Comments on: A batch controller for Autostitch http://stewartgreenhill.com/blog/2008/07/22/a-batch-controller-for-autostitch/ Stewart Greenhill's random thoughts and musing Fri, 12 Mar 2010 01:50:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Stewart http://stewartgreenhill.com/blog/2008/07/22/a-batch-controller-for-autostitch/comment-page-5/#comment-12014 Stewart Thu, 11 Feb 2010 15:04:49 +0000 http://stewartgreenhill.com/blog/2008/07/22/a-batch-controller-for-autostitch/#comment-12014 Hi Mihai, Glad you found the batch processor useful. I like the idea of grouping photos in folders - that would be useful if you take lots of panoramas. I think the Autostitch algorithms are licensed to various vendors of photo management apps, so I think its probably not in their interests to make the demo version too useful. If the free version could be easily embedded/controlled they would probably not make many sales. Hi Mihai,

Glad you found the batch processor useful. I like the idea of grouping photos in folders - that would be useful if you take lots of panoramas.

I think the Autostitch algorithms are licensed to various vendors of photo management apps, so I think its probably not in their interests to make the demo version too useful. If the free version could be easily embedded/controlled they would probably not make many sales.

]]> By: Mihai Diac http://stewartgreenhill.com/blog/2008/07/22/a-batch-controller-for-autostitch/comment-page-3/#comment-11091 Mihai Diac Sat, 26 Dec 2009 17:02:14 +0000 http://stewartgreenhill.com/blog/2008/07/22/a-batch-controller-for-autostitch/#comment-11091 Hi. I used your solution and extended it with a script to match my needs. Check it out: http://satov.blogspot.com/2009/12/scripting-stitching-photos-into.html It works, but still, I don't like it too much. If autostitch would have the proper command-line arguments, everithing would be much cleaner. Have you tried contacting them ? Regards. Hi. I used your solution and extended it with a script to match my needs. Check it out:

http://satov.blogspot.com/2009/12/scripting-stitching-photos-into.html

It works, but still, I don’t like it too much. If autostitch would have the proper command-line arguments, everithing would be much cleaner. Have you tried contacting them ?

Regards.

]]> By: Thierry http://stewartgreenhill.com/blog/2008/07/22/a-batch-controller-for-autostitch/comment-page-2/#comment-7401 Thierry Tue, 23 Jun 2009 10:50:30 +0000 http://stewartgreenhill.com/blog/2008/07/22/a-batch-controller-for-autostitch/#comment-7401 Hello I am new to autostich. I am evaluating it. ==> Very imprisessive the batch process. I am still hesitating to use it because well .... it's a hack as you said. But defenatly your batch thing is realling someting that has a wonderfull value for autostich. Thanks stewart for posting the .exe Hello I am new to autostich. I am evaluating it.

==> Very imprisessive the batch process.
I am still hesitating to use it because well …. it’s a hack as you said.
But defenatly your batch thing is realling someting that has a wonderfull value for autostich.

Thanks stewart for posting the .exe

]]> By: Stewart http://stewartgreenhill.com/blog/2008/07/22/a-batch-controller-for-autostitch/comment-page-1/#comment-5696 Stewart Tue, 28 Apr 2009 03:32:28 +0000 http://stewartgreenhill.com/blog/2008/07/22/a-batch-controller-for-autostitch/#comment-5696 @Eric Thanks Eric, that's useful to know. Its certainly handy to be able to define Autostitch's working directory. Glad to hear you're able to get some use out of the program. @Eric

Thanks Eric, that’s useful to know. Its certainly handy to be able to define Autostitch’s working directory.

Glad to hear you’re able to get some use out of the program.

]]> By: ana http://stewartgreenhill.com/blog/2008/07/22/a-batch-controller-for-autostitch/comment-page-1/#comment-5641 ana Sun, 26 Apr 2009 22:23:27 +0000 http://stewartgreenhill.com/blog/2008/07/22/a-batch-controller-for-autostitch/#comment-5641 Hi Stewart I want run the autostitch using mingw + gcc but i can't understand the step... can you help me.. plz... i need ur help... Hi Stewart

I want run the autostitch using mingw + gcc but i can’t understand the step…
can you help me..
plz… i need ur help…

]]> By: Eric GOMARIN http://stewartgreenhill.com/blog/2008/07/22/a-batch-controller-for-autostitch/comment-page-1/#comment-4874 Eric GOMARIN Fri, 20 Mar 2009 08:46:44 +0000 http://stewartgreenhill.com/blog/2008/07/22/a-batch-controller-for-autostitch/#comment-4874 Hi Stewart and all interested in your great job. I'm french too, as a compatriot already said "nobody's perfect", but that isn't the matter ;-) Thanks for this work and publication. I found one way to define autostitch's working directory : you only have to launch it form a directory which contains a file named toto.jpg whatever it contains. You can then queue panorama jobs on several other directories specifying your source image files with absolute pathnames. The result will be in autostitch working directory. You just need to rename or move the generated pano to the place you wish. Hoping this will help. Eric Hi Stewart and all interested in your great job.
I’m french too, as a compatriot already said “nobody’s perfect”, but that isn’t the matter ;-)
Thanks for this work and publication.
I found one way to define autostitch’s working directory : you only have to launch it form a directory which contains a file named toto.jpg whatever it contains.
You can then queue panorama jobs on several other directories specifying your source image files with absolute pathnames. The result will be in autostitch working directory. You just need to rename or move the generated pano to the place you wish.
Hoping this will help.
Eric

