Autopano Giga Changelog

What's new in Autopano Giga 4.4.2

Sep 12, 2018
  • Main changes:
  • The 4.4.2 is the new version of Autopano Pro/Giga. We have improved the RAW support in Autopano by integrating the lastest version of DCRAW. You can see the list of supported cameras here: DCRAW supported cameras. The lens and camera database has also been updated. See list below.
  • Bug fixes and features since 4.4.1.400:
  • Updated/corrected cameras et lensid databases
  • Added new camera RAW support
  • New cameras:
  • AUTEL ROBOTICS CO LTD:
  • Autel Robotics Co., Ltd. XB004
  • CANON:
  • Canon EOS Rebel T7i
  • Canon EOS 6D Mark II
  • Canon EOS 77D
  • Canon PowerShot G9 X Mark II
  • Canon Canon EOS Kiss X7
  • Canon Canon PowerShot SX730
  • Canon Canon EOS Rebel SL2
  • Canon Canon EOS M100
  • Canon Canon PowerShot G1 X Mark III
  • Canon Canon EOS 4000D
  • Canon Canon EOS 2000D
  • Canon EOS M50
  • C-D:
  • C-D Mobius ActionCam
  • DJI:
  • DJI FC550
  • DJI FC1102
  • DJI FC2103
  • DJI FC6510
  • ENLAPS:
  • ENLAPS TIKEE
  • FIREFLY:
  • Firefly 8SE
  • FUJIFILM:
  • Fujifilm Finepix XP120
  • Fujifilm X100F
  • Fujifilm X-E3
  • Fujifilm FinePix XP130 XP131 XP135
  • Fujifilm X-A5
  • Fujifilm X-H1
  • GARMIN:
  • Garmin VIRB 360
  • GOOGLE:
  • Google Pixel 2 xl
  • GOPRO:
  • GoPro Hero 6
  • HASSELBLAD Hasselblad H5D-50:
  • Hasselblad H5D-60
  • Hasselblad H5D-200C
  • Hasselblad H5D-200C MS
  • Hasselblad L1D-20c
  • HUAWEI mobiles:
  • Huawei PLK-L01
  • INSTA360:
  • Insta360 Pro
  • Insta360 Insta360 Pro
  • Arashi Vision Insta360 ONE
  • Insta360 Insta360 ONE
  • KODAK:
  • JK Imaging Ltd. KODAK PIXPRO SP360 4K
  • LEICA:
  • Leica M10
  • Leica Leica TL2
  • Leica Leica CL
  • MICROSOFT PHONES:
  • Microsoft Lumia 950 XL
  • NIKON:
  • Nikon Coolpix
  • Nikon D850
  • Nikon D7500
  • Nikon Coolpix W300
  • NOKIA PHONES:
  • Nokia Lumia 1020
  • Nokia 808 PureView
  • Nokia Lumia 925
  • OLYMPUS:
  • Olympus TG-5
  • Olympus E-M10 Mark III
  • Olympus E-PL9
  • ONEPLUS:
  • OnePlus OnePlus A5010
  • PANASONIC:
  • Panasonic DC-GH5
  • Panasonic DC-FZ80
  • Panasonic DC-GX850
  • Panasonic DC-ZS70
  • Panasonic DC-G9
  • Panasonic DC-GH5S
  • Panasonic DC-ZS200
  • Panasonic DC-GX9
  • PENTAX:
  • Pentax Pentax K-1 Mark II
  • Ricoh Pentax K-1 Mark II
  • PHASE ONE:
  • Phase One P 65+
  • RICOH:
  • Ricoh Pentax K-1 Mark II
  • Ricoh WG-50
  • Ricoh Ricoh Theta V
  • SAMSUNG:
  • Samsung Cameras:
  • Samsung SM-R210
  • Samsung Phones:
  • Samsung SM-G930F
  • Samsung SM-N950F
  • Samsung SM-N950U
  • Samsung SM-G960F
  • Samsung SM-J330FN
  • SJCAM:
  • SJCAM SJ4000WIFI-2.0
  • New lenses:
  • NIKON:
  • Sigma 18-250mm f/3.5-6.3
  • SAMYANG F2.8/12mm
  • Samyang 12mm F2.8 ED AS Fish Eye
  • Sigma 18-300mm f3.5-6.3 DC
  • Nikon AF-S 16-80mm f/2.8-4E VR ED
  • Nikon Milvus 2.8/15mm ZF.2 Mount
  • Sigma 24mm f/1.4 DG HSM Art
  • Nikkor AF-S Fisheye 8-15mm 1:3.5-4.5E ED
  • IRIX 11mm f/4.0
  • Tamron 10-24mm f/3.5-4.5
  • Sigma 24-70mm F2.8 DG OS HSM Art
  • Nikon AF-P DX 10-20mm f4.5-5.6 Ultra Wide
  • Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 70-200 f/2.8E FL ED VR
  • CANON:
  • Sigma 14mm f 1.8 DG HSM Art
  • Canon 18-135mm F3.5-5.6 IS USM
  • Canon EF-S 24mm f2.8 STM
  • Sigma 135mm 1.8 Sigma Art
  • Tamron 16-300mm F/3.5-6.3
  • Voigtlander Ultron 40mm f/2 SLII Aspherical
  • Voigtlander 28mm f/2.8 Color Skopar SL II
  • Canon EF400mm f/4 DO IS II USM
  • Canon 35mm f/1.4L II
  • Canon 85mm f/1.2L IS
  • Tokina 11-20mm F2.0
  • Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 STM
  • Tamron 16-300 mm f3.5
  • Tokina AT-X 16-28mm f/2.8 Pro FX Lens for Canon
  • Irix 15 mm F2.4

New in Autopano Giga 4.4.1 (May 18, 2017)

  • BUG FIXES AND FEATURES:
  • ALPS-842] : [Bug] Neutralhazer is not working anymore (random behaviour)
  • ALPS-843] : [Bug] Adobe LR plugin is not installed when a previous version of APG is present on the system (option greyed during installation process)
  • ALPS-844] : [Bug] Linux APG installer does not overwrite properly previous installation
  • ALPS-853] : Updated/corrected cameras et lensid databases
  • NEW CAMERAS:
  • DJI:
  • DJI FC6520
  • MICROSOFT MOBILES:
  • Microsoft Lumia 640 LTE
  • SAMSUNG MOBILES
  • Samsung SM-G935F:
  • YUNEEC:
  • YUNEEC CGO3+ 3.2.34(A)
  • NEW LENSES:
  • CANON:
  • Canon Samyang XP 14mm F2.4
  • Canon Canon EF-S18-135mm/f/3.5-5.6 IS

New in Autopano Giga 4.4.0 (Mar 30, 2017)

  • MAIN CHANGES:
  • The 4.4 is the new version of Autopano Pro/Giga. We worked on some nice features especially macOS Sierra 10.12 support and better UX/UI for the control point editor. It comes with a lot of bug fixes. The lens and camera database has also been updated. See list below.
  • MACOS SIERRA 10.12 SUPPORT:
  • We worked to make Autopano Pro/Giga compatible with macOS Sierra 10.12. There were issues with the settings and the panorama detection. These have been fixed.
  • CONTROL POINT EDITOR - UX/UI IMPROVEMENTS:
  • You can now rotate your images by 90° increments, clockwise or counter-clockwise, direcly into the control point editor. This can be really helpful for tough stitching especially when the camera postions are not the same from one image to another. See documentation.
  • BUG FIXES AND FEATURES SINCE 4.2.3.400:
  • KOI-330: Wrong panorama detection according to groups or stacks creation
  • KOI-312: Float settings not saved properly on MacOS sierra
  • KOI-310: As a user, to be more effective, I want to be able to rotate preview in CP editor
  • KOI-304: Analytics in APG
  • KOI-303: KGFL Update
  • KOI-298: Update Qt version in APG
  • ALPS-630: [bug] OpenSSL lib virtual disk reader error on Windows
  • ALPS-522: [bug] Fix user statistics in APG
  • ALPS-708: [bug] Crash in settings manager
  • ALPS-740: [bug] Crash on close after a rendering
  • ALPS-794: [bug] Updated cameras and lensid database to be added to APP/APG 4.4
  • ALPS-765: [bug] Histogram tool still active when switching to another tool using a CTRL+Z
  • ALPS-790: [bug] Grouping criteria value (Optimization tab in General Settings) not saved after you reboot (all versions)
  • NEW CAMERAS:
  • Apple:
  • Apple iPhone 7
  • Canon:
  • Canon SX420 IS
  • Canon SX540 HS
  • Canon SX620 HS
  • Canon SX720 HS
  • Canon ELPH 360 HS
  • Canon ELPH 180
  • Canon ELPH 190 IS
  • Canon G7 X Mark II
  • Canon Rebel T6 # 1300D
  • Canon EOS-1D X Mark II
  • Canon EOS 5D Mark IV
  • Canon EOS 80D
  • Canon EOS M5
  • Casio Exilim EX-ZR5000
  • Canon Powershot G9 X MkII
  • Canon EOS Rebel T7i / EOS 800D / Kiss X9i
  • Canon EOS M6
  • Canon EOS 77D / EOS 9000D
  • DJI:
  • DJI FC300C
  • DJI;FC300S
  • DJI FX300X
  • DJI HG310
  • DJI HG310Z
  • DJI Inspire One Pro
  • DJI Inspire One X5R
  • DJI Inspire One X5
  • DJI OSMO
  • DJI OSMO PRO
  • DJI FC330
  • DJI FC220
  • DJI FC220
  • DJI FC6310
  • DJI FC550
  • Elmo:
  • Elmo QBiC MS-1
  • Fujifilm
  • Fujifilm XP90
  • Fujifilm X-E2S
  • Fujifilm X-Pro2
  • Fujifilm X70
  • Fujifilm X-T2
  • Fujifilm X-A3
  • Fujifilm GFX 50S
  • Fujifilm X-A10
  • FujiFilm HS35EXR
  • FujiFilm S3300
  • Fujifilm Finepix XP120
  • Fujifilm X-T20
  • Fujifilm X100F
  • GoPro:
  • GoPro HERO5
  • GoPro HERO5 Session
  • Hasselblad:
  • Hasselblad X1D
  • Huawei PLK-L01
  • Leica:
  • Leica X-U (Typ 113)
  • Leica M-P Typ 240
  • Leica TL
  • Leica M10
  • Nikon:
  • Nikon D5
  • Nikon D500
  • Nikon Coolpix A100
  • Nikon Coolpix A10
  • Nikon DL24-500
  • Nikon DL18-50
  • Nikon DL24-85
  • Nikon Coolpix B700
  • Nikon Coolpix B500
  • Nikon Coolpix A900
  • Nikon Coolpix W100
  • Nikon D3400
  • Nikon D5600
  • Nikon Coolpix A300
  • Olympus:
  • Olympus Stylus Tough TG-870
  • Olympus PEN-F
  • Olympus Stylus SH-3
  • Olympus PEN E-PL8
  • Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark II
  • Panasonic:
  • Panasonic Lumix DMC-ZS60 (Lumix DMC-TZ80)
  • Panasonic Lumix DMC-ZS100 (Lumix DMC-TZ100)
  • Panasonic Lumix DMC-GF8
  • Panasonic Lumix DMC-GX85 (Lumix DMC-GX80 / Lumix DMC-GX7 Mark II)
  • Panasonic Lumix DMC-G85 (Lumix DMC-G80)
  • Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ2500 (Lumix DMC-FZ2000)
  • Panasonic Lumix DMC-LX10 (Lumix DMC-LX15)
  • Panasonic Lumix DMC-GX1
  • Panasonic DMC-GF3
  • Panasonic DMC-GH5
  • Panasonic Lumix DC-FZ80 / Lumix DC-FZ82
  • Panasonic Lumix DC-GX850 / Lumix DC-GX800 / Lumix DC-GF9
  • Parrot:
  • Parrot Bebop 2
  • Pentax:
  • Pentax K-1
  • Pentax K-70
  • Pentax KP
  • Phase One:
  • Phase One IQ25
  • Phase One IQ3
  • Ricoh:
  • Ricoh Theta m15 (Ricoh Theta)
  • Ricoh Theta S
  • Samsung:
  • Samsung SM-C200
  • Samsung SM-G920F
  • Samsung SM-G920I
  • Samsung SM-G935P
  • Samsung SM-N7505
  • Samsung SM-N910F
  • Samsung phone SM-G928F
  • Sigma:
  • Sigma dp0 Quattro
  • Sigma sd Quattro H
  • Sigma sd Quattro
  • Sony:
  • Sony Alpha a6300 (ILCE-6300)
  • Sony Cyber-shot DSC-HX80
  • Sony Cyber-shot DSC-RX10 III
  • Sony Alpha a99 II (ILCA-99M2)
  • Sony Cyber-shot DSC-RX100 V (DSC-RX100M5)
  • Sony Alpha a6500 (ILCE-6500)
  • Sony SLT-A35
  • Sony Xperia M4 Aqua (E2303)*
  • Sony DSC-WX220
  • Sony Cybershot DSC-HX350
  • NCTech:
  • NCTech iStar
  • Xyaoyi:
  • Xyaoyi;YDXJ 2;5.18519
  • XIAOYI / Yi M1
  • NEW LENSES
  • Nikon cameras mount:
  • Tokina 12-28 F4 aspherical
  • Zeiss 135mm f/2 Apo Sonnar TZF.2 Lens for Nikon F Mount
  • Nikkor Fish-eye AF 16mm f/2.8D
  • Sigma 17-50mm f2.8 ex dg
  • Sigma DC 18-200mm f/3.5 - 6.3 II HSM
  • Sigma 18-35mm f/1.8 Art Series
  • Nikkor 18-55mm f3.5 VR
  • Nikkor AF-P 18-55 mm f3.5/5.6
  • Nikkor Telezoom 200-500mm f/5.6
  • Tamron 28-200mm f/3.8-5,6 LD
  • Nikkor AF-S 400mm f/2.8E FL ED VR
  • Nikkor AF-S Nikkor 600mm f/4E FL ED VR
  • Sigma 85mm f1.4 EX DG HSM
  • Canon cameras mount:
  • Canon 16 35 f4 L
  • Canon 35-80mm f/4-5,6
  • Sigma Macro 105mm
  • Canon EF 11-24mm F/4 L USM
  • Canon EF-L f 4,0 16-35mm IS
  • Canon EFs 18-55mm
  • Sigma 20mm F1.4 DG HSM Art
  • Sigma 20mm F1.4 DG HSM Art
  • Voigtlander 20mm 3.5 SL II
  • Canon 24-70mm F/4 L IS USM
  • Sigma EF 50mm f/1.4 Art
  • Sigma 70-200mm F2.8 EX DG OS HSM
  • Voigtlander APO lanthar 90mm f/3.5
  • Canon EF-S 10-18mm f/4.5-5.6 IS STM
  • Tamron 17-50mm F2,8 XR Di II VC
  • Samyang F2.0/12mm NCS CS
  • Canon 18-55 STM
  • Canon EF 16-35mm f/2.8L III USM
  • Samyang 8mm
  • Voigtlander APO lanthar 90mm f/3.5
  • Canon EF 100-400mm
  • Sigma 14mm fisheye
  • CANON EF 35 mm f/2 IS USM
  • Canon EF 16-35mm f/4.0L IS USM
  • Tamron SP 15-30mm f 2.8

New in Autopano Giga 4.4.0 RC 3 (Mar 16, 2017)

  • Bug fixes:
  • ALPS-740: [bug] Crash on close after a rendering.

