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The Digital Photographer's Software Guide
Rectilinear Panorama
Vendor: Altostorm Software
Purpose: Corrects any geometric image distortion and restores the natural look of images
Description
Rectilinear Panorama corrects geometric distortions in both panoramic and conventional
images. It makes multiple transformations of the image in a single pass; hence
it does not unnecessarily degrade picture quality. It corrects for barreling and pincushioning,
perspective shift and image skewing, image rotation, panorama distortion,
and curved horizons.
Rectilinear Panorama has an easy-to-use wizard interface that takes you through four
steps:
■ Identify distorted lines in the image
■ Choose what will happen to them after processing
■ Define parameters to compensate for the change in object size
■ Define the cropping area of the finished image
The Professional edition of the product supports both 8- and 16-bit images in RGB,
CMYK, Lab, and grayscale (Home edition is 8-bit only).
Comments
Reviewers have found Rectilinear Panorama easy to learn and use, although the manual
has been criticized for not being sufficiently explicit. It makes an excellent job of
correcting for tilt and keystoning, but does not use lens data for automatic correction
of lens distortion.
Version: Rectilinear Panorama 1.2.2 (2008)
Plugs into: Photoshop 4 and later, Photoshop Elements 2-5, and many other editors, tested for
compatibility, including ImageReady, Corel Photo-Paint, Photo-Impact, Painter, and Paint Shop
Pro, Fireworks MX, PhotoLine 32, Microsoft Digital Image, and Xara Xtreme
OS: Windows 2000, XP, and Vista
RAM: 128MB (512MB recommended)
Supported file formats: Major image formats
Price level: Home edition $70, Pro edition $180
Address: Altostorm Software, Simonova st., 34-115, Volgograd 400137, Russian Federation
Pacific Business Centre, c/o Altostorm Software, #101 - 1001 W. Broadway, Suite 381, Vancouver,
BC V6H 4E4, Canada
www.altostorm.com