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- Linux 64 bits deb : Autopano Pro for Linux 64 bits deb (42.22MB)
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- Mac OS X : Autopano Pro for Mac OS X (51.09MB)
- Windows 32 bits : Autopano Pro for Windows 32 bits (46.09MB)
- Windows 64 bits : Autopano Pro for Windows 64 bits (66.29MB)
Changelog
Main changes
This is the second release candidate of the new Autopano Pro/Giga 4.4 version. It comes with a bug fix.
Bug fixes and features since 4.4.0.302:
- ALPS-740 : [bug] Crash on close after a rendering
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- Linux 64 bits deb : Autopano Pro for Linux 64 bits deb (42.22MB)
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- Mac OS X : Autopano Pro for Mac OS X (51.09MB)
- Windows 32 bits : Autopano Pro for Windows 32 bits (46.09MB)
- Windows 64 bits : Autopano Pro for Windows 64 bits (66.29MB)
Changelog
Main changes
This is the second release candidate of the new Autopano Pro/Giga 4.4 version. It comes with a bug fix.
Bug fixes and features since 4.4.0.301:
- ALPS-708 : [bug] Crash in settings manager
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- Linux 64 bits deb : Autopano Pro for Linux 64 bits deb (42.22MB)
- Linux 64 bits tar.xz : Autopano Pro for Linux 64 bits tar.xz (40.53MB)
- Mac OS X : Autopano Pro for Mac OS X (51.09MB)
- Windows 32 bits : Autopano Pro for Windows 32 bits (46.08MB)
- Windows 64 bits : Autopano Pro for Windows 64 bits (66.3MB)
Changelog
Main changes
This is the first release candidate of the new Autopano Pro/Giga 4.4 version. It comes with minor bug fixes.
Bug fixes and features since 4.4.0.201:
- ALPS-630 : [bug] OpenSSL lib virtual disk reader error on Windows
- ALPS-522 : [bug] Fix user statistics in APG
Download
- Linux 64 bits deb : Autopano Pro for Linux 64 bits deb (41.46MB)
- Linux 64 bits tar.xz : Autopano Pro for Linux 64 bits tar.xz (81.18MB)
- Mac OS X : Autopano Pro for Mac OS X (51.09MB)
- Windows 32 bits : Autopano Pro for Windows 32 bits (46.04MB)
- Windows 64 bits : Autopano Pro for Windows 64 bits (65.71MB)
Changelog
Main changes
This is the first beta release of the new Autopano Pro/Giga 4.4 version. We worked on some nice features especially macOS Sierra 10.12 support and better UX/UI for the control point editor. The lens and camera database has also been updated. See list below.
macOS Sierra 10.12 support
We worked to make Autopano Pro/Giga compatible with macOS Sierra 10.12. There were issues with the settings and the panorama detection. These have been fixed.Control point editor - UX/UI improvements
You can now rotate your images by 90° increments, clockwise or counter-clockwise, direcly into the control point editor. This can be really helpful for tough stitching especially when the camera postions are not the same from one image to another. See documentation.Bug fixes and features since 4.2.3.400:
- KOI-330 : Wrong panorama detection according to groups or stacks creation
- KOI-312 : Float settings not saved properly on MacOS sierra
- KOI-310 : As a user, to be more effective, I want to be able to rotate preview in CP editor
- KOI-304 : Analytics in APG
- KOI-303 : KGFL Update
- KOI-298 : Update Qt version in APG
New cameras
* Apple:
Apple iPhone 7
* Canon:
Canon SX420 IS
Canon SX540 HS
Canon SX620 HS
Canon SX720 HS
Canon ELPH 360 HS
Canon ELPH 180
Canon ELPH 190 IS
Canon G7 X Mark II
Canon Rebel T6 # 1300D
Canon EOS-1D X Mark II
Canon EOS 5D Mark IV
Canon EOS 80D
Canon EOS M5
Casio Exilim EX-ZR5000
* DJI:
DJI FC300C
DJI;FC300S
DJI FX300X
DJI HG310
DJI HG310Z
DJI Inspire One Pro
DJI Inspire One X5R
DJI Inspire One X5
DJI OSMO
DJI OSMO PRO
DJI FC330
DJI FC220
* Elmo:
Elmo QBiC MS-1
* Fujifilm
Fujifilm XP90
Fujifilm X-E2S
Fujifilm X-Pro2
Fujifilm X70
Fujifilm X-T2
Fujifilm X-A3
Fujifilm GFX 50S
Fujifilm X-A10
FujiFilm HS35EXR
FujiFilm S3300
* GoPro:
GoPro HERO5
GoPro HERO5 Session
* Hasselblad:
Hasselblad X1D
Huawei PLK-L01
* Leica:
Leica X-U (Typ 113)
Leica M-P Typ 240
Leica TL
* Nikon:
Nikon D5
Nikon D500
Nikon Coolpix A100
Nikon Coolpix A10
Nikon DL24-500
Nikon DL18-50
Nikon DL24-85
Nikon Coolpix B700
Nikon Coolpix B500
Nikon Coolpix A900
Nikon Coolpix W100
Nikon D3400
Nikon D5600
* Olympus:
Olympus Stylus Tough TG-870
Olympus PEN-F
Olympus Stylus SH-3
Olympus PEN E-PL8
Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark II
* Panasonic:
Panasonic Lumix DMC-ZS60 (Lumix DMC-TZ80)
Panasonic Lumix DMC-ZS100 (Lumix DMC-TZ100)
Panasonic Lumix DMC-GF8
Panasonic Lumix DMC-GX85 (Lumix DMC-GX80 / Lumix DMC-GX7 Mark II)
Panasonic Lumix DMC-G85 (Lumix DMC-G80)
Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ2500 (Lumix DMC-FZ2000)
Panasonic Lumix DMC-LX10 (Lumix DMC-LX15)
Panasonic Lumix DMC-GX1
Panasonic DMC-GF3
* Parrot:
Parrot Bebop 2
* Pentax:
Pentax K-1
Pentax K-70
Phase One IQ25
Phase One IQ3
* Ricoh:
Ricoh Theta m15 (Ricoh Theta)
* Samsung:
Samsung SM-C200
Samsung SM-G920F
Samsung SM-G920I
Samsung SM-G935P
Samsung SM-N7505
Samsung SM-N910F
* Sigma:
Sigma dp0 Quattro
Sigma sd Quattro H
Sigma sd Quattro
* Sony:
Sony Alpha a6300 (ILCE-6300)
Sony Cyber-shot DSC-HX80
Sony Cyber-shot DSC-RX10 III
Sony Alpha a99 II (ILCA-99M2)
Sony Cyber-shot DSC-RX100 V (DSC-RX100M5)
Sony Alpha a6500 (ILCE-6500)
Sony SLT-A35
Sony Xperia M4 Aqua (E2303)*
* NCTech:
NCTech iStar
* Xyaoyi:
Xyaoyi;YDXJ 2;5.18519
New lenses
*Nikon cameras mount:
Tokina 12-28 F4 aspherical
Zeiss 135mm f/2 Apo Sonnar T* ZF.2 Lens for Nikon F Mount
Nikkor Fish-eye AF 16mm f/2.8D
Sigma 17-50mm f2.8 ex dg
Sigma DC 18-200mm f/3.5 - 6.3 II HSM
Sigma 18-35mm f/1.8 Art Series
Nikkor 18-55mm f3.5 VR
Nikkor AF-P 18-55 mm f3.5/5.6
Nikkor Telezoom 200-500mm f/5.6
Tamron 28-200mm f/3.8-5,6 LD
Nikkor AF-S 400mm f/2.8E FL ED VR
Nikkor AF-S Nikkor 600mm f/4E FL ED VR
Sigma 85mm f1.4 EX DG HSM
*Canon cameras mount:
Canon 16 35 f4 L
Canon 35-80mm f/4-5,6
Sigma Macro 105mm
Canon EF 11-24mm F/4 L USM
Canon EF-L f 4,0 16-35mm IS
Canon EFs 18-55mm
Sigma 20mm F1.4 DG HSM Art
Sigma 20mm F1.4 DG HSM Art
Voigtlander 20mm 3.5 SL II
Canon 24-70mm F/4 L IS USM
Sigma EF 50mm f/1.4 Art
Sigma 70-200mm F2.8 EX DG OS HSM
Voigtlander APO lanthar 90mm f/3.5
Canon EF-S 10-18mm f/4.5-5.6 IS STM
Tamron 17-50mm F2,8 XR Di II VC
Samyang F2.0/12mm NCS CS
Canon 18-55 STM
Canon EF 16-35mm f/2.8L III USM
Samyang 8mm
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- Linux 64 bits deb : Autopano Pro for Linux 64 bits deb (31.74MB)
- Linux 64 bits tar.gz : Autopano Pro for Linux 64 bits tar.gz (58.37MB)
- Mac OS X : Autopano Pro for Mac OS X (49.08MB)
- Windows 32 bits : Autopano Pro for Windows 32 bits (44.48MB)
- Windows 64 bits : Autopano Pro for Windows 64 bits (63.06MB)
Changelog
Roadmap
The next version will be the final release.
Fixes since 4.2.0 RC2:
- 0005011: [UI behavior] improve pano editor focus policy
- 0005023: [Neurone ( optimisation )] increase max fisheye FOV from 240 to 300 degrees
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- Linux 64 bits deb : Autopano Pro for Linux 64 bits deb (31.73MB)
- Linux 64 bits tar.gz : Autopano Pro for Linux 64 bits tar.gz (58.38MB)
- Mac OS X : Autopano Pro for Mac OS X (49.09MB)
- Windows 32 bits : Autopano Pro for Windows 32 bits (44.47MB)
- Windows 64 bits : Autopano Pro for Windows 64 bits (63.06MB)
Changelog
Roadmap
The global stability is satisfying, so the next version should be the final release.
Fixes since 4.2.0 RC1:
Update some dependencies.
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- Linux 64 bits deb : Autopano Pro for Linux 64 bits deb (31.74MB)
- Linux 64 bits tar.gz : Autopano Pro for Linux 64 bits tar.gz (58.4MB)
- Mac OS X : Autopano Pro for Mac OS X (49.09MB)
- Windows 32 bits : Autopano Pro for Windows 32 bits (44.47MB)
- Windows 64 bits : Autopano Pro for Windows 64 bits (63.08MB)
Changelog
Roadmap
The global stability is satisfying, so the next version should be the final release.
Fixes since 4.2.0 beta4:
UI adjustments only
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- Linux 64 bits deb : Autopano Pro for Linux 64 bits deb (31.66MB)
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- Mac OS X : Autopano Pro for Mac OS X (48.72MB)
- Windows 32 bits : Autopano Pro for Windows 32 bits (41.62MB)
- Windows 64 bits : Autopano Pro for Windows 64 bits (55.74MB)
Changelog
Roadmap
The global stability is satisfying, so the next version should be the release candidate.
Fixes since 4.2.0 beta3:
- 0004860: [GPU] line glitch on some GPU device
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- Linux 64 bits deb : Autopano Pro for Linux 64 bits deb (31.74MB)
- Linux 64 bits tar.gz : Autopano Pro for Linux 64 bits tar.gz (58.4MB)
- Mac OS X : Autopano Pro for Mac OS X (48.69MB)
- Windows 32 bits : Autopano Pro for Windows 32 bits (53.26MB)
- Windows 64 bits : Autopano Pro for Windows 64 bits (68MB)
Changelog
Main changes
Just UI adjustments.
Fixes since 4.2.0 beta2:
[Unclassified] less update on exposure scaler changes.
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- Linux 64 bits deb : Autopano Pro for Linux 64 bits deb (31.73MB)
- Linux 64 bits tar.gz : Autopano Pro for Linux 64 bits tar.gz (58.4MB)
- Mac OS X : Autopano Pro for Mac OS X (48.68MB)
- Windows 32 bits : Autopano Pro for Windows 32 bits (53.27MB)
- Windows 64 bits : Autopano Pro for Windows 64 bits (67.99MB)
Changelog
Main changes
We're quickly releasing an update of the lastest beta version for fixing an issue for saving new color correction parameters.
Fixes since 4.2.0 beta1:
- 0004812: [Unclassified] new color correcrtion is not well saved and reload
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- Linux 64 bits deb : Autopano Pro for Linux 64 bits deb (31.73MB)
- Linux 64 bits tar.gz : Autopano Pro for Linux 64 bits tar.gz (58.4MB)
- Mac OS X : Autopano Pro for Mac OS X (48.68MB)
- Windows 32 bits : Autopano Pro for Windows 32 bits (53.27MB)
- Windows 64 bits : Autopano Pro for Windows 64 bits (68MB)
Changelog
Main changes
This new beta version introduces Autopano Engine v4.2.
New color correction engine
With the previous v4.0, in some cases where the exposures were really different, our way to calculate that was not optimal. We worked on that some more to give you the best color correction engine.
- Better support of large differences in exposure: This is the real new change. We can better evaluate which part gets you a better balance in the resulting panorama.
- Exposure slider. As we can now evaluate better the global panorama exposure, it is also possible to choose the exposure you want. This new slider higlights the exposures of all individuals images and allows you to choose the global exposure tone.
- White Balance Stability. Calibrating tone was also quite delicate. Now it is working better and we can match really subtle tones.
Roadmap
We think that Autopano 4.2 is fairly advanced. So besides bugs that will be reported, there is little work left, like translation and small UI adaptation.
Fixes since 4.0.2:
- 0004636: [Neurone ( optimisation )] Better color correction with high exposures differences
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- Linux 64 bits deb : Autopano Pro for Linux 64 bits deb (31.1MB)
- Linux 64 bits tar.gz : Autopano Pro for Linux 64 bits tar.gz (57.72MB)
- Mac OS X : Autopano Pro for Mac OS X (45.69MB)
- Windows 32 bits : Autopano Pro for Windows 32 bits (51.47MB)
- Windows 64 bits : Autopano Pro for Windows 64 bits (64.79MB)
Changelog
Main changes
This version is a release candidate (RC) which means that the product is stable enough for production work, but also means that if no big crash is found, it will be the final version.
Miscellaneous
Some noticeable minors fixes:
- Small screens support
On some small displays, it was not really simple to use our editor because the tools were really big. We added sliders on several zones so that it is now easier to use on laptops for example.- Qt and compilers updates
To be really up to date in the development tools, we used here the latest version of both Qt and Intel compilers. You should notice a small improvement in terms of performance.Warning: registration keys
As we are now in release candidate stage, the registration keys that should be used for this version are keys of version 4. Be sure to go to your user account to get them.
Fixes since 4.0.0 beta 5
- 0004440: [UI behavior] update URL address
- 0004293: [Crash Dump] move points in vertical lines tool
- 0004255: [UI behavior] Download manager user agent
- 0004447: [Cortex ( rendu )] Editor windows size
- 0004458: [Crash Dump] corrupted or empty texture
- 0004469: [Crash Dump] crash in final rendering cut
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- Linux 64 bits deb : Autopano Pro for Linux 64 bits deb (27.64MB)
- Linux 64 bits tar.gz : Autopano Pro for Linux 64 bits tar.gz (53.47MB)
- Mac OS X : Autopano Pro for Mac OS X (43.39MB)
- Windows 32 bits : Autopano Pro for Windows 32 bits (51.46MB)
- Windows 64 bits : Autopano Pro for Windows 64 bits (64.78MB)
Changelog
Main changes
This version is probably the last public beta of Autopano engine v4. We've added the last features that we wanted to be addressed.
External plugins improvement
It is always nice to have Autopano well integrated into external software. We've worked on that aspect.
- If you develop images through Bridge, now we keep EXIF tags
- Installed plugins now call the right Autopano v4 version
- Lightroom now imports GPS coordinates from Autopano correctly
- Aperture support has been dropped as the software itself has been abandoned by Apple
Miscellaneous
Some noticeable minors fixes:
- PSD/PSB compression
You can now activate PSD/PSB compression in RLE mode. It reduces the file size, but it can in some cases increase the rendering time. One note: if you really want to get the smallest file size and if you don't have embedded layers ( just a plain panorama in PSD/PSB ), uncheck the embedded checkbox and use RLE compression mode. This is the case where the file size will be the smallest. Still, if you open a PSD/PSB through Photoshop and save it again, depending on the case (with/without layers, compatibility mode or not), the file size can still be reduced.- A clearer obsolete key message
Warning: for the betas, you are supposed to use a v3 key to register the beta software. Once we'll be in Release Candidate / Final, the software will only be registered with v4 keys.
The message now states which version of the key you need to register the software with, which is clearer than the previous 'obsolete key' message. You know what to use directly in the software.- Remove support of KRO file in input
It happens that some users did try to use KRO files in input. The issue is that we don't support gigapixels in input, in any format. We removed that format in input to prevent injecting gigapixels.Roadmap
We hope it will be the last beta version and next update will be a release candidate.
Fixes since 4.0.0 beta 4
- 0001039: [Import plugins] Pictures developed by Bridge doesn't keep EXIF tags only XMP tags
- 0003427: [Import plugins] Updated bundle ID of Bridge/Lightroom/Aperture/Picasa plugins
- 0001008: [Import plugins] plugin Bridge : info exif
- 0002367: [Import plugins] Lightroom export doesn't include GPS coordinates
- 0004424: [Performance] Better obsolete key message
- 0004413: [UI behavior] add tooltip on the full optim icon when disabled by "keep current value" optim option
- 0004412: [UI behavior] update optimization settings when an opened panorama is reloaded
- 0004279: [Crash Dump] disable kro file as input
- 0004232: [Crash Dump] Render final kic
- 0004400: [Crash Dump] Pano access while fast drawing
- 0004399: [Main Editor] crash when deleting an optimization group
- 0004374: [Crash Dump] Cache disk manager
- 0004210: [Image I/O] PSD - PSB file size
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- Linux 64 bits deb : Autopano Pro for Linux 64 bits deb (27.65MB)
- Linux 64 bits tar.gz : Autopano Pro for Linux 64 bits tar.gz (53.47MB)
- Mac OS X : Autopano Pro for Mac OS X (43.4MB)
- Windows 32 bits : Autopano Pro for Windows 32 bits (51.54MB)
- Windows 64 bits : Autopano Pro for Windows 64 bits (64.85MB)
Changelog
Main changes
We fix most recurrent issues for allowing most of users to use the beta and help us to continue the stabilization stage.
