PTGui

PTGui is a panorama photo stitching program for Windows and macOS developed by New House Internet Services BV. PTGui was created as a GUI frontend to Helmut Dersch's Panorama Tools. It features its own stitching and blending engine[2] along with compatibility to Panorama Tools. PTGui supports telephoto, normal, wide angle and fisheye lenses[3] to create partial cylindrical up to full spherical panoramas. PTGui can handle multiple rows of images.[4]

PTGui
Developer(s)New House Internet Services BV
Initial releaseJuly 27, 2001 (2001-07-27)
Stable release
12.21[1] / 10 March 2023 (2023-03-10)
Written inC, C++
Operating systemWindows, macOS
Available inEnglish, Russian, French, Spanish, Korean, Chinese (simplified), German, Japanese, Dutch, Portuguese
TypeRaster graphics editor
LicenseCommercial proprietary software
Websiteptgui.com

Originally released for Windows, version 6.0.3 introduced support for Mac OS X.[5]

The 'free trial version' of PTGui is fully functional but creates panoramas with embedded visible watermarks.[6]

PTGui Pro also includes HDR and tone mapping support.[7]

See also

Hugin is an open source alternative also based on Panorama Tools

Further reading

  • Jacobs, Corinna - Interactive Panoramas: Techniques for Digital Panoramic Photography ISBN 3-540-21140-3
  • Andrews, Philip - 360 Degree Imaging: The Photographers Panoramic Virtual Reality Manual ISBN 2-88046-732-2

References

  1. Version history: https://www.ptgui.com/versionhistory.html
  2. Woeste, Harald (2008). Panoramafotografie : Theorie und Praxis (1. Aufl ed.). Dpunkt-Verl. p. 64. ISBN 978-3-89864-440-2.
  3. Bredenfeld, Thomas (2012). Digitale Fotopraxis - Panoramafotografie (2., aktualisierte und erw. Aufl ed.). Galileo Press. pp. 205–219. ISBN 978-3836218610.
  4. Highton, Scott. Virtual reality photography : creating panoramic and object images (1st ed.). Virtual Reality Photography. p. 101. ISBN 978-0-615-34223-8.
  5. Lassiter, Tom (March 2007). "PTGui 6.03 vs. Stitscher Unlimited 5.5, Give your photos a 360-degree view". Mac Life. Vol. 1, no. 2. Future US. pp. 66–67. ISSN 1935-4010.
  6. Kay, Melissa (April 2016). "Master the craft of night panoramas, Get the best results". Digital Camera World. Future Publishing. p. 52. ISSN 1477-1721.
  7. Bloch, Christian. The HDRI handbook 2.0 : high dynamic range imaging for photographers and CG artists (1st ed.). Rocky Nook, Inc. pp. 483–488. ISBN 978-1-937538-16-3.


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