New in Autopano Giga 4.4.0 RC 2 (Mar 10, 2017)

  • Bug fixes and features:
  • ALPS-708: [bug] Crash in settings manager

New in Autopano Giga 4.4.0 RC 1 (Mar 2, 2017)

  • Minor bug fixes:
  • ALPS-522: [bug] Fix user statistics in APG

New in Autopano Giga 4.4.0 Beta 1 (Jan 31, 2017)

  • MAIN CHANGES:
  • This is the first beta release of the new Autopano Pro/Giga 4.4 version. We worked on some nice features especially macOS Sierra 10.12 support and better UX/UI for the control point editor. The lens and camera database has also been updated. See list below.
  • MACOS SIERRA 10.12 SUPPORT:
  • We worked to make Autopano Pro/Giga compatible with macOS Sierra 10.12. There were issues with the settings and the panorama detection. These have been fixed.
  • CONTROL POINT EDITOR - UX/UI IMPROVEMENTS:
  • You can now rotate your images by 90° increments, clockwise or counter-clockwise, direcly into the control point editor. This can be really helpful for tough stitching especially when the camera postions are not the same from one image to another. See documentation.
  • BUG FIXES AND FEATURES SINCE 4.2.3.400:
  • KOI-330 : Wrong panorama detection according to groups or stacks creation
  • KOI-312 : Float settings not saved properly on MacOS sierra
  • KOI-310 : As a user, to be more effective, I want to be able to rotate preview in CP editor
  • KOI-304 : Analytics in APG
  • KOI-303 : KGFL Update
  • KOI-298 : Update Qt version in APG
  • NEW CAMERAS
  • Apple:
  • Apple iPhone 7
  • Canon:
  • Canon SX420 IS
  • Canon SX540 HS
  • Canon SX620 HS
  • Canon SX720 HS
  • Canon ELPH 360 HS
  • Canon ELPH 180
  • Canon ELPH 190 IS
  • Canon G7 X Mark II
  • Canon Rebel T6 # 1300D
  • Canon EOS-1D X Mark II
  • Canon EOS 5D Mark IV
  • Canon EOS 80D
  • Canon EOS M5
  • Casio Exilim EX-ZR5000
  • DJI:
  • DJI FC300C
  • DJI;FC300S
  • DJI FX300X
  • DJI HG310
  • DJI HG310Z
  • DJI Inspire One Pro
  • DJI Inspire One X5R
  • DJI Inspire One X5
  • DJI OSMO
  • DJI OSMO PRO
  • DJI FC330
  • DJI FC220
  • Elmo:
  • Elmo QBiC MS-1
  • Fujifilm
  • Fujifilm XP90
  • Fujifilm X-E2S
  • Fujifilm X-Pro2
  • Fujifilm X70
  • Fujifilm X-T2
  • Fujifilm X-A3
  • Fujifilm GFX 50S
  • Fujifilm X-A10
  • FujiFilm HS35EXR
  • FujiFilm S3300
  • GoPro:
  • GoPro HERO5
  • GoPro HERO5 Session
  • Hasselblad:
  • Hasselblad X1D
  • Huawei PLK-L01
  • Leica:
  • Leica X-U (Typ 113)
  • Leica M-P Typ 240
  • Leica TL
  • Nikon:
  • Nikon D5
  • Nikon D500
  • Nikon Coolpix A100
  • Nikon Coolpix A10
  • Nikon DL24-500
  • Nikon DL18-50
  • Nikon DL24-85
  • Nikon Coolpix B700
  • Nikon Coolpix B500
  • Nikon Coolpix A900
  • Nikon Coolpix W100
  • Nikon D3400
  • Nikon D5600
  • Olympus:
  • Olympus Stylus Tough TG-870
  • Olympus PEN-F
  • Olympus Stylus SH-3
  • Olympus PEN E-PL8
  • Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark II
  • Panasonic:
  • Panasonic Lumix DMC-ZS60 (Lumix DMC-TZ80)
  • Panasonic Lumix DMC-ZS100 (Lumix DMC-TZ100)
  • Panasonic Lumix DMC-GF8
  • Panasonic Lumix DMC-GX85 (Lumix DMC-GX80 / Lumix DMC-GX7 Mark II)
  • Panasonic Lumix DMC-G85 (Lumix DMC-G80)
  • Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ2500 (Lumix DMC-FZ2000)
  • Panasonic Lumix DMC-LX10 (Lumix DMC-LX15)
  • Panasonic Lumix DMC-GX1
  • Panasonic DMC-GF3
  • Parrot:
  • Parrot Bebop 2
  • Pentax:
  • Pentax K-1
  • Pentax K-70
  • Phase One IQ25
  • Phase One IQ3
  • Ricoh:
  • Ricoh Theta m15 (Ricoh Theta)
  • Samsung:
  • Samsung SM-C200
  • Samsung SM-G920F
  • Samsung SM-G920I
  • Samsung SM-G935P
  • Samsung SM-N7505
  • Samsung SM-N910F
  • Sigma:
  • Sigma dp0 Quattro
  • Sigma sd Quattro H
  • Sigma sd Quattro
  • Sony:
  • Sony Alpha a6300 (ILCE-6300)
  • Sony Cyber-shot DSC-HX80
  • Sony Cyber-shot DSC-RX10 III
  • Sony Alpha a99 II (ILCA-99M2)
  • Sony Cyber-shot DSC-RX100 V (DSC-RX100M5)
  • Sony Alpha a6500 (ILCE-6500)
  • Sony SLT-A35
  • Sony Xperia M4 Aqua (E2303)
  • NCTech:
  • NCTech iStar
  • Xyaoyi:
  • Xyaoyi;YDXJ 2;5.18519
  • NEW LENSES:
  • Nikon cameras mount:
  • Tokina 12-28 F4 aspherical
  • Zeiss 135mm f/2 Apo Sonnar TZF.2 Lens for Nikon F Mount
  • Nikkor Fish-eye AF 16mm f/2.8D
  • Sigma 17-50mm f2.8 ex dg
  • Sigma DC 18-200mm f/3.5 - 6.3 II HSM
  • Sigma 18-35mm f/1.8 Art Series
  • Nikkor 18-55mm f3.5 VR
  • Nikkor AF-P 18-55 mm f3.5/5.6
  • Nikkor Telezoom 200-500mm f/5.6
  • Tamron 28-200mm f/3.8-5,6 LD
  • Nikkor AF-S 400mm f/2.8E FL ED VR
  • Nikkor AF-S Nikkor 600mm f/4E FL ED VR
  • Sigma 85mm f1.4 EX DG HSM
  • Canon cameras mount:
  • Canon 16 35 f4 L
  • Canon 35-80mm f/4-5,6
  • Sigma Macro 105mm
  • Canon EF 11-24mm F/4 L USM
  • Canon EF-L f 4,0 16-35mm IS
  • Canon EFs 18-55mm
  • Sigma 20mm F1.4 DG HSM Art
  • Sigma 20mm F1.4 DG HSM Art
  • Voigtlander 20mm 3.5 SL II
  • Canon 24-70mm F/4 L IS USM
  • Sigma EF 50mm f/1.4 Art
  • Sigma 70-200mm F2.8 EX DG OS HSM
  • Voigtlander APO lanthar 90mm f/3.5
  • Canon EF-S 10-18mm f/4.5-5.6 IS STM
  • Tamron 17-50mm F2,8 XR Di II VC
  • Samyang F2.0/12mm NCS CS
  • Canon 18-55 STM
  • Canon EF 16-35mm f/2.8L III USM
  • Samyang 8mm

New in Autopano Giga 4.2.3 (Dec 2, 2015)

  • MAIN CHANGES:
  • Qt to improve platform support
  • Intel for keeping performance
  • Our camera database to improve inputs support
  • FIXES SINCE 4.2.2:
  • 0005272: [Main Editor] A modification of the fisheye circle position is not applied
  • NEW CAMERAS:
  • APPLE:
  • Apple iPhone 6S
  • CANON:
  • Canon PowerShot G3 X
  • Canon PowerShot G5 X
  • Canon PowerShot G9 X
  • Canon EOS M10
  • Canon XC10
  • DxO Labs:
  • DxO One
  • FUJIFILM:
  • Fujifilm X-T1 IR
  • Fujifilm X-T10
  • GOPRO:
  • GoPro HERO4 Session
  • LEICA:
  • Leica M (Typ 262)
  • Leica SL (Typ 601)
  • Leica Q (Typ 116)
  • NIKON:
  • Nikon 1 J5
  • OLYMPUS:
  • Olympus OM-D E-M10 II
  • Olympus Air A01
  • Olympus Tough TG-4
  • Olympus Stylus 1s
  • PANASONIC:
  • Panasonic Lumix DMC-GX8
  • Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ300
  • Panasonic Lumix DMC-G7
  • PENTAX:
  • Pentax K-3 II
  • RICOH:
  • Ricoh GR II
  • SONY:
  • Sony Alpha SLT-A68
  • Sony Cyber-shot DSC-RX1R II
  • Sony Alpha 7S II
  • Sony Alpha 7R II
  • Sony Cyber-shot DSC-RX100 IV
  • Sony Cyber-shot DSC-RX10 II
  • Sony Cyber-shot DSC-HX90V
  • Sony Cyber-shot DSC-WX500
  • NEW LENS:
  • NIKON:
  • 15 30 233 2.8 2.8;Nikon;Tamron SP 15-30mm f/2.8;0
  • 18 55 162 3.6 5.7;Nikon;Nikon DX VR AF-S Nikkor 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 GII;0
  • 18 254 146 3.6 6.3;Nikon;Sigma 18-250mm f/3.5-6.3 DC Macro HSM ;0
  • 18 300 164 3.6 6.3;Nikon;AF-S DX NIKKOR 18-300mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR;0
  • 50 500 159 4.5 6.3;Nikon;Sigma 50-500mm;0 (Destiny’s big lens)
  • 100 100 0 2,0 2,0;Nikon;Zeiss planar 100mm f/2.0;0
  • CANON:
  • 24 24 503;Canon;EF 24mm f2.8 IS;0
  • 35 35 505;Canon;Canon Ultrasonic 35mm f/2;0 ;0

New in Autopano Giga 4.2.2 (Oct 13, 2015)

  • Fixes Vignetting Correction bug

New in Autopano Giga 4.2.1 (Sep 29, 2015)

  • Main changes:
  • With stacked pictures, it was hard to entirely remove the center of a picture with a red marker in ISO cutting mode. Now, it's possible.
  • Fixes:
  • 0005141: [Crash Dump] crash in color correction when an image is added or a lens type is changed
  • 0005124: [Internal optimization] Central green marker can sometimes make nadir patching impossible.
  • 0005134: [Crash Dump] crash when color correction with an empty layer

New in Autopano Giga 4.2.0 (Sep 4, 2015)

  • New color correction engine:
  • With the previous v4.0, in some cases where the exposures were really different, our way to calculate that was not optimal. We worked on that some more to give you the best color correction engine.
  • Better support of large differences in exposure: This is the real new change. We can better evaluate which part gets you a better balance in the resulting panorama.
  • Exposure slider. As we can now evaluate better the global panorama exposure, it is also possible to choose the exposure you want. This new slider highlights the exposures of all individuals images and allows you to choose the global exposure tone.
  • White Balance Stability. Calibrating tone was also quite delicate. Now it is working better and we can match really subtle tones.
  • Fixes since 4.0.2:
  • 0004636: [Neurone ( optimisation )] Better color correction with high exposures differences
  • 0004812: [Unclassified] new color correction is not well saved and reload
  • 0000000: [Unclassified] less update on exposure scaler changes.
  • 0004860: [GPU] line glitch on some GPU device
  • 0005011: [UI behavior] improve pano editor focus policy

New in Autopano Giga 4.2.0 RC 3 (Aug 25, 2015)

  • Fixes since 4.2.0 RC2:
  • 0005011: [UI behavior] improve pano editor focus policy
  • 0005023: [Neurone ( optimisation )] increase max fisheye FOV from 240 to 300 degrees

New in Autopano Giga 4.2.0 RC 2 (Jul 30, 2015)

  • Update some dependencies.

New in Autopano Giga 4.2.0 RC 1 (Jul 17, 2015)

  • UI adjustments only.

New in Autopano Giga 4.2.0 Beta 4 (Jul 1, 2015)

  • Fixes:
  • 0004860: [GPU] line glitch on some GPU device

New in Autopano Giga 4.2.0 Beta 3 (Jun 11, 2015)

  • Main changes:
  • Just UI adjustments.
  • Fixes since 4.2.0 beta2:
  • [Unclassified] less update on exposure scaler changes.

New in Autopano Giga 4.2.0 Beta 2 (Jun 9, 2015)

  • Fixes since 4.2.0 beta1:
  • 0004812: [Unclassified] new color correcrtion is not well saved and reload

New in Autopano Giga 4.2.0 Beta 1 (Jun 9, 2015)

  • New color correction engine:
  • Better support of large differences in exposure: This is the real new change. We can better evaluate which part gets you a better balance in the resulting panorama.
  • Exposure slider. As we can now evaluate better the global panorama exposure, it is also possible to choose the exposure you want. This new slider higlights the exposures of all individuals images and allows you to choose the global exposure tone.
  • White Balance Stability. Calibrating tone was also quite delicate. Now it is working better and we can match really subtle tones.
  • Fixes since 4.0.2:
  • 0004636: [Neurone ( optimisation )] Better color correction with high exposures differences

New in Autopano Giga 4.0.2 (Jun 1, 2015)

  • Fixes since 4.0.1:
  • 0004805: [Cortex ( rendu )] missing rendered piece with gigapixel

New in Autopano Giga 4.0.1 (May 14, 2015)

  • Fixes since 4.0.0:
  • 0004572: [Crash Dump] delete pieces in quick preview
  • 0004662: [Crash Dump] [Crash Dump] Crash when closing control point editor
  • 0004655: [Crash Dump] [Crash Dump] Null ptr in KImageLoader::LockPostProcess
  • 0004709: [Crash Dump] [Crash Dump] Null ptr in CRenderPreview::RTPRenderFullToKImage
  • 0004658: [Crash Dump] [Crash Dump] Null ptr in KGLTexMgr
  • 0004645: [GPU] gpuForceRGBA switch is not considered in fast editor mode
  • 0004657: [Crash Dump] [Crash Dump] Null ptr in FastGPU draw pano
  • 0004672: [Crash Dump] [Crash Dump] Null ptr in KSparseFactory::Finalize(KSparse &)
  • 0004689: [Crash Dump] [Crash Dump] Null ptr in UIGroup::GetAllImages()
  • 0004660: [Import plugins] Neutralhazer plugin crashes on Linux

New in Autopano Giga 4.0.0 (Apr 2, 2015)

