Stitching crop renders with GI mismatches - a solution?

[domdib]

Just thought that others who have to stitch together crops for larger images, and, like me, have encountered those dreaded seams because of GI mismatches would like to know - I've been playing with the trial version of Photoshop Elements, and its "Photomerge Panorama" function does a very convincing job of making those seams disappear. I tried another couple of dedicated Panorama programs, which seemed both more complicated and less successful (that might have been my incompetence/impatience  ), but Photoshop Elements more or less automates this.

[Kadri]

Domdib did you tried this?. I used an older version for my images. It looked very good.
It is free . I am downloading this new version now for experimenting  

http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/um/redmond/groups/ivm/ICE/

[domdib]

I haven't Kadri, thanks, will give it a spin.

EDIT: Looks pretty promising!

[jaf]

As far as ICE goes.... It's a great program but no longer in development by MS (they quit it when they cut back a year or so ago.) 

There was a problem, if I remember correctly, of it seemingly freezing up.  I found if you click the title bar of the application it continues.  I saw that happen on winXP and read about that particular problem in one of the MS forums.  It may work fine with Vista or later.

[Kadri]

As far as ICE goes.... It's a great program but no longer in development by MS (they quit it when they cut back a year or so ago.) 
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Sad    It worked great here. But i think i will use it so long it goes.
It was better then the stitcher in Photoshop. At least in what i tried.
This was with CS4 ; i don't know CS5.

[domdib]

It just stitched 6 24-bit tiffs for me without a hitch, so I'm glad you pointed it out Kadri.

EDIT: er I meant 16bit TIFFS  Still pretty good though.

[Kadri]

It just stitched 6 24-bit tiffs for me without a hitch, so I'm glad you pointed it out Kadri.

I was really surprised in what it did in the first try too 

[jaf]

Yes, it's a nice program -- too bad it doesn't go to someone or a group that would continue to develop it and fix the few bugs it has.

I use it mainly with photographs and making Starry Night panoramas.

I've mentioned this here before, but it doesn't hurt to repeat; try looking at the free panorama viewer wPanorama at:
   http://www.wpanorama.com/wpanorama.php?r=1272587437

[Kadri]

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I've mentioned this here before, but it doesn't hurt to repeat; try looking at the free panorama viewer wPanorama at:
  http://www.wpanorama.com/wpanorama.php?r=1272587437

The program looks nice and the panoramas there are maybe even better, thanks Jaf  

[Kadri]

There seems to be a new version ;  1.3.5 .

http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/um/redmond/groups/ivm/ice/

I don't know whats really new, but look here too :

http://community.research.microsoft.com/forums/t/5011.aspx

[timj]

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I've mentioned this here before, but it doesn't hurt to repeat; try looking at the free panorama viewer wPanorama at:
   http://www.wpanorama.com/wpanorama.php?r=1272587437

Couldn't get it to display equirectangular panoramas properly.
Has a very annoying 'advanced options' menu which disappears as soon as you have changed any option. This means that you have to open the menu again to change another option.
Very slow to load images on it's default setting of 'linear'  (on an i7 920 with 12Gb)
Hugely slower on the 'Lanczos' setting.

Although it has fewer options than the above, I find that FSP is a far better and far faster viewer.
http://www.fsoft.it/panorama/FSPViewer.htm

[jaf]

There seems to be a new version ;  1.3.5 .

http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/um/redmond/groups/ivm/ice/

I don't know whats really new, but look here too :

http://community.research.microsoft.com/forums/t/5011.aspx

Thanks for the update link Kadri.    Looks like MS has started working on ICE again.  I see it's a new web design too.

[Kadri]

[Kadri]

April 7, 2011 , version 1.4.3

http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/um/redmond/groups/ivm/ice/

"New features in version 1.4.3

    Stitch directly from a video (only on Windows 7)
    Automatic lens vignette removal
    Improved blending engine
    Options dialog to control memory usage and scratch disk locations"


Wonder if it is useful(Stitch directly from a video) ! I didn't tried this version . But will if i have time.