Small suggestion. If you go to make your own photos of it, maybe bring a paper-sized sheet of glass with you. I pulled one out of a broken-down scanner. Flattens paper and you can take photos through it.
Might help. On November 25, 2024 2:07:09 AM HST, Jonathan H <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks for everyone's ideas - I think the limitation is with the quality of > the paper, as Bugbear points out. > > I hope attachments are OK here - I've posted a few of the 79 photos that > make up the image, and those edges and lines are really going to be > problematic. > > I think, in this instance, (and given the non-technical level of the person > who is trying to be helpful with the photos), I think it might be quicker > and easier for me to physically drive there and do my own copy of it. > > However, I've learnt a fair bit about Hugin and can see it being of use in > the future! > > > > On Monday, 25 November 2024 at 08:58:16 UTC [email protected] wrote: > > > If the family tree print was flat (or very near to it) on the table (or > > floor!), this should be doable. > > > > If the paper (or support) has any real curves or folds, you may have an > > impossible task. > > > > I have done a few panoramas of old (circa 1820) maps, and they're tricky. > > > > On Sun, 24 Nov 2024 at 21:31, Jonathan H <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> There are 79 photographs of close-up sections of a large handwritten > >> family tree with all the lines etc (I believe it's called a "dropline"). > >> > >> The photographs were taken by moving a camera back and forth, row by row, > >> left to right, taking overlapping photographs. > >> > >> The person who took the photographs is not very technical and each > >> photograph not an exact distance along the page or away from the page. > >> > >> I have followed pretty much every tutorial, eg: > >> https://hugin.sourceforge.io/tutorials/multi-row/en.shtml > >> > >> I've also tried asking all the AI's for ideas and settings, but I always > >> end up with each photo getting "curved". The only tutorial that seems to > >> get close is the one for scanned images at > >> https://hugin.sourceforge.io/tutorials/scans/en.shtml, but again the > >> problem seems to be with the varying distance from the paper of each > >> photo. > >> Plus the apparent need to "tweak" each one makes 79 photos not a fun > >> proposition! > >> > >> Any ideas at all?! > >> > >> PS - Here are the average camera settings of each photo: > >> > >> F1.8 > >> Focal length 5mm > >> 35mm focal length 25 > >> -- David W. Jones [email protected] exploring the landscape of god http://dancingtreefrog.com Sent from my Android device with F/LOSS K-9 Mail. -- A list of frequently asked questions is available at: http://wiki.panotools.org/Hugin_FAQ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "hugin and other free panoramic software" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/hugin-ptx/28D10165-9F25-4395-935F-4C0075EE9AB2%40gmail.com.
