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PTGui 9.0beta5 - Panoramic photo stitching software, Pro version available. (Demo): "

PTGui 9.0beta5

PTGui is panoramic photo stitching software. Originally developed as a Graphical User Interface for Panorama Tools (hence the name), PTGui now is a full featured photo stitching application.

Use PTGui to stitch any number of photos into a panoramic image. Some benefits of PTGui, when compared to other stitching software:

PTGui can stitch multiple rows of images
Create 360 degree cylindrical panoramas, \'flat\' partial panoramas and even spherical 360x180 degree panoramas
No need to keep the camera level: PTGui can stitch rotated and tilted images
Virtually unlimited output size: create Gigapixel panoramas from hundreds of images!
Layered output allows full control over the final stitched result
PTGui stitches most panoramas fully automatically, but at the same time provides full manual control over every single parameter. This enables stitching of \'difficult\' scenes, where other programs fail.
Full 16 bit workflow for best image quality
And much more...

WHAT'S NEW

Version 9.0beta5:

detail viewer: zooming is done by holding down Ctrl (Windows) or Cmd (Mac) while rolling the scroll wheel. Can be changed in Options.
Convert to cube faces: File Naming button to change the file name suffixes (.left, .right, etc) of the generated files.
The default number of simultanouse threads is now set to the number of 'real' CPU cores, ignoring hyperthreading (currently only on mac).
mac: holding the Control key down in the Control Points / Mask / Crop tabs now changes the mouse pointer to a hand
.psb output is no longer limited to 300,000 x 300,000 pixels (but Photoshop cannot read larger files!)
Mask tab: Holding down the Alt key now selects the eraser (was Shift in previous betas)
Mask tab: Shift+click can be used to draw straight lines between points
New Mask menu with mask editing commands
New keyboard shortcuts for mask editing (keys are shown in the Mask menu)
Mac: shortcut for preferences is Command+,
Previous Image / Next Image shortcuts (View Menu, toolbar and keyboard shortcuts) for the Crop and Mask tabs
panorama editor: 3 of the 4 available blend modes can now be selected in the 'individual images' mode as well
For HDR source images strong halos may appear if an interpolator is used with negative coefficients. A warning message will now be shown if this is the case.
(re-)added interpolator type 'Default'. This is the Lanczos2 interpolator for LDR source images, and Bilinear for HDR source images
fix: continuous high CPU load on certain systems
fix: windows: PTGui process would remain running even after exiting the application
fix: mac: PTGui could hang while saving
fix: mac: slow performance when working with masked images in the panorama editor and detail viewer
fix: mac: mouse cursor could disappear after hovering over the control points tab
fix: mac: changing the control point type in the context menu in the Control Points tab did not work
fix: batch stitcher hangs while generating control points
mac: lowered mouse wheel sensitivity
fix: adjusting the horizontal field of view slider could cause the red seam lines to disappear in the panorama editor and detail viewer
fix: panorama editor was not updated properly after Undo/Redo of mask editing
fix: changing Blend Priority on Image Parameters tab did not immediately update the display in the panorama editor and detail vieiwer
fix: mac: error message when clicking the 'Apply Template' button in the toolbar
fix: mac: Mask tab: tool button state is updated immediately when pressing Shift or Cmd key
fix: mac: 'Invalid packbits data' error could occur when working with masks
fix: Assertion Failed could occur when using output cropping (yellow crop lines in the panorama editor)
fix: for certain projects a black or transparent line could be visible at the right hand or bottom of the panorama
fix: Ctrl+clicking (Windows) or Command+clicking in Source Images list did not work correctly
fix: if the project file name contained a period (abc.def.pts), the wrong default panorama filename would be used (abc.jpg instead of abc.def.jpg)
fix: mac: when using individual lens types it was not possible to select a lens type in the Image Parameters tab
fix: printing the on line help would give error 'no handler found for image type'
fix: visibility of panorama editor window is now remembered when closing and reopening PTGui
fix: mac: display glitch in the help balloons
fix: PTGui would give an error about the maximum jpeg size of 25000 pixels, even if the project was configured to output only HDR files
fix: the blended panorama was slightly brighter than the original images
fix: mac: Enter and Tab key didn't function correctly in the Numerical Transform window
fix: Photoshop could refuse to open .psd files generated by PTGui with the error 'The document contains Adobe Photoshop data which appears to be damaged'
fix: PTGui would fail to start up if the default project settings file was corrupt (error 'This is not a PTGui Project File')
Fix: Batch Builder generated projects for circular fisheye images did not have the correct cropping circle
Publish to Website: HTML5 web viewer now shows the low resolution preview images as well during downloading (previously only the Flash viewer did this)
Publish to Website: HTML5 viewer on Mac now uses Command key to zoom out (instead of Ctrl key)
Publish to Website: HTML5 viewer on Mac: slower zooming using the mouse wheel
Publish to Website: panorama size can be limited specifically for Apple iOS devices. Too large panoramas will crash the browser.