  • MAIN CHANGES:
  • This version is the final version of the next generation of Autopano engine, the version 4. With this version, we tried to address issues that people are still having when stitching panoramas.
  • NEW COLOR CORRECTION ENGINE:
  • This is the first big change under the hood. Visually, you won't see many changes, everything is behind.
  • What is the color correction engine?
  • First, It is not only about color, but also about exposure, hdr calibration, etc. This algorithm is the way we calculate relative exposure between images, color cast, etc. The real name is radiometric calibration. For the lenses, we calculate lens distortion parameters. Here, for the color, we calculate color parameters for images and lenses, depending on exposure, aperture, iso.
  • So, what's new in the new color engine?
  • Vignetting correction: In big panoramas, especially with blue skies, it appeared that vignetting was an effect that prevented us from getting a perfectly stitched panorama without any banding in the sky. Now, we can measure that effect and remove it.
  • Gradient correction: This is a new concept that we discovered when stitching blue skies. It appears that some lenses have some coating that have an effect on the color in the sky. It also happens when you put some IR filter on the lens. It modifies the way the colors are transmitted through the lens and creates a strange gradient on the images. That effect is different from vignetting and it seems that we are the first in the world to have found this new type of color calibration effect. We found no literature about it yet.
  • Default anchor: In the previous engine, the software decided the default anchor image for you, the one that would be used as color reference for all others. It worked well, but we could do better. Now, by default, there won't be any color reference image, all images will be optimized. The result on the panorama is that the global panorama is closer to all images, instead of close to the reference image.
  • Color correction on big panorama: As the optimization system has been changed, now it is possible to easily have global optimization done on big panoramas. Even if you decide to have just one reference anchor in a big panorama, it will work, as the color/exposure propagates its values now to all the panorama.
  • WIP UI: The UI has been improved to support the new engine. Everything is now happening on the right click on an image. You can decide from there what you want to correct for that image. You can also globally change the default settings of color correction in the column menu while you are in the color correction mode. There is room for improvement here and we are waiting for feedback on the UI for color correction.
  • FAST EDITOR:
  • When we looked at feature requests from users, we found out that it was more important for you to be able to work fast in the editor than to render fast. Rendering can be run during night, but if you need to edit a panorama, you need to be behind the screen. So we decided to concentrate on how we could accelerate the editor. The fast editor is the result of that speed up. Again, that's not really a visual feature, as everything again is behind the scene. You will just see a new flag in general setting that says, fast editor, enabled or not. By default, it is on, of course.
  • So, how does the fast editor work?
  • Zooming / panning:
  • When panning, zooming in, zooming out, you should feel that everything is super fast now. We use clever gpu techniques to be able to get you instantaneous feedback in the editor. In Autopano 4, we opened the Paris-26-gigapixels panorama on a laptop and were able to work on it, having no problem looking at every zone of the panorama, even at 100%. It is really, really fast.
Small visual artifacts:
  • To be able to accelerate everything, some compromises had to be made, which has resulted in possible temporary visual artifacts. These artifacts don't stay on screen very long, they are there during only a few seconds until the calculations are done. It doesn't prevent the use of the tool, makes it really fast, but visually, it might be distracting. Tell us what you think, if you are ok with these glitches or not.
  • 4K / HIGH DPI / RETINA DISPLAY SUPPORT:
  • We've always cared about the visual comfort when using our software, and the experience should be enjoyable during use. But with the latest computers / laptops, everything is quickly evolving to use high resolutions on screen and high DPI. Our software should adapt to that evolution.
  • Having an interface that adapts itself to high DPI / Retina display depends on the way the software is built. We use Qt for almost all our software. Qt should then be providing us with the solution for High DPI / Retina Display. It happens that Qt has provided this only really recently, with Qt 5.4. Our software relied on Qt 4.8 ( quite old ). It wasn't possible to make the switch before, as it does impact a lot of the codebase. We could only plan the switchover for a major update, as it also impacted the minimal OS configuration needed for the software. The result is that we now have a better interface, with Retina icons / high DPI screen support even for 4K screens. The switch also accelerates every part of the software related to displaying something on the screen. With this upgrade of Qt, we are also ready for Windows 10 and Mac Yosemite.
  • ANTI-GHOST VISUAL FEEDBACK ( APG ONLY ):
  • In the Autopano engine, we are still the only stitcher that has an automatic anti-ghost algorithm that works for small projects, up to gigapixels. It does really save a lot of time for fixing ghost / parallax in hand held panorama, and it does so automatically. We decided to work on this algorithm to make it even more efficient and usable.
  • What we did:
  • Seams visual feedback: you can actually see where the anti-ghost algorithm decided to put the seams between images. This visualization of the seams is a great improvement and really helps understand overlapping / moving objects, etc. It is also compatible with our masking markers ( green / red ). Working in the mask editor is improved now.
  • Stability of anti-ghost decisions: in previous versions, it could happen that the decision taken by the antighost algorithm in the editor, was not the same as the one taken during the rendering. This was not acceptable anymore if you have a visual feedback on seams. The problem with having the same decision is that a render is needed for the whole panorama before we can display anything on the screen ( even if the editor is opened on just a small part of the panorama. The whole panorama influences the antighost, not just the displayed zone ). So, even if it means an initial, global slow down of the preview at first, we decided to do a quick render of the global panorama when opening the mask editor so we can guarantee to display the real seam locations. You can also notice that when zooming into the realtime preview, the seams will refine themselves depending on the zoom factor, but they won't change location anymore.
  • With these 2 improvements to the anti-ghost system, managing ghosts is really better. And we think that it is way faster than painting into input images. We were asked several times to add that feature. But with these improvements, we are waiting for feedback to see, if it is still considered needed or not.
  • MISCELLANEOUS:
  • Small screens support:
On some small displays, it was not really simple to use our editor because the tools were really big. We added sliders on several zones so that it is now easier to use on laptops for example.
  • Qt and compilers updates:
To be really up to date in the development tools, we used here the latest version of both Qt and Intel compilers. You should notice a small improvement in terms of performance.
  • PSD/PSB compression:
You can now activate PSD/PSB compression in RLE mode. It reduces the file size, but it can in some cases increase the rendering time. One note: if you really want to get the smallest file size and if you don't have embedded layers ( just a plain panorama in PSD/PSB ), uncheck the embedded checkbox and use RLE compression mode. This is the case where the file size will be the smallest. Still, if you open a PSD/PSB through Photoshop and save it again, depending on the case (with/without layers, compatibility mode or not), the file size can still be reduced.
  • A clearer obsolete key message:
Warning: for the betas, you are supposed to use a v3 key to register the beta software. Once we'll be in Release Candidate / Final, the software will only be registered with v4 keys. 
The message now states which version of the key you need to register the software with, which is clearer than the previous 'obsolete key' message. You know what to use directly in the software.
  • Remove support of KRO file in input:
It happens that some users did try to use KRO files in input. The issue is that we don't support gigapixels in input, in any format. We removed that format in input to prevent injecting gigapixels.
  • Gigapan import improvement:
  • In some cases, with a lot of unlinked images, the Gigapan import could fail. We a lot of did work on this algorithm to make it more robust. With current Gigapan tests cases, the system is much more robust now, even in cases where you don't have the exif data anymore.
  • Area selection tool:
  • For editing big panoramas, you can use the ctrl/cmd key while dragging. It will create a rectangular selection zone. Any image with it's center inside this rectangle will be selected. This is a nice tool to move several images at the same time, for sky patching on gigapixels for example.
  • Zenith and nadir blending:
  • In some rare cases, you could notice strange behavior at the zenith or nadir where a spot is visible, as if the blending didn't work well on that zone. We found the solution for that and made it compatible with the automatic anti-ghost. You won't have any blending issues at the zenith anymore.
  • Group management:
  • When sorting images, it appeared that some of the functions that were on the right click on group were not that easy to use. We've improved them. Now, if you split a group at a given selected image, both groups stay close. Previously, the new group was created at the end of the group list. You have new function 'keep selected', just select some images in a group, use that, and it will remove all other images.
  • Memory optimization:
  • We measured memory usage when working on big projects. There was space for improvement in that area and now it should be possible to do 10,000 images panorama on much smaller computers than before. This is a good news for record breakers ( go out and shoot! ), but also for small configurations who will be able to stitch bigger projects.
  • FIXES SINCE 4.0.0 RC 1:
  • 0004626: [Main Editor] Export Papywizard: missing braketing tag
  • 0004629: [Import plugins] Export Papywizard: exif focal written instead of computed focal
  • 0004442: [UI behavior] Qt translation
  • 0004567: [Main view] Fisheye images badly cropped when the circle is decentered
  • FIXES SINCE 3.7.1:
  • 0004440: [UI behavior] update URL address
  • 0004293: [Crash Dump] move points in vertical lines tool
  • 0004255: [UI behavior] Download manager user agent
  • 0004447: [Cortex ( rendu )] Editor windows size
  • 0004458: [Crash Dump] corrupted or empty texture
  • 0004469: [Crash Dump] crash in final rendering cut
  • 0001039: [Import plugins] Pictures developed by Bridge doesn't keep EXIF tags only XMP tags
  • 0003427: [Import plugins] Updated bundle ID of Bridge/Lightroom/Aperture/Picasa plugins
  • 0001008: [Import plugins] plugin Bridge : info exif
  • 0002367: [Import plugins] Lightroom export doesn't include GPS coordinates
  • 0004424: [Performance] Better obsolete key message
  • 0004413: [UI behavior] add tooltip on the full optim icon when disabled by "keep current value" optim option
  • 0004412: [UI behavior] update optimization settings when an opened panorama is reloaded
  • 0004279: [Crash Dump] disable kro file as input
  • 0004232: [Crash Dump] Render final kic
  • 0004400: [Crash Dump] Pano access while fast drawing
  • 0004399: [Main Editor] crash when deleting an optimization group
  • 0004374: [Crash Dump] Cache disk manager
  • 0004210: [Image I/O] PSD PSB file size
  • 0004230: [Crash Dump] Fast editor rendering
  • 0004249: [GPU] White rendering in preview
  • 0004272: [Internal optimization] SparseMat_t is not thread-safe
  • 0004247: [Performance] Autopano doesn't start
  • 0004248: [Qt] Autopano is black
  • 0004246: [Crash Dump] Crash at 1st detection in FindPanorama4.cpp : 550
  • 0004273: [Main Editor] Quick preview can halt the application
  • 0003463: [Ctrl Editor] Manual CP positioning jittering on Mac
  • 0004225: [Import plugins] Gigapan import optimization failed
  • 0004219: [UI behavior] Color tools UI
  • 0003793: [Performance] memory issue
  • 0001581: [Main Editor] Review UI on local/global geometric analysis
  • 0003509: [Shell Integration] Extended save as, qt::copy
  • 0003657: [Main Editor] Fisheye output projection FOV can be rounded when leaving and reopening the projection editor
  • 0003833: [UI behavior] Modify description for the "What's This" of "Vertical Lines" tool.
  • 0004231: [Crash Dump] Sift under mac
  • 0004228: [Crash Dump] Preview GPU
  • 0004240: [Crash Dump] Color constraints
  • 0004035: [GPU] fast editor behaviour
  • 0003805: [Import plugins] Gigapan case fails with 'satelite' images
  • 0004135: [Image I/O] Added new camera RAW support
  • 0002975: [Synapse ( detection )] rethink setting "group/detection_auto"
  • 0003190: [Neurone ( optimisation )] remove optimization step Final 2
  • 0001471: [Neurone ( optimisation )] Color anchor only
  • 0001536: [Image I/O] pink dng fuji S5 Pro
  • 0001799: [Image I/O] Crash when double click on a corrupted JPEG in a group
  • 0002096: [Main Editor] Jump when switching projection
  • 0001895: [Cortex ( rendu )] better giga pixel rendering
  • 0000219: [Main Editor] Big panoramas edition is slow
  • 0003775: [Main Editor] Display the "Visual similarity" of links and ctrl points into the ctrl points editor
  • 0001341: [Qt] Qt 5.0 target decision
  • 0001282: [Main Editor] Copy to new panorama pano name wrong
  • 0001470: [UI behavior] Area selection tool for big panorama
  • 0000063: [Neurone ( optimisation )] GPU / CPU mode : la correction couleur est differente
  • 0000458: [Neurone ( optimisation )] Color correction a passer en jacobian complete
  • 0000969: [Cortex ( rendu )] Vignetting or not vignetting
  • 0001315: [Neurone ( optimisation )] Vignetting, new color model
  • 0001466: [Neurone ( optimisation )] Color correction issue on big panorama
  • 0001534: [Main Editor] Better mask mode
  • 0002036: [Cortex ( rendu )] Exposure fusion/HDR zenith problem
  • 0002175: [UI behavior] Better antighost preview
  • 0003945: [Image I/O] strange pixels row when doing little planets
  • 0003170: [Main Editor] Visual feedback for ISO mode
  • 0002304: [Cortex ( rendu )] Mask decision depends on rendering size
  • 0003889: [UI behavior] Cutting visualisation
  • 0003888: [UI behavior] new color correction
  • 0003570: [UI behavior] Qt 5 integration
  • 0003537: [Neurone ( optimisation )] New color correction model
  • 0003536: [GPU] Refound preview GPU for incresing editor performance
  • 0002787: [Cortex ( rendu )] Color issue on Zenith
  • 0003751: [Image I/O] Anti-ghost choice on the right border of a full spherical equi
  • 0003538: [Neurone ( optimisation )] New color correction solver

New in Autopano Giga 4.0.0 RC 1 (Mar 11, 2015)

  • Some noticeable minors fixes:
  • Small screens support
  • On some small displays, it was not really simple to use our editor because the tools were really big. We added sliders on several zones so that it is now easier to use on laptops for example.
  • Qt and compilers updates
  • To be really up to date in the development tools, we used here the latest version of both Qt and Intel compilers. You should notice a small improvement in terms of performance.
  • Warning: registration keys:
  • As we are now in release candidate stage, the registration keys that should be used for this version are keys of version 4. Be sure to go to your user account to get them.
  • Fixes since 4.0.0 beta 5:
  • 0004440: [UI behavior] update URL address
  • 0004293: [Crash Dump] move points in vertical lines tool
  • 0004255: [UI behavior] Download manager user agent
  • 0004447: [Cortex ( rendu )] Editor windows size
  • 0004458: [Crash Dump] corrupted or empty texture
  • 0004469: [Crash Dump] crash in final rendering cut

New in Autopano Giga 4.0.0 Beta 5 (Feb 11, 2015)

  • MAIN CHANGES:
  • This version is probably the last public beta of Autopano engine v4. We've added the last features that we wanted to be addressed.
  • EXTERNAL PLUGINS IMPROVEMENT:
  • It is always nice to have Autopano well integrated into external software. We've worked on that aspect.
  • If you develop images through Bridge, now we keep EXIF tags
  • Installed plugins now call the right Autopano v4 version
  • Lightroom now imports GPS coordinates from Autopano correctly
  • Aperture support has been dropped as the software itself has been abandoned by Apple
  • MISCELLANEOUS:
  • PSD/PSB compression:
  • You can now activate PSD/PSB compression in RLE mode. It reduces the file size, but it can in some cases increase the rendering time. One note: if you really want to get the smallest file size and if you don't have embedded layers ( just a plain panorama in PSD/PSB ), uncheck the embedded checkbox and use RLE compression mode. This is the case where the file size will be the smallest. Still, if you open a PSD/PSB through Photoshop and save it again, depending on the case (with/without layers, compatibility mode or not), the file size can still be reduced.
  • A clearer obsolete key message:
  • Warning: for the betas, you are supposed to use a v3 key to register the beta software. Once we'll be in Release Candidate / Final, the software will only be registered with v4 keys.
  • The message now states which version of the key you need to register the software with, which is clearer than the previous 'obsolete key' message. You know what to use directly in the software.
  • Remove support of KRO file in input:
  • It happens that some users did try to use KRO files in input. The issue is that we don't support gigapixels in input, in any format. We removed that format in input to prevent injecting gigapixels.
  • FIXES SINCE 4.0.0 BETA 4:
  • 0001039: [Import plugins] Pictures developed by Bridge doesn't keep EXIF tags only XMP tags
  • 0003427: [Import plugins] Updated bundle ID of Bridge/Lightroom/Aperture/Picasa plugins
  • 0001008: [Import plugins] plugin Bridge : info exif
  • 0002367: [Import plugins] Lightroom export doesn't include GPS coordinates
  • 0004424: [Performance] Better obsolete key message
  • 0004413: [UI behavior] add tooltip on the full optim icon when disabled by "keep current value" optim option
  • 0004412: [UI behavior] update optimization settings when an opened panorama is reloaded
  • 0004279: [Crash Dump] disable kro file as input
  • 0004232: [Crash Dump] Render final kic
  • 0004400: [Crash Dump] Pano access while fast drawing
  • 0004399: [Main Editor] crash when deleting an optimization group
  • 0004374: [Crash Dump] Cache disk manager
  • 0004210: [Image I/O] PSD - PSB file size

New in Autopano Giga 4.0.0 Beta 3 (Jan 8, 2015)