Fixes since 4.0.0 beta 3
- 0004302: [Cortex ( rendu )] Antighost not applied when rendering 32 bit pano
- 0001604: [UI behavior] High resolution icons
- 0004290: [UI behavior] Simplify Camera support email
- 0004240: [Crash Dump] Color constraints
- 0004275: [Main Editor] Antighost in quick preview
- 0004231: [Crash Dump] Sift under mac
- 0004284: [Main Editor] Modification of the fisheye crop circle from editor: the effective cropping does not match with the new circle
- 0004276: [GPU] diamond preview on integrated HD
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- Linux 64 bits deb : Autopano Pro for Linux 64 bits deb (27.03MB)
- Linux 64 bits tar.gz : Autopano Pro for Linux 64 bits tar.gz (41.76MB)
- Mac OS X : Autopano Pro for Mac OS X (42.18MB)
- Windows 32 bits : Autopano Pro for Windows 32 bits (51.56MB)
- Windows 64 bits : Autopano Pro for Windows 64 bits (64.27MB)
Changelog
Main changes
We fix most recurrent issues for allowing most of users to use the beta and help us to continue the stabilization stage.
Happy New Year
Fixes since 4.0.0 beta 2
- 0004230: [Crash Dump] Fast editor rendering
- 0004249: [GPU] White rendering in preview
- 0004272: [Internal optimization] SparseMat_t is not thread-safe
- 0004247: [Performance] Autopano doesn't start
- 0004248: [Qt] Autopano is black
- 0004246: [Crash Dump] Crash at 1st detection in FindPanorama4.cpp : 550
- 0004273: [Main Editor] Quick preview can halt the application
- 0003463: [Ctrl Editor] Manual CP positioning jittering on Mac
- 0004225: [Import plugins] Gigapan import - optimization failed
- 0004219: [UI behavior] Color tools UI
- 0003793: [Performance] memory issue
- 0001581: [Main Editor] Review UI on local/global geometric analysis
- 0003509: [Shell Integration] Extended save as, qt::copy
- 0003657: [Main Editor] Fisheye output projection FOV can be rounded when leaving and reopening the projection editor
- 0003833: [UI behavior] Modify description for the "What's This" of "Vertical Lines" tool.
- 0004231: [Crash Dump] Sift under mac
- 0004228: [Crash Dump] Preview GPU
- 0004240: [Crash Dump] Color constraints
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- Linux 64 bits deb : Autopano Pro for Linux 64 bits deb (26.94MB)
- Linux 64 bits tar.gz : Autopano Pro for Linux 64 bits tar.gz (41.71MB)
- Mac OS X : Autopano Pro for Mac OS X (42.11MB)
- Windows 32 bits : Autopano Pro for Windows 32 bits (51.56MB)
- Windows 64 bits : Autopano Pro for Windows 64 bits (64.28MB)
Changelog
Main changes
We did a mistake with the compilation of the first beta 1. It was optimized for CPU that have AVX instructions set with no fallback. That means that only recents cpu could use the software. We fixed that quickly so that everyone can enjoy the software.
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year
Fixes since 4.0.0 beta 1
- 0003706: [UI behavior] Save As wants to save as "Untitled.pano" on Mac OSX 10.9
- 0004206: [UI behavior] Add warning message when estimated distortions are high (right lens type ?)
- 0004215: [Performance] don't start with some CPU
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- Linux 64 bits deb : Autopano Pro for Linux 64 bits deb (26.84MB)
- Linux 64 bits tar.gz : Autopano Pro for Linux 64 bits tar.gz (40.68MB)
- Mac OS X : Autopano Pro for Mac OS X (41.13MB)
- Windows 32 bits : Autopano Pro for Windows 32 bits (51.82MB)
- Windows 64 bits : Autopano Pro for Windows 64 bits (64.24MB)
Changelog
Main changes
This version is the first public beta of the next generation of Autopano engine, the version 4. With this version, we tried to address issues that people are still having when stitching panoramas.
Although this is version 4, you can register this version with a v3 key, which will be accepted all throughout the beta-testing phase. This means that this version is time-locked, and will lock itself (removing the registration) around the time a new beta or the final release comes. When the final version is released, you will need an upgraded version 4 key to use the software. If you've lost your license key, you can retrieve it at any time from your user account.
New color correction engine
This is the first big change under the hood. Visually, you won't see many changes, everything is behind.
What is the color correction engine?
First, It is not only about color, but also about exposure, hdr calibration, etc. This algorithm is the way we calculate relative exposure between images, color cast, etc. The real name is radiometric calibration. For the lenses, we calculate lens distortion parameters. Here, for the color, we calculate color parameters for images and lenses, depending on exposure, aperture, iso.
So, what's new in the new color engine ?
- Vignetting correction: In big panoramas, especially with blue skies, it appeared that vignetting was an effect that prevented us from getting a perfectly stitched panorama without any banding in the sky. Now, we can measure that effect and remove it.
- Gradient correction: This is a new concept that we discovered when stitching blue skies. It appears that some lenses have some coating that have an effect on the color in the sky. It also happens when you put some IR filter on the lens. It modifies the way the colors are transmitted through the lens and creates a strange gradient on the images. That effect is different from vignetting and it seems that we are the first in the world to have found this new type of color calibration effect. We found no literature about it yet.
- Default anchor: In the previous engine, the software decided the default anchor image for you, the one that would be used as color reference for all others. It worked well, but we could do better. Now, by default, there won't be any color reference image, all images will be optimized. The result on the panorama is that the global panorama is closer to all images, instead of close to the reference image.
- Color correction on big panorama: As the optimization system has been changed, now it is possible to easily have global optimization done on big panoramas. Even if you decide to have just one reference anchor in a big panorama, it will work, as the color/exposure propagates its values now to all the panorama.
- WIP UI: The UI has been improved to support the new engine. Everything is now happening on the right click on an image. You can decide from there what you want to correct for that image. You can also globally change the default settings of color correction in the column menu while you are in the color correction mode. There is room for improvement here and we are waiting for feedback on the UI for color correction.
Fast editor
When we looked at feature requests from users, we found out that it was more important for you to be able to work fast in the editor than to render fast. Rendering can be run during night, but if you need to edit a panorama, you need to be behind the screen. So we decided to concentrate on how we could accelerate the editor. The fast editor is the result of that speed up. Again, that's not really a visual feature, as everything again is behind the scene. You will just see a new flag in general setting that says, fast editor, enabled or not. By default, it is on, of course.
So, how does the fast editor work?
- Zooming / panning: When panning, zooming in, zooming out, you should feel that everything is super fast now. We use clever gpu techniques to be able to get you instantaneous feedback in the editor. In Autopano 4, we opened the Paris-26-gigapixels panorama on a laptop and were able to work on it, having no problem looking at every zone of the panorama, even at 100%. It is really, really fast.
- Small visual artifacts: To be able to accelerate everything, some compromises had to be made, which has resulted in possible temporary visual artifacts. These artifacts don't stay on screen very long, they are there during only a few seconds until the calculations are done. It doesn't prevent the use of the tool, makes it really fast, but visually, it might be distracting. Tell us what you think, if you are ok with these glitches or not.
4K / High DPI / Retina display support
We've always cared about the visual comfort when using our software, and the experience should be enjoyable during use. But with the latest computers / laptops, everything is quickly evolving to use high resolutions on screen and high DPI. Our software should adapt to that evolution.
Having an interface that adapts itself to high DPI / Retina display depends on the way the software is built. We use Qt for almost all our software. Qt should then be providing us with the solution for High DPI / Retina Display. It happens that Qt has provided this only really recently, with Qt 5.4. Our software relied on Qt 4.8 ( quite old ). It wasn't possible to make the switch before, as it does impact a lot of the codebase. We could only plan the switchover for a major update, as it also impacted the minimal OS configuration needed for the software. The result is that we now have a better interface, with Retina icons / high DPI screen support even for 4K screens. The switch also accelerates every part of the software related to displaying something on the screen. With this upgrade of Qt, we are also ready for Windows 10 and Mac Yosemite.
Anti-ghost visual feedback ( APG only )
In the Autopano engine, we are still the only stitcher that has an automatic anti-ghost algorithm that works for small projects, up to gigapixels. It does really save a lot of time for fixing ghost / parallax in hand held panorama, and it does so automatically. We decided to work on this algorithm to make it even more efficient and usable.
What we did:
- Seams visual feedback: you can actually see where the anti-ghost algorithm decided to put the seams between images. This visualization of the seams is a great improvement and really helps understand overlapping / moving objects, etc. It is also compatible with our masking markers ( green / red ). Working in the mask editor is improved now.
- Stability of anti-ghost decisions: in previous versions, it could happen that the decision taken by the antighost algorithm in the editor, was not the same as the one taken during the rendering. This was not acceptable anymore if you have a visual feedback on seams. The problem with having the same decision is that a render is needed for the whole panorama before we can display anything on the screen ( even if the editor is opened on just a small part of the panorama. The whole panorama influences the antighost, not just the displayed zone ). So, even if it means an initial, global slow down of the preview at first, we decided to do a quick render of the global panorama when opening the mask editor so we can guarantee to display the real seam locations. You can also notice that when zooming into the realtime preview, the seams will refine themselves depending on the zoom factor, but they won't change location anymore.
With these 2 improvements to the anti-ghost system, managing ghosts is really better. And we think that it is way faster than painting into input images. We were asked several times to add that feature. But with these improvements, we are waiting for feedback to see, if it is still considered needed or not.
Miscellaneous improvements
In many parts of the software, we did other improvements. The most important are explained here:
- Gigapan import improvement: In some cases, with a lot of unlinked images, the Gigapan import could fail. We a lot of did work on this algorithm to make it more robust. With current Gigapan tests cases, the system is much more robust now, even in cases where you don't have the exif data anymore.
- Area selection tool: For editing big panoramas, you can use the ctrl/cmd key while dragging. It will create a rectangular selection zone. Any image with it's center inside this rectangle will be selected. This is a nice tool to move several images at the same time, for sky patching on gigapixels for example.
- Zenith and nadir blending: In some rare cases, you could notice strange behavior at the zenith or nadir where a spot is visible, as if the blending didn't work well on that zone. We found the solution for that and made it compatible with the automatic anti-ghost. You won't have any blending issues at the zenith anymore.
- Group management: When sorting images, it appeared that some of the functions that were on the right click on group were not that easy to use. We've improved them. Now, if you split a group at a given selected image, both groups stay close. Previously, the new group was created at the end of the group list. You have new function 'keep selected', just select some images in a group, use that, and it will remove all other images.
- Memory optimization: We measured memory usage when working on big projects. There was space for improvement in that area and now it should be possible to do 10,000 images panorama on much smaller computers than before. This is a good news for record breakers ( go out and shoot! ), but also for small configurations who will be able to stitch bigger projects.
Roadmap to final release
There is still some work to do on our roadmap. Among them, we want to concentrate on the following topics:
- External plugins: We have several external plugins available, lightroom, bridge, aperture. We need to update all of them to catch up with the latest versions of the software.
- UI ressources: All icons have now a high version resolution, but almost none of the UI ressources have ( like sliders, buttons, etc ). We need to work on that part, and on the UI style to adapt to high DPI screens better.
- UI improvements: We are waiting for feedback on this first beta to see what changes are needed on UI for the new features.
- Translation: That work has not started yet, but will soon.
For feedback and reports, please use the following forum for that: Autopano Pro / Giga 4 Bug and Feedback forum
Note: we did a lot of R&D work that didn't make it to this version. One example of that: we have an OpenCL renderer which accelerates a lot of the rendering. We couldn't finish the work on it and we decided to post-pone these features for a future 4.X version.
Fixes since 3.7.1:
- 0004035: [GPU] fast editor behaviour
- 0003805: [Import plugins] Gigapan case fails with 'satelite' images
- 0004135: [Image I/O] Added new camera RAW support
- 0002975: [Synapse ( detection )] rethink setting "group/detection_auto"
- 0003190: [Neurone ( optimisation )] remove optimization step Final 2
- 0001471: [Neurone ( optimisation )] Color anchor only
- 0001536: [Image I/O] pink dng fuji S5 Pro
- 0001799: [Image I/O] Crash when double click on a corrupted JPEG in a group
- 0002096: [Main Editor] Jump when switching projection
- 0001895: [Cortex ( rendu )] better giga pixel rendering
- 0000219: [Main Editor] Big panoramas edition is slow
- 0003775: [Main Editor] Display the "Visual similarity" of links and ctrl points into the ctrl points editor
- 0001341: [Qt] Qt 5.0 target decision
- 0001282: [Main Editor] Copy to new panorama - pano name wrong
- 0001470: [UI behavior] Area selection tool for big panorama
- 0000063: [Neurone ( optimisation )] GPU / CPU mode : la correction couleur est differente
- 0000458: [Neurone ( optimisation )] Color correction a passer en jacobian complete
- 0000969: [Cortex ( rendu )] Vignetting or not vignetting
- 0001315: [Neurone ( optimisation )] Vignetting, new color model
- 0001466: [Neurone ( optimisation )] Color correction issue on big panorama
- 0001534: [Main Editor] Better mask mode
- 0002036: [Cortex ( rendu )] Exposure fusion/HDR zenith problem
- 0002175: [UI behavior] Better antighost preview
- 0003945: [Image I/O] strange pixels row when doing little planets
- 0003170: [Main Editor] Visual feedback for ISO mode
- 0002304: [Cortex ( rendu )] Mask decision depends on rendering size
- 0003889: [UI behavior] Cutting visualisation
- 0003888: [UI behavior] new color correction
- 0003570: [UI behavior] Qt 5 integration
- 0003537: [Neurone ( optimisation )] New color correction model
- 0003536: [GPU] Refound preview GPU for incresing editor performance
- 0002787: [Cortex ( rendu )] Color issue on Zenith
- 0003751: [Image I/O] Anti-ghost choice on the right border of a full spherical equi
- 0003538: [Neurone ( optimisation )] New color correction solver
Download
- Linux 64 bits deb : Autopano Pro for Linux 64 bits deb (29.58MB)
- Linux 64 bits tar.gz : Autopano Pro for Linux 64 bits tar.gz (29.7MB)
- Mac OS X : Autopano Pro for Mac OS X (49.16MB)
- Windows 32 bits : Autopano Pro for Windows 32 bits (33.32MB)
- Windows 64 bits : Autopano Pro for Windows 64 bits (42.49MB)
Changelog
Main changes
- It is now possible to force Autopano using certain values in focal lenght, distorsion, offset to optimize the stitching. It is convenient to get best stitching results if you already know what values are associated with your camera and lens.
- The user interface of the NCTech iSTAR plugin has been improved.
Roadmap
We are only doing fixes now on 3.X of Autopano Engine, as we are already working actively on next version 4.0.
Fixes since 3.6.3:
- 0003910: [Neurone ( optimisation )] Add option "keep current value" for optimization unknowns
- 0003712: [Import plugins] iStar plugin: Added auto-completion on "Input Folder"
- 0003713: [Import plugins] iStar plugin: The input folder name is used as project filename (.pano file)
- 0003857: [Import plugins] iStar plugin: shift the YAW of 180 to maintain consistency with Immersive Studio.
Download
- Linux 64 bits deb : Autopano Pro for Linux 64 bits deb (29.55MB)
- Linux 64 bits tar.gz : Autopano Pro for Linux 64 bits tar.gz (29.68MB)
- Mac OS X : Autopano Pro for Mac OS X (49.12MB)
- Windows 32 bits : Autopano Pro for Windows 32 bits (33.29MB)
- Windows 64 bits : Autopano Pro for Windows 64 bits (42.48MB)
Changelog
Main changes
This new release candidate introduces Autopano Engine v3.6.
NCTech iStar plugin
We introduced in this engine a new plugin to be able to quickly stitch images produced by the NCTech iStar camera. This high end camera is mainly used for photogrametry and forensic. With this plugin, you can have a fully automatic workflow with this camera. It supports batch stitching, as well as bracketing.
You first need to develop iStar Raw format with software provided with the camera and then, you can use this plugin to get a nearly perfect stitch in any case.
Miscellanous improvements
- With video stitching, it can happen that the maximum size of panorama is nearly 4K, but not really 4K just because of some pixels. Many users expressed the need to be able to render a bit over the maximum size allowed by the input source files. We unlocked that limit to be able to do so.
- For VFX industry, it is really important to have a real 32bits workflow. We had that already but not for the EXR format which was 16bits float (commonly named half-float) and not 32bits float. We rewrote the EXR file format support to allow true 32bits export. We used that revamp to add support of the latest compression algorithms allowed by EXR. They can all be used now in the software.
- Several fixes have been done, like the .pano file extension association on Linux.
- For Linux, we now support CentOS.
Fixes since 3.5.1:
- 0003470: [Neurone ( optimisation )] Crash during geometric analysis and multiple viewpoint
- 0003461: [Shell Integration] Mac integration, application name is wrong
- 0002930: [Import plugins] iStar import plugin feature list
- 0003276: [Neurone ( optimisation )] Multiple viewpoint Workflow
- 0003481: [Cortex ( rendu )] Max render size, can we upscale ?
- 0003462: [Shell Integration] Linux, .pano association with the application
- 0003455: [Qt] Integration qt 4.8.6
- 0003495: [Image I/O] EXR 32 bits + choice of compression
- 0003161: [Neurone ( optimisation )] Make offsets in optimizer independent of offsets detected by circle detection
- 0003362: [Cortex ( rendu )] Visual artifacts and slow editor for some disto values in fisheye & standard
Download
- Linux 32 bits deb : Autopano Pro for Linux 32 bits deb (23.78MB)
- Linux 32 bits tar.gz : Autopano Pro for Linux 32 bits tar.gz (23.95MB)
- Linux 64 bits deb : Autopano Pro for Linux 64 bits deb (29.45MB)
- Linux 64 bits tar.gz : Autopano Pro for Linux 64 bits tar.gz (29.65MB)
- Mac OS X : Autopano Pro for Mac OS X (48.13MB)
- Windows 32 bits : Autopano Pro for Windows 32 bits (34.03MB)
- Windows 64 bits : Autopano Pro for Windows 64 bits (43.36MB)
Changelog
Main changes
This will probably be the only Release Candidate for the new Autopano Engine. The engine is really stable and we rarely get crash reports which is a good indicator of the software stability.
Roadmap
Beside one blocking bug that is still causing us some trouble, the final release should be quite quick to come out.
