Autopano Pro 2.6: quality and speed
Autopano Pro 2.6 can be resumed in these two words. The stitching quaity has been improved thanks to a renewed management of lens distorsions and the overall panorama quality profits from a better harmonization of the colors and a better anti-ghost blending (see examples below). The speed has been greatly improved in the optimization step; this is particularly visible on fisheye images. Finally, Autopano Pro 2.6 introduces a plugin for Google Picasa, so you can directly export a group of images from this app to Autopano Pro.
A super-fast optimization
Autopano Pro 2.6 is up to 10x faster than version 2 and 2.5x faster than version 2.5 in the optimization stage. This is particularly visible on fisheye images. Our benchmark is based on 6 fisheye photos in RAW format.
Better color harmonization by the render engine
Colors are harmonized in a better way at the rendering stage and the result is homogeneous as never bofore. Blue skies are particularly prettier in Autopano Pro 2.6.
Comparison between Autopano Pro 2.5.2 and Autopano Pro 2.6:
Improved image stitching and correction of distorsions
Autopano Pro 2.6 includes a brand new correction of lens distorsions: cases that were difficult to stitch in the previous versions are now perfectly stitched together.
Comparison between Autopano Pro 2.5.2 and Autopano Pro 2.6:
Case 1
Case 2
New plugin for Picasa
Autopano Pro now comes with a plugin for Picasa that you can install at the same time as the installation of Autopano Pro. This plugin lets you export a group of images from Picasa to Autopano Pro. The modifications you may have done in this app on your photos are automatically conserved during the export process.
