New Stitching Software

[dtonnes]

Anybody tried this?  http://www.imaging-resource.com/NEWS/1246552233.html

"DualAlign LLC's breakthrough technology allows photographers to reliably and easily create montages and panoramas at events like weddings and trade shows. Such environments are generally not conducive to montage or panorama photography because of all of the movement within the shots. However, DualAlign's revolutionary i2k technology, which features super smart blending and seam selection, makes live event panoramic photography possible without the need for any special equipment or tripod."

http://www.i2align.com/photographic_panorama_montage_software.php

[Hans-74]

--- In [hidden email], dtonnes <dave@...> wrote:

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> Anybody tried this?  http://www.imaging-resource.com/NEWS/1246552233.html
>
> "DualAlign LLC's breakthrough technology allows photographers to reliably
> and easily create montages and panoramas at events like weddings and trade
> shows. Such environments are generally not conducive to montage or panorama
> photography because of all of the movement within the shots. However,
> DualAlign's revolutionary i2k technology, which features super smart
> blending and seam selection, makes live event panoramic photography possible
> without the need for any special equipment or tripod."
>
>

Obviously no fisheye support.
And even if they talk about supersmart blending and events there is not one single panorama like that in the gallery.

I do not even bother giving my mail to them for testing it.

Hans

[AYRTON - avi]

On Thu, Jul 2, 2009 at 8:19 PM, Hans Nyberg <[hidden email]> wrote:
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> Obviously no fisheye support.
> And even if they talk about supersmart blending and events there is not one
> single panorama like that in the gallery.
> I do not even bother giving my mail to them for testing it.


It looks to me just another piece of crap software  :-)

AYRTON

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[bohonus]

--- In [hidden email], "Hans Nyberg" <hans@...> wrote:
> Obviously no fisheye support.
> And even if they talk about supersmart blending and events there is not one single panorama like that in the gallery.
>
> I do not even bother giving my mail to them for testing it.
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> Hans

Looks like in their first gallery example ("Gala Event"), there is a man sitting at the table with two ears on the left side of his head.

[Roger D. Williams]

On Fri, 03 Jul 2009 08:07:28 +0900, dtonnes <[hidden email]> wrote:

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> Anybody tried this?  http://www.imaging-resource.com/NEWS/1246552233.html
>
> "DualAlign LLC's breakthrough technology allows photographers to reliably
> and easily create montages and panoramas at events like weddings and  
> trade
> shows. Such environments are generally not conducive to montage or  
> panorama
> photography because of all of the movement within the shots. However,
> DualAlign's revolutionary i2k technology, which features super smart
> blending and seam selection, makes live event panoramic photography  
> possible
> without the need for any special equipment or tripod."
>
> http://www.i2align.com/photographic_panorama_montage_software.php

As a copy writer myself I have to say the copy writing looks better than
the product.

But you have to admire a company that would try stitching a series of
i-Phone shots into an acceptable panorama, and I say credit to them for
having succeeeded.

Of course the problem of people who straddle seams between shots where
their background is not captured in other shots present an insoluble
problem for an application searching for an effective seam path. It
just can't be done...

Roger W.

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[mrjimbo-2]

Roger..
FYI... The issue you pointed out is a solvable issue but it will require a second step. Their is a fella that developed an incredible piece of software that will remove an object or person in the scene once you set some boundries for it.. I remember seeing examples of it being used. Adobe, bought it and as I understand it is further developing it at this time.

jimbo

----- Original Message -----
  From: Roger D. Williams
  To: [hidden email]
  Sent: Thursday, July 02, 2009 9:18 PM
  Subject: Re: [PanoToolsNG] New Stitching Software





  On Fri, 03 Jul 2009 08:07:28 +0900, dtonnes <[hidden email]> wrote:

  >
  > Anybody tried this? http://www.imaging-resource.com/NEWS/1246552233.html
  >
  > "DualAlign LLC's breakthrough technology allows photographers to reliably
  > and easily create montages and panoramas at events like weddings and
  > trade
  > shows. Such environments are generally not conducive to montage or
  > panorama
  > photography because of all of the movement within the shots. However,
  > DualAlign's revolutionary i2k technology, which features super smart
  > blending and seam selection, makes live event panoramic photography
  > possible
  > without the need for any special equipment or tripod."
  >
  > http://www.i2align.com/photographic_panorama_montage_software.php

  As a copy writer myself I have to say the copy writing looks better than
  the product.