Fixes since 3.5.0 beta3:
- 0003387: [Cortex ( rendu )] memory leak in some quick preview cases
- 0003283: [Neurone ( optimisation )] Crop zone and Multiple viewpoint
- 0003248: [Editor] Image number badly positionned in editor for long focals
- 0003262: [Performance] Michel Thoby cases - tokina 12 to 17mm
- 0002807: [Test case] gigapan richard palmer
- 0003270: [UI behavior] CP Editor final UI
- 0003342: [Import plugins] xml papywizard workflow
- 0003168: [Neurone ( optimisation )] Stack and unknown grouping
- 0003343: [Qt] Font issue on linux
- 0003267: [Image I/O] Fisheye circle check
- 0003279: [Image I/O] Weird cutting, approximation error
- 0001226: [Shell Integration] Publisher details unknown
- 0001567: [Unclassified] Installer doesn't detect Autopano
- 0001500: [UI behavior] Overlapping percentage in main pano view
- 0001570: [Editor] Quick preview is done in 2 steps
- 0003337: [Neurone ( optimisation )] Default color type not applied
- 0003225: [Crash Dump] crash in UnknownsGroups::transfer_all_scope_to_p()
Download
- Linux 32 bits deb : Autopano Pro for Linux 32 bits deb (24MB)
- Linux 32 bits tar.gz : Autopano Pro for Linux 32 bits tar.gz (24.1MB)
- Linux 64 bits deb : Autopano Pro for Linux 64 bits deb (29.66MB)
- Linux 64 bits tar.gz : Autopano Pro for Linux 64 bits tar.gz (29.78MB)
- Mac OS X : Autopano Pro for Mac OS X (48.12MB)
- Windows 32 bits : Autopano Pro for Windows 32 bits (34.06MB)
- Windows 64 bits : Autopano Pro for Windows 64 bits (43.37MB)
Changelog
Main changes
This is probably the last beta release for the new Autopano Engine. Except some icons, the engine is ready for an RC version before the final release.
Papywizard / VRDrive2 new engine
With the old XML import for Papywizard, we could still have some issues coming from differents causes, but also because we introduced the new optimizer in v3.5 series. But now, we have:
- Depending on the robotized head you were using, we found out that the XML recorded and the ground trust was a bit different for the pitch value. If we respect the pitch value of orphan images, it is not enough to have a regular grid. We found a new algorithm to have a perfect grid while trying to respect the XML value. The results are better this way and globally, the orphan images management is just really better.
- Gigapixels are often done using robotized heads. The issue with such giant images is the fact that you have a lot of blue images and sometimes, our detector is too good and finds between these images some links which happen to be dust on the lens ( Yes, we can detect that :) ). When using papywizard import, we are now more resilient to dust and it should not happen anymore.
- Both Papywizard and VRDrive2 benefit from the new advances in the import wizard. Of course, the new optimizer also helps a lot to get better results as the optic parameters are calculated better too.
Fixes and improvements
Some crash reports were received and corrected. We didn't receive many of them for the moment, so this is a good point for the global stability of the software.
- The control point editor is always a bit scary for people, so we put everything advanced in an advanced mode and what you can use safely was left always visible.
- When exporting layers in PSB mode, a crash could occur
- If you use realtime preview in Autopano while using Autopano Video, a crash could occur
Roadmap
The global stability is satisfying, so the next version should be the release candidate.
Fixes since 3.5.0 beta2:
- 0003308: [Crash Dump] open lens plugin
- 0003242: [Editor] Local geometrical analysis changes rms
- 0003271: [Import plugins] Papywizard XML export
- 0003268: [Import plugins] Papywizard plugin support
- 0003266: [Crash Dump] gpu create program failed
- 0003243: [Shell Integration] download manager on mac issue
- 0003256: [Crash Dump] crash on isokic free
- 0003225: [Crash Dump] crash in UnknownsGroups::transfer_all_scope_to_p()
- 0003259: [Crash Dump] rendering empty pano
- 0003258: [Crash Dump] crash on create preview in rendering
- 0003249: [Neurone ( optimisation )] Crash when stitching multiple lens type pano
- 0003236: [Shell Integration] Old .Pano export should patch rendering mode
Download
- Linux 32 bits deb : Autopano Pro for Linux 32 bits deb (23.98MB)
- Linux 32 bits tar.gz : Autopano Pro for Linux 32 bits tar.gz (24.08MB)
- Linux 64 bits deb : Autopano Pro for Linux 64 bits deb (29.64MB)
- Linux 64 bits tar.gz : Autopano Pro for Linux 64 bits tar.gz (29.77MB)
- Mac OS X : Autopano Pro for Mac OS X (48.08MB)
- Windows 32 bits : Autopano Pro for Windows 32 bits (34.02MB)
- Windows 64 bits : Autopano Pro for Windows 64 bits (43.34MB)
Changelog
Main changes
This is the second beta release of the new 3.5 Autopano Engine. The focus is on stability everywhere and several fixes have already been integrated into this new version.
Fixes
- The main issue solved is the crash when having quick preview activated while refreshing the window, for example when working together with AVP.
- The new rendering mode, ISO cutting, wasn't available when doing any fusion work. Now, it works and it allows you to have a good visual feedback when doing antighost even with a lot of parallax on HDR cases.
- As we changed the file format, when opening an old .pano file, it is automatically converted, but the user wasn't informed of that conversion. The dirty flag reflects this conversion now.
- On Windows 8.1, there can be some harmless issues when installing the software. It doesn't prevent you at all from using it, but it can be annoying during installation. The documentation reflects this issue.
Roadmap
We are still investigating how to improve the support of Gigapan, Papywizard and VRDrive2 plugins. With the new optimizer, we can do better and this work is being done right now. Expect it to be in the next beta.
We still hope that the global stability is satisfying which should lead to a short beta stage. According to the number of crash reports we got, it really seems to be the case.
Fixes since 3.5.0 beta1:
- 0003182: [Crash Dump] crash in rendering lock kic
- 0003196: [Import plugins] New engine and papywizard import
- 0002822: [Doc] Installer error on win 8.1 (shell integration)
- 0003172: [Neurone ( optimisation )] Progress bar can exceed 100% during optimization
- 0003185: [Neurone ( optimisation )] Completely disabling focal estimation with standard lenses
- 0003186: [UI behavior] dirty flags with old file format
- 0003192: [Crash Dump] crash on reload with quick preview activated
- 0003195: [Cortex ( rendu )] ISO cutting and fusion
- 0003197: [Crash Dump] crash on empty quick preview
Download
- Linux 32 bits deb : Autopano Pro for Linux 32 bits deb (23.97MB)
- Linux 32 bits tar.gz : Autopano Pro for Linux 32 bits tar.gz (24.07MB)
- Linux 64 bits deb : Autopano Pro for Linux 64 bits deb (29.63MB)
- Linux 64 bits tar.gz : Autopano Pro for Linux 64 bits tar.gz (29.77MB)
- Mac OS X : Autopano Pro for Mac OS X (48.07MB)
- Windows 32 bits : Autopano Pro for Windows 32 bits (34.01MB)
- Windows 64 bits : Autopano Pro for Windows 64 bits (43.34MB)
Changelog
Main changes
Today, we're launching our new generation of stitching engine with this first beta of branch 3.5. This Autopano engine has several improvements behind the scene and you won't see much changes visually in the editor or anywhere in the tool. But you should see the difference in the stitching quality in the produced panoramas.
Let me highlight all aspects of this new engine generation.
New Detection and validation engine
To be able to get a perfect stitch, we need to detect and validate controls points on all images you put in the software. This analysis has to be done cleverly and fast as you don't want to wait too much. So we worked a lot on detection algorithms.
- Automatic detection settings. To raise the quality, we decided to make some decision automatic rather than manual as before. For example, on quality detection. In v3.0, the quality of detection was a user decision, but now, it is automatic ( or still manual if you decide it ). The automatic mode is better as according to the number of images, focal, exif or not, we can decide for you the right setting for the best result. You should not have to care about these settings anymore. If you still want to manipulate them, just go ahead, there are still there, but the default mode is now automatic.
- Ransac improvements. This algorithm validates control points on images. It has been improved with new models so that the control points produced are now more widely spread over the overlapping zone. The whole system has also been improved to get more and better control points.
- Multiple lens type stitching. We improved the way to detect and validate control points in several cases. And now, it even works when mixing several lens types ( fisheye with rectilinear ). This is a new an unique feature that has never been seen before.
New Optimizer Engine - Easy and important topics
This might be the most visible change in this autopano release. You'll see several new tabs when entering the control point editor. At the same time, with the improvements made, you'll probably need to go in the control points editor less than before.
What has been done in the optimizer in Autopano Engine v3.5?
- Lines should be aligned. The whole system has been rebuild to be faster while being more accurate. The main goal was to get you the perfect stitch automatically. It forced us to study several topics like optimizer convergence, lens distortion estimation, focal estimation, sensor and lens alignment, viewpoint correction, etc. The whole optimizer has been fine-tunned to get you that goal in most cases. You should see that with your own images if you render them at 100%. If not perfectly aligned, then there is a reason behind. We found out that several cases we had that we believe were perfectly shoot were not. This new version highlights nicely any small parallax issue in the editor. But thanks to anti-ghost rendering engine, you cannot see them in the produced panorama.
- RMS values. This value is the standard way to measure if a panorama is well stitched or not. Or you'll probably see that values of RMS in version 3.5 haven't really changed whereas the quality has increased a lot ( if you compare visually both 100% rendering from 3.0 and 3.5 ). This is normal as we changed the way RMS is measured. So RMS=4.0 in version 3.5 is better than in version 3.0. Nevertheless, there are quite comparable, but if you found higher RMS panoramas now, don't assume the panorama is worth. Most of the time it is better.
- Control point location. As this version also have a new detection engine, the optimizer has been improved so there are more control point at the end and on the whole overlapping zone. It is important to keep that aspect of full coverage of the overlapping zone. It is only this way that you get the best stitch. If you compare control point location between 3.0 and 3.5, you'll see that in the overlapping zones, the area covered by all control points is far larger in 3.5.
- Viewpoint correction. This feature has always been a good feature in Autopano Giga. But we lacked the way to enable it only on some images and not on all of them. This has been done and it is easily accessible through a right click on an image, enable viewpoint correction on that image. This is nice to patch quickly the nadir using oblique shooting.
- 1000mm focal length tip. You have a flat scanner and a big document. Several scans that you need to stitch together. In the 3.0 version, the tip was to set focal length to a high value (1000mm). It is not needed anymore. This case works automatically now.
- Parallax error handling. As everything has evolved in the engine, the response of autopano v3.5 in presence of big parallax error cases is different. It tends now to behave more robustly according to common sense: align objects that are far nicely but because of that, it raises parallax errors in near objects. With previous version, it was more balanced, some parallax issues far away and some parallax issues on close objects. We don't know if it is better or not yet. Feedback is welcomed on that aspect.
New Optimizer Engine - Advanced topics
For the clarity of explanation, we regrouped here the advanced topics. You can skip this paragraph if you don't care about the technical parts.
- Unknown scope notion. When stitching several images together, one important aspect is to find out what are the unknowns of that problem. For example, a standard VR shooting composed of 6 fisheye images on the horizon, 1 for the zenith and 1 for the nadir, the unknowns will be the focal length, distortion, offsets and that's it. Focal / Distortions / Offsets will be common to all images (you don't change the lens or camera between shots). The unknowns will be calculated once for the whole panorama, and cannot be different for each individual image. This new notion is essential. It helps to stitch several cases that were complicated before.
So now, with this new engine, each unknown has a scope. Is this a global unknown, a group unknown, or an image unknown ? The previous example of a standard VR shooting, the scope of all unknowns (the focal length, distortion, offset) is the panorama as you didn't change the lens between shots.
Let's now analyse the case of a GoPro rig ( 6 different GoPro in wide mode to cover the full sphere ). In this case, the scope of focal length and distortion is still panorama and it makes sense. All GoPro have exactly the same lens with the same distortion. There is probably a small difference due to manufacturing but too small to be noticeable. But the scope of the offsets should be image as this value represents the way the lens is centered on the sensor. But in real world, there is no way to get pixel accurate during manufacturing for centring a lens on the sensor. With GoPro rigs, all unknowns have panorama as a scope except offsets which should be optimized with image scope.- Optimization Groups in Layer Editor UI. To be able to understand the above scope notion, if you open the control point editor, we change the layer editor to Optimization Group, which is a representation of that is happening on unknowns. In this 2D view, you can understand visually the scope of each unknown and their value. We outline in the same color the unknowns which are optimized together and in several colours the one's that are per image. Warning: You should not misread this optimization group with the old layer editor.
- Automatic unknowns grouping. With the scope notion, we found out that making the groups for you is important, as it raises the quality of stitching if these groups are cleverly made. The regroupement will be done depending on focal length, lens type, presence of EXIF or not. Below some sample cases and grouping scheme:
- Multiple focal length stitching. You want to shoot a mountain in gigapixels ( 200mm for example ), but don't want to cover the full sky with a lot of blue image. Just shot the sky in 50mm and everything else with 200mm. For the optimizer, you'll see appearing focal groups (2 here, one with focal 50mm and one with focal 200mm ) where the unknowns have been regrouped logically and you'll see that visually in the Optimization Groups.
- LivePano stitching. Automatic grouping helps also a lot on this case, as when switching from still image to video in a camera does changes several aspects in stitching ( focal length, distortion, etc ). In this case also, you'll see 2 groups appearing, one for each fisheye focal length.
- Offset and distortion. In previous engine, these notions were merged. Or in the real world, it is not (the previous example of GoPro rig clearly explains why). With this new engine, you have a scope for offset which is not merged with distortion. It happens than we found out why some panoramas were not stitchable. When you shoot nadir or zenith, the mercury sensor can decide to turn image left or right. Autopano is aware of that already and do the right job. But if you did HDR before autopano, that information can be lost during that process. Enabling image scope on offsets allows you to stitch these panoramas perfectly. You can see that offsets calculated are just the opposite of all others on images suffering of that rotation.
Miscellaneous
There are also some other new features in this release. Let me highlights some of them:
- ISO cutting mode. In autopano 3.0, you have the anti-ghost algorithm that finds for you the right zones where to cut between images. This algorithm works by analysing the content so that you don't have any ghost in produced panorama. This mode is still here and it has been renamed "smart". With the new engine, you also have a second cutting mode called ISO. This mode doesn't analyses content anymore. The cutting zone is fully determined by 2 aspects : It tries to keep pixels which are close to centre of images. It tries to keep pixel around green pins and remove pixels around red pins. If you compare that mode with a real masking solution, it is really the same but automatic according to pins. If you have banding issue in the sky with the smart mode, try this one, it will be better while keeping a sharp output.
Note: this mode is really efficient when you need to stitch video and that was the main goal for developing it. Nevertheless, it appears to be really nice on image also and not only for video.- GPano XMP support. Yes, we support these metadata's now in the generated panorama as soon as you have an image format that supports XMP ( jpeg or tiff currently). We support orientation and field of view for full or partial panoramas.
- Fisheye projection mode. A new projection is available in the projection modes. It is a pure fisheye projection on which you can adjust the field of view. It is nice to have to generate fisheye image that can be stitched again.
- .pano format in full XML. The project file has evolved a lot during the engine revamp and we now have a full XML file format which is more easy to manage over version release. So you won't be able to reopen 3.5 .pano file with older version. If you need to do that, we added a 'save as old .pano' export so you can convert this .pano XML format to an old one. Of course, some aspects cannot be transfered like many parts in the optimizer settings which are totally new.
- Compatibility with Panotour v2.0. As the .pano file format has evolved, for the moment, 3.5 generated .pano cannot be used in the LivePano plugin of Panotour / Panotour Pro v2.0. We'll add the support of the new .pano file format in Panotour v2.1. The current LivePano plugin should be used in conjunction with Autopano Pro / Giga v3.0 only.
Roadmap
We are actively working on both pieces of software: Autopano Pro/Giga as well as Autopano Video. And this release is the first release to be in sync for both software ranges. It may become the standard way to do so.
We think that we reached a stable enough stage to make that release public in beta. We hope that the global stability is satisfying which should lead to a short beta stage.
