PTGui is a panorama photo stitching program for Windows and macOS developed by New House Internet Services BV. PTGui was created as a GUI frontend to Helmut Dersch's Panorama Tools. It features its own stitching and blending engine[3] along with compatibility to Panorama Tools. PTGui supports telephoto, normal, wide angle and fisheye lenses[4] to create partial cylindrical up to full spherical panoramas. PTGui can handle multiple rows of images.[5]
| Developer(s) | New House Internet Services BV |
|---|---|
| Initial release | July 27, 2001 |
| Stable release | 12.27[1]
/ 24 September 2024 |
| Preview release | 13 beta 8[2]
/ 1 July 2024 |
| Written in | C, C++ |
| Operating system | Windows, macOS |
| Available in | English, Russian, French, Spanish, Korean, Chinese (simplified), German, Japanese, Dutch, Portuguese |
| Type | Raster graphics editor |
| License | Commercial proprietary software |
| Website | ptgui |
Originally released for Windows, version 6.0.3 introduced support for Mac OS X.[6]
The 'free trial version' of PTGui is fully functional but creates panoramas with embedded visible watermarks.[7]
PTGui Pro also includes HDR and tone mapping support.[8]
The upcoming version 13 beta 8 - though as of Nov. 2024 still slated as beta status, is now reported as quite reliable after 8 iterations - includes the following new features: a Patch Editor (PTGui Pro only), DNG output, improved RAW / DNG handling, and JPEG 2000 support.[9][2]
Version 13 beta 8 also claims significant performance improvements when optimizing large panoramas and also a speedier optimum seam finding algorithm.[2]
See also
edit- Hugin – an open source alternative also based on Panorama Tools
Further reading
edit- Jacobs, Corinna (2004). Interactive Panoramas: Techniques for Digital Panoramic Photography. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. ISBN 3540211403.
- Andrews, Philip (2003). 360 Degree Imaging: The Photographer's Panoramic Virtual Reality Manual. RotoVision. ISBN 9782880467326.
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References
edit- ^ Version history: https://www.ptgui.com/versionhistory.html
- ^ a b c "PTGui 13 beta". ptgui.com. Retrieved 2024-11-09.
- ^ Woeste, Harald (2008). Panoramafotografie : Theorie und Praxis (1. Aufl ed.). Dpunkt-Verl. p. 64. ISBN 978-3-89864-440-2.
- ^ Bredenfeld, Thomas (2012). Digitale Fotopraxis - Panoramafotografie (2., aktualisierte und erw. Aufl ed.). Galileo Press. pp. 205–219. ISBN 978-3836218610.
- ^ Highton, Scott. Virtual reality photography : creating panoramic and object images (1st ed.). Virtual Reality Photography. p. 101. ISBN 978-0-615-34223-8.
- ^ Lassiter, Tom (March 2007). "PTGui 6.03 vs. Stitcher Unlimited 5.5, Give your photos a 360-degree view". Mac Life. Vol. 1, no. 2. Future US. pp. 66–67. ISSN 1935-4010.
- ^ Kay, Melissa (April 2016). "Master the craft of night panoramas, Get the best results". Digital Camera World. Future Publishing. p. 52. ISSN 1477-1721.
- ^ Bloch, Christian. The HDRI handbook 2.0 : high dynamic range imaging for photographers and CG artists (1st ed.). Rocky Nook, Inc. pp. 483–488. ISBN 978-1-937538-16-3.
- ^ "PTGui 13 beta adds control through a Patch Editor". www.pixelsham.com. Retrieved 2024-11-09.
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