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The Digital Photographer's Software Guide
STOIK PanoramaMaker
Vendor: STOIK Imaging
Purpose: Photo panorama software based on advanced mathematical techniques for image
matching
Description
STOIK PanoramaMaker can turn any group of overlapping images into a high-quality
panorama. It uses the most advanced type of image matching, a technique that looks
for approximate correspondences in high dimensions, in what mathematicians call
128-D features space. For the user it provides a step-by-step procedure for creating the
final image, and can be operated in automatic or manual mode.
STOIK PanoramaMaker can correct minor differences between component images of
the panorama, in brightness, color balance, and camera tilt angle. As a result, says the
vendor, many stitching defects that are typical of other panorama stitching applications
are either minimized or avoided altogether. The software also offers various printing
options, such as printing across multiple sheets of paper, borderless printing, banner
printing, and printing with overlap for easy assembly.
Comments
Any new product from STOIK Imaging is worth noting, as this award-winning company
often works on an OEM basis for other firms. PanoramaMaker joins a growing
list of auto-stitching software and brings the latest techniques to it.
Version 2.0 has a new algorithm to make tiled panoramas by stitching multiple rows of
photos, including images taken with different levels of zoom. Other new features include
viewpoint correction, with Elevation, Azimuth, and Tilt controls to change viewpoint
and compensate for geometrical distortions.
Version: STOIK PanoramaMaker 2.0 (2008)
OS: Windows 98 SE, 2000, XP, and Vista
RAM: 256MB (recommended)
Supported file formats: JPEG, TIFF, BMP, PNG, and JPEG 2000
Price level: Approx. $40
Address: STOIK Imaging, Ltd, P.O. Box 48, Moscow 119049, Russia
www.stoik.com
The Panorama Factory
Vendor: Smoky City Design
Purpose: Creates high-quality panoramas from a set of overlapping digital images