Fixes since 3.0.8:
- 0001847: [translation] Integrated translation es, it,de, pl, pt, tr, nb, ru from APG 3.0.4.400_2013-02-28
- 0001246: [Neurone ( optimisation )] Optimizer fallback system to prevent wrong value in first optimization
- 0003142: [Crash Dump] Crash lors de la fermeture de Autopano sur Mac uniquement
- 0003143: [Qt] Lipo 32/64bits install Mac
- 0003084: [Kernel] crop area reading
- 0001805: [Crash Dump] KCacheDiskManager::getUniqueFilename crashing
- 0001827: [Import plugins] Rethink optimization preset (Do not set gigapixel preset for papywizard import when < 100 images)
- 0002385: [Neurone ( optimisation )] Gigapan and papywizard optimization issue
- 0002502: [Cortex ( rendu )] remove sky blending default in multiband
- 0002733: [Image I/O] Updated cameras.txt & lensid.txt
- 0002798: [Synapse ( detection )] Homography versus similarity on short rectilinear lenses
- 0002806: [Performance] .pano in true xml format
- 0002871: [UI behaviour] Wrong preview green area rectangle (triangle)
- 0000766: [Neurone ( optimisation )] Automatic grouping of unknown depending on EXIF / Image Size / Fisheye offset measurement
- 0000916: [Synapse ( detection )] Improvement in Ransac model selection
- 0001088: [Synapse ( detection )] Some fisheye test case are not directly perfect stitched
- 0001346: [Neurone ( optimisation )] Multiple viewpoint on a single image
- 0001632: [Synapse ( detection )] Control point are not enough spread in fisheye image corners
- 0001652: [Crash Dump] Crash during detection (Bad index when preparing linked list)
- 0001819: [Neurone ( optimisation )] Focal estimation which is too far from real value
- 0001838: [Crash Dump] link editor after cancelling saving
- 0001908: [Crash Dump] Crash when using vertical lines tool
- 0002185: [Crash Dump] Wrong index when removing too small lines in WHVerticalLine
- 0002223: [Synapse ( detection )] Stitching of some images fails in 32 bits and not in 64 bits with the new RANSAC
- 0002251: [Neurone ( optimisation )] Why optimization didn't work when focal different
- 0002265: [Synapse ( detection )] Group by Camera, lensID
- 0002278: [Shell Integration] Fresh install, detect German on an English OS
- 0002300: [Cortex ( rendu )] fisheye projection support
- 0002312: [Cortex ( rendu )] Recomputed focal length when rendering the panorama
- 0002315: [Image I/O] Integration of latest cameras.Txt / lensid
- 0002329: [Editor] Little planet projection issue GPU and CPU
- 0002333: [Image I/O] Update cameras.txt & lensid
- 0002352: [Editor] Global or local optimization doesn't set up the sticky bit (panorama has been modified)
- 0002384: [Neurone ( optimisation )] multiple focal length / lens type optimization
- 0002386: [Cortex ( rendu )] Patch solution
- 0002423: [UI behaviour] copy camera location does not copy 3D homography
- 0002443: [Synapse ( detection )] Auto ransac model
- 0002471: [Crash Dump] Unhandled exception when loading image in OpenLens plugin
- 0002479: [Crash Dump] Unhandled exception during neutralhazer
- 0002481: [Crash Dump] Invalid parameter to OpenLens SetImage
- 0002482: [Crash Dump] Invalid pointer during dark channel computation
- 0002487: [Crash Dump] Unhandled exception when picture not found in CircularCrop
- 0002495: [Synapse ( detection )] Rotation2 improvement
- 0002531: [Editor] KImage::ToQPixmap crashes under low memory situations
- 0002552: [Neurone ( optimisation )] optimize select / unselected
- 0002671: [Crash Dump] Null pointer not handled in KGLTexMgr
- 0002695: [Shell Integration] Reload pano when called from command line if pano already loaded
- 0002712: [Import plugins] Papyzard Step_P feedback
- 0002713: [Import plugins] Improve lens type import in VRdirve and Papywizard plugins
- 0002864: [Crash Dump] Stack overflow in SIFT
- 0002985: [Editor] Image switch with mouse wheel in links editor
- 0001633: [Image I/O] Google Panorama XMP Metadata support
Download
- Linux 32 bits deb : Autopano Pro for Linux 32 bits deb (21.57MB)
- Linux 32 bits tar.gz : Autopano Pro for Linux 32 bits tar.gz (21.64MB)
- Linux 64 bits deb : Autopano Pro for Linux 64 bits deb (26.05MB)
- Linux 64 bits tar.gz : Autopano Pro for Linux 64 bits tar.gz (26.16MB)
- Mac OS X Snow Leopard & Lion : Autopano Pro for Mac OS X Snow Leopard & Lion (39.85MB)
- Windows 32 bits : Autopano Pro for Windows 32 bits (27.09MB)
- Windows 64 bits : Autopano Pro for Windows 64 bits (34.91MB)
Changelog
Main changes
This is release candidate version of Autopano Engine v3 and hopefully the only one. So one version before final release.
Memory optimization
Since beta 3, we are using the newly created crash report to fix and improve memory use for the application. We found some memory leak and some issues that will improve globally the engine.
Using during beta stage
We believe in our community and in our customers that have been supporting us for a long year on this version. The quality of a software application doesn't come only from the quality of the developer ( come on, still a bit ;) ), but from the quality of the communication between you and us. So for the v3, we decided to do the following:
- You can try all alpha, beta of Autopano Pro/Giga for free during the pre-release stage of the products. You can even remove the watermark as soon as you have a legitimate v2 key.
- All betas are limited in time. This Release Candidate version will expire end of December.
With this approach, you can already start to use v3 in production work ( at your own risk, of course ;) ). I hope that you will enjoy the v3 and report a lot of feedback on our forum about it.
Roadmap to the release
We are now in RC stage, so this mean bug only correction. We are still aiming a final version for end November.
Fixes :
- 0001582: [Image I/O] Rendering in .psd with incremental suffix doesn't work - 0001579: [Image I/O] Bridge 2.6 and 3.0 compatibility - 0001553: [Cortex ( rendu )] Linux crash at render startup - 0001563: [Import plugins] Aperture, Lightroom, Bridge plugins to call autopano v3 - 0001414: [Shell Integration] Sign application for mountain lion - 0001578: [Editor] Crash on close - MacOSX - 0001576: [Editor] Local geometry analysis is not local anymore - 0001570: [Editor] Quick preview is done in 2 steps : reverted because not compatible with move mode
Download
- Linux 32 bits deb : Autopano Pro for Linux 32 bits deb (21.59MB)
- Linux 32 bits tar.gz : Autopano Pro for Linux 32 bits tar.gz (21.65MB)
- Linux 64 bits deb : Autopano Pro for Linux 64 bits deb (26.06MB)
- Linux 64 bits tar.gz : Autopano Pro for Linux 64 bits tar.gz (26.17MB)
- Mac OS X Leopard : Autopano Pro for Mac OS X Leopard (39.85MB)
- Windows 32 bits : Autopano Pro for Windows 32 bits (27.14MB)
- Windows 64 bits : Autopano Pro for Windows 64 bits (34.95MB)
Changelog
Main changes
This is the third beta version of Autopano Engine v3. We are in the stage where we don't add new features, we only corrects bugs.
Crash report system
To help us to stabilize more this software ( it is stable enough ok, don't make me say what I didn' ;) ). So, to help us in some strange bug report, we introduce in this version a real crash report engine that is cross-platform. So if you have reproductible crashes, this report can be send to us for analysis. It will allow us to find the real reason behind the crash. In the next few month, this report system will be introduced in all our softwares.
Several fixes
- We spent a lot of time on one complicated linux bug : it has been found and will improve PSB file support on that platform ( needed only for gigapixel ).
- Camera and lens database has been upgrade to support all latest cameras : Nikon D600, Canon 6D, etc.
- Windows : this version is the first version that is signed, so you won't get anymore warning issue when installing under Windows 8. The work will be done on Mac too, but not finished.
- Integration of all our communication channels under 'F1', help shortcut. So please, hit F1, just once to see it. Nice, no ?
- After optimization, the layout of the panorama could switch back to default one scrambling the adjustement you did to make it straight. It should now be better in this area.
- Support of image offsets were added in file format that supports it. This is cool but really only for image geek. What does that means ? If you export the panorama and reprojected images in rendering, the size of images which are part of the panorama is not the same as the panorama. In the individual images, you now have an exif tag that says the offsets X, Y of this image to the zero of the panorama. This is quite nice to post-process individual images after autopano.
- GPU support cleaning. We are quite happy now with the latest shader code as it supports several hardware and driver versions.
- Some other minor fixes.
Using during beta stage
We believe in our community and in our customers that have been supporting us for a long year on this version. The quality of a software application doesn't come only from the quality of the developer ( come on, still a bit ;) ), but from the quality of the communication between you and us. So for the v3, we decided to do the following:
- You can try all alpha, beta of Autopano Pro/Giga for free during the pre-release stage of the products. You can even remove the watermark as soon as you have a legitimate v2 key.
- All betas are limited in time. This beta 3 version will expire end of November.
With this approach, you can already start to use v3 in production work ( at your own risk, of course ;) ). I hope that you will enjoy the v3 and report a lot of feedback on our forum about it.
Roadmap to the release
We are still in beta stage, so this mean bug only correction. We are aiming a final version for end November.
Fixes :
- 0001570: [Editor] Quick preview is done in 2 steps
- 0001527: [Shell Integration] Sign under Windows 8
- 0001569: [UI behavior] unregistered drag and drop
- 0001566: [Editor] External stack processing does not work well with Enfuse
- 0001499: [Image I/O] [Linux] Photoshop PSB files not compatible to PS
- 0001532: [Cortex ( rendu )] linux rendering rgb channel issue
- 0001560: [UI behavior] Antighost error message to change
- 0001539: [UI behavior] Clean UIHelp / social network integration
- 0001556: [Unclassified] Integration cameras.txt / lensid
- 0001559: [Editor] Editor settings : focal truncated from lower integer value
- 0001538: [Qt] Qt 4.8.3 (ygilquin)
- 0001497: [Image I/O] VRDrive 2 focal source
- 0001548: [Cortex ( rendu )] GPU test failed on latest nvidia driver
- 0001552: [Editor] Add a progress bar when dropping image in an existing group
- 0001550: [Editor] After optimization, the layout of the panorama is not the same
- 0001547: [Editor] Render to embedded layers issues
- 0001549: [Cortex ( rendu )] wrong antighost capabilities
- 0001535: [Cortex ( rendu )] Offsets supports everywhere
Download
- Linux 32 bits deb : Autopano Pro for Linux 32 bits deb (21.76MB)
- Linux 32 bits tar.gz : Autopano Pro for Linux 32 bits tar.gz (21.85MB)
- Linux 64 bits deb : Autopano Pro for Linux 64 bits deb (26.22MB)
- Linux 64 bits tar.gz : Autopano Pro for Linux 64 bits tar.gz (26.34MB)
- Mac OS X Leopard : Autopano Pro for Mac OS X Leopard (41MB)
- Windows 32 bits : Autopano Pro for Windows 32 bits (24.72MB)
- Windows 64 bits : Autopano Pro for Windows 64 bits (32.44MB)
Changelog
Main changes
This is the second beta version of Autopano Engine v3. We are in the stage where we don't add new features, we only corrects bugs.
Translation support
We started this huge job with the new engine. You should have a quite up to date English language as well as French with this release.
Fixes
- Gigapan import plugin was broken. It works again.
- APG integration into Adobe Bridge CS6 under mac is fixed.
- Under some configurations, exifs metadata were not transfered from input file to output panorama.
- etc
Using during beta stage
We believe in our community and in our customers that have been supporting us for a long year on this version. The quality of a software application doesn't come only from the quality of the developer ( come on, still a bit ;) ), but from the quality of the communication between you and us. So for the v3, we decided to do the following:
- You can try all alpha, beta of Autopano Pro/Giga for free during the pre-release stage of the products. You can even remove the watermark as soon as you have a legitimate v2 key.
- All betas are limited in time. This beta 2 version will expire end of November.
With this approach, you can already start to use v3 in production work ( at your own risk, of course ;) ). I hope that you will enjoy the v3 and report a lot of feedback on our forum about it.
Roadmap to the release
We are still in beta stage, so this mean bug only correction. With the feedback from the forum, we still have some issues that seems important for us: GPU support on latest NVidia drivers ( issue 1531 ), big panorama rendering under linux ( issue 1499 ).
We are still aiming a final version for mid/end November.
Fixes :
- 0001370: [translation] French translation pass - resolved.
- 0001277: [Synapse ( detection )] Geometric Analyse doesn't work on long focal - resolved.
- 0001526: [Unclassified] Email for imagedef log, change or not - resolved.
- 0001525: [Import plugins] Numbering on input plugin - resolved.
- 0001521: [translation] Translation pass English to clean wording - resolved.
- 0001522: [Shell Integration] Unable to export pictures from Adobe Bridge CS6 to APG 3 - resolved.
- 0000897: [Performance] Gigapan test case 1056 : SIFT detection isn't running in parallel - resolved.
- 0001523: [Import plugins] Gigapan plugin, estimated focale is wrong - resolved.
- 0001520: [Image I/O] Exif are not written into the pano when EXIF are partially available - resolved.
- 0001505: [Image I/O] Raw decoding of overexposed image are pink - resolved.
- 0001514: [Editor] Auto adaptation of the grid steps according to panorama size - resolved.
- 0001309: [Image I/O] GPS coordinates changing - resolved.
- 0001378: [UI behavior] Move layer to new panorama do not keep camera positions - resolved.
- 0001313: [Neurone ( optimisation )] Color correction not working after image reload - resolved.
- 0001281: [Performance] Zero length image files cause autopano to crash - resolved.
- 0001379: [Image I/O] can't open .pano when folder name contains exotic characters - resolved.
- 0001510: [Image I/O] PSB : wrong canevas size if panorama is not embedded - resolved.
- 0001513: [UI behavior] wrong dirty status on level validation - resolved.
- 0001512: [Editor] "Custom" rendering profile in dialog box should not be clickable - resolved.
- 0001511: [Editor] canceling detection can crash - resolved.
- 0001506: [UI behavior] update size on dpi change - resolved.The following issues were closed as they are not relevant anymore with new engine:
- 0001438: [Synapse ( detection )] Number of picture read vs number of CPU/THREAD in 32 bit (detection crashes) - closed.
- 0001355: [Image I/O] Qt compilation under linux when integrating new KGFL - closed.
- 0000959: [UI behavior] Slow display during Image Mode - closed.
- 0001010: [Shell Integration] Layer mode broken on linux - closed.
- 0001515: [Editor] Group by stack doesn't work anymore - closed.
- 0001335: [Shell Integration] Crash at .pano opening - closed.
- 0000044: [UI behavior] Selection in layer editor doesn't always follow the editor Selection and reversed - closed.
- 0000040: [Image I/O] EXIF Speed / Aperture edition doesn't stay in the editor - closed.
- 0001280: [GPU] GPU check crash in remote desktop connexion - closed.
- 0001449: [Editor] Restart needed when compatibility with old graphic card checked? - closed.
- 0001508: [Editor] levels issue - closed.
- 0000920: [Cortex ( rendu )] Crash on render (Linux) when no space on disk is available - closed.
- 0001507: [Editor] crop interface precision - closed.
- 0001494: [Editor] removing images causes random crash - closed.
Download
- Linux 32 bits deb : Autopano Pro for Linux 32 bits deb (21.67MB)
- Linux 32 bits tar.gz : Autopano Pro for Linux 32 bits tar.gz (21.75MB)
- Linux 64 bits deb : Autopano Pro for Linux 64 bits deb (26.13MB)
- Linux 64 bits tar.gz : Autopano Pro for Linux 64 bits tar.gz (26.25MB)
- Mac OS X Leopard : Autopano Pro for Mac OS X Leopard (41.3MB)
- Windows 32 bits : Autopano Pro for Windows 32 bits (24.63MB)
- Windows 64 bits : Autopano Pro for Windows 64 bits (32.44MB)
Changelog
Main changes
This version is an improved version of Autopano engine v3. This is the first beta version and we are now in the stage where we don't add new features, we only corrects bugs.
GPU support
We solved the complicated issue related to the support of some graphics cards and some OS that don't allow to update GPU drivers easily. We hope that for most hardware, the solution found will give a nice real time interface in the editor.
Linux support
There were some issues with Linux support. To be able to solve them, we raised the minimal version of the kernel to a new value so that we can guarantee that everything is working smoothly. For Ubuntu, version 10.04 LTS is now needed as a minimal OS requirement.
Using during beta stage
We believe in our community and in our customers that have been supporting us for a long year on this version. The quality of a software application doesn't come only from the quality of the developer ( come on, still a bit ;) ), but from the quality of the communication between you and us. So for the v3, we decided to do the following:
- You can try all alpha, beta of Autopano Pro/Giga for free during the pre-release stage of the products. You can even remove the watermark as soon as you have a legitimate v2 key.
- All betas are limited in time. This beta 1 version will expire end of October.
With this approach, you can already start to use v3 in production work ( at your own risk, of course ;) ). I hope that you will enjoy the v3 and report a lot of feedback on our forum about it.
Roadmap to the release
We are in beta stage, so this mean bug only correction. We are not far from the final version.
Fixes :
- 0001451: [Shell Integration] Linux build on Ubuntu 10.04 LTS
- 0001474: [Shell Integration] Settings are not saved under linux
- 0001501: [Editor] When selecting a link, the CP-List does not refer to this selected link
- 0001492: [UI behavior] rename crop button 360x180
- 0001496: [Import plugins] VRDrive 2 plugins HDR mode
- 0001276: [Shell Integration] Extended save as with multiple folder source
- 0001493: [Editor] Unchecking remove control point in optimizer doesn't disabled underlying controls
- 0001461: [Shell Integration] Autopano doesn't work in remote desktop context
- 0001491: [Editor] prefered projection does not work
- 0001488: [Editor] Move pano is reseted when mouse is outside projection space
- 0001396: [GPU] Editor doesn't show anything
- 0001486: [UI behavior] Cancel during folder pano detection only close dialog box
Download
- Linux 32 bits deb : Autopano Pro for Linux 32 bits deb (21.43MB)
- Linux 32 bits tar.gz : Autopano Pro for Linux 32 bits tar.gz (21.52MB)
- Linux 64 bits deb : Autopano Pro for Linux 64 bits deb (26.19MB)
- Linux 64 bits tar.gz : Autopano Pro for Linux 64 bits tar.gz (26.33MB)
- Mac OS X Leopard : Autopano Pro for Mac OS X Leopard (41.3MB)
- Windows 32 bits : Autopano Pro for Windows 32 bits (24.64MB)
- Windows 64 bits : Autopano Pro for Windows 64 bits (32.44MB)
Changelog
Main changes
This version is an improved version of Autopano engine v3. It will be the latest Alpha version for this engine, meaning, we are now only in bugs correction mode, no new feature will be added before v3.0 release.
There were several improvements in different part of the code. Here's a quick list of them.
Editor improvements
Again, the editor has been really taken care of, because we really want an easy workflow:
- For many tools, we added a new mecanism for validation. For example, you are adjusting values in panini projection, if you change tools without hitting the check button, then the latest changes are lost. You expect that these changes are always applied but not always.
Now, it will warn you about these unsaved changes and you can apply them or cancel them. This behavior can be changed in editor setting ( always apply, ask, never apply ).
This behavior is now applied on projection, crop, vertical line, mask, level, exposure fusion and quick preview tools.
- Right click does always select when beeing in anchor edition mode.
- Line tool can only be used in spherical and planar mode. In fact, in any other projection, maths behind were an approximation and didn't work well. So, we left that tool active only in projections where it has a real solution. We'll probably rework this code in a future version to bring you line tool in any projection.
Optimization improvements
- It appeared that in some cases where the focal length is know, the convergence was going too far from the real focal length. The optimization engine has been improved to prevent focal length to go too far from initital value. It still can when it has too, but not as often as before.
With fisheye lenses, it could happen and you could see that in layer editor, the calculated focal length there was having the value 220°. It doesn't happen anymore now.
Using during beta stage
We believe in our community and in our customers that support us since a long year. The quality of a software application doesn't come only by the quality of the developer ( come on, still a bit ;) ), but from the quality of the communication between you and us. So for the v3, we decided to do the following:
- You can try all alpha, beta of Autopano Pro/Giga for free during the pre-release stage of the products. You can even remove the watermark as soon as you have a legitimate v2 key.
- All betas are limited in time. This Alpha 3 version will expire end of October.
