Re TIF format and big file sizes...I've found out (thanks to folk on this list) that Hugin supports BigTIFF format. That can handle enormous file sizes, such as 1 terapixel. You might try that.
<http://www.bigtiff.org/> On June 24, 2025 6:44:01 PM HST, Craig B <[email protected]> wrote: > So in the end I had issues exporting the files from Hugin with respect to > file size limits (1.24GP at 16 bit did not play nicely with TIF format.) > I switched to AutoPano Giga because it has the ability to export a PSB file > with all the layers included as aligned. In the end it was quite obvious > that several of my source photos were faulty and both Hugin and APG did a > decent job blending them as much as possible without seams. In the end I > manually finished the panorama with manual blending and color/tone > correction on the manually blended areas using the exported panorama as a > skeleton. > > Between the two I would say that Hugin is more powerful and definitely > easier to edit the control points, but APG is more capable when it comes to > export formats and generates CPs faster and more accurately, but it is much > slower for previewing the aligned panorama. I'll be keeping both because I > see each having a valid role and either will perform well when it comes to > a panorama shot without as much shifting as I imparted in mine. > > On Sunday, May 11, 2025 at 4:29:14 AM UTC-7 lukas wirz wrote: > > > Hi Craig, > > > > > The left > > > side is worse than the right it looks like, and some are worse than > > others, > > > but overall the centers are sharper. > > > > Indeed, the left side is also worse than the right side, I had missed > > that. Then the cropping should be asymmetric of course, unless the > > images can be improved. > > > > > This subject is a Cistus (hybrid probably) flower. I specialize in > > > ultraviolet-induced visible fluorescence floral photography but I started > > > exploring UVIVF floral microscopy during a project and wanted to continue > > > doing it. The first panorama I did was a Phacelia and it was small enough > > > Capture One handled it. > > > > I found your other non-pano Phacelia, very nice! > > > > > The learning curve is steep, but I'm seeing how powerful it is. I am > > > impressed with the focus stacking as well. Everyone always touts Zerene > > and > > > Helicon as the only reasonable options, but Hugin does it rather well. I > > > use Zerene or else I'd probably do Hugin for my stacks. As challenging as > > > it is with the GUI, for everyone who did it/does it with CLI I am really > > > impressed. > > > > > > For now, I'll try your cropping concept since the result you shared looks > > > generally satisfactory at this point and more consistent than my output. > > > > In my proof of concept the control points could have been optimised > > further, there was still room for improvement. > > > > I gave the strategy of just fusing the images another try because it > > really should work. While hugin seems to refuse to put non-overlapping > > images into the same stack there is no such problem for enfuse itself. > > So, one can generate individual remapped + not-exposure corrected images > > from hugin and feed them into enfuse on the command line and get the > > intended output (enfuse image1.tif image2.tif -o out.tif). I tried that > > with a few different fusing options: entropy and contrast do work but > > the differences between 0.0 (off) and 1.0 (max) are only visible in a > > difference image. Soft-mask vs hard-mask are noticeably different but > > I'm undecided which is better (probably soft-mask which is also the > > default). There are plenty more options that I haven't tried, but if > > this is an approach that works well otherwise you could spend some time > > with that. > > Hard-mask vs soft-mask: http://78.46.190.157:8080/cistus_fused.tgz > > (1040mb). > > > > I don't know if this is a better approach than what I suggested > > previously. Pure fusing fares better with blurry regions while blending > > does better with minor parallax and aligned issues -- so it depends on > > the input images. > > > > > I'll keep going and if I discover anything new/edifying or if I come to > > any > > > serious conclusion about the source of my aberrations, I will post back > > if > > > you're interested in seeing it through. > > > > It is always interesting to hear what finally worked! > > > > > > cheers, lukas wirz > > > > > > -- > 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/eff69e28-6948-41d9-87a0-84e071196766n%40googlegroups.com. -- David W. 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