[ptx] hugin 0.5 released

[JD Smith]

On Dec 13, 2005, at 8:18 AM, Rich wrote:

> resending to list...
> --
> pablo.dangelo at informatik.uni-ulm.de wrote:
>> Hi,
> ..
>>> is there some information in tiff header or does enblend in some  
>>> other
>>> way determine the correct positions ?
>> The offset is stored in the tiff header. However, it is not  
>> possible to store
>> the size of the complete panorama inside a single tiff file. To  
>> create a output
>> of the expected size, enblend needs to be told the size of the  
>> whole panorama
>> using -f.
>> If it is not, enblend will only render the part covered by the  
>> panorama.
>
> which seems to be a nice sideeffect while hugin can not crop full- 
> sized
> output images ;)
>
> is there a possibility for 'bad things' to happen if no final size is
> provided or is the only difference the lack of usual black area
> above/below panorama ?

It probably only matters if you are trying to produce an  
equirectangular projection which has aspect ratio exactly 2 to 1,  
which is required for viewer like PTViewer.  For print or other uses  
of partial panoramas, it won't matter.

I wonder whether these cropped, offset TIFF files are editable by,  
e.g., the Gimp, in a way which preserves the offsets?  Can you edit  
the alpha channel, re-save, and then hand off to Enblend?  Does  
enblend also now take the multi-layer TIFF format?  This I gather is  
essentially the same as the offset, cropped format, but all put  
together into a single file.

JD