With this approach, you can already start to use v3 in production work ( at your own risk, of course ;) ). I hope that you will enjoy the v3 and report a lot of feedback on our forum about it.
Roadmap to the release
There are still some bugs opened in our database and the only big one is a GPU related bug ( issue 1396 ). The linux version has also a crash at exit that prevent every settings to be saved ( meaning you have to enter the registration again ... ). Nevertheless, this kind of issue is easy to solve.
So next release will be beta 1 and I hope a lot of people will use it a lot to raise any issue that are still there before going to RC mode.
Fixes :
- 0001485: [Editor] crash on APP start - resolved.
- 0001453: [Editor] CPE editor and control points - resolved.
- 0001482: [Editor] After adding control point to some image pair, the selection is changed and images are switched - resolved.
- 0001427: [Neurone ( optimisation )] is auto color and auto histo working ? - resolved.
- 0001457: [UI behavior] Why validation on some tools - resolved.
- 0001463: [Neurone ( optimisation )] CP optimization is not stable! - resolved.
- 0001336: [Image I/O] tiff reading issue - resolved.
- 0001458: [Unclassified] Wrong metadata in .pano - resolved.
- 0001455: [Editor] Horizon issue - resolved.
- 0001462: [Image I/O] saving project file - automatically stacks images - resolved.
- 0001469: [Neurone ( optimisation )] Multiples entries in RANSAC model - resolved.
- 0001473: [Editor] wrong pictures index in mask editor - resolved.
- 0001475: [Editor] Selection manager is global to all panos - resolved.
- 0001476: [Neurone ( optimisation )] Color correction not always working - resolved.
- 0001477: [Editor] Mask points still displayed when images are unselected - resolved.
- 0001479: [Editor] Mask tool: add a button to delete all current mask points - resolved.
- 0001480: [Editor] 'Lines tool' is accessible in some unsupported projection - resolved.
- 0001484: [Qt] Object::connect: No such slot WHMovePicture::verifyCurrentIndex() - resolved.
- 0001468: [Import plugins] Neutralhazer slow to give hands back - closed.
- 0001467: [Neurone ( optimisation )] Auto color doesn't stay if changed in setting - closed.
Download
- Linux 32 bits deb : Autopano Pro for Linux 32 bits deb (18.59MB)
- Linux 32 bits tar.gz : Autopano Pro for Linux 32 bits tar.gz (18.68MB)
- Linux 64 bits deb : Autopano Pro for Linux 64 bits deb (21.67MB)
- Linux 64 bits tar.gz : Autopano Pro for Linux 64 bits tar.gz (21.78MB)
- Mac OS X Leopard : Autopano Pro for Mac OS X Leopard (35.06MB)
- Windows 32 bits : Autopano Pro for Windows 32 bits (20.78MB)
- Windows 64 bits : Autopano Pro for Windows 64 bits (26.9MB)
Changelog
Main changes
Mainly a fix release
- In addition to fixing some RC3 issues, multiband rendering has been improved in HDR mode. Multiband algorithm is a sensible part of engine and these modifications need to be tested before final realease. We are still attentive to Windows 64 bits crash issues which seem to be solved since RC2 version.
Fixes :
- 0001186: [Image I/O] EXIF speed, aperture modified should influence HDR activation - resolved.
- 0001150: [Editor] Image move to new panorama and then extended save as hang - resolved.
- 0001193: [Editor] Extended Save As -- "move picture" lost textures in the editor - resolved.
- 0001190: [UI behavior] Crash when adding pictures into the editor - resolved.
- 0001191: [Cortex ( rendu )] 1 pixel wide artefacts - resolved.
- 0001176: [Cortex ( rendu )] Multiband on HDR output - resolved.
- 0001163: [Shell Integration] Wrong permission on Resource folder - resolved.
- 0001189: [Image I/O] Reload Image in layer editor brokes Fisheye radius - resolved.
Download
- Linux 32 bits deb : Autopano Pro for Linux 32 bits deb (18.59MB)
- Linux 32 bits tar.gz : Autopano Pro for Linux 32 bits tar.gz (18.68MB)
- Linux 64 bits deb : Autopano Pro for Linux 64 bits deb (21.66MB)
- Linux 64 bits tar.gz : Autopano Pro for Linux 64 bits tar.gz (21.77MB)
- Mac OS X Leopard : Autopano Pro for Mac OS X Leopard (35.05MB)
- Windows 32 bits : Autopano Pro for Windows 32 bits (20.78MB)
- Windows 64 bits : Autopano Pro for Windows 64 bits (26.9MB)
Changelog
Main changes
Mainly a fix release
- This release candidate is just about fixing some small issues before the 2.6.2 final release. It was not declared final, because we are not sure yet that the Windows 7, 64 bits crash issues are solved. It seems that all issues recorded here were good after the RC2, but we were not totally sure about that even after asking for feedback.
Fixes :
- 0001163: [Shell Integration] Wrong permission on Resource folder - closed.
- 0001160: [Cortex ( rendu )] reopen HDR project - resolved.
- 0001170: [Editor] Move image with key - resolved.
- 0001149: [Import plugins] Papywizard and fisheye, no links created - resolved.
- 0001165: [UI behavior] Settings window - double cancel needed when a non existing path is entered - resolved.
- 0001132: [Cortex ( rendu )] Render crash issue - resolved.
- 0001152: [Cortex ( rendu )] Render tiff 16bit on 360 panorama is whole black - resolved.
Download
- Linux 32 bits deb : Autopano Pro for Linux 32 bits deb (18.58MB)
- Linux 32 bits tar.gz : Autopano Pro for Linux 32 bits tar.gz (18.68MB)
- Linux 64 bits deb : Autopano Pro for Linux 64 bits deb (21.65MB)
- Linux 64 bits tar.gz : Autopano Pro for Linux 64 bits tar.gz (21.76MB)
- Mac OS X Leopard : Autopano Pro for Mac OS X Leopard (35.04MB)
- Windows 32 bits : Autopano Pro for Windows 32 bits (20.77MB)
- Windows 64 bits : Autopano Pro for Windows 64 bits (26.9MB)
Changelog
Main changes
Revamped 360° blending
- With engine 2.6.1, we introduced a new generic 360° blender that had some issues with soft rendering and uses more memory. We improved all parts : sharp rendering, less memory used but still with better blending over 360° edges compared to 2.6.0 engine.
New compatibility mode in GPU support
- We introduced a compatibility mode in GPU support so that even fairly old GPU can use this mode in Autopano Pro. The GPU check has also beeing improved to check for both mode.
Fixes :
- 0000602: [Unclassified] Crash when using PtGui import - resolved.
- 0001147: [Cortex ( rendu )] HDR output issue (grey in burned zone) - resolved.
- 0001142: [Cortex ( rendu )] Softness issue in rendering (360° case) - resolved.
- 0001140: [Cortex ( rendu )] Not enough memory for rendering one line (360° case) - resolved.
- 0001148: [Cortex ( rendu )] Force Mercator and auto-crop conflit - resolved.
- 0000998: [Editor] MAC : some issue with a given GPU - resolved.
- 0001072: [UI behavior] Add GPU compatibilty mode in global settings - resolved.
- 0001125: [Editor] GPU compatibility mode - resolved.
- 0001133: [Image I/O] Image blurred when using haze on small size image - resolved.
- 0001138: [Cortex ( rendu )] Blending on zenith - closed.
Download
- Linux 32 bits deb : Autopano Pro for Linux 32 bits deb (18.57MB)
- Linux 32 bits tar.gz : Autopano Pro for Linux 32 bits tar.gz (18.67MB)
- Linux 64 bits deb : Autopano Pro for Linux 64 bits deb (21.65MB)
- Linux 64 bits tar.gz : Autopano Pro for Linux 64 bits tar.gz (21.75MB)
- Mac OS X Leopard : Autopano Pro for Mac OS X Leopard (35.02MB)
- Windows 32 bits : Autopano Pro for Windows 32 bits (20.77MB)
- Windows 64 bits : Autopano Pro for Windows 64 bits (26.89MB)
Changelog
Main changes
Papywizard focal length integration
- Sometimes, it is really needed to check that focal length provided by images and provided by XML are good and matching. In some case, you just don't have any focal length. We added an easy way to do that directly in papywizard plugin.
Crash analysis system for Microsoft Windows
- To be able to catch difficult to reproduce bug, we created a generic crash analysis system. It is available in this version for the first time and will stay in the product for ever.
Fixes :
- 0001134: [Performance] Generic crash analysis system - resolved.
- 0000561: [Editor] Moving image issue with update - resolved.
- 0000932: [Shell Integration] Qt path under linux - resolved.
- 0001028: [UI behavior] Workspace saving leads to crash - resolved.
- 0001128: [Import plugins] Papywizard - Focal length integration - resolved.
Download
- Linux 32 bits deb : Autopano Pro for Linux 32 bits deb (18.22MB)
- Linux 32 bits tar.gz : Autopano Pro for Linux 32 bits tar.gz (18.31MB)
- Linux 64 bits deb : Autopano Pro for Linux 64 bits deb (21.28MB)
- Linux 64 bits tar.gz : Autopano Pro for Linux 64 bits tar.gz (21.4MB)
- Mac OS X Leopard : Autopano Pro for Mac OS X Leopard (35.02MB)
- Windows 32 bits : Autopano Pro for Windows 32 bits (20.77MB)
- Windows 64 bits : Autopano Pro for Windows 64 bits (26.88MB)
Changelog
Main changes
This is fix release candidate with some improvement in the 2.6 engine.
360° Blending
- It is always complicated to be able to stitch perfectly over the 360° edges. We had an algorithm that works well in several cases but not all of them. So we decided to change totally on the internal solution to 360° blending. This explains why this version is just release candidate and not final release.
We need to validate this new approach on several 360° panorama. So please check the new rendering engine and report back.Fixes :
- 0000597: [Cortex ( rendu )] Blending issue around 360° - resolved.
- 0000934: [Performance] GPU black image onATI X1400 - resolved.
- 0001044: [Cortex ( rendu )] Line 347 error - resolved.
- 0001085: [Cortex ( rendu )] Check blending case - resolved.
- 0001087: [UI behavior] Reload button crash - resolved.
- 0001089: [Cortex ( rendu )] Antighost edge choice - resolved.
- 0001094: [Cortex ( rendu )] Interpolation issues - resolved.
- 0001095: [Editor] Strange alexandroid in the editor only - resolved.
Download
- Linux 32 bits deb : Autopano Pro for Linux 32 bits deb (18.22MB)
- Linux 32 bits tar.gz : Autopano Pro for Linux 32 bits tar.gz (18.3MB)
- Linux 64 bits deb : Autopano Pro for Linux 64 bits deb (21.28MB)
- Linux 64 bits tar.gz : Autopano Pro for Linux 64 bits tar.gz (21.39MB)
- Mac OS X Leopard : Autopano Pro for Mac OS X Leopard (34.97MB)
- Windows 32 bits : Autopano Pro for Windows 32 bits (20.76MB)
- Windows 64 bits : Autopano Pro for Windows 64 bits (26.87MB)
Changelog
Main changes
- NEW : multiband level slider in Exposure Fusion preview
- It appears that the multiband level is really usefull for a HDR style rendering. With this slider exposed here, you have a live quick rendering of the influence of that parameter in final rendering.
- Note : we added the multiband level in the %b/%B template name syntax too, so the rendered file name can contains the number of level used.
- IMPROVED : Mac integration
- Different version is better managed now on mac
And a lot of fixes.
Fixes :
- 0001011: [Editor] Browse and auto-detection - resolved.
- 0000992: [Shell Integration] Installer: Add (Autopano Giga Only ) for Autopano Pro Mac installer - resolved.
- 0000189: [Cortex ( rendu )] Low percentage rendering doesn't have antiliasing - resolved.
- 0000994: [Shell Integration] Bundle id and settings name should be the same to avoid mac preference file duplication - resolved.
- 0000995: [Unclassified] Mac app name does not contains versions - resolved.
- 0000989: [Shell Integration] MAC : preferences are in double - resolved.
- 0001029: [Synapse ( detection )] Autodetection and stopping one group detection - resolved.
- 0001012: [Cortex ( rendu )] Multiband level template name - resolved.
- 0000537: [Shell Integration] Shell explorer doesn't display thumb from RC2 - resolved.
- 0001006: [Editor] Move mode update broken after image adds - resolved.
- 0001009: [Shell Integration] plugin Bridge : job folder and copy of source images - resolved.
- 0001021: [Cortex ( rendu )] Wrong offset in rendered pieces in some cases - resolved.
- 0001016: [Editor] GPU shader issue on linux - resolved.
- 0000613: [Performance] Crash under linux during pixel projection - resolved.
- 0001005: [Cortex ( rendu )] Blending weight on edge - resolved.
- 0000970: [UI behavior] GPU mode incompatible with nView - resolved.
- 0000983: [Editor] Reload image doesn't work in editor - resolved.
Download
- Linux 32 bits deb : Autopano Pro for Linux 32 bits deb (18.22MB)
- Linux 32 bits tar.gz : Autopano Pro for Linux 32 bits tar.gz (18.3MB)
- Linux 64 bits deb : Autopano Pro for Linux 64 bits deb (21.28MB)
- Linux 64 bits tar.gz : Autopano Pro for Linux 64 bits tar.gz (21.39MB)
- Mac OS X Leopard : Autopano Pro for Mac OS X Leopard (34.98MB)
- Windows 32 bits : Autopano Pro for Windows 32 bits (20.72MB)
- Windows 64 bits : Autopano Pro for Windows 64 bits (26.82MB)
Changelog
Main changes
- NEW : new 'reload image' icon in layer editor
- This is nice when drawing mask in photoshop. This simple button let you see the result in autopano directly ( it flushes the internal cache and reload all images or just the selected image ).
- NEW : single stack detection
- In a group, if you have several images, but all regrouped into a single stack, detection was not allowed. It is now possible to detect a panorama for such case, which is quite nice to do exposure fusion without the need of stitching.
- IMPROVED : blending
- New adjustements have been made into the multiband level handling resulting in a better color blend accross large uniform areas like sky.
- You can try that on images with huge color exposure differences without color correction activated, it does work well ( try also to set the pyramid level to 0 which will smooth color differences to the max ).
- IMPROVED : External software support
- Support for Adobe Lightroom and Bridge has been improved ( UTF8 charset support, hundred of images support, etc)
- IMPROVED : Extended Save As
- Improved speed when using option move
- FIX : Corrupted TIFF export
And a lot of fixes.
Warning :
- We found a late minute crash when using Exposure Fusion preview under Mac only. So don't use this feature yet on Mac. Normally, we should not put public a version with such hard crash, but we still decided to make it public as it fix many issues from beta 4. Mainly, we want to get some feedback about the blending adjustement done to see if it improves the quality of rendering.
Fixes :
- 0000965: [Neurone ( optimisation )] Image jump in editor - resolved.
- 0000931: [UI behavior] About the achor multiple selection - resolved.
- 0000956: [Import plugins] Lightroom and Bridge plugin import error (too much args) - resolved.
- 0000985: [Editor] Change lens Model in editor leads to crash - resolved.
- 0000984: [Editor] Ransac mode not well initialised in CP editor - resolved.
- 0000919: [Neurone ( optimisation )] On some panorama without exif, divergence in optimization - resolved.
- 0000917: [Neurone ( optimisation )] If no exif in image file, the preset fisheye is selected instead of strong - resolved.
- 0000900: [Performance] Free memory report in rendering seems wrong - resolved.
- 0000949: [Cortex ( rendu )] Bad bench times in Render description sheet - resolved.
- 0000958: [Shell Integration] Extended save As - resolved.
- 0000947: [Editor] Crop does not work if some images are unchecked - resolved.
- 0000944: [Neurone ( optimisation )] Color correction anchor changes - resolved.
- 0000943: [Editor] Layer and selection - resolved.
- 0000938: [Editor] Anchor edit issue in CPU mode - resolved.
- 0000933: [Image I/O] Corrupted color profile - resolved.
- 0000941: [Image I/O] TIF saving doesn't work anymore - resolved.
- 0000709: [Cortex ( rendu )] tiff writing really slow - resolved.
- 0000940: [Editor] Preview fusion is too slow - resolved.
- 0000939: [Cortex ( rendu )] Blending issue ? - resolved.
- 0000936: [UI behavior] density histogram display - resolved.
- 0000945: [Editor] Decimals in input focal length - resolved.
- 0000942: [Editor] Newly added image should be checked in layer editor by default - resolved.
- 0000930: [UI behavior] Fix in CSS for linux on dark theme - resolved.
- 0000932: [Shell Integration] Qt path under linux - resolved.
- 0000793: [Cortex ( rendu )] Embedded layer in rendering issue - closed.
- 0000911: [Shell Integration] Linux integration script issue - closed.
- 0000806: [Neurone ( optimisation )] Several detections on the same group succeed then failed - closed.
- 0000801: [Cortex ( rendu )] Can not save after editing - closed.
- 0000553: [Cortex ( rendu )] Rendering crash mac - closed.
- 0000946: [Test case] Editing a group of copied photos changes the originals - closed.
Download
- Linux 32 bits deb : Autopano Pro for Linux 32 bits deb (18.21MB)
- Linux 32 bits tar.gz : Autopano Pro for Linux 32 bits tar.gz (18.3MB)
- Linux 64 bits deb : Autopano Pro for Linux 64 bits deb (21.28MB)
- Linux 64 bits tar.gz : Autopano Pro for Linux 64 bits tar.gz (21.38MB)
- Mac OS X Leopard : Autopano Pro for Mac OS X Leopard (34.96MB)
- Windows 32 bits : Autopano Pro for Windows 32 bits (20.73MB)
- Windows 64 bits : Autopano Pro for Windows 64 bits (26.83MB)
Changelog
Main changes
- APG only: NEW : Exposure fusion Preview :
- In the exposure fusion, a small but real rendering has been plugged to show you the accurate color you'll get after rendering. It's been regenerated following any cursor change.
- APG only: IMPROVED : Integration into external softwares :
- Support for Adobe Lightroom 3.* ( A new way to integrate this plugin has been done : it's now an export plugin in Lightroom ).
- Support for Adobe Bridge CS3, 4, 5, 5.1 ( Raw are now developed before stitching in jpeg )
- Support for Apple Aperture 3 ( Raw are developped either in Tiff or Jpeg before stitching )
- Support for Google Picassa 3 ( no raw development here, raw is injected directly into Autopano Giga ).
