Panoramic photography and software

[Richard W]

To those folks who were at last night's meeting here are a few links to some of the software that I mentioned/use:-

MS ICE -http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/um/redmond/groups/ivm/ICE/   OR just type MSICE into googol and select the first hit on the list

Photosynth.net - free registration required, a lot of good examples and tips & tricks to be had here

http://www.kolor.com/download to get Autopano Pro, this is a non time free trial BUT your image will be watermarked until you purchase a licence

There are many many more programmes etc available it is a matter of personal choice, for many many tips & tricks I would suggest Youtube

Happy snapping!!

[Malcolm Ming]

Just Tried MS ICE.  For a freebie it works blooming well.  A bit of a pain though as I'm struggling to see how it fits with a lightroom workflow.  I.e. exporting to ICE direct from lightroom (which you can do with photoshop).  However, as said, if you don't have photoshop and want a simple and good stitching application, this works damned well. Thanks Richard for this.

[Richard W]

Sadly can't help on that one Malcolm cos I run Lightroom on Mac and MS ICE on PC (my pc is running xp so I can't load L'room on it).
Might I suggest though that you create a "working folder" on your desktop and export there from L'room then drag n drop to MS ICE and vice versa?

[Chris Sawyer]

Richard, Thanks for recommending MS ICE.  It was easy to install and use... and its free!  I tried it out and it stitched 6 photos in about 15 seconds.  I am worried it could become addictive though!