AutoStitch

Autostitch is a free tool for seamlessly combining multiple photos into a single panoramic image, making it ideal for creating wide-angle photography without needing specialized equipment.

URL

https://mattabrown.github.io/autostitch.html

Description

Autostitch is an image stitching tool that automatically combines multiple photographs into a single panoramic image. It uses advanced algorithms to blend the edges of overlapping photos to form a cohesive panorama.

Open source researchers can use the tool to create a panoramic image of a location that is visible in a video, in particular if the video includes shots from several perspectives and has been filmed with a moving camera.

Users can adjust the output setting for panorama. The setting options include the output size, blending options, and the JPEG quality found under advanced options. Despite these options, the tool has certain limitations which will be outlined in the limitation section.

Cost

• Free

• Partially Free

• Paid

Level of difficulty

Requirements

• Windows Only

Limitations

• Limited control over stitching parameters.

• May struggle with images that have very minimal overlap. Users often face the error “failed to align images.” One may need to sort images individually and remove those that have minimum overlap. Works better with a large set of images that have been sorted meticulously - including images having considerable overlap. Autostitch works best for sequential images from a video. A video can be converted to sequential images, for example by using video splitting sites like ezgif.com/video-to-jpg (not recommended for sensitive video material).

• Performance Issues: Performance can degrade with large image sets and Auotostitch has been found to have performance issues.

• Limited support and documentation.

Guides and articles

To effectively use Autostitch, especially for beginners or those looking to refine their skills, the following resources are highly recommended:

Official Wiki

• https://mattabrown.github.io/autostitch.html

Tutorials and Articles

• Autostitch (no date) Kate Hailey. Available at: https://www.katehailey.com/blog/2012/05/23/autostitch (Accessed: 18 June 2024).

• Autostitch Panorama Software Review (no date). Available at: https://www.neopanoramic.com/review/autostitch (Accessed: 18 June 2024).

• Brown and Lowe (2003) ‘Recognising panoramas’, in Proceedings Ninth IEEE International Conference on Computer Vision. ICCV 2003: 9th International Conference on Computer Vision, Nice, France: IEEE, pp. 1218–1225 vol.2. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1109/ICCV.2003.1238630.

• Brown, M. and Lowe, D.G. (2007) ‘Automatic Panoramic Image Stitching using Invariant Features’, International Journal of Computer Vision, 74(1), pp. 59–73. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11263-006-0002-3.

• How To Make a Panorama Photo Tutorial (no date). Available at: https://www.neopanoramic.com/make_panorama.php (Accessed: 18 June 2024).

• Matthew Alun Brown (no date). Available at: https://mattabrown.github.io/autostitch.html (Accessed: 18 June 2024).

Video Tutorials

• Easy Panoramas with Rawtherapee and Autostitch (2021). Available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8XjUIG4sZO8 (Accessed: 18 June 2024).

Tool provider

Matthew Alun Brown - United States

Licensed by the University of British Columbia (Canada) to multiple companies including ILM (United States) and it appeared in several commercial products including Autopano Pro and Serif PanoramaPlus

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Page maintainer
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