  • Fixes since 4.0.0 beta 2:
  • 0004230: [Crash Dump] Fast editor rendering
  • 0004249: [GPU] White rendering in preview
  • 0004272: [Internal optimization] SparseMat_t is not thread-safe
  • 0004247: [Performance] Autopano doesn't start
  • 0004248: [Qt] Autopano is black
  • 0004246: [Crash Dump] Crash at 1st detection in FindPanorama4.cpp : 550
  • 0004273: [Main Editor] Quick preview can halt the application
  • 0003463: [Ctrl Editor] Manual CP positioning jittering on Mac
  • 0004225: [Import plugins] Gigapan import - optimization failed
  • 0004219: [UI behavior] Color tools UI
  • 0003793: [Performance] memory issue
  • 0001581: [Main Editor] Review UI on local/global geometric analysis
  • 0003509: [Shell Integration] Extended save as, qt::copy
  • 0003657: [Main Editor] Fisheye output projection FOV can be rounded when leaving and reopening the projection editor
  • 0003833: [UI behavior] Modify description for the "What's This" of "Vertical Lines" tool.
  • 0004231: [Crash Dump] Sift under mac
  • 0004228: [Crash Dump] Preview GPU
  • 0004240: [Crash Dump] Color constraints

New in Autopano Giga 4.0.0 Beta 2 (Dec 19, 2014)

  • Main changes:
  • We did a mistake with the compilation of the first beta 1. It was optimized for CPU that have AVX instructions set with no fallback. That means that only recent CPU could use the software. We fixed that quickly so that everyone can enjoy the software.
  • Fixes since 4.0.0 beta 1:
  • 0003706: [UI behavior] Save As wants to save as "Untitled.pano" on Mac OSX 10.9
  • 0004206: [UI behavior] Add warning message when estimated distortions are high (right lens type ?)
  • 0004215: [Performance] don't start with some CPU

New in Autopano Giga 4.0.0 Beta 1 (Dec 18, 2014)

  • MAIN CHANGES:
  • This version is the first public beta of the next generation of Autopano engine, the version 4. With this version, we tried to address issues that people are still having when stitching panoramas.
  • Although this is version 4, you can register this version with a v3 key, which will be accepted all throughout the beta-testing phase. This means that this version is time-locked, and will lock itself (removing the registration) around the time a new beta or the final release comes. When the final version is released, you will need an upgraded version 4 key to use the software. If you've lost your license key, you can retrieve it at any time from your user account.
  • NEW COLOR CORRECTION ENGINE:
  • This is the first big change under the hood. Visually, you won't see many changes, everything is behind.
  • What is the color correction engine? First, It is not only about color, but also about exposure, hdr calibration, etc. This algorithm is the way we calculate relative exposure between images, color cast, etc. The real name is radiometric calibration. For the lenses, we calculate lens distortion parameters. Here, for the color, we calculate color parameters for images and lenses, depending on exposure, aperture, iso.
  • WHAT'S NEW IN THE NEW COLOR ENGINE:
  • Vignetting correction: In big panoramas, especially with blue skies, it appeared that vignetting was an effect that prevented us from getting a perfectly stitched panorama without any banding in the sky. Now, we can measure that effect and remove it.
  • Gradient correction: This is a new concept that we discovered when stitching blue skies. It appears that some lenses have some coating that have an effect on the color in the sky. It also happens when you put some IR filter on the lens. It modifies the way the colors are transmitted through the lens and creates a strange gradient on the images. That effect is different from vignetting and it seems that we are the first in the world to have found this new type of color calibration effect. We found no literature about it yet.
  • Default anchor: In the previous engine, the software decided the default anchor image for you, the one that would be used as color reference for all others. It worked well, but we could do better. Now, by default, there won't be any color reference image, all images will be optimized. The result on the panorama is that the global panorama is closer to all images, instead of close to the reference image.
  • Color correction on big panorama: As the optimization system has been changed, now it is possible to easily have global optimization done on big panoramas. Even if you decide to have just one reference anchor in a big panorama, it will work, as the color/exposure propagates its values now to all the panorama.
  • WIP UI: The UI has been improved to support the new engine. Everything is now happening on the right click on an image. You can decide from there what you want to correct for that image. You can also globally change the default settings of color correction in the column menu while you are in the color correction mode. There is room for improvement here and we are waiting for feedback on the UI for color correction.
  • FAST EDITOR:
  • When we looked at feature requests from users, we found out that it was more important for you to be able to work fast in the editor than to render fast. Rendering can be run during night, but if you need to edit a panorama, you need to be behind the screen. So we decided to concentrate on how we could accelerate the editor. The fast editor is the result of that speed up. Again, that's not really a visual feature, as everything again is behind the scene. You will just see a new flag in general setting that says, fast editor, enabled or not. By default, it is on, of course.
  • How does the fast editor work:
  • Zooming / panning: When panning, zooming in, zooming out, you should feel that everything is super fast now. We use clever gpu techniques to be able to get you instantaneous feedback in the editor. In Autopano 4, we opened the Paris-26-gigapixels panorama on a laptop and were able to work on it, having no problem looking at every zone of the panorama, even at 100%. It is really, really fast.
Small visual artifacts: To be able to accelerate everything, some compromises had to be made, which has resulted in possible temporary visual artifacts. These artifacts don't stay on screen very long, they are there during only a few seconds until the calculations are done. It doesn't prevent the use of the tool, makes it really fast, but visually, it might be distracting. Tell us what you think, if you are ok with these glitches or not.
  • 4K / HIGH DPI / RETINA DISPLAY SUPPORT:
  • We've always cared about the visual comfort when using our software, and the experience should be enjoyable during use. But with the latest computers / laptops, everything is quickly evolving to use high resolutions on screen and high DPI. Our software should adapt to that evolution.
  • Having an interface that adapts itself to high DPI / Retina display depends on the way the software is built. We use Qt for almost all our software. Qt should then be providing us with the solution for High DPI / Retina Display. It happens that Qt has provided this only really recently, with Qt 5.4. Our software relied on Qt 4.8 ( quite old ). It wasn't possible to make the switch before, as it does impact a lot of the codebase. We could only plan the switchover for a major update, as it also impacted the minimal OS configuration needed for the software. The result is that we now have a better interface, with Retina icons / high DPI screen support even for 4K screens. The switch also accelerates every part of the software related to displaying something on the screen. With this upgrade of Qt, we are also ready for Windows 10 and Mac Yosemite.
  • ANTI-GHOST VISUAL FEEDBACK ( APG ONLY ):
  • In the Autopano engine, we are still the only stitcher that has an automatic anti-ghost algorithm that works for small projects, up to gigapixels. It does really save a lot of time for fixing ghost / parallax in hand held panorama, and it does so automatically. We decided to work on this algorithm to make it even more efficient and usable.
  • What we did:
  • Seams visual feedback: you can actually see where the anti-ghost algorithm decided to put the seams between images. This visualization of the seams is a great improvement and really helps understand overlapping / moving objects, etc. It is also compatible with our masking markers ( green / red ). Working in the mask editor is improved now.
  • Stability of anti-ghost decisions: in previous versions, it could happen that the decision taken by the antighost algorithm in the editor, was not the same as the one taken during the rendering. This was not acceptable anymore if you have a visual feedback on seams. The problem with having the same decision is that a render is needed for the whole panorama before we can display anything on the screen ( even if the editor is opened on just a small part of the panorama. The whole panorama influences the antighost, not just the displayed zone ). So, even if it means an initial, global slow down of the preview at first, we decided to do a quick render of the global panorama when opening the mask editor so we can guarantee to display the real seam locations. You can also notice that when zooming into the realtime preview, the seams will refine themselves depending on the zoom factor, but they won't change location anymore.
  • With these 2 improvements to the anti-ghost system, managing ghosts is really better. And we think that it is way faster than painting into input images. We were asked several times to add that feature. But with these improvements, we are waiting for feedback to see, if it is still considered needed or not.
  • MISCELLANEOUS IMPROVEMENTS:
  • In many parts of the software, we did other improvements. The most important are explained here:
  • Gigapan import improvement: In some cases, with a lot of unlinked images, the Gigapan import could fail. We a lot of did work on this algorithm to make it more robust. With current Gigapan tests cases, the system is much more robust now, even in cases where you don't have the exif data anymore.
  • Area selection tool: For editing big panoramas, you can use the ctrl/cmd key while dragging. It will create a rectangular selection zone. Any image with it's center inside this rectangle will be selected. This is a nice tool to move several images at the same time, for sky patching on gigapixels for example.
  • Zenith and nadir blending: In some rare cases, you could notice strange behavior at the zenith or nadir where a spot is visible, as if the blending didn't work well on that zone. We found the solution for that and made it compatible with the automatic anti-ghost. You won't have any blending issues at the zenith anymore.
  • Group management: When sorting images, it appeared that some of the functions that were on the right click on group were not that easy to use. We've improved them. Now, if you split a group at a given selected image, both groups stay close. Previously, the new group was created at the end of the group list. You have new function 'keep selected', just select some images in a group, use that, and it will remove all other images.
  • Memory optimization: We measured memory usage when working on big projects. There was space for improvement in that area and now it should be possible to do 10,000 images panorama on much smaller computers than before. This is a good news for record breakers ( go out and shoot! ), but also for small configurations who will be able to stitch bigger projects.
  • FIXES:
  • 0004035: [GPU] fast editor behaviour
  • 0003805: [Import plugins] Gigapan case fails with 'satelite' images
  • 0004135: [Image I/O] Added new camera RAW support
  • 0002975: [Synapse ( detection )] rethink setting "group/detection_auto"
  • 0003190: [Neurone ( optimisation )] remove optimization step Final 2
  • 0001471: [Neurone ( optimisation )] Color anchor only
  • 0001536: [Image I/O] pink dng fuji S5 Pro
  • 0001799: [Image I/O] Crash when double click on a corrupted JPEG in a group
  • 0002096: [Main Editor] Jump when switching projection
  • 0001895: [Cortex ( rendu )] better giga pixel rendering
  • 0000219: [Main Editor] Big panoramas edition is slow
  • 0003775: [Main Editor] Display the "Visual similarity" of links and ctrl points into the ctrl points editor
  • 0001341: [Qt] Qt 5.0 target decision
  • 0001282: [Main Editor] Copy to new panorama pano name wrong
  • 0001470: [UI behavior] Area selection tool for big panorama
  • 0000063: [Neurone ( optimisation )] GPU / CPU mode : la correction couleur est differente
  • 0000458: [Neurone ( optimisation )] Color correction a passer en jacobian complete
  • 0000969: [Cortex ( rendu )] Vignetting or not vignetting
  • 0001315: [Neurone ( optimisation )] Vignetting, new color model
  • 0001466: [Neurone ( optimisation )] Color correction issue on big panorama
  • 0001534: [Main Editor] Better mask mode
  • 0002036: [Cortex ( rendu )] Exposure fusion/HDR zenith problem
  • 0002175: [UI behavior] Better antighost preview
  • 0003945: [Image I/O] strange pixels row when doing little planets
  • 0003170: [Main Editor] Visual feedback for ISO mode
  • 0002304: [Cortex ( rendu )] Mask decision depends on rendering size
  • 0003889: [UI behavior] Cutting visualisation
  • 0003888: [UI behavior] new color correction
  • 0003570: [UI behavior] Qt 5 integration
  • 0003537: [Neurone ( optimisation )] New color correction model
  • 0003536: [GPU] Refound preview GPU for incresing editor performance
  • 0002787: [Cortex ( rendu )] Color issue on Zenith
  • 0003751: [Image I/O] Anti-ghost choice on the right border of a full spherical equi
  • 0003538: [Neurone ( optimisation )] New color correction solver

New in Autopano Giga 3.7.1 (Dec 10, 2014)

  • New raw formats supported:
  • Nikon D810
  • Nikon 1 J4
  • Nikon 1 S2
  • Panasonic DMC-FZ1000
  • Panasonic DMC-GH4
  • Sony Alpha 77 II
  • Sony Alpha 7S
  • Fixes:
  • 0004176: [Crash Dump] ramdom crashs when rendering or previewing on big configuration
  • 0004040: [Main Editor] mask point edition little planet

New in Autopano Giga 3.7.0 (Oct 20, 2014)

  • Main changes:
  • It is now possible to force Autopano keeping certain values in focal lenght, distorsion, offset to optimize the stitching. It is convenient to get best stitching results if you already know what values are associated with your camera and lens.
  • Fixes since 3.7.0 RC1:
  • 0003952: [translation] Added Polish translation - resolved. - 0003947: [Import plugins] linux: plugins Neutralhazer & Stack processing missing and Lens correction crashes - resolved.

New in Autopano Giga 3.7.0 RC 1 (Oct 3, 2014)

  • Main changes:
  • It is now possible to force Autopano using certain values in focal lenght, distorsion, offset to optimize the stitching. It is convenient to get best stitching results if you already know what values are associated with your camera and lens.
  • The user interface of the NCTech iSTAR plugin has been improved.
  • Roadmap:
  • We are only doing fixes now on 3.X of Autopano Engine, as we are already working actively on next version 4.0.
  • Fixes since 3.6.3:
  • 0003910: [Neurone ( optimisation )] Add option "keep current value" for optimization unknowns
  • 0003712: [Import plugins] iStar plugin: Added auto-completion on "Input Folder"
  • 0003713: [Import plugins] iStar plugin: The input folder name is used as project filename (.pano file)
  • 0003857: [Import plugins] iStar plugin: shift the YAW of 180 to maintain consistency with Immersive Studio.

New in Autopano Giga 3.6.3 (Aug 6, 2014)

  • New Cameras supported:
  • Olympus OM-D E-M1 (updated)
  • Olympus OM-D E-M5 (updated)
  • Olympus OM-D E-M10 (updated)
  • Phantom Vision FC200
  • Fixes since 3.6.2:
  • 0003695: [Crash Dump] Crash on large textures with AMD drivers newer than 13.1 - resolved.
  • 0003697: [Image I/O] Updated cameras.txt & lensid.txt - resolved.
  • 0003604: [Cortex ( rendu )] Max render size calculated - resolved.

New in Autopano Giga 3.6.2 (Jul 23, 2014)

  • Fixes since 3.6.1:
  • 0003686: [GPU] fisheye camera projection in GPU preview
  • 0003689: [Import plugins] Added Bridge CC support

New in Autopano Giga 3.6.1 (Jul 23, 2014)

  • Fixes since 3.6.0:
  • 0003664: [Crash Dump] Null pointer when saving pano
  • 0003659: [Crash Dump] [Crash Dump] Access violation during graphcut
  • 0003413: [Crash Dump] uncatched execption in preview rendering
  • 0003645: [Crash Dump] [Crash Dump] Division by 0 in KImageCached
  • 0003643: [Crash Dump] [Crash Dump] Uncaught exception in render preview thread
  • 0003642: [Crash Dump] [Crash Dump] Null pointer in PanoDefAlgo::GetAutoCrop
  • 0003625: [Crash Dump] Add full gpu deactivation support
  • 0003641: [Crash Dump] [Crash Dump] Division by 0 in UIRenderSettings
  • 0003631: [UI behavior] Hardlinks lost when saving and re-opening a .pano
  • 0001686: [Crash Dump] Crash when trying to report error to user

New in Autopano Giga 3.6.0 (Jul 3, 2014)