- IMPROVED: Neurone ( our optimizer engine ) has a lot of improvement or new features :
- As a result, the geometric quality of stitching has raised a lot on small focal length rectilinear lenses ( typical lens for high order distortion ).
- By default, the sensor center shift has been enabled. This also give a nice boost is RMS quality. It's often not negligeable at all with today's sensor number of pixels.
- Speed of fisheye stitching : at least 300% speedup, but it can be 10x too on big project.
- On standard lens, support for 2nd and 3rd order distortion.
- On standard lens, support for offset between lens and sensor.
- Warning : as the lens model has improved, opening a 2.6 autopano .pano file under an old version won't give nice results.
- NEW / IMPROVED : Rendering engine blending improvement and new features :
- Priority support for several focal length : the longest focal length lens has priority over pixels coming from short focal length lens.
- Histogram of focal length is now display around the rendering percentage slider. This allows a nice view over pixel density.
- The multiband stage has been improved ( pyramid levels adjusted ) resulting in a better color uniformization over the whole area. No more issue in skies should happen now.
- IMPROVED : Move mode
- Better handling of keyboard operation in that mode in CPU or GPU.
- Mouse operation are happening smoothly without any visual artefact.
- IMPROVED : Papywizard and Gigapan plugin
- Because of the Neurone engine upgrade, we changed a little the way we cope with such plugin.
- The quality of stitching has raised in both mode with better handling of gigapan project and better located orphen images in Papywizard.
- NEW - GPU mode is enabled by default if possible
- IMPROVED - Layer editor check/uncheck is more user friendly
- FIX - Rendering with small percentage could give too sharp results.
- FIX - Update manager could miss to warn about some updates
And a lot of fixes.
Fixes :
- 0000925: [Import plugins] Papywizard -> remove temporary point after optimization - assigned.
- 0000923: [UI behavior] Editor: pano move selected by default even when GPU is disabled - resolved.
- 0000921: [UI behavior] Slider rendering Percentage under mac not visible - resolved.
- 0000924: [Import plugins] Import Gigapan: color egalization to disable when optimization disabled - resolved.
- 0000922: [Cortex ( rendu )] Crash during multiband - resolved.
- 0000915: [UI behavior] Without GPU available, some UI defects make settings window hard to use - resolved.
- 0000868: [Editor] Blue Control point link cannot be selected until optimization - resolved.
- 0000843: [Editor] Move Mode : Texture is one move ahead - resolved.
- 0000842: [Editor] Move mode : key mode doesn't validate - resolved.
- 0000847: [Unclassified] GPU activated by default - resolved.
- 0000832: [Image I/O] Launch a second instance of APG on MAC with args does not open new images given as arguments - resolved.
- 0000575: [Cortex ( rendu )] Reopening .pano file change the RMS ( gigapan case ) - resolved.
- 0000867: [Performance] Core setting should be clamp to newly detected number of core - resolved.
- 0000890: [Editor] GPU display of high offset images is not well located on the preview - resolved.
- 0000893: [Unclassified] Beta version isn't informed of final release - resolved.
- 0000892: [Editor] Finetunning detection with new lens distorsion model - resolved.
- 0000884: [Neurone ( optimisation )] By default, on standard lens with exif, enable sensor offset - resolved.
- 0000750: [Cortex ( rendu )] Crash when rendering - photos with different focal lenght - resolved.
- 0000815: [Cortex ( rendu )] Wrong interpolation when rendering < 50% - resolved.
- 0000856: [Editor] GPU black image on ATI - resolved.
- 0000833: [Import plugins] Aperture Export Bug - resolved.
- 0000875: [Image I/O] Cameras.txt => canon scale factor are off scale - resolved.
- 0000831: [Unclassified] Plugin lens correction : some pixels added around the openLens plugins - resolved.
- 0000840: [UI behavior] Bad layer behavior in pano editor - resolved.
- 0000863: [Editor] Export only some image among a lot of - resolved.
- 0000845: [Editor] Some progress bar are missing - resolved.
- 0000855: [Editor] Exposure fusion preview in CPU broken - resolved.
- 0000783: [UI behavior] hourglass not present when clicking optimize - resolved.
- 0000800: [Image I/O] Lightroom feedback - resolved.
- 0000728: [Shell Integration] Lintian issues pass - resolved.
- 0000861: [Import plugins] Openlens plugins, everything is black in output - resolved.
- 0000725: [Performance] Free space checking for temp folder should parse external computer or website - resolved.
- 0000829: [Qt] undefined symbol: _ZN9QListData11detach_growEPii - resolved.
- 0000857: [Image I/O] Wrong folder in .pano, should look directly in current folder first - resolved.
- 0000853: [Neurone ( optimisation )] Preview / Rendering is not the same visually - resolved.
- 0000616: [Editor] Add image which is not fisheye leads to crash - resolved.
- 0000812: [UI behavior] Centerpoint tool still active during Levels settings - resolved.
- 0000814: [Neurone ( optimisation )] Load .pano and reoptimize break the panorama - resolved.
- 0000844: [Neurone ( optimisation )] Difference between display angle in layer editor and saved angle in .pano - resolved.
- 0000838: [Unclassified] Plugin Installation on Mac Lion is broken - resolved.
- 0000830: [Cortex ( rendu )] The Blending Options by default is Custom - resolved.
- 0000835: [Cortex ( rendu )] Check multiband on this case - resolved.
- 0000926: [Cortex ( rendu )] Check the global User setting for rendering - closed.
- 0000834: [Editor] Manual placement of image does produce jump sometimes - closed.
- 0000813: [Neurone ( optimisation )] Wrong 360° panorama detected after an optimization - closed.
Download
- Linux 32 bits deb : Autopano Pro for Linux 32 bits deb (17.88MB)
- Linux 32 bits tar.gz : Autopano Pro for Linux 32 bits tar.gz (17.96MB)
- Linux 64 bits deb : Autopano Pro for Linux 64 bits deb (20.96MB)
- Linux 64 bits tar.gz : Autopano Pro for Linux 64 bits tar.gz (21.06MB)
- Mac OS X Leopard : Autopano Pro for Mac OS X Leopard (34.75MB)
- Windows 32 bits : Autopano Pro for Windows 32 bits (20.61MB)
- Windows 64 bits : Autopano Pro for Windows 64 bits (26.7MB)
Changelog
Main changes
APG only: NEW : Plugin for external softwares:
- Adobe Bridge CS3, 4, 5, 5.1 (Raw are developped in JPG)
Fixes :
- 0000819: Projection Mercatore is set right in the exifs - 0000817: OSX Lion compatibilty
- 0000807: Sequentially numbered PSB files are not created (no overwrtie filenames)
- 0000805: Lightroom install
- 0000804: TIFF: Alpha Channel area mask being ignored
- 0000803: Plugin lightroom Bridge : Error ADVAPI32.dll on Windows XP
- 0000799: Papywizard import does not reset
- 0000795: Picassa plugin doesn't call autopano on windows.
- 0000794: Tiff Input
- 0000791: Bridge plugin should develops raws files using camera raw
Download
- Linux 32 bits deb : Autopano Pro for Linux 32 bits deb (17.9MB)
- Linux 32 bits tar.gz : Autopano Pro for Linux 32 bits tar.gz (17.97MB)
- Linux 64 bits deb : Autopano Pro for Linux 64 bits deb (20.87MB)
- Linux 64 bits tar.gz : Autopano Pro for Linux 64 bits tar.gz (20.97MB)
- Mac OS X Leopard : Autopano Pro for Mac OS X Leopard (34.91MB)
- Windows 32 bits : Autopano Pro for Windows 32 bits (20.43MB)
- Windows 64 bits : Autopano Pro for Windows 64 bits (26.47MB)
Changelog
Main changes
- APG only: NEW : Integration into external softwares:
- The idea is that you keep your own workflow with Raw development from your standard tools, select Autopano Giga as an external tool and the raw development process will be done so that in Autopano Giga, you have the right files ( TIFF 16 bits ).
- Support for Adobe Lightroom 3.*
- Support for Adobe Bridge CS3, 4, 5, 5.1 ( Work in progress, Raw are not developed yet )
- Support for Apple Aperture 3
- Support for Google Picassa 3 ( no raw development, the raw is directly sent to Autopano Giga ).
- NEW: New generation of Neurone ( optimizer engine ) with a lot of improvement or new features :
- Speed of fisheye stitching : at least 300% speedup, but it can be 10x too on big project.
- On standard lens, support for 2nd and 3rd order distortion.
- On standard lens, support for offset between lens and sensor.
- Warning : as the lens model has improved, opening a 2.6 autopano .pano file under an old version won't give nice results.
- NEW: Rendering engine blending improvement and new features :
- Priority support for several focal length : the longest focal length lens has priority over pixels coming from short focal length lens.
- The multiband stage has been improved ( pyramid levels adjusted ) resulting in a better color uniformization over the whole area.
- NEW: Layer editor : column hide / show push button to display just the column you want.
- NEW: Reset button on fisheye circular crop zone editor.
- IMPROVED: Apple Mac installer with a better user interface.
- IMPROVED: Linux editor speedup. Linux user should expect a better user experience with faster edtior.
- And a lot of fixes.
Fixes :
- 0000780: [Image I/O] ICC profil tiff lost - resolved.
- 0000767: [Import plugins] Haze map display doesn't work on some computer - resolved.
- 0000781: [Cortex ( rendu )] Crash when using Linear rendering without cut - resolved.
- 0000763: [Performance] Linux performance issue - resolved.
- 0000771: [UI behavior] save overwriting option - resolved.
- 0000612: [UI behavior] Standard shortcut checking - resolved.
- 0000720: [UI behavior] New keyboard shortcuts - resolved.
- 0000684: [Synapse ( detection )] Detection error with partial stacked footage - resolved.
- 0000762: [Image I/O] Nouvelle libraries GFL - resolved.
- 0000722: [Cortex ( rendu )] Shorter name when using template %i..%j - resolved.
- 0000690: [UI behavior] UI improvement of the crop editor - resolved.
- 0000753: [Neurone ( optimisation )] Circular crop on different resolution of pictures - resolved.
- 0000743: [Neurone ( optimisation )] Papywizard optimization issue - resolved.
- 0000746: [UI behavior] Ransac model not displayed by default in combo box - resolved.
- 0000680: [Synapse ( detection )] Project template and haze - resolved.
- 0000071: [Cortex ( rendu )] Cortex : Multifocal panorama rendering which priority on longest focal first - resolved.
- 0000719: [Cortex ( rendu )] Disabled image should be rendered - resolved.
- 0000416: [Image I/O] Warning message on greyscale images - resolved.
- 0000639: [Shell Integration] Lightroom integration - resolved.
- 0000640: [Shell Integration] Aperture integration - resolved.
- 0000641: [Shell Integration] Bridge integration - resolved.
- 0000723: [UI behavior] color button update - resolved.
- 0000655: [Editor] RMS filter on link doesn't filter the selection : you can select hidden links - resolved.
- 0000570: [Shell Integration] Pano load failed - resolved.
- 0000721: [Cortex ( rendu )] Panorama in PSD doesn't includes exif / iptc anymore - resolved.
- 0000682: [Shell Integration] MAC installer integration - resolved.
- 0000539: [Synapse ( detection )] short focal length rectilinear lens - resolved.
- 0000642: [Shell Integration] Picassa integration - resolved.
- 0000689: [UI behavior] UI light grey : help is black on black - resolved.
- 0000388: [Performance] Optimisation jacobian on fisheye - resolved.
- 0000637: [Neurone ( optimisation )] Advanced lens distortion - resolved.
- 0000669: [Shell Integration] Crash at quit - resolved.
- 0000683: [Cortex ( rendu )] Crash on render (assert) - closed.
- 0000764: [Cortex ( rendu )] Exposure fusion preview versus rendering - closed.
- 0000696: [Cortex ( rendu )] Laplacian issue on the renderer - closed.
- 0000437: [Editor] Strange focal length display on layer editor - closed.
- 0000517: [Editor] Linux - Sometimes during moving pano, application freezes - closed.
Download
- Linux 32 bits deb : Autopano Pro for Linux 32 bits deb (17.89MB)
- Linux 32 bits tar.gz : Autopano Pro for Linux 32 bits tar.gz (17.96MB)
- Linux 64 bits deb : Autopano Pro for Linux 64 bits deb (20.93MB)
- Linux 64 bits tar.gz : Autopano Pro for Linux 64 bits tar.gz (21.02MB)
- Mac OS X Leopard : Autopano Pro for Mac OS X Leopard (35.68MB)
- Windows 32 bits : Autopano Pro for Windows 32 bits (19.69MB)
- Windows 64 bits : Autopano Pro for Windows 64 bits (25.69MB)
Changelog
Main changes
- FIX: Better memory management for low RAM computer
- FIX : Crash during some 360° renderingFixes :
- 0000596: [Cortex ( rendu )] mac crash - resolved.
- 0000600: [Editor] MAC bad connection - resolved.
- 0000623: [Cortex ( rendu )] Better memory management in GraphCut - resolved.
- 0000609: [Unclassified] Windows 64 installer can be installed on 32bits system - resolved.
- 0000528: [Cortex ( rendu )] Empty layer in photoshop - resolved.
- 0000577: [Unclassified] Update manager upgrade - resolved.
- 0000604: [Performance] Memory management and RAW - resolved.
- 0000614: [Cortex ( rendu )] export au format .tiff en ### DPI = image finale en 72 DPI - resolved.
- 0000608: [Import plugins] Gigapan : autodetection unchecked leads to issues - closed.
- 0000605: [Cortex ( rendu )] Check restore default usage on the rendering dialog box - closed.
Download
- Linux 32 bits deb : Autopano Pro for Linux 32 bits deb (17.89MB)
- Linux 32 bits tar.gz : Autopano Pro for Linux 32 bits tar.gz (17.95MB)
- Linux 64 bits deb : Autopano Pro for Linux 64 bits deb (20.93MB)
- Linux 64 bits tar.gz : Autopano Pro for Linux 64 bits tar.gz (21.03MB)
- Mac OS X Leopard : Autopano Pro for Mac OS X Leopard (35.68MB)
- Windows 32 bits : Autopano Pro for Windows 32 bits (19.69MB)
- Windows 64 bits : Autopano Pro for Windows 64 bits (25.69MB)
Changelog
Main changes
- NEW : New gigapan shooting mode that was missing compared to gigapan stitcher
- FIX : Memory issue on small configuration ( mainly win32 OS ).Fixes :
- 0000324: [Editor] Mouse cursor issue on the main windows - resolved.
- 0000432: [UI behavior] Drag & drop d'un groupe à l'autre - resolved.
- 0000546: [Import plugins] Gigapan : new shooting mode to integrate - resolved.
- 0000563: [Performance] Memory usage on small configuration - resolved.
- 0000587: [Cortex ( rendu )] Multithreading issue in blending stage - closed.
- 0000566: [Cortex ( rendu )] Crash When there are no pieces to render - resolved.
- 0000568: [Import plugins] Check row/column shooting without using gigapan plugin - resolved.
- 0000576: [Editor] White point / black point differences between preview and rendering - resolved.
- 0000585: [Cortex ( rendu )] HDR writting issue - resolved.
- 0000586: [Cortex ( rendu )] HDR anti ghost can lock outside kic size - resolved.
- 0000588: [Cortex ( rendu )] DPI not used for rendering - resolved.
- 0000597: [Cortex ( rendu )] Blending issue around 360° - resolved.
- 0000601: [Image I/O] Temp folder not always created - resolved.
- 0000606: [Cortex ( rendu )] projection mercator difference between v2.0.9 and v2.5.0 - resolved.
- 0000316: [Image I/O] HDR not available => EXIF reading issue - closed.
- 0000520: [Editor] Access to usb hard drive not possible - closed.
Download
- Linux 32 bits deb : Autopano Pro for Linux 32 bits deb (17.46MB)
- Linux 32 bits tar.gz : Autopano Pro for Linux 32 bits tar.gz (17.52MB)
- Linux 64 bits deb : Autopano Pro for Linux 64 bits deb (20.63MB)
- Linux 64 bits tar.gz : Autopano Pro for Linux 64 bits tar.gz (20.71MB)
- Mac OS X Leopard : Autopano Pro for Mac OS X Leopard (35.27MB)
- Windows 32 bits : Autopano Pro for Windows 32 bits (19.54MB)
- Windows 64 bits : Autopano Pro for Windows 64 bits (25.5MB)
Changelog
Main changes
- NEW : Reworked update manager with handling of beta version
- NEW : Some translations already integrated
- FIX : Crash when using PSD / PSB output with integrated layer
- FIX : Wrong panorama when reading / writing .pano from old release version, 2.5 beta series
- FIX : 32 bits versus 64 bits version optimization issue ( wrong RMS on 32bits versions )Fixes :
- 0000531: [Editor] CTRL + save all should not display dialog box - resolved.
- 0000496: [Unclassified] Switch NSIS en version unicode - resolved.
- 0000527: [Cortex ( rendu )] Exposure fusion saving / reload is not good - resolved.
- 0000481: [Editor] Make layer editor column value sticky - resolved.
- 0000450: [Editor] Crash à la suppression d'une image quand le CPE est activé - resolved.
- 0000477: [Performance] Linux editor global speed issue - resolved.
- 0000511: [Unclassified] Check script mise à jour - resolved.
- 0000509: [Cortex ( rendu )] pause on batch renderer - resolved.
- 0000508: [Shell Integration] Opensuse cameras.txt report not working - resolved.
- 0000515: [Editor] loading back default focal length - resolved.
- 0000514: [Editor] grid text in white - resolved.
- 0000499: [Cortex ( rendu )] HDR rendering tournette to analyse - resolved.
- 0000504: [Neurone ( optimisation )] Optimization Naples cases : not the same value between 32 and 64 bits - resolved.
- 0000505: [UI behavior] Cannot update image path on Mac when opening .pano made under Windows - resolved.
- 0000483: [Editor] Space bar for checking, unchecking an image in the layer editor - resolved.
- 0000479: [Neurone ( optimisation )] Reading back .pano changes RMS - resolved.
- 0000482: [Editor] Layer edition refresh => you need to scroll down again - resolved.
- 0000487: [Performance] v2.5 versus v2.0.9 drive speed - resolved.
- 0000494: [Performance] Bugsplat disabled - resolved.
