Best panorama stitching and HDR softwares

[movingmoments]

To all digital darkroom experts, which are the best software for stitching panoromic shots and hdr?

Thanks!

[scandisk]

you may want to give these 2 softwares a try....

for HDR http://www.supportingcomputers.net/A...en/Artizen.htm

for Pano stitching http://www.ptgui.com/

[night86mare]

hdr - photomatix

[machiavellian]

photostitching, just get the freeware from Canon

[wildstallion]

PTGui for stitching is fantastic!

[2.8photography]

ive had some bad experiences with PTgui, where the entire pic was distorted very badly and the colour was just off (seriously, can post here if u wanna see)

however, id recommend panorama factory - ive been using it for quite a while, and i must say it works really nicely. corrects brightness falloff, distortion etc and basically corrects some of the mistakes u make while shooting

[Trigger Happy]

and which one has the shallowest learning curve?
sorry for asking a shallow question , i don't have much time these days to afford hours tinkering with new s/w..

[night86mare]

Originally Posted by Trigger Happy and which one has the shallowest learning curve? sorry for asking a shallow question , i don't have much time these days to afford hours tinkering with new s/w..

i would think photomatix is easy for hdr, it's all very intuitive

and well if you can't use it, i know quite a number of people here use it so they can help

i haven't tried any other hdr rendering software.. unless you count photoshop which sucks

[2.8photography]

Originally Posted by Trigger Happy and which one has the shallowest learning curve? sorry for asking a shallow question , i don't have much time these days to afford hours tinkering with new s/w..

well i havent tried many pano stitchers, just a small handful. pano factory just requires me to import the pics then press 'next' like seven times cos ive already preset the stuff

i wish could just press next once, but i guess that isnt bad anyway. most stitchers, if u use fully auto will be usually quite fast and easy to use

[Incastasman]

Originally Posted by night86mare hdr - photomatix

Yeah! i love it!

[Falcon]

Is the free and basic version of photomatix good enough to achieve good effects?

[2.8photography]

Originally Posted by Falcon Is the free and basic version of photomatix good enough to achieve good effects?

o.O
free pano stitching software thats free? guess i shld have asked u guys before purchasing mine

[night86mare]

Originally Posted by Falcon Is the free and basic version of photomatix good enough to achieve good effects?

not sure, never had to use it.

Originally Posted by 2.8photography o.O free pano stitching software thats free? guess i shld have asked u guys before purchasing mine

free pano stitching software that's free?
big breakfast that is big? =D

ok, kidding aside, photomatix is a HDR program, yeap

[ricohflex]

Originally Posted by 2.8photography i wish could just press next once, but i guess that isnt bad anyway. most stitchers, if u use fully auto will be usually quite fast and easy to use

You can.
Use Macro Express.

[machiavellian]

Originally Posted by ricohflex You can. Use Macro Express.

haha...good one...i used that to "farm" when i was playing MMORPG