  • MISCELLANEOUS IMPROVEMENTS:
  • Maximum size: With video stitching, it can happen that the maximum size of panorama is nearly 4K, but not really 4K just because of some pixels. Many users expressed the need to be able to render a bit over the maximum size allowed by the input source files. We unlocked that limit to be able to do so.
  • OpenEXR: For VFX industry, it is really important to have a real 32bits workflow. We had that already but not for the EXR format which was 16bits float (commonly named half-float) and not 32bits float. We rewrote the EXR file format support to allow true 32bits export. We used that revamp to add support of the latest compression algorithms allowed by EXR. They can all be used now in the software.
  • NEW CAMERAS SUPPORTED:
  • Canon:
  • Canon PowerShot G1 X Mark II
  • Canon EOS 1200D (EOS Rebel T5 / EOS Kiss X70)
  • Canon PowerShot SX700 HS
  • Canon PowerShot D30
  • Canon PowerShot ELPH 140 IS (IXUS 150)
  • Canon PowerShot ELPH 135 (IXUS 145)
  • Canon PowerShot ELPH 340 HS (IXUS 265 HS)
  • Canon PowerShot N100
  • Canon PowerShot SX600 HS
  • Casio:
  • Casio Exilim EX-100
  • Fujifilm:
  • Fujifilm X-T1
  • Fujifilm FinePix XP70
  • Fujifilm FinePix S1
  • Fujifilm FinePix S8600
  • Fujifilm FinePix S9200
  • Fujifilm FinePix S9400W
  • Kodak:
  • Kodak Pixpro Astro Zoom AZ651
  • Leica:
  • Leica T (Typ 701)
  • Leica C (Typ 112)
  • Leica X Vario
  • NIKON:
  • Nikon 1 J4
  • Nikon 1 S2
  • Nikon 1 V3
  • Nikon D4s
  • Nikon D3300
  • Nikon Coolpix S810c
  • Nikon Coolpix AW120
  • Nikon Coolpix S32
  • Nikon Coolpix P530
  • Nikon Coolpix P600
  • Nikon Coolpix P340
  • Nikon Coolpix S9700
  • Nikon Coolpix S6800
  • Nikon Coolpix S5300
  • Nikon Coolpix S3600
  • Nikon Coolpix L830
  • OLYMPUS:
  • Olympus Tough TG-3
  • Olympus Stylus SH-1
  • Olympus OM-D E-M10
  • Olympus Stylus Tough TG-850 iHS
  • Olympus Stylus SP-100
  • PANASONIC:
  • Panasonic Lumix DMC-GH4
  • Panasonic Lumix DMC-ZS35 (Lumix DMC-TZ55)
  • Panasonic Lumix DMC-ZS40 (Lumix DMC-TZ60)
  • Panasonic Lumix DMC-SZ8
  • Panasonic Lumix DMC-LZ40
  • PENTAX:
  • Pentax 645Z
  • Pentax K-3
  • Pentax K-50
  • Pentax Q7
  • Pentax K-500
  • Pentax Efina
  • Pentax WG-3 GPS
  • Pentax WG-3
  • Pentax WG-10
  • RICOH:
  • Ricoh WG-4
  • Ricoh WG-4 GPS
  • Ricoh WG-20
  • SAMSUNG:
  • Samsung NX3000
  • Samsung NX mini
  • Samsung WB350F
  • Samsung WB2200F
  • Samsung WB1100F
  • Samsung WB50F
  • Samsung WB35F
  • Samsung Galaxy Camera 2
  • SIGMA:
  • Sigma DP2 Quattro
  • SONY:
  • Sony Alpha 7S
  • Sony SLT-A77 II
  • Sony Alpha a6000
  • Sony Alpha a5000
  • Sony Cyber-shot DSC-W800
  • Sony Cyber-shot DSC-WX350
  • Sony Cyber-shot DSC-H400
  • Sony Cyber-shot DSC-H300
  • Sony Cyber-shot DSC-RX100 III
  • Sony Cyber-shot DSC-HX400V
  • Sony Cyber-shot DSC-W830
  • Sony Cyber-shot DSC-W810
  • HASSELBLAD:
  • Hasselblad H5D-40
  • Hasselblad H5D-50
  • GOPRO:
  • Hero 3+ Black Edition
  • NEW LENS SUPPORTED:
  • Canon:
  • Canon Sigma AF 18-250mm f/3.5-6.3 DC OS HSM Canon EF-S
  • Canon Canon EF 24-70 mm f/2.8 L USM II
  • Canon Sigma 35mm F1.4 DG HSM
  • Canon Canon EF-S55-250 mm F/4-5.6 IS II
  • Nikon:
  • Nikon Tokina 11-16mm f/2.8n DX II
  • Nikon Nikon 18-140mm f/3.5-5.6 VR DX
  • Nikon Nikon AF-S Nikkor 24-85mm f/3.5-4.5 G
  • Nikon Sigma 35mm f/1.4 DG HSM
  • FIXES SINCE 3.6 RC1:
  • 0003576: [Performance] integration latest cameras.txt / lensid.txt
  • 0003275: [Shell Integration] Windows 8.1, cshell integration, could we hide the error
  • 0003426: [Shell Integration] Updated bundle ID of Bridge/Lightroom/Aperture/Picasa plugins

New in Autopano Giga 3.6.0 RC 1 (Jun 5, 2014)

  • NCTech iStar plugin:
  • We introduced in this engine a new plugin to be able to quickly stitch images produced by the NCTech iStar camera. This high end camera is mainly used for photogrametry and forensic. With this plugin, you can have a fully automatic workflow with this camera. It supports batch stitching, as well as bracketing.
  • You first need to develop iStar Raw format with software provided with the camera and then, you can use this plugin to get a nearly perfect stitch in any case.
  • Miscellaneous improvements:
  • With video stitching, it can happen that the maximum size of panorama is nearly 4K, but not really 4K just because of some pixels. Many users expressed the need to be able to render a bit over the maximum size allowed by the input source files. We unlocked that limit to be able to do so.
  • For VFX industry, it is really important to have a real 32bits workflow. We had that already but not for the EXR format which was 16bits float (commonly named half-float) and not 32bits float. We rewrote the EXR file format support to allow true 32bits export. We used that revamp to add support of the latest compression algorithms allowed by EXR. They can all be used now in the software.
  • Several fixes have been done, like the .pano file extension association on Linux.
  • Fixes since 3.5.1:
  • 0003470: [Neurone ( optimisation )] Crash during geometric analysis and multiple viewpoint
  • 0003461: [Shell Integration] Mac integration, application name is wrong
  • 0002930: [Import plugins] iStar import plugin feature list
  • 0003276: [Neurone ( optimisation )] Multiple viewpoint Workflow
  • 0003481: [Cortex ( rendu )] Max render size, can we upscale ?
  • 0003462: [Shell Integration] Linux, .pano association with the application
  • 0003455: [Qt] Integration qt 4.8.6
  • 0003495: [Image I/O] EXR 32 bits + choice of compression
  • 0003161: [Neurone ( optimisation )] Make offsets in optimizer independent of offsets detected by circle detection
  • 0003362: [Cortex ( rendu )] Visual artifacts and slow editor for some disto values in fisheye & standard

New in Autopano Giga 3.5.1 (Apr 25, 2014)

  • Main changes:
  • We are introducing today a fix release for Autopano Pro / Giga engine.
  • Fixes since 3.5.0:
  • 0003344: [Crash Dump] lock on empty kic on remap
  • 0003408: [Shell Integration] Bridge plugin doesn't find the application
  • 0003416: [Cortex ( rendu )] fisheye circle not well cropped in rendering
  • 0003414: [Unclassified] CPU properties check
  • 0003398: [Shell Integration] Linux DEB Installation broken
  • 0003410: [Neurone ( optimisation )] Optimization groups reset by the grid optimization step
  • 0003225: [Crash Dump] crash in UnknownsGroups::transfer_all_scope_to_p()

New in Autopano Giga 3.5.0 (Apr 3, 2014)

  • Main changes:
  • This final release of the new Autopano Pro / Giga engine in version 3.5 is a major upgrade of internal parts in autopano stitching engine. It raises the quality of stitching in several areas and you should see the difference.
  • New Detection and validation engine:
  • To be able to get a perfect stitch, we need to detect and validate controls points on all images you put in the software. This analysis has to be done cleverly and fast as you don't want to wait too much. So we worked a lot on detection algorithms.
  • Automatic detection settings. To raise the quality, we decided to make some decision automatic rather than manual as before. For example, on quality detection. In v3.0, the quality of detection was a user decision, but now, it is automatic ( or still manual if you decide it ). The automatic mode is better as according to the number of images, focal, exif or not, we can decide for you the right setting for the best result. You should not have to care about these settings anymore. If you still want to manipulate them, just go ahead, there are still there, but the default mode is now automatic.
  • Ransac improvements. This algorithm validates control points on images. It has been improved with new models so that the control points produced are now more widely spread over the overlapping zone. The whole system has also been improved to get more and better control points.
  • Multiple lens type stitching. We improved the way to detect and validate control points in several cases. And now, it even works when mixing several lens types ( fisheye with rectilinear ). This is a new an unique feature that has never been seen before.
  • New Optimizer Engine - Easy and important topics:
  • This might be the most visible change in this autopano release. You'll see several new tabs when entering the control point editor. At the same time, with the improvements made, you'll probably need to go in the control points editor less than before.
  • What has been done in the optimizer in Autopano Engine v3.5?
  • Lines should be aligned. The whole system has been rebuild to be faster while being more accurate. The main goal was to get you the perfect stitch automatically. It forced us to study several topics like optimizer convergence, lens distortion estimation, focal estimation, sensor and lens alignment, viewpoint correction, etc. The whole optimizer has been fine-tunned to get you that goal in most cases. You should see that with your own images if you render them at 100%. If not perfectly aligned, then there is a reason behind. We found out that several cases we had that we believe were perfectly shoot were not. This new version highlights nicely any small parallax issue in the editor. But thanks to anti-ghost rendering engine, you cannot see them in the produced panorama.
  • RMS values. This value is the standard way to measure if a panorama is well stitched or not. Or you'll probably see that values of RMS in version 3.5 haven't really changed whereas the quality has increased a lot ( if you compare visually both 100% rendering from 3.0 and 3.5 ). This is normal as we changed the way RMS is measured. So RMS=4.0 in version 3.5 is better than in version 3.0. Nevertheless, there are quite comparable, but if you found higher RMS panoramas now, don't assume the panorama is worth. Most of the time it is better.
  • Control point location. As this version also have a new detection engine, the optimizer has been improved so there are more control point at the end and on the whole overlapping zone. It is important to keep that aspect of full coverage of the overlapping zone. It is only this way that you get the best stitch. If you compare control point location between 3.0 and 3.5, you'll see that in the overlapping zones, the area covered by all control points is far larger in 3.5.
  • Viewpoint correction. This feature has always been a good feature in Autopano Giga. But we lacked the way to enable it only on some images and not on all of them. This has been done and it is easily accessible through a right click on an image, enable viewpoint correction on that image. This is nice to patch quickly the nadir using oblique shooting.
  • 1000mm focal length tip. You have a flat scanner and a big document. Several scans that you need to stitch together. In the 3.0 version, the tip was to set focal length to a high value (1000mm). It is not needed anymore. This case works automatically now.
  • Parallax error handling. As everything has evolved in the engine, the response of autopano v3.5 in presence of big parallax error cases is different. It tends now to behave more robustly according to common sense: align objects that are far nicely but because of that, it raises parallax errors in near objects. With previous version, it was more balanced, some parallax issues far away and some parallax issues on close objects. We don't know if it is better or not yet. Feedback is welcomed on that aspect.
  • Papywizard / VRDrive2 new engine:
  • With the old XML import for Papywizard, we could still have some issues coming from differents causes, but also because we introduced the new optimizer in v3.5 series. But now, we have:
  • Depending on the robotized head you were using, we found out that the XML recorded and the ground trust was a bit different for the pitch value. If we respect the pitch value of orphan images, it is not enough to have a regular grid. We found a new algorithm to have a perfect grid while trying to respect the XML value. The results are better this way and globally, the orphan images management is just really better.
  • Gigapixels are often done using robotized heads. The issue with such giant images is the fact that you have a lot of blue images and sometimes, our detector is too good and finds between these images some links which happen to be dust on the lens. When using papywizard import, we are now more resilient to dust and it should not happen anymore.
  • Both Papywizard and VRDrive2 benefit from the new advances in the import wizard. Of course, the new optimizer also helps a lot to get better results as the optic parameters are calculated better too.
  • Miscellaneous:
  • ISO cutting mode. In autopano 3.0, you have the anti-ghost algorithm that finds for you the right zones where to cut between images. This algorithm works by analysing the content so that you don't have any ghost in produced panorama. This mode is still here and it has been renamed "smart". With the new engine, you also have a second cutting mode called ISO. This mode doesn't analyses content anymore. The cutting zone is fully determined by 2 aspects : It tries to keep pixels which are close to centre of images. It tries to keep pixel around green pins and remove pixels around red pins. If you compare that mode with a real masking solution, it is really the same but automatic according to pins. If you have banding issue in the sky with the smart mode, try this one, it will be better while keeping a sharp output.
  • Note: this mode is really efficient when you need to stitch video and that was the main goal for developing it. Nevertheless, it appears to be really nice on image also and not only for video.
  • GPano XMP support. Yes, we support these metadata's now in the generated panorama as soon as you have an image format that supports XMP ( jpeg or tiff currently). We support orientation and field of view for full or partial panoramas.
  • Fisheye projection mode. A new projection is available in the projection modes. It is a pure fisheye projection on which you can adjust the field of view. It is nice to have to generate fisheye image that can be stitched again.
  • .pano format in full XML. The project file has evolved a lot during the engine revamp and we now have a full XML file format which is more easy to manage over version release. So you won't be able to reopen 3.5 .pano file with older version. If you need to do that, we added a 'save as old .pano' export so you can convert this .pano XML format to an old one. Of course, some aspects cannot be transfered like many parts in the optimizer settings which are totally new.
  • Fixes since 3.5.0 RC1:
  • 0002984: [Image I/O] Updated cameras.txt & lensid.txt
  • 0003166: [translation] French translation check
  • 0003390: [Image I/O] lensModel of ImageDef not read from .pano

New in Autopano Giga 3.5.0 RC 1 (Mar 26, 2014)

  • Fixes since 3.5.0 beta3:
  • 0003387: [Cortex ( rendu )] memory leak in some quick preview cases
  • 0003283: [Neurone ( optimisation )] Crop zone and Multiple viewpoint
  • 0003248: [Editor] Image number badly positionned in editor for long focals
  • 0003262: [Performance] Michel Thoby cases - tokina 12 to 17mm
  • 0002807: [Test case] gigapan richard palmer
  • 0003270: [UI behavior] CP Editor final UI
  • 0003342: [Import plugins] xml papywizard workflow
  • 0003168: [Neurone ( optimisation )] Stack and unknown grouping
  • 0003343: [Qt] Font issue on linux
  • 0003267: [Image I/O] Fisheye circle check
  • 0003279: [Image I/O] Weird cutting, approximation error
  • 0001226: [Shell Integration] Publisher details unknown
  • 0001567: [Unclassified] Installer doesn't detect Autopano
  • 0001500: [UI behavior] Overlapping percentage in main pano view
  • 0001570: [Editor] Quick preview is done in 2 steps
  • 0003337: [Neurone ( optimisation )] Default color type not applied
  • 0003225: [Crash Dump] crash in UnknownsGroups::transfer_all_scope_to_p()

New in Autopano Giga 3.5.0 Beta 3 (Mar 4, 2014)

  • Main changes:
  • This is probably the last beta release for the new Autopano Engine. Except some icons, the engine is ready for an RC version before the final release.
  • Papywizard / VRDrive2 new engine
  • With the old XML import for Papywizard, we could still have some issues coming from differents causes, but also because we introduced the new optimizer in v3.5 series.
  • Depending on the robotized head you were using, we found out that the XML recorded and the ground trust was a bit different for the pitch value. If we respect the pitch value of orphan images, it is not enough to have a regular grid. We found a new algorithm to have a perfect grid while trying to respect the XML value. The results are better this way and globally, the orphan images management is just really better.
  • Gigapixels are often done using robotized heads. The issue with such giant images is the fact that you have a lot of blue images and sometimes, our detector is too good and finds between these images some links which happen to be dust on the lens ( Yes, we can detect that :) ). When using papywizard import, we are now more resilient to dust and it should not happen anymore.
  • Both Papywizard and VRDrive2 benefit from the new advances in the import wizard. Of course, the new optimizer also helps a lot to get better results as the optic parameters are calculated better too.
  • Fixes and improvements:
  • Some crash reports were received and corrected. We didn’t receive many of them for the moment, so this is a good point for the global stability of the software.
  • The control point editor is always a bit scary for people, so we put everything advanced in an advanced mode and what you can use safely was left always visible.
  • When exporting layers in PSB mode, a crash could occur
  • If you use realtime preview in Autopano while using Autopano Video, a crash could occur
  • Roadmap:
  • The global stability is satisfying, so the next version should be the release candidate.
  • Fixes since 3.5.0 beta2:
  • 0003308: [Crash Dump] open lens plugin
  • 0003242: [Editor] Local geometrical analysis changes rms
  • 0003271: [Import plugins] Papywizard XML export
  • 0003268: [Import plugins] Papywizard plugin support
  • 0003266: [Crash Dump] gpu create program failed
  • 0003243: [Shell Integration] download manager on mac issue
  • 0003256: [Crash Dump] crash on isokic free
  • 0003225: [Crash Dump] crash in UnknownsGroups::transfer_all_scope_to_p()
  • 0003259: [Crash Dump] rendering empty pano
  • 0003258: [Crash Dump] crash on create preview in rendering
  • 0003249: [Neurone ( optimisation )] Crash when stitching multiple lens type pano
  • 0003236: [Shell Integration] Old .Pano export should patch rendering mode

