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Does PTGui require Panorama Tools?

April 26, 2017Panorama ptgui require tools

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Does PTGui require Panorama Tools?

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Since version 5, PTGui does not require Panorama Tools anymore. However, Panorama Tools is still supported; Panorama Tools can be used as a stitching and optimization engine in PTGui. PTGui handles nearly all functionality of Panorama Tools natively, but Panorama Tools is still required in the following cases: • ‘line’ type control points • ‘morph to fit’ The latter two can be considered advanced/experimental use, and are not used in normal stitching projects. In PTGui, you can choose to use Panorama Tools for stitching in the Advanced section of the Create Panorama tab. The Advanced section is visible only if you click ‘Advanced’ in the Project Assistant. Panorama Tools can be used from PTGui in two ways: • ‘Stitch using Panorama Tools (PTStitcher)’: the complete stitching process is done by the stitcher (PTStitcher) of Panorama Tools. In this mode, certain output formats of PTGui are not supported (such as 16 bit layered Photoshop files). Further, PTStitcher has a limited output size