From a recent trip with the Stylus 1
Re: From a recent trip with the Stylus 1
Ken Croft wrote:
Valentin G wrote:
Ken Croft wrote:
Valentin. For stitching panoramas there is some free software known as ICE (Inage Composite Editor) by Microsoft that allows a number of different projections of the finished panorama which can avoid the wierd fish-eye type of distortion evident when an extreme wide area of view is being combined. Microsoft have discontinued this free prroduct but if you could find a copy on line I am sure you would find it useful.
Other than this comment, you have a nice set of pictures from an oldie but goldie camera.
Ken C
Thank you, for the suggestion, Ken. I will look this up although it might not work for me since I stich the panos directly from RAW files in Lightroom.
ICE only works with jpg files not raw. I too shoot raw with the Stylus1 but I use an old version of DXO Optics Pro Elite because the Prime noise reduction is amazing and allows me to use stupidy high ISO settings otherwise unusable. But I think you may be surprized by what ICE can do. Why not try it with some jpg files just to find out for yourself.
I managed to locate the software and tried it. Indeed - it is much superior to Adobe 's algorithms. It is a shame that Adobe does not buy or license a 3rd party tool to improve the Lightroom panorama stitching. There is way to supposedly read RAW files with a 3rd party software but that software has not been updated for a while. Here is the new version with ICE. The improvement is most noticeable in the left part of the image where the curve of the stone wall is preserved as in the original photo and the stairs are not deformed. Thanks again for the recommendation!

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