[ptx] new reference for stitching algorithms

[Ippei UKAI]

Hi,

> I've been corresponding with Tim Jacobs about his compiling  
> trouble; hopefully we'll have them resolved, soon.  Be aware a  
> windows executable is also available to download.

I tried to compile on mac, but got some trouble compiling it.  
Basically it's not a mac-specific problem, but wxWidgets library in  
unicode mode in which all the wxStrings has to use something like wxT 
() macro or wchar_t input. I thought of doing it by myself, but  
realised some public methods actually takes or returns char* type and  
needs change not only in the implementation. It would be nice if this  
is resolved in near future.


> the software has been released under GPL
I'm wondering if the non-GPL library that photomerge is depending on  
could be replaced in case it disappeared or so. Wouldn't it nice to  
have something really free?


Thank you for all your work. Although I haven't managed using it, I'm  
still very interested in and looking forward to trying it.

Ippei

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On 8 May 2005, at 23:03, Aseem Agarwala wrote:

> Hello, Rick pointed me to this discussion about my recent paper /  
> software on panoramic stitching (http://grail.cs.washington.edu/ 
> projects/photomontage/).  I thought I would introduce myself and  
> offer to answer any questions on it.
>
> First, a quick note on what it offers for panoramic stitching.  
> Essentially, in areas of overlap between the source images, the  
> software will choose places to "cut" between the images such that  
> you won't notice the seams.  So, if there is parallax or moving  
> people, the software will choose to cut AROUND these artifacts.  It  
> works pretty darn well, and the software has been released under GPL.
>
> I've been corresponding with Tim Jacobs about his compiling  
> trouble; hopefully we'll have them resolved, soon.  Be aware a  
> windows executable is also available to download.
>
> The software currently can essentially operate on the same input as  
> enblend: images that are already aligned into one space.  However,  
> there is one caveat.  The software currently treats pure black as  
> "transparent."  If an image has an alpha channel, the software will  
> just ignore it, and treat the whole thing as opaque except where  
> the pixels are black.
>
> The above is probably pretty annoying.  In the short term, I can  
> offer two solutions.  One, if you just want to see if the software  
> has anything to offer you, email me your most difficult and nasty  
> stack of 4-channel, aligned images, and I will stitch it for you.   
> Two, I have a command-line only version of the stitcher that can  
> handle 4-channel images, so I could also GPL and release that.
>
> Thanks for the interest,
> Aseem Agarwala
> http://agarwala.org
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