit.  You will also want to look for images with very thin lines going
>> between the images.  Thin lines represent weak connections and you will
>> need to increase the number of control points between your images.
>>
>> There is also a high probability, since you said you hand held the camera
>> when you took the pictures that even though you picked matching spots in
>> the image that there is no way for the program to warp the images
>> correctly due to parallax distortion.  If your images are of the inside of
>> a room, that's almost certainly the case.
>>
>> Finding the no parallax point:
>>
>> http://www.johnhpanos.com/epcalib.htm
>>
>> You will have to get one of these and it will have to be precisely setup
>> correctly for your camera if you are going to take pictures indoors.  There
>> is just no other way to do it:
>>
>> https://www.amazon.com/SUNWAYFOTO-Panoramic-Horizontal-
>> Vertical-Sunway/dp/B00RYNDMOC/ref=sr_1_11
>>
>> https://www.amazon.com/DSLRKIT-Panoramic-Indexing-Rotator-
>> Bracket/dp/B00PN8DY7K/ref=sr_1_14
>>
>> https://www.amazon.com/FOTOMATE-degree-Panoramic-Bracket-
>> Cameras/dp/B00PQH4OY0/ref=sr_1_32
>>
>> There are a lot more out there, but these 3 are some of the most
>> affordable ones.  I've got 2 of them; one made by Manfrotto that cost a lot
>> of money and is built like a tank and I think it might weigh as much as a
>> tank as well.  I've also got a Nodal Ninja that I really like that weighs a
>> lot less, which is why I got it, and does an equally good job for a
>> fraction of the money.
>> Brian Cluff
>>
>>
>> On 08/19/2016 06:27 AM, Michael wrote:
>>
>> I'm trying to do a panorama. It found at least 17 control points between
>> images 0,1 and 2,3 and 3,4  (each pair had 17). I had to go in and put
>> control points for images 1 and 2. That was fine but when I stitch it all
>> together the picture on the ball seems fine but the resultin panorama image
>> is one of the five photos of the panorama stretched out. Any ideas how to
>> fix this?
>>
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