Create Panoramic Photos with Hugin

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Panoramic photos seem to be becoming more common these days as people carry cameras with them wherever they go. In the past we’ve shown you tools like AutoStitch and Windows Live Photo Gallery that make assembling panoramic photos effortless, but the free Hugin program is much more customizable.

Hugin will attempt to find points on the images that match up with each other, or you can manually specify control points. It can take some time to get used to because of all the manual settings available to configure, but with these tutorials and a little spare time this weekend you should be all set.

There are over 8,000 images on Flickr that have used Hugin for assembling some amazing panoramic shots. Once you get the hang of using the program you’ll be able to create shots using Hugin like this that started out with this typical panoramic.

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August 22nd, 2008 Written by
  1. Michael DobrofskyAugust 22, 2008 at 7:42 pm

    thanks, will check it out

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  2. ChangeAugust 24, 2008 at 4:08 am

    How does it compare to Autopano Pro? That one is not free, but I find it incredible what it can do. No seams or distortion anywhere, no smudged people etc!

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  3. RajAugust 24, 2008 at 8:43 am

    Looks Cool and its free too….

    Downloading it … Thanks

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  4. RyanAuthorAugust 25, 2008 at 1:59 pm
    Change wrote:
    How does it compare to Autopano Pro? That one is not free, but I find it incredible what it can do. No seams or distortion anywhere, no smudged people etc!

    It will definitely take some work to get your panoramic photos setup using Hugin, but the results are pretty good. According to this article, however, even Windows Live Photo Gallery can do as good of a job as Autopano Pro:
    [istartedsomething.com]

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  5. ChangeAugust 25, 2008 at 5:32 pm

    Wow great find Ryan! WLPG is much better than I expected, getting really close to Autopano Pro. I’ll have to recommend that one to friends & family if it works just as easy, need to test that :)

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  6. RyanAuthorAugust 26, 2008 at 12:21 pm
    Change wrote:
    Wow great find Ryan! WLPG is much better than I expected, getting really close to Autopano Pro. I’ll have to recommend that one to friends & family if it works just as easy, need to test that :)

    The technology used in most panoramic apps is the same, and so there shouldn’t be too much of a difference between them.

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  7. ChangeAugust 26, 2008 at 12:46 pm
    Ryan wrote:
    The technology used in most panoramic apps is the same, and so there shouldn’t be too much of a difference between them.

    True, but there is a huge difference in quality between the current version of Autopano and the previous one, even though they were using the same technology. In the article you mentioned, it is also clear that Autopano is the clear winner in complex panoramas.

    So yes, I agree that the technology behind it is the same, but the implementation can still make a significant difference in quality.

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