- 0000498: [Cortex ( rendu )] Alpha channel in blending mode none is the index of poisson - resolved.
- 0000497: [Cortex ( rendu )] Blend mode is not well saved in .pano - resolved.
- 0000486: [Performance] Rendu harlem 16 bits + layer => crash - resolved.
- 0000478: [translation] Translation issues in NSI - resolved.
- 0000476: [Shell Integration] Linux big tree in data/user folder - resolved.
- 0000488: [translation] Translation issues in Plugins - resolved.
Download
- Linux 32 bits deb : Autopano Pro for Linux 32 bits deb (17.43MB)
- Linux 32 bits tar.gz : Autopano Pro for Linux 32 bits tar.gz (17.48MB)
- Linux 64 bits deb : Autopano Pro for Linux 64 bits deb (20.6MB)
- Linux 64 bits tar.gz : Autopano Pro for Linux 64 bits tar.gz (20.68MB)
- Mac OS X Leopard : Autopano Pro for Mac OS X Leopard (35.18MB)
- Windows 32 bits : Autopano Pro for Windows 32 bits (19.55MB)
- Windows 64 bits : Autopano Pro for Windows 64 bits (25.52MB)
Changelog
- NEW : Small UI revamp : a new icon in main window to call directly the import plugin
- NEW : Blending mode 'None' reintroduced ( to be able to make rendering without any blending )
- IMPROVED : Color correction improved ( HDR output mode fixed )
- IMPROVED : Gigapan import cleaned. It works perfectly on all cases here
- IMPROVED : Papywizard improvement : a new option to prevent the use of wrong roll value in the xml file
- IMPROVED : PSD/PSB output improved : we put back the panorama and the images in the right order
- FIX : Batch rendering : progress bar on final write
- FIX : Quick optim / Global optim icon : better handling of them. It helps a lot for gigapixels panoramas
- FIX : Linux version, it's really nice to look at the software on linux
- fixes everywhere !
- Package for translator are ready for all languages ( translator will be contacted soon )
Full changelog :
* 470: [UI behavior] exposure fusion must be disabled while first rendering
* 469: [UI behavior] disable multicore combobox when monocore is set
* 468: [Import plugins] Vignetting correction is inversed
* 465: [UI behavior] enabled/disabled exposure fusion do not update the preview
* 466: [UI behavior] Fixed ratio between snapshot and histo entries groupbox
* 464: [UI behavior] Copy in group then paste in a new one doesn't work
* 462: [UI behavior] Thumbnail trop petite par defaut ds UIGroup
* 463: [Unclassified] external plugin do not use full path of input files
* 461: [Image I/O] blending mode compatibility while pano file opening
* 139: [Unclassified] creation d'un pool de translator pour le logiciel
* 242: [Unclassified] crash with plugin haze on nef pictures
* 457: [UI behavior] Le bouton "parcourir" du plugin External Stack Processing ne fonctionne pas
* 391: [Image I/O] PSD output improvement for previewing in external tools
* 456: [UI behavior] Le suffixe des images issues de Neutralhazer est "hazed"
* 371: [Unclassified] http://www.autopano.net/forum/t10347-ap … -upon-exit [^]
* 346: [Cortex ( rendu )] HDR Output broken
* 421: [Cortex ( rendu )] Mode de rendu 'aucun'
* 342: [UI behavior] Array key on layer mode => step not the right one
* 425: [Cortex ( rendu )] Assert dans graph.h apres un abort de rendu puis un re-rendu
* 384: [Editor] Crop tool, GPU mode, the rotation doesn't work anymore
* 267: [UI behavior] crash sur un crop
* 422: [Cortex ( rendu )] crash in rendering if cropping too much of some images
* 429: [Cortex ( rendu )] Freeze dans le rendu par lot après fermeture d'un projet dans Autopano
* 442: [UI behavior] Plugin d'import : texte minuscule
* 400: [UI behavior] Batch renderer : if memory error => leaving the application says it's still running
* 435: [Editor] Mac crash during color anchor change
* 341: [UI behavior] CPE editor icon => different than PE editor ?
* 409: [Shell Integration] APP/APG installer issue windows : shell explorer
* 414: [UI behavior] Icone delete dans batch render est dans un ancien style
* 441: [Import plugins] Gigapan, mode 2, regression sur un cas => CP en dehors de l'image
* 412: [UI behavior] OSX style issue
* 418: [Cortex ( rendu )] progress bar on the write
* 398: [Image I/O] Stack creation error : the last 3 elements are wrong
* 415: [Import plugins] Papywizard regression on a case
* 224: [Neurone ( optimisation )] local optim crash
* 294: [Editor] OSX cosmetic
* 317: [Neurone ( optimisation )] Horizon doesn't stay the same after optimization
* 423: [Import plugins] Neutralhazer : Press alt key during processing
* 417: [Performance] Mac, crash at exit
* 420: [Performance] free memory managment under mac could be optimized
* 430: [UI behavior] Séparation non centrée dans la fenêtre principale
* 325: [Editor] Enter in the yaw/pitch/roll doesn't validate the value
* 326: [Editor] Some UI style issue in history and crop tool button
* 431: [UI behavior] Le logo Autopano Pro n'apparaît pas dans la toolbar horizontale de la fenêtre principale.
* 413: [UI behavior] icone dossier batch renderer qui manque
* 269: [Editor] Move mode, refresh recentre le panorama
* 112: [Cortex ( rendu )] crash sur mac, rendu harlem chez gerard mayard
* 323: [Image I/O] Linux : no disk readable except main disk
* 405: [Cortex ( rendu )] Antighost over 360° edges
* 397: [Image I/O] Copy / Move to new group doesn't work on stack
* 390: [Neurone ( optimisation )] Color correction pass to do
* 361: [Unclassified] Linux : packaging issue
* 357: [Editor] Detection while doing gamma correction
* 402: [UI behavior] Panorama Editor : icon + text => too long names there
* 406: [Cortex ( rendu )] Probleme de poids sur le multiband ?
* 399: [Cortex ( rendu )] Render dialog box : project %B parametre ne devient pas lineaire si on selectionne lineaire
* 386: [UI behavior] Splash screen - names with accent are badly displayed
* 347: [Image I/O] Cameras.txt pass (gtilloux)
* 359: [Editor] White and black point in level doesn't work
* 385: [Editor] Editor opening while detection is in progress, Crash in GPU mode
* 401: [UI behavior] close project no save prompt
* 378: [Editor] Close button Panorama should be disabled during processing
* 379: [Image I/O] Missing image dialog box => no icons anymore
* 389: [Cortex ( rendu )] Rendre le 'remove alpha channel' incompatible avec PSD / PSB
* 380: [UI behavior] Groups => copy / paste don't work well
* 315: [Editor] Control point editor : selection color is too dark
* 077: [UI behavior] Save as template deadlock
* 285: [Synapse ( detection )] Mode template cassé
* 332: [Performance] Test case : crash on windows while rendering
* 377: [Shell Integration] Translation are lost
* 358: [Neurone ( optimisation )] Color : adjust all exposure and gamma doesn't work
* 376: [Image I/O] Opening old panorama
* 381: [UI behavior] Layer delete => delete just the images and not the layer itself
* 336: [UI behavior] Passe sur les textes APP/APG => adaptation au Mac
* 354: [Editor] Verifier réponse du serveur de mises à jours
* 356: [Cortex ( rendu )] Warning if no checked data exported is selected
* 363: [Cortex ( rendu )] crash on rendering croped 360
* 340: [UI behavior] What's this on all icons
* 318: [Cortex ( rendu )] crash pendant le rendu - closed.
* 241: [Editor] color anchor edition is unresponsive or not applied - closed.
Download
- Linux 32 bits deb : Autopano Pro for Linux 32 bits deb (19.34MB)
- Linux 32 bits tar.gz : Autopano Pro for Linux 32 bits tar.gz (19.67MB)
- Linux 64 bits deb : Autopano Pro for Linux 64 bits deb (22.5MB)
- Linux 64 bits tar.gz : Autopano Pro for Linux 64 bits tar.gz (22.91MB)
- Mac OS X Leopard : Autopano Pro for Mac OS X Leopard (37.83MB)
- Windows 32 bits : Autopano Pro for Windows 32 bits (18.74MB)
- Windows 64 bits : Autopano Pro for Windows 64 bits (24.19MB)
Changelog
Papywizard improvements
The papywizard import wizard has been really improved :
- stack integration in the case you do bracketing ( nice feature ! ). It reads the bracket from the XML file and you'll get automatically several layers in the final panorama ( one for each exposure ). You have access to stacks setting directly in the plugin.
- preview issue solved ( some time there were no preview )
- exif transfer : if no exif detected in the images, I use the exif stored in the XML file everywhere in the software ( you'll see that in the group, focal is always present there ).
- some UI crash solved in the pluginsColor correction
I wasn't satisfied with the new system that should be better but in fact didn't really work that much better.
So, I didn't to be get back the old possibilies but with the new name.
You now have access to Gamma correction, exposure correction and color correction.
It's nice to play with this system. I like it better than the one in beta 1.Stack support improvements
You won't see anymore the BKT symbol, but a small rectangle with the number of images in that stack.
The create 'stack by N' has been improved.
Select all images in a group, right click and hit 'create Stack by N'.
You have 2 cursours there : the N of course to say how many image should be regrouped to create a stack.
But also have the master image index ( if you don't want the first image to be the stack level 0). When doing manual bracketing on several level ( 5, 7, 9, or 11 ), the first image is often the dark one. In this case, it's really better to say the reference image is the middle one ( index 3 for 5 images ).
The detection will work better.
BTW : you can call the 'Create stack by N' on already created stack just to adjust this level 0 index, it will work.Software resources improvement
With the new interface which is too dark to some people, we decided to revamp a little the way all our software are
handling external ressources ( like Icons / styles / templates, etc ).
There were several goals and constrains in this revamp :
- Users should be able to create easily their style for the software
- When a new version of the software is released, the user style should not be lost
- Some datas created by the user does just exists for the user ( for example, stitching templates for Autopano Giga, or dedicated html template for PanoTour )
That's why we came up with a solution that is working this way. Every modifiable ressources are stored in a folder that is writable by the user.
windows XP : %USERPROFILE%\Local Settings\Application Data\Kolor\___APPLICATION_NAME___\
vista / 7 : %LOCALAPPDATA%\Kolor\___APPLICATION_NAME___\
Mac : $HOME/Library/Application Support/Kolor/__APPLICATION_NAME__/
Linux : $USER/.local/share/data/Kolor/___APPLICATION_NAME___/
__APPLICATION_NAME__ can be AutopanoPro_250B2 or PanoTour Pro 150B2, etc.
In this folder, you'll find 2 folders with an identical hierarchie. One folder is called Kolor and one is called User.
All files that are in Kolor folder is solely done by Kolor team. They will be overwritten at each new version.
Files in User folder are user modifications. They will never be erased by any new version.
Then, we'll have a resource rule in all products : if we need a file, the first that will used is the one in the User folder.
If it doesn't exist, the software will try to load the file in the Kolor folder ( If it doesn't exist in this folder,
we'll recreate it ).
This rule is nice because, you can modify the software with your own resources without the risk of loosing them at each new versions.
Example with Autopano Giga.
- You need to add support for a new camera. Just copy the cameras.txt from the Kolor/Data folder to User/Data folder.
- Modify it
- Launch autopano again and it will use the new cameras.txt
- If you install a new version of the software, your version will not be lost.
Nevertheless, be aware that Kolor could have added all new cameras in the new cameras.txt provided making your modification obsolete.
So, this system is not magical, it won't merge both files together.
For Panotour, we don't have yet this 2 folders system, as everything is only in one folder.
We'll rely on the fact that the files are protected or not to make the software update. If a template is not anymore write protected,
it will mean that it has been modified by the user and we won't overwrite it.
Notes :
Autopano Pro / Autopano Giga hierarchie :
Kolor/
|- Data
|- Sound
|- Translation
|- UI
|-- cursors
User/
|- Data
|- Sound
|- Translation
|- UI
|-- cursors
Data => you have access to cameras.txt / lensid.txt files ( if you want to add manually a new camera )
Sound => the end of rendering sound
Translation => software translations
UI => everything about software style ( icones, qss )
So if you to modify for example the style, just copy the right .qss file from Kolor/UI hierarchy to User/UI hierarchy and
modify it.
Panotour / Panotour Pro hierarchie :
Kolor/
|- Templates
|- Translation
|- UI
Templates => Template used by PT for customizing outputs with xml script
Translation => software translations
UI => everything about software style ( icones, qss )
We will soon propose some packages in ZIP format that will add some new features directly in this folder structure.
- Autopano Pro / Giga => a little grey UI style
- Panotour Pro => a menu style with old icons
You will just need to extract these packages in the userdata folder to get the new feature.Free croissant
In the main windows :
- Double click on an empty zone in the group view
- Do the same on the panorama columnsBug fixes
This release is really about that. The full fixed list is below.
- 0000282: [Synapse ( detection )] group creation : si 500 en groupe goal => 4 images, si 10 => toutes les images - resolved.
- 0000193: [Editor] Big project color optimisation issue - resolved.
- 0000313: [Editor] Freeze dans l'éditeur de panorama - resolved.
- 0000302: [Cortex ( rendu )] Changement de ton avec l'anti-ghost - resolved.
- 0000335: [Cortex ( rendu )] Options de rendu sur les images / layers à garder ne sont pas sauvées - resolved.
- 0000339: [Editor] Icon size in PE editor doesn't sticky - resolved.
- 0000271: [Image I/O] Stack, pouvoir définir l'image de base du stack - resolved.
- 0000343: [Editor] Progress bar in editor doesn't show the text - resolved.
- 0000091: [Editor] In the regroup by bracket, bad update of the layer editor - resolved.
- 0000344: [UI behavior] Layers and stack crash - resolved.
- 0000179: [Performance] Scheduling multithreading sur blending - resolved.
- 0000299: [UI behavior] Style sheet => les mettre dans user data - resolved.
- 0000303: [Editor] Crash placement manuel point de control MAC - resolved.
- 0000309: [Editor] Cancel over geometric analysis don't work - resolved.
- 0000305: [Editor] Advisor improvement needed when presence of stacks - resolved.
- 0000304: [Neurone ( optimisation )] Open old .pano - resolved.
- 0000308: [Neurone ( optimisation )] click on the "optimize by layers" will check that at least one yellow anchor per layer is present - resolved.
- 0000292: [Editor] Clean RMS pas pareil que 2.0.9 - resolved.
- 0000314: [Editor] BKT icon over stack => the number of images in that stack - resolved.
- 0000248: [Import plugins] crash on import Gigapan under mac - resolved.
- 0000169: [Cortex ( rendu )] Switch automatique entre PSD et PSD si pano devient gros. Apparement, ca marche plus. - resolved.
- 0000298: [Performance] Temporary folder switch rule to improve - resolved.
- 0000290: [Editor] Changer la couleur du RMS dans l'editeur de point de controle - resolved.
- 0000293: [Image I/O] TIFF reading is really slow - resolved.
- 0000242: [Unclassified] crash with plugin haze on nef pictures - resolved.
- 0000291: [Cortex ( rendu )] Gamma correction not apply in the rendering - resolved.
- 0000276: [Synapse ( detection )] MAC versus Windows detection differences - resolved.
- 0000237: [UI behavior] fusion widget has no name ("form") - resolved.
- 0000258: [Unclassified] plugin open lens options and crash - resolved.
- 0000268: [Synapse ( detection )] crash en arretant la detection en cours - resolved.
- 0000285: [Synapse ( detection )] Mode template cassé - resolved.
- 0000240: [Editor] Ctrl key in control point not always works - resolved.
- 0000284: [Neurone ( optimisation )] Color correction is still not as good as in v2.0.* - resolved.
- 0000289: [Editor] In layer editor, button image properties => crash - resolved.
- 0000239: [UI behavior] general render settings not saved - resolved.
- 0000153: [Editor] Crash en utilisant le bouton addimage dans le layer editor - resolved.
- 0000262: [Import plugins] plugins entrée => crash après l'import des images - resolved.
- 0000272: [Performance] number of thread not used in detection phase - resolved.
- 0000270: [Import plugins] papywizard : si on selectionne les images, puis le xml => status finished ne marche pas - resolved.
- 0000251: [UI behavior] "force every image..." is not saved when close general settings - resolved.
- 0000238: [Editor] crash when adding new picture in editor window - resolved.
- 0000235: [Editor] crash when use the center point tool in GPU mode - resolved.
- 0000243: [Import plugins] papy wisard import issues to test - resolved.
- 0000135: [Import plugins] papywizard crash - resolved.
- 0000266: [Import plugins] Papywizard, skip optimization doesn't locate image - resolved.
- 0000265: [UI behavior] Fenetre de rendu, update du dpi ne change pas la taille zone de print - resolved.
- 0000233: [Performance] openmp threading issue with critical part between findpanorama and stitching cut - resolved.
- 0000127: [Editor] crash au changement d'ancre - resolved.
Download
- Mac OS X Leopard : Autopano Pro for Mac OS X Leopard (28.58MB)
- Windows 32 bits : Autopano Pro for Windows 32 bits (19.26MB)
- Windows 64 bits : Autopano Pro for Windows 64 bits (24.34MB)
Changelog
New interface ( lightroom inspiration )
I found that cool. Panoramas looks better in that interface.
We took the time during this job to finetune some interactions with either the editor or images in the group, etc.
BTW : you have access to that skin definition if you want to play with it. Shortcut : CTRL+U'Multiple viewpoint' ( Autopano Giga only )
This is a really cool feature to use. It helps a lot in several cases you could not stitch withtout that system. Here's some trick to use it :
- you need to change the ransac model to homography, so that controls points are detected on several planes between images.
- It works better if you don't use the preset strong with multiple viewpoint but the 'quick' preset with multiple viewpoint and lens distortion correction checked.
The cause of this is easy to understand : the strong preset tried to remove false links. Or if you do multiple viewpoint, some link can be found too wrong but are not. So there are removed by this algorithm.
Warning : for the moment, it does work really well only on standard lens. We still have an issue with fisheye lenses combined with the 'multiple viewpoint'.
The improvements needed for this new feature have an impact on some else, lens distortion correction. It's possible to apply lens
distortion correction on gigapixels panorama now.
BTW : Yes, that's the feature called 'Free nodal point'. That old name was not really good.Manual control point editor
Some of the demands of the 4st user meeting were done in this tool.