  But you have to admire a company that would try stitching a series of
  i-Phone shots into an acceptable panorama, and I say credit to them for
  having succeeeded.

  Of course the problem of people who straddle seams between shots where
  their background is not captured in other shots present an insoluble
  problem for an application searching for an effective seam path. It
  just can't be done...

  Roger W.

  --
  Work: www.adex-japan.com


 


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[Keith Martin-2]

Sometime around 3/7/09 (at 08:10 -0600) mrjimbo said:

>Their is a fella that developed an incredible piece of software that
>will remove an object or person in the scene once you set some
>boundries for it..

Of course, it cannot do anything but fake the missing part of the
image. No matter how good it is there will be cases where it creates
an incorrect final result, much like the old, old story from when
monochrome prints were hand-painted to produce faux colour photos. In
one picture, postboxes were painted red, but they were in Ireland and
should have been green. Probably apocryphal, but an amusing
cautionary tale regarding faking stuff in photography.

k

[Jan Martin]

Keith,

I did understand that the program needs a few pictures of the same motive
and then will compare them and use only those parts of images with not
tourist on them to create the final picture.

So no "guessing", just recombining of intelligently picked parts of of real
pictures.

Jan


On Sat, Jul 4, 2009 at 1:14 PM, Keith Martin <[hidden email]> wrote:

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> Sometime around 3/7/09 (at 08:10 -0600) mrjimbo said:
>
> >Their is a fella that developed an incredible piece of software that
> >will remove an object or person in the scene once you set some
> >boundries for it..
>
> Of course, it cannot do anything but fake the missing part of the
> image. No matter how good it is there will be cases where it creates
> an incorrect final result, much like the old, old story from when
> monochrome prints were hand-painted to produce faux colour photos. In
> one picture, postboxes were painted red, but they were in Ireland and
> should have been green. Probably apocryphal, but an amusing
> cautionary tale regarding faking stuff in photography.
>
> k
>  
>

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[Keith Martin-2]

Sometime around 4/7/09 (at 13:33 +0200) Jan Martin said:

>I did understand that the program needs a few pictures of the same motive
>and then will compare them and use only those parts of images with not
>tourist on them to create the final picture.

Oh, absolutely, as long as there is a total of 100% of the desired
area visible somewhere across the collection of photos. If not, then
nothing will produce the goods.

BTW, Photoshop's Photomerge has been able do this task since CS3, and
it can be done in Photoshop Elements 7.
http://creativetechs.com/tipsblog/remove-unwanted-people-from-public-photos/
http://www.adobepress.com/articles/article.asp?p=1324791&seqNum=4

k

[paul womack]

mrjimbo wrote:
>  Their is a fella that developed an incredible piece of software that will remove an object or person in the scene once you set some boundries for it.

"Tourist Remover"

http://www.snapmania.com/info/en/trm/index.html

   BugBear

[RobLee]

do you have to work online and upload your images to use this tool?

--- On Mon, 7/6/09, paul womack <[hidden email]> wrote:

From: paul womack <[hidden email]>
Subject: Re: [PanoToolsNG] New Stitching Software
To: [hidden email]
Date: Monday, July 6, 2009, 6:57 AM











   
           
           


     
      mrjimbo wrote:

>  Their is a fella that developed an incredible piece of software that will remove an object or person in the scene once you set some boundries for it.



"Tourist Remover"



http://www.snapmani a.com/info/ en/trm/index. html



BugBear


 

     

   
   
       
         
       
       








       


       
       


     

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[Keith Martin-2]

Sometime around 6/7/09 (at 09:44 -0700) RobLee said:

>do you have to work online and upload your images to use this tool?

Yep. Also, each photo cannot exceed 8MB, the free storage service
tops out at 2GB, and this is from the license agreement:

>"The user irrevocably confers to the Company all rights with respect
>to the data that the user transfers to the Company or its systems
>which are necessary for the Company to be able to offer the Service
>and which are necessary for implementation of these terms and
>conditions."


I've seen worse, and this item from the FAQ is reassuring:

>What if I want my originals back?
>No problem. They are your photos. [etc...]

but I'm still steering well clear of it.

k