From 1f4f1f0b441e4ac75943566405843cbfc1c7d1b2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Johannes Hofmann Date: Thu, 3 Aug 2006 21:23:57 +0200 Subject: add stitching section to README --- README | 28 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 28 insertions(+) (limited to 'README') diff --git a/README b/README index e622d3b..36b1779 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -133,6 +133,34 @@ the Option->Show Hidden menu entry. Hidden objects and hidden GPS way points are displayed in blue. +Stitching +========= + +If you have multiple images from the same viewpoint gipfel can stitch them +together to form a panorama image. +For stitching the input images must all have been correctly oriented +with gipfel and saved (see "Loading and Saving Images"). +You can then call gipfel -s ... +to see the result in a window. Alternatively you can call +gipfel -s -j ... +to save the result as a JPEG image to or +gipfel -s -t ... +to save the result as multiple TIFF images to . +Use the multiple TIFF option for blending the result with enblend +(http://enblend.sourceforge.net/). +The width and height of the result images can be adjusted with the +-w and -h options. + +The nice thing about stitching is that gipfel uses the same code that +it already had for positioning mountains on the pictures. +gipfel simply scans all directions needed for the panorama and determines +where these directions would end up on the various pictures. It can then +record the corresponding color values from the input images. + +In contrast to other stitching programs, the input images don't need to +overlap. + + Troubleshooting =============== -- cgit v1.2.3