New in Autopano Giga 3.5.0 Beta 1 (Feb 3, 2014)

  • Main changes:
  • Today, we're launching our new generation of stitching engine with this first beta of branch 3.5. This Autopano engine has several improvements behind the scene and you won't see much changes visually in the editor or anywhere in the tool. But you should see the difference in the stitching quality in the produced panoramas.
  • New Detection and validation engine:
  • To be able to get a perfect stitch, we need to detect and validate controls points on all images you put in the software. This analysis has to be done cleverly and fast as you don't want to wait too much. So we worked a lot on detection algorithms.
  • Automatic detection settings. To raise the quality, we decided to make some decision automatic rather than manual as before. For example, on quality detection. In v3.0, the quality of detection was a user decision, but now, it is automatic ( or still manual if you decide it ). The automatic mode is better as according to the number of images, focal, exif or not, we can decide for you the right setting for the best result. You should not have to care about these settings anymore. If you still want to manipulate them, just go ahead, there are still there, but the default mode is now automatic.
  • Ransac improvements. This algorithm validates control points on images. It has been improved with new models so that the control points produced are now more widely spread over the overlapping zone. The whole system has also been improved to get more and better control points.
  • Multiple lens type stitching. We improved the way to detect and validate control points in several cases. And now, it even works when mixing several lens types ( fisheye with rectilinear ). This is a new an unique feature that has never been seen before.
  • New Optimizer Engine - Easy and important topics:
  • This might be the most visible change in this autopano release. You'll see several new tabs when entering the control point editor. At the same time, with the improvements made, you'll probably need to go in the control points editor less than before.
  • What has been done in the optimizer in Autopano Engine v3.5:
  • Lines should be aligned. The whole system has been rebuild to be faster while beeing more accurate. The main goal was to get you the perfect stitch automatically. It forced us to study several topics like optimizer convergence, lens distortion estimation, focal estimation, sensor and lens alignement, viewpoint correction, etc. The whole optimizer has been finetunned to get you that goal in most cases. You should see that with your own images if you render them at 100%. If not perfectly aligned, then there is a reason behind. We found out that several cases we had that we believe were perfectly shoot were not. This new version highlights nicely any small parallax issue in the editor. But thanks to antighost rendering engine, you cannot see them in the produced panorama.
  • RMS values. This value is the standard way to measure if a panorama is well stitched or not. Or you'll probably see that values of RMS in version 3.5 haven't really changed whereas the quality has increased a lot ( if you compare visually both 100% rendering from 3.0 and 3.5 ). This is normal as we changed the way RMS is measured. So RMS=4.0 in version 3.5 is better than in version 3.0. Nevertheless, there are quite comparable, but if you found higher RMS panoramas now, don't assume the panorama is worth. Most of the time, it is better.
  • Control point location. As this version also have a new detection engine, the optimizer has been improved so there are more control point at the end and on the whole overlapping zone. It is important to keep that aspect of full coverage of the overlapping zone. It is only this way that you get the best stitch. If you compare control point location between 3.0 and 3.5, you'll see that in the overlapping zones, the extend of all control points is far larger in 3.5.
  • Viewpoint correction. This feature has always been a good feature in Autopano Giga. But we lacked the way to enable it only on some images and not on all of them. This has been done and it is easily accessible through a right click on an image, enable viewpoint correction on that image. This is nice to patch quickly the nadir using oblique shooting.
  • 1000mm focal length tip. You have a flat scanner and a big document. Several scans that you need to stitch together. In the 3.0 version, the tip was to set focal length to a high value (1000mm). It is not needed anymore. This case works automatically now.
  • Parallax error handling. As everything has evolved in the engine, the response of autopano v3.5 in presence of big parallax error cases is different. It tends now to behave more robustly according to common sense: align objects that are far nicely but because of that, it raises parallax errors in near objects. With previous version, it was more balanced, some parallax issues far away and some parallax issues on close objects. We don't know if it is better or not yet. Feedback is welcomed on that aspect.
  • New Optimizer Engine - Advanced topics:
  • For the clarity of explanation, we regrouped here the advanced topics. You can skip this paragraph if you don't care about the technical parts.
  • Unknown scope notion. When stitching several images together, one important aspect is to find out what are the unknowns of that problem. For example, a standard VR shooting composed of 6 fisheye images on the horizon, 1 for the zenith and 1 for the nadir, the unknowns will be the focal length, distortion, offsets and that's it. Focal / Distortions / Offsets will be common to all images (you don't change the lens or camera between shots). The unknowns will be calculated once for the whole panorama, and cannot be different for each individual image. This new notion is essential. It helps to stitch several cases which were complicated before.
  • So, now, with this new engine, each unknown has a scope. Is this a global unknown, a group unknown, or an image unknown ? The previous example of a standard VR shooting, the scope of all unknowns (the focal length, distortion, offset) is the panorama as you didn't change the lens between shots.
  • Let's now analyse the case of a gopro rig ( 6 different gopro in wide mode to cover the full schere ). In this case, the scope of focal length and distortion is still panorama and it makes sense. All gopro have exactly the same lens with the same distortion. There is probably a small difference due to manufacturing but too small to be noticeable. But the scope of the offsets should be image as this value represents the way the lens is centered on the sensor. But in real world, there is no way to get pixel accurate during manufacturing for centering a lens on the sensor. With gopro rigs, all unknowns have panorama as a scope except offsets which should be optimized with image scope.
  • Optimization Groups in Layer Editor UI. To be able to understand the above scope notion, if you open the control point editor, we change the layer editor to Optimization Group, which is a representation of that is happening on unknowns. In this 2D view, you can understand visually the scope of each unknown and their value. We outline in the same color the unknowns which are optimized together and in several colors the one that are per image. Warning: You should not missread this optimization group with the old layer editor.
  • Automatic unknowns grouping. With the scope notion, we found out that making the groups for you is important, as it raises the quality of stitching if these groups are cleverly made. The regroupement will be done depending on focal length, lens type, presence of EXIF or not. Below some sample cases and grouping scheme:
  • Multiple focal length stitching. You want to shoot a mountain in gigapixels ( 200mm for example ), but don't want to cover the full sky with a lot of blue image. Just shot the sky in 50mm and everthing else with 200mm. For the optimizer, you'll see appearing focal groups (2 here, one with focal 50mm and one with focal 200mm ) where the unknowns have been regrouped logically and you'll see that visually in the Optimization Groups.
  • Livepano stitching. Automatic grouping helps also a lot on this case, as when switching from still image to video in a camera does changes several aspects in stitching ( focal length, distortion, etc ). In this case also, you'll see 2 groups appearing, one for each fisheye focal length.
  • Offset and distortion. In previous engine, these notions were merged. Or in the real world, it is not (the previous example of gopro rig clearly explains why). With this new engine, you have a scope for offset which is not merged with distortion. It happens than we found out why some panoramas were not stitchable. When you shoot nadir or zenith, the mercury sensor can decide to turn image left or right. Autopano is aware of that already and do the right job. But if you did HDR before autopano, that information can be lost during that process. Enabling image scope on offsets allows you to stitch these panoramas perfectly. You can see that offsets calculated are just the opposide of all others on images suffering of that rotation.
  • Miscellanous:
  • ISO cutting mode. In autopano 3.0, you have the antighost algorithm that finds for you the right zones where to cut between images. This algorithm works by analysing the content so that you don't have any ghost in produced panorama. This mode is still here and it has been renamed "smart". With the new engine, you also have a second cutting mode called ISO. This mode doesn't analyses content anymore. The cutting zone is fully determined by 2 aspects : It tries to keep pixels which are close to center of images. It tries to keep pixel around green pins and remove pixels around red pins. If you compare that mode with a real masking solution, it is really the same but automatic according to pins. If you have banding issue in the sky with the smart mode, try this one, it will be better while keeping a sharp output.
  • Note: this mode is really efficient when you need to stitch video and that was the main goal for developping it. Nevertheless, it appears to be really nice on image also and not only for video.
  • GPano XMP support. Yes, we support these metadatas now in the generated panorama as soon as you have an image format that supports XMP ( jpeg or tiff currently). We support orientation and field of view for full or partial panoramas.
  • Fisheye projection mode. A new projection is available in the projection modes. It is a pure fisheye projection on which you can adjust the field of view. It is nice to have to generate fisheye image that can be stitched again.
  • .pano format in full XML. The project file has evolved a lot during the engine revamp and we now have a full XML file format which is more easy to manage over version release. So you won't be able to reopen 3.5 .pano file with older version. If you need to do that, we added a 'save as old .pano' export so you can convert this .pano XML format to an old one. Of course, some aspects cannot be transfered like many parts in the optimizer settings which are totally new.
  • Compatibility with Panotour v2.0. As the .pano file format has evolved, for the moment, 3.5 generated .pano cannot be used in the Livepano plugin of Panotour / Panotour Pro v2.0. We'll add the support of the new .pano file format in Panotour v2.1. The current Livepano plugin should be used in conjonction with Autopano Pro / Giga v3.0 only.
  • Roadmap:
  • We are actively working on both pieces of software: Autopano Pro/Giga as well as Autopano Video. And this release is the first release to be in sync for both software ranges. It may become the standard way to do so.
  • We think that we reached a stable enough stage to make that release public in beta. We hope that the global stability is satisfying which should lead to a short beta stage.
  • Fixes since 3.0.8:
  • 0001847: [translation] Integrated translation es, it,de, pl, pt, tr, nb, ru from APG 3.0.4.400_2013-02-28
  • 0001246: [Neurone ( optimisation )] Optimizer fallback system to prevent wrong value in first optimization
  • 0003142: [Crash Dump] Crash lors de la fermeture de Autopano sur Mac uniquement
  • 0003143: [Qt] Lipo 32/64bits install Mac
  • 0003084: [Kernel] crop area reading
  • 0001805: [Crash Dump] KCacheDiskManager::getUniqueFilename crashing
  • 0001827: [Import plugins] Rethink optimization preset (Do not set gigapixel preset for papywizard import when < 100 images)
  • 0002385: [Neurone ( optimisation )] Gigapan and papywizard optimization issue
  • 0002502: [Cortex ( rendu )] remove sky blending default in multiband
  • 0002733: [Image I/O] Updated cameras.txt & lensid.txt
  • 0002798: [Synapse ( detection )] Homography versus similarity on short rectilinear lenses
  • 0002806: [Performance] .pano in true xml format
  • 0002871: [UI behavior] Wrong preview green area rectangle (triangle)
  • 0000766: [Neurone ( optimisation )] Automatic grouping of unknown depending on EXIF / Image Size / Fisheye offset measurement
  • 0000916: [Synapse ( detection )] Improvement in Ransac model selection
  • 0001088: [Synapse ( detection )] Some fisheye test case are not directly perfect stitched
  • 0001346: [Neurone ( optimisation )] Multiple viewpoint on a single image
  • 0001632: [Synapse ( detection )] Control point are not enough spread in fisheye image corners
  • 0001652: [Crash Dump] Crash during detection (Bad index when preparing linked list)
  • 0001819: [Neurone ( optimisation )] Focal estimation which is too far from real value
  • 0001838: [Crash Dump] link editor after canceling saving
  • 0001908: [Crash Dump] Crash when using vertical lines tool
  • 0002185: [Crash Dump] Wrong index when removing too small lines in WHVerticalLine
  • 0002223: [Synapse ( detection )] Stitching of some images fails in 32 bits and not in 64 bits with the new RANSAC
  • 0002251: [Neurone ( optimisation )] Why optimization didn't work when focal different
  • 0002265: [Synapse ( detection )] Group by Camera, lensID
  • 0002278: [Shell Integration] Fresh install, detect German on a english OS
  • 0002300: [Cortex ( rendu )] fisheye projection support
  • 0002312: [Cortex ( rendu )] Recomputed focal length when rendering the panorama
  • 0002315: [Image I/O] Integration of latest cameras.Txt / lensid
  • 0002329: [Editor] Little planet projection issue GPU and CPU
  • 0002333: [Image I/O] Update cameras.txt & lensid
  • 0002352: [Editor] Global or local optimization doesn't set up the sticky bit (panorama has been modified)
  • 0002384: [Neurone ( optimisation )] multiple focal length / lens type optimization
  • 0002386: [Cortex ( rendu )] Patch solution
  • 0002423: [UI behavior] copy camera location does not copy 3D homography
  • 0002443: [Synapse ( detection )] Auto ransac model
  • 0002471: [Crash Dump] Unhandled exception when loading image in OpenLens plugin
  • 0002479: [Crash Dump] Unhandled exception during neutralhazer
  • 0002481: [Crash Dump] Invalid parameter to OpenLens SetImage
  • 0002482: [Crash Dump] Invalid pointer during dark channel computation
  • 0002487: [Crash Dump] Unhandled exception when picture not found in CircularCrop
  • 0002495: [Synapse ( detection )] Rotation2 improvement
  • 0002531: [Editor] KImage::ToQPixmap crashes under low memory situations
  • 0002552: [Neurone ( optimisation )] optimize select / unselected
  • 0002671: [Crash Dump] Null pointer not handled in KGLTexMgr
  • 0002695: [Shell Integration] Reload pano when called from command line if pano already loaded
  • 0002712: [Import plugins] Papyzard Step_P feedback
  • 0002713: [Import plugins] Improve lens type import in VRdirve and Papywizard plugins
  • 0002864: [Crash Dump] Stack overflow in SIFT
  • 0002985: [Editor] Image switch with mouse wheel in links editor
  • 0001633: [Image I/O] google Panorama XMP Metadata support

New in Autopano Giga 3.0.8 (Sep 5, 2013)

  • Fixes comments:
  • In version 3.0.7, we changed the way GPU was managed in Autopano so you had a more responsive interface even with low memory GPU graphics cards. This change has affected several parts of the code ; this version fixes some small broken parts.
  • A fix was applied in the VRDrive2 import plugin that prevented the use of fisheye lenses with this panoramic head.
  • Lightroom 5.0 support has been added in the installer.
  • A user reported that Autopano didn't conserve the right ratio in the mercator projection compared to cylindrical or spherical. He was right: the projection was good but not the aspect ratio ( vertical over horizontal ).
  • Translation packages have been updated, especially the Polish language that didn't display before this release.
  • Roadmap:
  • We are actively working on both pieces of software: Autopano Pro/Giga as well as Autopano Video.
  • In a few weeks, we will release the first beta of version 3.1 of Autopano Engine with new features and improvements. Stay tuned, it will not take long to get it.
  • Fixes since 3.0.7:
  • 0002279: [GPU] Color correction in GPU doesn't update
  • 0002345: [Editor] Not enough memory when using color correction
  • 0002335: [Import plugins] Import VR drive don't use lens type of xml
  • 0002233: [Import plugins] Lightroom 5.0 integration
  • 0002228: [Editor] Mercator projection is conserving the center
  • 0002243: [Editor] Global or local optimization "breaks" editor preview on a bracketed panorama ()
  • 0002227: [translation] Polish translation doesn't show in dropdown menu

New in Autopano Giga 3.0.7 (Jul 25, 2013)

