![]() ![]() This enables the Tripod-Removal function, allowing users to mask a region of the bottom face of the cube. Cubic, the least common option, creates a panorama made of up to 6 images representing the sides of a cube onto which the panorama is projected. There are three available panoramic projections: Spherical, Cubic and Cylindrical. The horizontal angle-of-view of a single image can be set there as well. As you can see, only one choice is rectilinear. This lets you specify what type of lenses was used to capture source images: Circular Fisheye, Drum Fisheye, Full-Frame Fisheye, Raynox A special fisheye lens which sees 185° and enables the capture of a fully spherical environment in only 2 shots. One can also specify parameters by selecting the Custom option from the right column. Instead of guessing now, Panoweaver prompts for the type of lens if it cannot figure it out from the images. ![]() This has been immensely improved from version 7 and works very well. The last one of these brings up the control-point view which allows for manual, instead of automatic, stitching.įor fully automatic stitching, simply click the Stitch button Looks like four puzzle pieces. The three icons which appear below the tab give access to different views of source images. Images are selected using the New Project button and appear in the main window under source images after that. There is no real way to get lost in this application but a little time is needed to get familiar with the icons. The toolbar shows commonly executed functions while the menu duplicates them and adds a few more. Starting Panoweaver 8.6 Pro brings up the application's single interface window with a fixed toolbar and a contextual side-column made of collapsible sections for fine-tuning panoramas. The rendering and stitching engine has been improved in 8.6 to match features and stitch more accuracy. Wee planets can be output as images, Flash or stand-alone Shockwave files. Version 8.5 introduced a Gyroscopic effect in addition to the popular Wee Planet projection which was added at version 8. The Standard version also got an upgrade as it now supports both rectilinear and fisheye lenses. These batch features previously were available from a separate Batch edition. The Pro version is the one tested in this review and, starting at version 8.6, adds the capability to automate the creation, publication and conversion of panoramas. Panoweaver is available for Windows and Macs in two editions: Pro and Standard. There are two formats for embedding panoramas directly on a website: Java Applet and Flash VR, plus an HTML 5 option for sharing with Apple mobile products. Interactive output is highly customizable with background music, context menus and user-defined toolbars. Since version 8, an auto-switching publication method that shows an immersive panorama as HTML 5 on iOS devices and as Flash otherwise was added. This stitching software includes built-in capabilities to publish interactive panoramas in five different formats: Flash, Java, Quicktime VR, Shockwave and HTML 5. Panoweaver can create standard panoramic images for printing or electronic use. Plus, it has sophisticated masking tools for erasing a tripod and other unwanted elements from panoramic images. ![]() It can stitch large multi-row panoramas up to full spherical virtual environments. Panoweaver 8.6 Pro is an automatic panorama stitching software with extensive support for fisheye lenses by Easypano. ![]()
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