Stitch Panoramas in digiKam
Being a do-it-all kind of application, digiKam is suited not only for performing the mundane tasks of organizing and editing photos. The application also offers a specialized tools for more advanced operations: from blending bracketed photos to stitching panoramas. The latter functionality in digiKam is implemented as a Kipi plugin which relies on Hugin, a set of powerful tools for processing photos and stitching them into panorama images. The plugin wraps Hugin features into a user-friendly interface which dramatically simplifies the process of turning multiple photos into a panorama.
Obviously, to make use of digiKam’s panorama stitching capabilities, you have to install Hugin software on your system. Hugin is available in the software repositories of many mainstream Linux distributions, so you can install it using your distro’s package manager. On Debian and Ubuntu, this can be done by running the apt-get install hugin command as root. To install Hugin on Windows, grab the installer from the project’s website.
Stitching a panorama with Panorama Tool
Stitching panoramas in digiKam is a pretty straightforward process. Select the photos you want to stitch, and choose the Tools → Stitch images into a panorama command. This opens the Panorama Tool which guides you through the process of generating a panorama which consists of a few relatively simple steps. Each step lets you specify several settings, like the output format (JPEG or TIFF) and the ability to detect moving skies. You can also enable the horizon leveling and automatic projecting and crop options. To view brief descriptions of the available options and settings, hover the mouse over them. Once the Panorama Tool has finished stitching images, it prompts you to save the project file. Using this file, you can reprocess the photos in Hugin, if needed.
Why did you put that list of binaries in there?
Nobody wants to change or check on his currently installed helper programs every time he creates a panorama image.
If there’s something missing, you may show an error message. If it’s all there, why should anybody care?
Mo
2012/10/17 at 22:00
That is quite neat. Thanks for that.
BTW, what is the font you are using in there and could you please let me know your anti aliasing settings and hinting style settings. Its impressive
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Kamesh
2012/10/18 at 15:54
For me that font looks strange. On first sight I thought all the text in this window is bolded.
kraken
2012/10/23 at 12:08
Another thing: why there is so much ‘output’ in the options? I’d think about the photos as ‘panorama’ or ‘image’, not the ‘output’.
Maybe ‘File format’ group box could be merged into ‘Panorama settings’, if HDR checkbox was named more descriptively to distinguish it from file formats? Now if someone doesn’t know, what HDR is, he/she could take it as an another file format.
kraken
2012/10/23 at 12:16