  • GPU:
  • Moved the GPU texture option to prevent confusion. GPU (and texture quality) is used for the panorama preview but does not change the final rendering quality.
  • Added a compression parameter: it is disabled by default because it creates visual artifacts in the preview (and only in the preview) but it can be useful for users that don’t have enough GPU memory. Memory usage can be divided per 2, but CPU is used to compress textures. We advise you not to activate this if your panorama editor already runs well with the GPU.
  • Enhanced the GPU processing to consume less memory and to better the reactivity.
  • Plugin support:
  • Detection of the latest version of Adobe Bridge.
  • GPS heading support:
  • Computing and transmission of the orientation of the panorama center when GPS information is available in the EXIF data.
  • Fixes:
  • 0002159: [Image I/O] Heading metadata
  • 0002119: [Import plugins] Bridge CC support
  • 0001750: [Editor] Crash when too many panos are created
  • 0002163: [GPU] Rename ‘Texture quality’ option
  • 0000039: [Performance] GPU mode uses more memory than CPU mode
  • 0002167: [GPU] Add S3TC texture compression option
  • 0002177: [Editor] Fix gpu preview for fisheye pano when k3 != 0

New in Autopano Giga 3.0.6 (Jul 5, 2013)

  • GPU texture size:
  • We added a new option in the general settings to be able to use a reduced texture size while editing a panorama. It betters the experience while using the GPU in the case it hasn't much RAM. Nowadays, cameras produce huge pictures and the GPUs don't always accept the full size because it requests a lot of GPU RAM. This option is here to help you work with GPU on smaller configurations.
  • Helpers in the mask tool:
  • The mask tool is a great tool but some helpers were needed to be able to improve the usability. So we added several new menus to be able to erase quickly the quick mark, some contextual menu too, etc.
  • Fixes in several software parts:
  • With some large renderings ( gigapixels ) on smaller configurations, a crash during the rendering stage could occur. This issue has been solved with the help of a user who tested our fix before integrating it to this build. Thanks to him.
  • In the VRDrive2 import plugin, the focal length calculation and distortion were not handled well. This has been fixed.
  • Some fixes in the Clauss import plugin.
  • Added Portuguese translation that was missing in the previous 3.0.5 version.
  • Several crash dumps have been analyzed and ended in fixes in different software parts.
  • Trial mode changes:
  • We released Autopano Video some time ago and it appears that to be able to try it well, Autopano Pro or Giga were needed to level the horizon. But Autopano Pro / Giga in trial mode don't allow to save the project file (.pano) so you couldn't level the horizon of a video if you just used Autopano Pro/Giga and Autopano Video both in trial mode.
  • We decided to change that so you can save the project file even in trial mode. This saving is limited in trial mode but the project file (.pano) can be read back in Autopano Video, so that you can produce a leveled but watermarked video by using both software applications in trial mode.
  • In trial mode, we also changed the way the watermarking is done, by adding the sign everywhere in the final rendering. It doesn't change anything as you can still use the software with full features in trial mode.
  • Fixes since 3.0.5:
  • 0001857: [UI behavior] lock current picture in mask mode
  • 0001968: [GPU] add an option to reduce texture size
  • 0002008: [Cortex ( rendu )] Error in pieces computation when testing very large radius
  • 0001745: [Crash Dump] LockLine failing
  • 0001807: [Performance] Internal log management
  • 0001897: [Cortex ( rendu )] [MAOSX/Linux] Crash when rendering pano
  • 0001833: [Import plugins] VRDrive2 import : Focal calculation and distortion calculation are set differently
  • 0001965: [Cortex ( rendu )] Wrong rendering size when AutoCrop and AutoRender are enabled (GPU mode only)
  • 0001904: [Crash Dump] Crash when image cannot be loaded at rendering time
  • 0001824: [Editor] optim_ransac_model value might be stored in Pano
  • 0001831: [Import plugins] Clauss import
  • 0001842: [Editor] Hangs when changing row count in gigapan importer
  • 0001877: [Editor] after using vertical line, transformation stays
  • 0001719: [Crash Dump] enlarge piece
  • 0001836: [UI behavior] add cancel on rendering warning
  • 0001837: [translation] Translation PT
  • 0001849: [Editor] Lens distortion is disabled when using gigapixels preset, even if checked
  • 0001862: [Editor] Add fov information to render output window
  • 0001848: [Editor] Add blending settings to render dialog box
  • 0001853: [Editor] Small window height, dialog box solution
  • 0001717: [Crash Dump] Crash in Chrono::Start/Stop

New in Autopano Giga 3.0.5 (Mar 13, 2013)

  • Main changes
  • Update of some languages: German, Polish, Turkish, Norwegian, Russian, Spanish, Italian.
  • Fixes:
  • Version 3.0.4 had an issue with computing the needed size for rendering layers. So rendering layers was often not allowed. We quickly addressed this issue and are releasing the fix today.
  • 0001825: [Editor] Pano disk space estimation is wrong when rendering layers.

New in Autopano Giga 3.0.4 (Feb 28, 2013)

  • New raw support:
  • Last RAW formats have been integrated like the Nikon D600, the Canon 6D, etc.
  • New supported cameras:
  • Canon IXUS 1100 HS (Powershot ELPH 510 HS)
  • Canon IXUS 115 HS (Powershot ELPH 100 HS)
  • Canon IXUS 125 HS (Powershot ELPH 110 HS)
  • Canon IXUS 220 HS (Powershot ELPH 300 HS)
  • Canon IXUS 230 HS (Powershot ELPH 310 HS)
  • Canon IXUS 240 HS (Powershot ELPH 320 HS)
  • Canon IXUS 310 HS (Powershot ELPH 500 HS)
  • Canon IXUS 500 HS (Powershot ELPH 520 HS)
  • Canon IXUS 510 HS (Powershot ELPH 530 HS)
  • Canon IXUS 140 (Powershot ELPH 130)
  • Canon IXY 31S (Powershot ELPH 500 HS)
  • Canon Powershot ELPH 510 HS
  • Canon Powershot ELPH 130
  • Canon Powershot A1400
  • Canon Powershot A2600
  • Canon Powershot N
  • Fujifilm X100S
  • Fujifilm X20
  • Fujifilm FinePix HS50 EXR
  • Fujifilm FinePix SL1000
  • Fujifilm FinePix S8200
  • Fujifilm FinePix S8300
  • Fujifilm FinePix S8500
  • Fujifilm FinePix XP60
  • Fujifilm FinePix T500
  • Fujifilm FinePix T550
  • Nikon 1 S1
  • Nikon 1 J3
  • Olympus Tough TG-2 iHS
  • Olympus TG-630 iHS
  • Olympus TG-830 iHS
  • Olympus SZ-16 iHS
  • Panasonic Lumix DMC-ZS30 (DMC-TZ40)
  • Panasonic Lumix DMC-TS5 (DMC-FT5)
  • Panasonic Lumix DMC-XS1
  • Panasonic Lumix DMC-LZ30
  • Panasonic Lumix DMC-SZ3
  • Panasonic Lumix DMC-FH10
  • Panasonic Lumix DMC-F5
  • Panasonic Lumix DMC-ZS25 (DMC-TZ35)
  • Panasonic Lumix DMC-TS25 (DMC-FT25)
  • Pentax MX-1
  • Samsung WB800F
  • Samsung WB30F
  • Samsung DV150F
  • Samsung ST150F
  • Samsung NX300
  • Sigma DP3 Merrill
  • Sony Cyber-shot DSC-WX80
  • Sony Cyber-shot DSC-TF1
  • Sony Cyber-shot DSC-H200
  • Sony Cyber-shot DSC-W710
  • Sony Cyber-shot DSC-W730
  • Fixes since 3.0.3:
  • 0001793: [Editor] Crash at exit if neutralhazer computes something
  • 0001804: [UI behavior] Create stack by N
  • 0001798: [UI behavior] progression bar of the group doesn't hide after a jpeg read error message
  • 0001800: [Neurone ( optimisation )] Matrix optimization : focal, dPitch and dYaw badly computed
  • 0001792: [Editor] Mouse cursor is not restored when leaving the crop tool
  • 0001789: [UI behavior] wrong rendering times
  • 0001739: [Unclassified] Installer failed cheking autopano instance
  • 0001776: [Cortex ( rendu )] Wrong memory estimation for gigapan testcase
  • 0001777: [Crash Dump] protect history management after pano optimization
  • 0001667: [Unclassified] Add symbols for plugins
  • 0001774: [Editor] Import wizard + autodetection off = no usage of xml image position
  • 0001766: [Crash Dump] GroupsManager::OnAbort crash
  • 0001696: [Crash Dump] null matrix in FindPanorama::KdTreeThread
  • 0001715: [Crash Dump] ImageDef::GetThumbnailFromHighRes
  • 0001757: [Image I/O] Wrong EXIF size interpretation
  • 0001765: [Crash Dump] NullKImage in RenderBlocKic ?
  • 0001764: [Crash Dump] WHGrid::UnitPixel crashes
  • 0001720: [Crash Dump] Link editor item update
  • 0001751: [Image I/O] Integration cameras.txt / lensid.txt
  • 0001742: [Cortex ( rendu )] Memory leak during quick preview
  • 0001761: [Neurone ( optimisation )] Review random algorithms
  • 0001744: [Crash Dump] Image does not exists in RTPRenderFullToKImage
  • 0001686: [Crash Dump] Crash when trying to report error to user
  • 0001681: [Crash Dump] Unhandled exception in thread context
  • 0001763: [Image I/O] pink line on nef D600 decoding
  • 0001748: [Crash Dump] Division by zero during SIFT
  • 0001684: [Crash Dump] Null matrix in KOSAC_Similarity
  • 0001716: [Crash Dump] Crash when editing temp dir list
  • 0001725: [Editor] Add description of %F in render name template
  • 0001755: [Unclassified] Wrong URL used on registration failed message
  • 0001740: [Cortex ( rendu )] Anti-ghost not finishing ?
  • 0001758: [Crash Dump] Allow Qt file dialog to be used instead of system ones

New in Autopano Giga 3.0.3 (Jan 17, 2013)

  • [Editor] Image mismatch when gigapan importing
  • [Synapse ( detection )] Hard links don’t link hard

New in Autopano Giga 3.0.2 (Jan 10, 2013)

  • FIXES IN 3.0 STABLE CHANNEL:
  • Since the stable release, we getting some new reports about some issue found in some cases. We continue to stabilize everything in these rare cases and we are pretty confident about having now a really stable version. Among the fixes, some of them needs some explaination:
  • It seems that the way we balanced the memory reserved between rendering and input image caching was not optimal in some configuration. We added more memory reserved for pictures displaying and reduced a little for rendering.
  • Local optimization was broken since early in beta stable. It didn’t create any problem as general optimization was still working, but we get it back. You should see nice speed up in optimization stage.
  • This version has also some updated translation and one new translation: Polish.
  • CRASH REPORTER:
  • Most recurring reports have been fixed. Some crashes are not easy to prevent and depend on the computer:
  • Try to update you graphics drivers. Many reports are still showing crashs in graphics drivers and not in autopano.
  • Always use the 64bit version of autopano ( when the OS allow it ) for using big pictures or for rendering large panoramas.
  • The troubleshooting page for autopano support has been updated with all the solutions found. Have a look there it you have still recurring crashes with the software : http://www.autopano.net/wiki-en/action/view/Autopano_Solutions
  • We will continue to work on this stable channel. Nevertheless, the work on next engine has already been started. Autopano Engine v3.1 is all about color correction engine improvement.
  • FIXES SINCE 3.0.1:
  • 0001701: [Unclassified] Crash report UI, link to common page
  • 0001707: [translation] Added Polish language
  • 0001710: [Editor] Images disappear when control point is deleted
  • 0001694: [Crash Dump] Crash when reporting GFL error
  • 0001706: [Image I/O] Editor preview needs lot of pitcures reload
  • 0001705: [Cortex ( rendu )] Antighost in HDR mode
  • 0001700: [Editor] Folder detection find groups with only 1 picture
  • 0001703: [Crash Dump] Crash during preview
  • 0001699: [Image I/O] EXIF : Description field prevent simple Google+ upload
  • 0001679: [Editor] meshing display is not correct
  • 0001680: [Crash Dump] Null pointer in UIPanoEditor
  • 0001678: [Crash Dump] QPixmap conversion
  • 0001682: [Crash Dump] Null pointer in KImageVirtualLayer::Close
  • 0001675: [Crash Dump] Crash during WHLinkEditor Paint event
  • 0001695: [Crash Dump] Null KImage cause crash in control point editor
  • 0001686: [Crash Dump] Crash when trying to report error to user
  • 0001691: [Crash Dump] UI group contextual menu : many crash when group is empty
  • 0001690: [Crash Dump] GroupsManager : m_pCurrentCommand bad threaded access
  • 0001685: [Crash Dump] Uncaught exception in UIWPClauss::ParseConfigFile
  • 0001380: [Neurone ( optimisation )] Optimization with orphan images
  • 0001668: [Crash Dump] ImageDefCache2 crash in free
  • 0001676: [Crash Dump] Crash in KCacheDiskManager::getUniqueFilename
  • 0001674: [Neurone ( optimisation )] Local optimization does not work anymore
  • 0001664: [Editor] Force every images in one panorama breaks the stitching
  • 0001672: [Crash Dump] Uncaught exception during sift
  • 0001673: [Crash Dump] Fix weight computation for rendering
  • 0001663: [Crash Dump] Exception thrown when loading pano not caught
  • 0001669: [Crash Dump] Out of bounds access causing crash in mutex lock or deadlocks

New in Autopano Giga 3.0.1 (Dec 19, 2012)

  • Fixes:
  • 0001634: [Unclassified] mac version downloader
  • 0001662: [UI behavior] icon size and styles of pano editor not saved on OSX
  • 0001661: [UI behavior] Orphan window in the main window
  • 0001543: [Import plugins] VRDrive II plugin, support for zenith / nadir
  • 0001651: [Crash Dump] Failed to allocate KIC Pool
  • 0001657: [Crash Dump] KDTreeThread : Access out of bounds
  • 0001652: [Crash Dump] Crash during detection (Bad index when preparing linked list)
  • 0001629: [Crash Dump] Crash when opening editor & link editor before optimization finished
  • 0001630: [Crash Dump] Crash during control point editor update
  • 0001648: [Crash Dump] [MACOSX] Crash in mutex locking
  • 0001656: [Image I/O] reload picture is not working
  • 0001631: [Import plugins] Crash during panotools import
  • 0001645: [Crash Dump] Improve compatibility with intel GPUs
  • 0001646: [Crash Dump] Crash during graph cut
  • 0001644: [Crash Dump] Crash in PanoDef::ProjectFullFilename
  • 0001653: [Editor] Render notification sound not saved
  • 0001628: [Crash Dump] Crash when deleting windows hooks
  • 0001654: [Crash Dump] IOBlock : exception in destructor
  • 0001649: [Doc] Doc/Soft mismatch on Clip/Unclip value in images settings
  • 0001647: [Crash Dump] Crash when aborting a group processing
  • 0001642: [Editor] Handle decimal point variants (, .) in image properties field
  • 0001638: [Image I/O] Selecting images doesn’t work when German is set
  • 0001639: [translation] German translation prevent loading images
  • 0001637: [Crash Dump] Null scale factor during texture creation
  • 0001635: [Editor] Layer dock wiget cannot be moved on the left dock area
  • 0001624: [UI behavior] drag and drop location
  • 0001621: [Shell Integration] Linux “Open .pano with Autopano” only launches Autopano
  • 0001623: [Unclassified] pano file version
  • 0001619: [UI behavior] Tooltip on mask tool
  • 0001627: [Editor] Crash on close since pano ask for update when saving
  • 0001626: [Neurone ( optimisation )] Crash during optimization
  • 0001620: [Editor] Linux Editor (CPU mode only) Mouse over images always highlights the same image
  • 0001617: [Cortex ( rendu )] wrong overlaps estimation on antighost
  • 0001625: [Neurone ( optimisation )] Crash during optimization (Papywizard import)
  • 0001622: [Editor] Add contextual menu to vertical line tool to suppress line

New in Autopano Giga 3.0 (Dec 4, 2012)

  • Choose between 9 projection modes the one that best suits your image, including Little-Planet, Panini, Hammer, Mirror Ball, Orthographic and more.
  • Edit your panoramas with an exceptional efficiency: the panorama editor is now real-time and pixel accurate. The ergonomics have been totally revamped, so that all tools take advantage of the real-time editor.
  • Use the Preview mode to get an instant visualization of your final panorama, before even rendering it. You can keep this mode on when you use all the tools of the panorama editor.
  • Manually remove the ghosts in the overlapping areas in an instant thanks to the Mask tool. Also very useful to remove the tripod, or get rid of anything in your panorama.

