Panoweaver is an image stitching app. It supports telephoto, normal, wide angle and fisheye lens images into full 360*180 spherical panoramic image.[1] Panoweaver also supports exporting 360 panoramic images into Flash VR, QuickTime VR, Java-based VR tours and swf, and publish on Facebook.[2]

Panoweaver
Developer(s)Easypano Holdings Inc.
Stable release
10.02.181015 / October 15, 2018; 5 years ago (2018-10-15)
Written inC, C++
Operating systemWindows, macOS
Available inEnglish, Japanese, German, Spanish, Italian, French
LicenseCommercial proprietary software
Websiteeasypano.com

The 'free trial version' of Panoweaver is fully functional but creates panoramas with embedded visible watermarks.

Panoweaver pro also includes HDR and tone mapping support.

List of features edit

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Feature Panoweaver Std Panoweaver Pro
Automatic stitching: create panoramas YES YES
Manual mode: full control over the result YES YES
Live preview: see the effect of settings, without the need to stitch first YES YES
Multi row panoramas: images can be stacked both horizontally and vertically YES YES
Stitch rotated and tilted images YES YES
Support for JPEG, TIFF and PNG source images YES YES
Create panoramas in JPEG, TIFF or Photoshop format YES YES
Photoshop large document (.psb) support YES YES
Layered Photoshop output, ideal for retouching YES YES
Full support for 16 bit images, for the best image quality YES YES
Create templates with frequently used settings YES YES
QTVR output YES YES
Flash output YES YES
HTML5 output YES YES
Branding free - YES
Batch stitcher: stitch 300 panoramas in one time. - YES
Stitch and blend HDR source images into an HDR panorama - YES
Stitch and blend bracketed LDR source images into an HDR panorama - YES
Calculate camera response curve from bracketed LDR source images - YES
Built in tone mapper - YES
Support for OpenEXR (.exr) and HDR Radiance (.hdr) source images - YES
Blend Priority parameter (useful for blending the nadir image in a spherical panorama) - YES
Viewpoint correction - YES
Vignetting, exposure and white balance correction - YES
Global adjustment of exposure and white balance - YES
Exposure Fusion - YES
64 bit version - YES

See also edit

Hugin is an open source alternative also based on Panorama Tools

Further reading edit

  • Jacobs, Corinna - Interactive Panoramas: Techniques for Digital Panoramic Photography ISBN 3-540-21140-3
  • Andrews, Philip - 360 Degree Imaging: The Photographers Panoramic Virtual Reality Manual ISBN 2-88046-732-2

References edit

  1. ^ Leong, Lewis (2012-08-31). "Panoweaver - Download". Panoweaver.en.softonic.com. Retrieved 2016-04-21.
  2. ^ "Panoweaver Professional - Free download and software reviews - CNET Download.com". Download.cnet.com. Retrieved 2016-04-21.
  3. ^ "Panorama Software-Edition Comparison". Easypano.com. Retrieved 2016-04-21.

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