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Autopano Giga – review update for Version 3

The latest version of Autopano Giga (V3), from Kolor, now offers a number of new geometric projections and improved masking for unwanted content from component images.

Review link: Autopano Giga V3 review

The software is what I use to create some of our large architectural prints, including the 14 metre long one of Leicester City [...]

Making the 14 metre print

How it’s done – a 14 metre panoramic print

After lots of questions about the big print at my current exhibition, I’ve written up a detailed article covering all aspects of the making of the print.

Article Link: A 14 metre panoramic print

This runs from my initial experiments in panoramic image stitching, through to [...]

Review – Autopano Giga

It takes an awful lot of calculations for software to accurately stitch and blend sets of big images for panoramic views.

In fact I’ve long taken sets of images (hand held) when on my travels, with the thought of stitching them together one day when it was easier to do.

Recently I’ve been trying out [...]

Time for BIG prints

More testing of our GigaPan Epic Pro

I’ve been out with the GigaPan head again, looking for ways to use it for large prints.

The black and white shot is one of the squares on New Walk in Leicester, dating from the 1860′s

De Montfort Square, Leicester – Statue of Sir Robert Hall. Click [...]

Quick TS-E 17 test

More to get a feel for what the lens felt like when shifted, than a critical evaluation of performance.

More pics on main TS-E 17 page

view across the street with a TSE17 lens on a 1Ds3

and the view stitched (CS3) left/right

Two TS-E 17 images stitched together

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