]]> By: Stewart http://stewartgreenhill.com/blog/2008/07/22/a-batch-controller-for-autostitch/comment-page-1/#comment-4673 Stewart Mon, 16 Feb 2009 05:56:41 +0000 http://stewartgreenhill.com/blog/2008/07/22/a-batch-controller-for-autostitch/#comment-4673 OK, I've fixed it. closeTime is now implemented, but instead of waiting the entire time, it polls every 2 seconds up to the time (in ms) you specify. For example, if you want it to wait up to 2 minutes, do: <code> stitch.exe ... -wait -close -closeTime 120000</code> To compile the source, you need gcc for windows, which you can get forfree from here: http://www.mingw.org I think it comes with a simple Windows installer. Otherwise, there are quite a few choices for what to install. I just use the basic mingw gcc compiler plus MSYS, a unix-like shell console. Once you've got it installed, just open up the MSYS shell, and do: <code> gcc stitch.c -o stitch.exe</code> in the source directory. Its pretty basic code, so should not be hard to modify. I hope this works for you. Let me know how it goes. OK, I’ve fixed it. closeTime is now implemented, but instead of waiting the entire time, it polls every 2 seconds up to the time (in ms) you specify.

For example, if you want it to wait up to 2 minutes, do:
stitch.exe ... -wait -close -closeTime 120000

To compile the source, you need gcc for windows, which you can get forfree from here: http://www.mingw.org

I think it comes with a simple Windows installer. Otherwise, there are quite a few choices for what to install. I just use the basic mingw gcc compiler plus MSYS, a unix-like shell console. Once you’ve got it installed, just open up the MSYS shell, and do:
gcc stitch.c -o stitch.exe
in the source directory. Its pretty basic code, so should not be hard to modify.

I hope this works for you. Let me know how it goes.

]]> By: Elia Vecellio http://stewartgreenhill.com/blog/2008/07/22/a-batch-controller-for-autostitch/comment-page-1/#comment-4666 Elia Vecellio Sun, 15 Feb 2009 17:10:47 +0000 http://stewartgreenhill.com/blog/2008/07/22/a-batch-controller-for-autostitch/#comment-4666 I really appreciate a program to be able to batch process panoramas in Autostitch. However, my use is not to make video panoramas, but simply to queue up multiple panorama jobs so that the computer can process them one-by-one unattended. I am using a batch file to do this (with your stitch.exe in the source image folder). It seems that the -closeTime command-argument is not active within your program, it gets rejected as unknown (even though the documentation says it exists). I noticed it is missing from the source code. The default closeTime is only 2000ms, way too short for Autostitch to generate the preview window, on my machine its 1-2mins (ie 60000-120000ms). Im trying to hardcode the value in and re-compile, but not sure if I will succeed. Maybe you can fix it up for me? Another solution may be to get stitch.exe to simply check, say each 1000ms, if the preview window exists, and only then try to close it. Thanks. Elia I really appreciate a program to be able to batch process panoramas in Autostitch. However, my use is not to make video panoramas, but simply to queue up multiple panorama jobs so that the computer can process them one-by-one unattended. I am using a batch file to do this (with your stitch.exe in the source image folder). It seems that the -closeTime command-argument is not active within your program, it gets rejected as unknown (even though the documentation says it exists). I noticed it is missing from the source code. The default closeTime is only 2000ms, way too short for Autostitch to generate the preview window, on my machine its 1-2mins (ie 60000-120000ms). Im trying to hardcode the value in and re-compile, but not sure if I will succeed. Maybe you can fix it up for me? Another solution may be to get stitch.exe to simply check, say each 1000ms, if the preview window exists, and only then try to close it. Thanks. Elia

]]> By: Stewart http://stewartgreenhill.com/blog/2008/07/22/a-batch-controller-for-autostitch/comment-page-1/#comment-4512 Stewart Tue, 03 Feb 2009 13:23:08 +0000 http://stewartgreenhill.com/blog/2008/07/22/a-batch-controller-for-autostitch/#comment-4512 Hi Ben, That looks great! Thanks for posting it. Technically, this situation should be easier to solve, since both cameras are stationary. Once the camera transforms are calculated they should be the same for the whole movie. You can see a little bit of variation in alignment over time. I found that you can remove some of the this "jitter" by increasing the overlap between the camera views. Or you could leave it in for artistic effect. It reminds me a bit of the look of an old fashioned film reel. Cheers, Stewart Hi Ben,

That looks great! Thanks for posting it. Technically, this situation should be easier to solve, since both cameras are stationary. Once the camera transforms are calculated they should be the same for the whole movie. You can see a little bit of variation in alignment over time. I found that you can remove some of the this “jitter” by increasing the overlap between the camera views. Or you could leave it in for artistic effect. It reminds me a bit of the look of an old fashioned film reel.

Cheers,
Stewart

]]> By: Benjamin Lotan http://stewartgreenhill.com/blog/2008/07/22/a-batch-controller-for-autostitch/comment-page-1/#comment-4415 Benjamin Lotan Tue, 27 Jan 2009 07:06:06 +0000 http://stewartgreenhill.com/blog/2008/07/22/a-batch-controller-for-autostitch/#comment-4415 Hi there, remember me? i'm the one you posted this code for originally! finally posted something i did with it online.... http://www.vimeo.com/2974862 I had to do some minor tweaking to your code, but it worked great for what i wanted to do. I would have done more, cooler and higher quality stuff, and i still plan to, but other things got in the way... i'll definitely let you know next time i produce something. thanks again! Hi there, remember me? i’m the one you posted this code for originally! finally posted something i did with it online….

http://www.vimeo.com/2974862

I had to do some minor tweaking to your code, but it worked great for what i wanted to do. I would have done more, cooler and higher quality stuff, and i still plan to, but other things got in the way… i’ll definitely let you know next time i produce something. thanks again!

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