You have a smother motion if you hit CTRL while moving a control point.
The magnifying window has an build-in dynamic histogram to stretch the histogram, so that you can get all details even on low constrast zone ( dark, light, or low contrast ).A new notion : stack
That's something new that was not really disclosed anywhere. A stack : it's a logical regroupment of image. You can create stack in groups by selecting some images, right click, 'Create stack ...'.
You can let autopano detect stack from bracketing alone, etc.
THis notion is important because it helps a lot the stitching in some case because of the 2 new options you have in detection tab :
1) Detect links in : 'one stack level' or 'all stack levels'
2) For a stack : 'use hard links' or 'detect control point'.
Imagine a panorama with a single 10 positions row and 3 brackets. You'll have 10 stacks of 3 images each.
With option one you can say : I want CP between images of the first level of all stacks. The second says, I want CP between all images from the same level of stacks.
With the second option, you can say : I want that the images from the same stack are moving together ( hard linked ).
'detect control point' says that there should be control point within a stack too.
That's the notion of stack. It illustrates itself well with bracketing but could be applied with other ideas like focus stacking, etc. Stack are here to help stitching in several cases.Render engine
There has been some work on this part too ( optimization, finetunning ). Since Alpha, it's quite stable here with a good preset value too.
Note : We found out some issue on Snow Leopard. Probably a platform issue ( If you have old autopano settings .plist, remove them before using this version ).HDR Fusion ( Autopano Pro partial / Giga full )
Everything is included in the engine about that part. Nevertheless, to be able to use it well, we need to documentate with real world case that part.
Quite everything in this part is on the new dialog box you have on autopano giga version only. This dialog box helps you to finetune the look of the fusion. In Autopano Pro, you also have fusion, but it's just not customizable. Default values in APP in fact works really well and you don't need most of time the adjustment dialog of APG version.
One demand here : It appears that we don't have a lot of HDR example in your big panorama database here. I really would like to get my hand on some of them : several bracket (3, 5, or more ) everything done in manual exposure. That will help us to finish that part.Gigapan plugin
The gigapan import plugin has been improved with several new feature.
First, we integrate the stack notion in that plugin too. It will help to create far better HDR gigapan.
Then we added some new options like :
- force 360° panorama. It helps to create 360° gigapan ( even if in some cases, we still have an issue with 360° gigapan )
- overlapping average value. This simple value helps to prevent bad gigapan panorama, because it will prevent us to detect false link ( like similar windows on building, etc ). So if your gigapan doesn't work the default value (40%), just drop this value to something like 30% or 20%, it often does the trick.
Note : we still don't support yet single row or column gigapan ( or small size in fact ).Groups plugins ( Autopano Giga only )
This is the firs time you have access to this new feature.
There are 3 plugins actually :
- neutralhazer : our haze removal plugins. Select an image, use the plugin button ( puzzle icon ), select that plugin, choose the power of the plugin, hit terminate, that's it.
- Lens correction : This plugs is based on the 'Lens Profile Creator' tool released by Adobe on Abode labs. It uses the profiles done with this tool to correct your images before using them in the software. Lens distortion, vignetting and chromatic aberration can be removed before stitching.
- External stack processing : this plugin works on stack and allow you to call external tools on stacks. It can work to make focus stacking before stitching or HDR external processing.Various changes
Global settings :
* image tab : you can change here the stack creation method
* Optimization tab : there's a new custom preset here. It's more to illustrate that you are not in a standard preset.
* Panorama tab : Regroup image in layer, default now is 'by stack'
* render tab : We added a custom preset here too to illustrate that you are not in a standard preset.Miscellanous
* The new color correction system is now active
* The memory manager has been debugged on all platform. So the rendering should work better an more time only in memory without the new of any cache on disk.
* ICC / IPTC / GPS / EXIF are now transmitted to the final panorama in many cases. The only metadata that we don't support yet is XMP.
The format that we don't support fully is PSD / PSB ( exif / GPS only, no ICC, no IPTC on that one ).
* benchmark log on the batch renderer has been improved : you have everything from detection to rendering.
* Stitching quality was bad in alpha1.
Issues details below :
- 0000110: [Performance] Sauvegarde des choix des répertoires temporaires d'une session à l'autre - closed.
- 0000111: [Performance] Unitée du chronometre plus pertinent - closed.
- 0000116: [Neurone ( optimisation )] Broken color correction system - closed.
- 0000133: [Image I/O] EXIF lost in rendered panorama - closed.
- 0000045: [Synapse ( detection )] Meilleur système de BKT en entrée - closed.
- 0000053: [Synapse ( detection )] Gigapan import issue - closed.
- 0000082: [UI behavior] aucun des boutons ne fonctionnent sauf "close X" - Win 32bits - closed.
- 0000093: [UI behavior] problem de language ( allemand ) dans l'UI - closed.
- 0000100: [UI behavior] Manual creation of BKT stack - closed.
- 0000104: [Synapse ( detection )] group by bracket sur square donne un mauvais resultat - closed.
- 0000122: [Neurone ( optimisation )] Meilleure prise en compte des Stacks de BKT dans l'optimiseur - closed.
- 0000123: [Editor] Cabler l'ui exposure fusion en mode CPU / GPU - closed.
- 0000129: [UI behavior] Terme : wrapping => warping - closed.
- 0000131: [Editor] Keep only the N best control points feature broken - closed.
- 0000132: [Cortex ( rendu )] Exif detection of the sigma 12-24 - closed.
- 0000134: [Import plugins] Missing icons in papywizard plugin - closed.
- 0000136: [Editor] Manual Control point improvement - closed.
- 0000138: [Performance] Mettre un log complet sur tout le workflow de detection / optimisation aussi - closed.
- 0000142: [Image I/O] GPS value lost in exif - closed.
- 0000165: [Cortex ( rendu )] crash irregulier sur l'anti-fantome - closed.
- 0000166: [Image I/O] Tester le flux des IPTC / ICC metadata - closed.
- 0000169: [Cortex ( rendu )] Switch automatique entre PSD et PSD si pano devient gros. Apparement, ca marche plus. - closed.
- 0000170: [Import plugins] gigapan : pouvoir lui dire qu'un panorama est un 360° - closed.
- 0000176: [Neurone ( optimisation )] Save / Load des cercles de fisheye cassé - closed.
- 0000186: [Image I/O] Raw decoding issue - closed.
- 0000187: [Editor] La touche del ne marche pas pour oter des CPs dans l'editeur de CP - closed.
- 0000188: [UI behavior] Contacter toutes les personnes de l'about box => pour y mettre les vrais noms - closed.
- 0000212: [UI behavior] Faut repenser la selection dans les groupes et stack - closed.
- 0000214: [UI behavior] Ouverture d'un pano 2.0.9 puis rendu sous 2.5 beta 1 => rien n'est créé - closed.
- 0000215: [UI behavior] Optimisation 2.0.9 marche pas en 2.5 - closed.
- 0000218: [Image I/O] Certaines images TIF 16 bits sont toutes rouges apres lecture - closed.
- 0000042: [UI behavior] MacOS import wizard useability issue - closed.
- 0000057: [Import plugins] plugin workflow - closed.
- 0000058: [Neurone ( optimisation )] Viewpoint correction - closed.
- 0000115: [Neurone ( optimisation )] lenteur de l'optimisation du free nodal point - closed.
- 0000125: [Neurone ( optimisation )] Quality d'assemblage en fisheye est moins bonne que 2.0.9 - closed.
- 0000126: [Editor] Changer la couleur de selection d'un CP - closed.
- 0000128: [Performance] Bad value of free memory detection under mac - closed.
- 0000198: [Editor] Button Guess Picture Position à mettre dans le mode move - closed.
- 0000178: [Performance] fichier temporaire blend - closed.
- 0000180: [UI behavior] Plugins sur stack qui appelle une ligne de commande - closed.
- 0000216: [UI behavior] editeur en mode cpu, outil mode move, les images individuelles ne s'affichent pas au survol. - closed.
- 0000060: [UI behavior] New UI chart integration everywhere - closed.
- 0000096: [Synapse ( detection )] Abort dans le kdtree n'est pas cablé - closed.
- 0000056: [Editor] Manual control point editor - closed.
Download
- Mac OS X Leopard : Autopano Pro for Mac OS X Leopard (30.83MB)
- Windows 32 bits : Autopano Pro for Windows 32 bits (19.15MB)
- Windows 64 bits : Autopano Pro for Windows 64 bits (24.89MB)
Changelog
Autopano Engine is separated into 3 main parts. We gave each of them names ( better for communicating ).
Here are the 3 parts :
- Kolor Autopano Synapse : the detection engine which detects keypoints, matches them, and then regroups everything into logical panoramas
- Kolor Autopano Neurone : the optimization engine for each panorama which takes results of the 'synapse' and then calculates cameras and color correction
- Kolor Autopano Cortex : the rendering engine that creates the final panorama ( rendering / blending / ghost detection / fusion, etc ).
We worked a lot on every section of this v2.5 engine. Let's take a look at each part.
Synapse : improvements and new features
In this section, you will have 3 new features.
* The matching component is now multi-threaded :
The detection stage is now fully multi-threaded. This seems to be a small feature, but we spent 3 months working on this component. The multi-threading design has been validated by Intel and results have been measured. The speed boost is minimal for a small panorama, but if you are used to stitching a lot of images, the boost can be impressive.
* Ransac stage improvement :
We added a new setting that gives access to another way of calculating the control point between 2 images.
This new mode called 'full 3d' gives far more control points on a short focal than the old method. In some cases, improvements are real, but it's useless for a long focal.
For the moment, this part is still experimental and needs improvement.
We decided to keep it because in some cases it's really nice.
* Auto regroup feature :
In the panorama setting, for example, you can have the software automatically regroup images into layers according to their bracket which is a nice feature to have if you are used to bracketing.Neurone : new features
* Free Nodal Point ability (quite the same as viewpoint correction in PtGui ). This feature is for Autopano Giga only.
When we decided to add Free Nodal Point Ability to our engine, we wanted it to be automatic. Normally when doing that, you cannot rely on automatically created control points. You need to enter them manually. Again, we think that an automatic solution that works should be created first. If it solves 90% of the cases, it's good. This is our goal which is why we have the new ransac stage 'full 3d'.
WARNING : this mode use a lot the optimizer. It can really takes time. Don't use this mode yet with more than 40 images.
We still need to work on the mathematical part to optimize the optimizer so that it could be applied to a project up to 100/150 images.
We also made another change. And not a small one !
* New color correction system
The color correction engine has been updated. Most of the time it does a better job, works better in conjunction with HDR, and is far more user friendly.
We removed the anchor system and replaced it with something that has a meaning :
what do you want to optimize on this image? Nothing, exposure, color, or color and exposure. Simple and easy to understand.
You may be disturbed at first with this new color engine. It's still being fine-tuned and not everything is working directly, but I'm sure that in the end, it will be much better than the previous.
*WARNING : We found out that when it doesn't work, it's currently broken. Found out that after the release.
BTW : You still have the same flexibility in choosing which image is the reference ( the one which should not be corrected ). Also, the system seems to behave quite the same. Nevertheless, the underground math has really changed.Cortex : the new rendering engine
This is the big part. After the issue with smartblend memory manager, we decided to go with our own system. It was not an easy decision to make because recreating a rendering engine from scratch is a huge amount of work. This simple fact explains delays in all Autopano releases. It was well worth the wait.
So what was the goal behind this complete rewrite of the engine ?
- The memory manager design should be perfect and should not rely on anything besides the OS
- An anti-ghost which should be configurable
- Integrated support for HDR ( fusion or merge )
- Better support of multi-core everywhere
- Ready for GPU integration ( OpenCL based )
What do we have in this 2.5.0 alpha release ?
* The new engine is integrated ( you can see that in the rendering dialog box )
* A lot of new options to tune this engine
* An option to remove alpha channel in any format ( it corrects the TIFF issue with capture one / light room support )
* Fusion blending for direct creation of a panorama from bracketed series
* Hdr merge to create hdr files
* Anti ghost on multi-band
* Anti ghost on hdr merging ( a different kind of anti-ghost which is not as good as the first one )
* We revamped the outputs, so you can choose what to output ( just the panorama, the groups, the images, everything, just one, etc )
* And gigapixel support : We did Paris-26-Gigapixels with anti-ghost on this engine ( several days of rendering but it worked ! )
You will have more details in the next coming video about how to use this engine.General Interface - new features
Let's have a look at what is new in global settings :
GENERAL TAB
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Here you have many changes due to the integration of the new rendering
engine :
- you can select one or several temporary folders ( by default just one, => hit on '...' button and you will have a new one ).
- New memory management
Now you only have one memory setting that is based on the available free memory at the launch of the software.
By default, we reserve 66% of that for source images cache or for rendering cache.
- Processor handling new options :
* mono core or multicore engine ( when multicore is enabled, you can set the number of core you want to use ).
* you also have the CPU string so the processor will be described directly in the interface
IMAGE TAB
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Nothing new here !
DETECTION TAB
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A new option appeared in the control point creation process. It's called Ransac Model.
It will change the way the control point is validated after the sift detection. You can have the standard model like in the previous version
of autopano ( similarity ) or a new model called "Full 3d". In this mode, you will detect more control points in complicated cases and it
will allow you to detect control points with free nodal point images.
Advice :
- use Similarity everywhere because it's much much faster
- use Full3d when having strong differences with the nodal point or if you have a really short rectilinear lens ( 15mm for example ).
You'll have more control points and the panorama will be better even if you don't use 'free nodal point' optimization.
OPTIMISATION TAB
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Here you have the new option : "Free Nodal Point". It does what it says.
PANORAMA TAB
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Some improvements here :
- color correction can be tuned with a new option where you can choose whether you would like color correction applied by layer or not
- You can select what to optimize in color
Totally new :
- You can choose to automatically create groups at detection ( either by bracket, speed, etc ).
This part will be improved further by the addition of an automatic mode that will decide alone what to do.
RENDERING TAB
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This dialog box has changed a lot.
Algorithms :
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The new rendering engine settings. You have 4 presets you can use that change the internal settings :
- Multi-band => a simple multi-band blend of the image
BTW : this one is different than the old multi-band of the 2.0 engine.
It's a full multi-band which is used for really big panoramas. It's slower than the old one but it is superior in quality.
- Smartblend : We decided to keep that name for the moment, but it will probably be renamed anti-ghost
- Bracket : when you need to make a panorama from several exposures
- HDR : when doing an HDR file from LDR sources
If you want to learn about the internal settings, now you'll need to hit "Show Advanced Options"
* Blending algorithm : linear or multi-band
If you choose multi-band, you have a slider with some settings.
They correspond to the number of pyramid levels you want to do with that multi-band.
0 => max number of levels
1 and over => say 1 level, 2 levels only, etc.
-1 and under => means I want all levels except the last 1 or 2, etc
* diamond weighting : a diamond weight on the alpha gives more weight to the pixel in the middle of a picture compared to a pixel near the corner
* exposure fusion : each pixel has a weight according to its exposure
* remove moving objects : the anti-ghost system
* remove bracket ghosts : another anti-ghost system for HDR merging
Format :
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You have 2 news options here.
Embed all output => if the format allows it, everything will be embedded in the format ( example on PSD : everything will be in a single file : panorama, layers, images ).
Remove alpha channel => this doesn't output the alpha channel. Useful for a TIFF format for example so that the rendered panorama can be opened in light room.
Output :
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3 check boxes :
* Panorama : if you want the panorama to be written ( you just need projected individual images, you don't need this. But most of the time it should be checked. )
* Layers : if you have more than one layer, you can have the individual layers
* Pictures : projected individual imagesManual Control Point Editor
I know some of you have been waiting for this feature for a long time. Now it's here.
See the second button 'add cp' in the control point editor. The behavior is quite the same as what is standard in that area.Batch Rendering Window
The batch rendering dialog doesn't have a real time preview yet. We don't know if we really need to spend time getting that feature back because it's just visual. So for the moment, we removed it.
Something new here which is really useful : statistics.
When a rendering is finished, you can click on the project to select it. After the project details, there will be statistics.
Here's an example of such output :
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C:/Users/MR_JENNY/Desktop\[Group 1]-DSC_1391_DSC_1509-119 images.jpg
119 images
Size: 12230 x 2756
FOV: 91.54 x 26.02
RMS: 3.01
Lens: Standard
Projection: Rectilinear
Color: LDR
Rendering statistics:
Total time: 75.629 s
Initialization time: 51.8823 ms
Wrapping time: 15.2642 s
Cutting time: 14.6873 s
Blending time: 44.904 s
Saving time: 1.77077 s
Temporary data read/written:
874 MB/891 MB
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You can see the total rendering time for this panorama : 75s and details. You can also see how much time was spent wrapping, cutting ( anti-ghost ), blending and writing ( can be long too ). We also made the average written or read data from the rendering cache public. We found out that rendering speed really depends on whether or
not everything fits in the memory.
Here is an early estimation of the rendering speed. On 3 standard panoramas we often use :
"tournette" panorama :
* 2.0.9 : 26s
* 2.5.0 : 16s => 1.6 x speed up
"bill et boule" panorama :
* 2.0.9 : 135s
* 2.5.0 : 52s => 2.5 x speed up
"curial decentre" panorama :
* 2.0.9 : 205s
* 2.5.0 : 128s => 1.6 x speed up
I hope you'll see that too on your side.Miscellanous
The option 'advanced distortion' in the optimize tab doesn't exist anymore. It's now always activated with fisheye.
HDR
You will probably notice that I quite never talked about HDR in this serie. That's normal, because theses feature will be disclosed in v2.5 beta 1 when the integration
of every feature needed for HDR will be done.
HDR is not simple and most of the job will be to create a good documentation on how to use the new engine for such kind of job.
Yes, in fact, quite everything we still need to do and assemble the right kind of HDR type of job and explain to you by video how to do them with the current engine.
So this part will come with beta1.Known Bugs
* Issue 116 : the new color correction system doesn't work in this system. We found out that issue after the compilation unfortunately
* Issue 115 : Do no use the free nodal point on big project ( < 40 images )
* Issue 114 : In the rendered panorama of a free nodal point project, some unattended part can appears ( images arc which doesn't belong to anything )
* Issue 113 : When the new anti-ghost system decide to cut near an image edge, some artifact can happen
* Issue 112 : Some unexplained yet crash during rendering