memory hogging...

[Peter Suetterlin]

  Hi,

Ed Halley wrote:
> 
> I'm trying to perfect my first 18-image cylindrical (untrimmed comes to
> more than 21000 x 3000 pixels).  However, I only have 512MB to work
> with.  I used to have 1GB but a stick of memory went bad.  :/

:-/  
I know those problems, working with full spherical panos of 50
and more images...

> We also may have an optional mode where the control points tab only uses
> 1/2 scale images unless you (1) request full images with a toggle, or
> (2) click the mouse or pan the image in either pane.

Not sure if this is a good idea, setting the points, and especially
the auto picker *should* imho work an the full resolution images.

How about storing the images in memory as jpegs and only uncompress
them when they are loaded into the control point picker?

> I'm just talking out loud, and maybe optimizations like this are
> premature, but what do others think?

I agree that it's an important point to tackle. Still the solution
shouldn't loose accuracy.

  Pit