Now we can create a panorama photos like professionals. Creating a panorama photos is no longer privilege by professionals and expensive pro photo equipment. Now, you can be pro photographer using a normal digital camera and a interesting open source software Hugin, and you will be very impressed by the results.

With Hugin you can assemble a mosaic of photographs into a complete immersive panorama, stitch any series of overlapping pictures and much more. But, for professional results you must do some postprocessing after Hugin. Hugin is stitcher, and for easy postprocesing check up this excellent tutorial and make perfect panorama photos.

Upcoming version of Hugin will contain an advanced photometric alignment, which can correct the panorama for exposure, vignetting, white balance and response curve. The combination of geometric and photometric alginment will also enable the creation of HDR panoramas directly in Hugin.

Platforms: Windows, Linux, OS X, Mac OS

If you have interesting photo tools or tutorials feel free to comment and share your knowledge!

Hugin – info and download:
http://hugin.sourceforge.net/

Postprocesing tutorial: http://www.linuxfocus.org/English/September2004/article348.shtml

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