A nice handy program which works well.
Microsoft do a free program called 'Image Composite Editor' (or ICE) which has been going for several years, and is still in high development (rather than sitting at v1.0.0 for years, and then the download link dying).
http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/um/redmond/groups/ivm/ICE/

The most 'exciting' thing about ICE is that if you have a video of a panorama (so easier and quicker to do than several photos) it will convert that to a single panorama image.

ICE works well and has a very good blending engine - well worth the download (2.17 MB)

Chris Locke  –  10 years ago  –  Ritieni questo commento utile? sì | no (+107)

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Installed and registered without problems on a Win 8.1 64 Bit system.


This program has a serious flaw. Panorama means adding several pictures to a combined image. That said, the program should always open the last directory. But it does always return to the default picture directory. Absolute no-go! You have every time, you want to add something to search the directory structure to find your pictures again. In my case : D:>Photo>2008>10>13 ...

And then... you should be able to save the photo selection for further operations. No, you have to add all the photos every time again.

Okay, once added the photo, you choose the distortion - if you know what this means. Flat for example for scanned images. The rest is done automatically.

This works for simple tasks, but is not sufficient for a really good result. One should be able to define the control points by hand, define an average brightness and much more.

A simple photostitcher with an absolutely unsufficient interface...

Uninstalled via reboot

Karl  –  10 years ago  –  Ritieni questo commento utile? sì | no (+74)

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I had version 1.2 from an earlier giveaway. I chose to install this one over the earlier version. The install and activation was easy and without any problem. As for the program itself, I have used it in the past with mixed results. Some of the outputs come out beautifully while others don't do as well. I'm sure there are alternatives both free and paid for this. But I can say that there is no harm to have this for your collection. Thank you GOTD team and TeoreX.

dadams  –  10 years ago  –  Ritieni questo commento utile? sì | no (+59)

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After looking at the photostitcher website and checking out the screenshots and tutorials I discover that black areas in the panarama can occur and that they suggest you use inpaint to fix this issue. The site is pretty barebones. The fact that the site itself feels that good results at least on enough occasions for them to mention it would require another software immediately made me want to look for a better option. And I am satisfied that I found something better and will not be downloading this offer. Perhaps it is not fair of me to post when I am unwilling to even try out the software but I think someone might benefit from what I found so here it is.
http://www.techsupportalert.com/best-free-digital-image-stitcher.htm
Click the link: Best Free Digital Image Stitcher? Review and rating from Gizmo's.
I have decided to go with Microsoft ice.
This link is a tutorial.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7l1EJNxYcbg
I am sure there will be plenty of other comments so I will leave it at that.

Shane Potter  –  10 years ago  –  Ritieni questo commento utile? sì | no (+54)

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My previous version was version 1.0 and I installed today's version which is 1.5.
I was disappointed the previous version had a nice clean interface, this has the fashionable mud coloured interface which is hard for old eyes.
Different programs of this type are worth keeping as they vary in the type of photograph they are best suited.
The comment by # 3 Karl brought up some interesting points regarding the program's memory of previous use. I couldn't agree more.
Why can't it remember the last directory I used, instead you have to go backwards and forwards to load your images. All it needs is an INI file which doesn't clutter up the system by putting it in the registry which is system wide.
Little details like this make a huge difference to the user experience, hopefully the developer will rectify these faults.

XP-Man  –  10 years ago  –  Ritieni questo commento utile? sì | no (+34)

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