Newly released panoramic stitching software

[Ian Stedman]

Hi,

Having recently taken a few panoramic photos, using the panorama assist on my camera, I needed some new software to stitch the images together. I used to use a website, https://www.dermandar.com/create/ but as it uses Adobe Flash, my modern browsers now block it. A bit of searching found Hugin, http://hugin.sourceforge.net/, available for Windows and Mac for free.

It's easy enough to use and has some tailorable options. It can't fix somethings though, see my test image below ;)

Worth playing with.

[Chris Sawyer]

Great shot Ian - especially the double family!  It looks like you were at the Dead Sea.  Am I right?  I tend to use ICE software.  I can't remember what it stands for though.  I'll try your software sometime and let you know what I think.  Chris

[Ian Stedman]

Hello Chris,

The shot is of Lake Mead, Nevada, USA. A barren but interesting area adjacent to the Hoover Dam.
I did not visit the Dead Sea when I worked in Israel but I did visit the Sea of Galilee. The Dead Sea was too close to Palestine so my guide kept us away.

The software seems Ok, the double family was amusing when I saw it, a consequence of slowly panning and aligning the pictures.