New in Autopano Giga 3.0 RC1 (Nov 16, 2012)

  • Changes:
  • Memory optimization
  • Fixes :
  • 0001582: [Image I/O] Rendering in .psd with incremental suffix doesn’t work
  • 0001579: [Image I/O] Bridge 2.6 and 3.0 compatibility
  • 0001553: [Cortex ( rendu )] Linux crash at render startup
  • 0001563: [Import plugins] Aperture, Lightroom, Bridge plugins to call autopano v3
  • 0001414: [Shell Integration] Sign application for mountain lion
  • 0001578: [Editor] Crash on close – MacOSX
  • 0001576: [Editor] Local geometry analysis is not local anymore
  • 0001570: [Editor] Quick preview is done in 2 steps : reverted because not compatible with move mode

New in Autopano Giga 3.0 Beta 3 (Nov 5, 2012)

  • We spent a lot of time on one complicated linux bug : it has been found and will improve PSB file support on that platform ( needed only for gigapixel ).
  • Camera and lens database has been upgrade to support all latest cameras : Nikon D600, Canon 6D, etc.
  • Windows : this version is the first version that is signed, so you won’t get anymore warning issue when installing under Windows 8. The work will be done on Mac too, but not finished.
  • Integration of all our communication channels under ‘F1′, help shortcut. So please, hit F1, just once to see it. Nice, no ?
  • After optimization, the layout of the panorama could switch back to default one scrambling the adjustement you did to make it straight. It should now be better in this area.
  • Support of image offsets were added in file format that supports it. This is cool but really only for image geek. What does that means ? If you export the panorama and reprojected images in rendering, the size of images which are part of the panorama is not the same as the panorama. In the individual images, you now have an exif tag that says the offsets X, Y of this image to the zero of the panorama. This is quite nice to post-process individual images after autopano.
  • GPU support cleaning. We are quite happy now with the latest shader code as it supports several hardware and driver versions.
  • Some other minor fixes.

New in Autopano Giga 3.0 Beta 2 (Oct 16, 2012)

  • Translation support:
  • We started this huge job with the new engine. You should have a quite up to date English language as well as French with this release.
  • Fixes:
  • Gigapan import plugin was broken. It works again.
  • APG integration into Adobe Bridge CS6 under mac is fixed.
  • Under some configurations, exifs metadata were not transfered from input file to output panorama.

New in Autopano Giga 2.6.4 (Sep 25, 2012)

  • Main changes:
  • This version is a minor stable update which adds support to the latest cameras available on the market ( Nikon D800, Canon 5D Mark 3, Canon S100, and some others RAW format ).
  • It also adds support for new version of external software that were not yet compatible with Autopano like Adobe Lightroom 4 or Adobe Bridge CS6.
  • Note: This is probably the last release for 2.X Autopano engine as we are working fully on 3.X Autopano engine (alpha version and feature list is already available on the website, have a try).
  • Fixes:
  • 0001448: [Editor] Reset default button in Group settings bad behaviour – resolved.
  • 0001321: [Image I/O] dng files not supported by Autopano – resolved.
  • 0001211: [Image I/O] Canon S100 RAW support – resolved.
  • 0001330: [Import plugins] Lightroom 4 OSX is not supported by the installer – resolved.
  • 0001338: [Import plugins] Bridge CS6 64bits – resolved.
  • 0001406: [Image I/O] Sony A77 raw format not decoded – resolved.
  • 0001408: [Import plugins] Lightroom 4 temporary folder – resolved.
  • 0001393: [Image I/O] Nikon D4 RAW files not decoded – resolved.
  • 0001279: [Image I/O] Canon 5dmark3 raw files are pink – resolved.
  • 0001317: [Image I/O] Sony .ARW raw files are not supported – resolved.

New in Autopano Giga 3.0 Beta 1 (Sep 14, 2012)

  • GPU support:
  • We solved the complicated issue related to the support of some graphics cards and some OS that don’t allow to update GPU drivers easily. We hope that for most hardware, the solution found will give a nice real time interface in the editor.
  • Linux support:
  • There were some issues with Linux support. To be able to solve them, we raised the minimal version of the kernel to a new value so that we can guarantee that everything is working smoothly. For Ubuntu, version 10.04 LTS is now needed as a minimal OS requirement.

New in Autopano Giga 3.0 Alpha 3 (Sep 6, 2012)

  • Main changes:
  • This version is an improved version of Autopano engine v3. It will be the latest Alpha version for this engine, meaning, we are now only in bugs correction mode, no new feature will be added before v3.0 release.
  • Editor improvements:
  • For many tools, we added a new mecanism for validation. For example, you are adjusting values in panini projection, if you change tools without hitting the check button, then the latest changes are lost. You expect that these changes are always applied but not always.Now, it will warn you about these unsaved changes and you can apply them or cancel them. This behavior can be changed in editor setting ( always apply, ask, never apply ).This behavior is now applied on projection, crop, vertical line, mask, level, exposure fusion and quick preview tools.
  • Right click does always select when beeing in anchor edition mode.
  • Line tool can only be used in spherical and planar mode. In fact, in any other projection, maths behind were an approximation and didn’t work well. So, we left that tool active only in projections where it has a real solution. We’ll probably rework this code in a future version to bring you line tool in any projection.
  • Optimization improvements
  • It appeared that in some cases where the focal length is know, the convergence was going too far from the real focal length. The optimization engine has been improved to prevent focal length to go too far from initial value. It still can when it has too, but not as often as before.With fisheye lenses, it could happen and you could see that in layer editor, the calculated focal length there was having the value 220°. It doesn’t happen anymore now.
  • Fixes:
  • 0001485: [Editor] crash on APP start – resolved.
  • 0001453: [Editor] CPE editor and control points – resolved.
  • 0001482: [Editor] After adding control point to some image pair, the selection is changed and images are switched – resolved.
  • 0001427: [Neurone ( optimisation )] is auto color and auto histo working ? – resolved.
  • 0001457: [UI behavior] Why validation on some tools – resolved.
  • 0001463: [Neurone ( optimisation )] CP optimization is not stable! – resolved.
  • 0001336: [Image I/O] tiff reading issue – resolved.
  • 0001458: [Unclassified] Wrong metadata in .pano – resolved.
  • 0001455: [Editor] Horizon issue – resolved.
  • 0001462: [Image I/O] saving project file – automatically stacks images – resolved.
  • 0001469: [Neurone ( optimisation )] Multiples entries in RANSAC model – resolved.
  • 0001473: [Editor] wrong pictures index in mask editor – resolved.
  • 0001475: [Editor] Selection manager is global to all panos – resolved.
  • 0001476: [Neurone ( optimisation )] Color correction not always working – resolved.
  • 0001477: [Editor] Mask points still displayed when images are unselected – resolved.
  • 0001479: [Editor] Mask tool: add a button to delete all current mask points – resolved.
  • 0001480: [Editor] ‘Lines tool’ is accessible in some unsupported projection – resolved.
  • 0001484: [Qt] Object::connect: No such slot WHMovePicture::verifyCurrentIndex() – resolved.
  • 0001468: [Import plugins] Neutralhazer slow to give hands back – closed.
  • 0001467: [Neurone ( optimisation )] Auto color doesn’t stay if changed in setting – closed.

New in Autopano Giga 3.0 Alpha 2 (Aug 30, 2012)

  • Main changes:
  • This version is an improved version of Autopano engine v3. It also takes into account customer requests for an easier UI in Autopano.
  • Editor improvements:
  • The layer editor is synchronized with the panorama editor. This is quite nice because now, you have a direct synchronization between the layer editor selection and the editor itself in both ways. Select an image in the editor, it selects the line in layer editor. Easy. It is really an improvement over the old behavior and allows new actions, like deleting an image directly from the control points editor.We also added some new features in the layer editor like the ability to copy, paste location of one image to another image, or to move the current selection to a new layer in a single click.
  • If you hold the shift key when selecting an image, you select the whole stack composed with this image, it is easier for moving stacks as a whole instead of moving the images one by one.
  • In the Info window, you now have an accurate evaluation of the overlapping percentage of the panorama. This is often a good-to-know information about the panorama.How to read this value? Imagine a 2-image panorama : 0% means no overlapping at all. 100% means both images are overlapping in full. 50% would be something like the edge of one image is at the center of the second.Note: the value can go over 100% if you do bracketing. With a 3-bracket panorama, you should have a value around 340%, 300 coming from bracket et 40% of real overlapping between different location.
  • Improved Panini projection. You now have access to the horizontal field of view that was hidden before. This allows to get a larger view. We didn’t allow to get the maximal theoretical value because there is really too much distortion in that case, nevertheless, now, you can go beyond the first version.Note: You have to be aware that maximal horizontal field of view depends on the distance parameter. If you change the distance, the max changes. It is often a good way to get a larger field of view.
  • Constraint-based masking and stack: we added another way to put a constraint on each image composing a stack with two new button dedicated to this action.
  • When using move mode for image or full panorama, you can also hold the shift key to force motion only in one direction ( horizontal or vertical ). For panorama centering, that’s nice.
  • Seitz VR Drive II support:
  • Seitz VR Drive II has a build-in mode that drives directly cameras, it is called the HDR mode. It setups for you the number of brackets, exposure, etc. Moreover, the VR Drive II also creates a Papywizard XML file. So, it seems adequate for us to create a super easy wizard that does everything out of VR Drive II. Now, in the Import module, you have a new plugin designed for VR Drive II HDR mode. Compared to the standard Papywizard plugin, it introduces in the main page an option to let you select from within the plugin the kind of output you want: tonemapped or true HDR. Behind the scene, it has been optimized to follow the way the head organized the shoots for an easy wizard.
  • RAW decoding:
  • We changed how RAW decoding is done in this version of Autopano: be aware that decoded RAWs will be a little darker now than before. Here’s the explanation:
  • If you used to decode manually-exposed RAW files within Autopano, there were an automatic level done over the images during the RAW decoding. Then, the output images didn’t have the same exposure anymore, which could be an issue for the stitching. We removed this option from DCRAW engine and now you have a stable exposure. The drawback is that decoded RAWs look darker than before. Our previous design was to be able to have a decoded RAW exposed like the JPEG if produced by the camera, but it is not really possible anymore.
  • The good point with that change is that bracketing of RAW to produce HDR is now better. If you do bracketing with a large amount of eV between the shots, you end up with really dark images. With that changes, they stay dark and also don’t introduce anymore noise because of this RAW decoding auto level.
  • Miscellaneous:
  • We support all new RAW formats from new cameras available in the market ( Nikon D800, Canon 5DMark3, etc ).
  • When doing a Gigapan or Papywizard panorama, as the number of images can be fairly large, it could happen that the name of the produced images was wrongly numbered because it reached a 9999 value (the camera starts again the filename with 0000 ). In this case, you needed to rename the images before importing them because we used alphabetical order. Now, we use timestamps instead of alphabetical order when it is possible. It solves this issue.
  • Is an image missing in a panorama? Just drag’n'drop it from a group to the panorama. Easy way to add an image to the panorama.
  • Fixes :
  • 0001250: [Neurone ( optimisation )] distorsion model settings not kept – resolved.
  • 0001347: [Editor] Display average overlaping percentage in help window – resolved.
  • 0001380: [Neurone ( optimisation )] Optimization with orphan images – resolved.
  • 0001420: [Cortex ( rendu )] Pannini projection cropping the zone – resolved.
  • 0001403: [Import plugins] VRDrive 2 import plugin – resolved.
  • 0001388: [Import plugins] Parsing error in Papywizard plugin – resolved.
  • 0000454: [Import plugins] Using timestamp for sorting gigapan input images – resolved.
  • 0001450: [Unclassified] Theta min/max inversed – resolved.
  • 0001439: [Editor] Horizontal squeeze on rectilinear projection – resolved.
  • 0001444: [Image I/O] KGFL 4.0.0 integration – resolved.
  • 0001446: [Import plugins] Neutralhazer protection is on – resolved.
  • 0001419: [Editor] Too approximated crop in pannini – resolved.
  • 0001385: [Cortex ( rendu )] Single row detection template – resolved.
  • 0001237: [UI behavior] move help text of each tools – resolved.
  • 0001319: [UI behavior] create new graphics resources – resolved.
  • 0001428: [Cortex ( rendu )] %f does not work in rendering name – resolved.
  • 0001425: [UI behavior] same picture can be dropped several times in same group – resolved.
  • 0001390: [Unclassified] first start seems not stable (Import, GPU…) – resolved.
  • 0001245: [Editor] Drag’n'drop images from a group to a panorama => add images to that panorama – resolved.
  • 0001224: [Editor] Delete picture in CP mode – resolved.
  • 0001374: [UI behavior] “Hide” system menu is not translated on Mac – resolved.
  • 0001200: [Editor] Expose move horizontal / vertical only in panorama mode – resolved.
  • 0001387: [Cortex ( rendu )] graphcut constraints – resolved.
  • 0001397: [Editor] Pannini squeeze range – resolved.
  • 0001287: [Cortex ( rendu )] Mode mask and stac – resolved.
  • 0001069: [Editor] In move mode, move a stack in a whole instead of moving individual images – resolved.
  • 0001409: [Editor] Can save a pano with only picture – resolved.
  • 0000084: [Editor] Selection des images via l’editeur de layer aussi ( refleté dans l’editeur au-dessus ) – resolved.
  • 0000865: [Editor] Copy / Paste Image location in contextual menu of layer editor – resolved.
  • 0001345: [Editor] Select some image in the layer, right click, move to new layer – resolved.
  • 0001350: [Editor] Layer editor : right click on image, copy /paste image name – resolved.
  • 0001398: [Cortex ( rendu )] Editor visual jump when changing projection mode – resolved.
  • 0001394: [Synapse ( detection )] Crash on close all group when a group is detecting – resolved.
  • 0001391: [Editor] settings not saved – resolved.
  • 0001389: [Unclassified] Plugin apply on only 3 images – resolved.

New in Autopano Giga 3.0 Alpha 1 (Jun 15, 2012)

  • Revamped panorama editor based on the power of the GPU (graphics card)
  • Real-time preview of the rendering: get an idea of the final rendering before even launching it
  • Selective anti-ghost mode: easily choose what you want to keep or discard in the overlapping areas (Autopano Giga)
  • Multiple projections: choose your favorite projection, including Panini and Little Planet and tune it as you want
  • Plus many user-submitted features to come in the next alpha and beta versions

New in Autopano Giga 2.6.3 (Apr 28, 2012)

  • Main changes:
  • This version is a minor stable update with only some small fix.
  • The most important fix is an issue that could happen when using “restore default setting” button : then the watermark of the demo mode gets back even if you are registered. Launching again the software does resolve this, but once you have used this button, you were switch back in demo mode.
  • Fixes:
  • 0001278: [Image I/O] cameras.txt update – resolved.
  • 0001162: [Import plugins] Papywizard and focal setting – resolved.
  • 0001263: [Import plugins] Group setting Restore Default button crash – resolved.
  • 0001260: [Shell Integration] Multiple temp folder selector crash – resolved.
  • 0001251: [Import plugins] Gigapan crash with random pictures – resolved.
  • 0001219: [Import plugins] Patch for ignoring wrong sensor in XML – resolved.
  • 0001228: [Neurone ( optimisation )] Global setting in optimizer – closed.