Here’s the original image used: http://bit.ly/bBTMyx

And here’s a screen grab from the exported mov file from stitcher unlimited: http://bit.ly/cInk0T
Notice the crazy aliasing lines on the roof and cables (or whatever it is)? What is this and, more importantly, how do I ensure that this doesn’t happen when exporting from stitcher? My photos don’t exhibit this so I’m not sure why the mov pano is showing it. Any ideas?

My workflow:

1) export photos to high-res jpgs from Aperture.

2) Open stitcher unlimited and drag-and-drop photos onto workspace.

3) Auto-stitch

4) Auto-align

5) Equalize

6) Click “render pano” -> choose file name and location -> for “type”, choose “cylindrical QTVR” and best size ration (%)” should be about 25%. Set render area.

7) click Render.

Help.

Anyone?

Yep, looks like display aliasing, but also like oversharpening. So, 2 questions:

- Is that second screenshot from a Quicktime window of the finished pano? (Meaning you output directly to QT)

- Did you change the “Sharpening” settings in the “Rendering Options” tab of the Render window (should default to Normal)

And then, 2 suggestions:

- If it looks like that in QT player and you output directly to QT, go to “Render - QT Output Setup” and check that the “Static” is set to “High” and maybe set the “Motion” (which typically looks like that for smoother panning) to “High” as well.

- If the results always look the same, consider outputting a “Cylindrical Image” as a TIF instead, and then checking that it doesn’t have the aliasing. After that, to get a cylindrical VR, try either a) loading that into Stitcher (I know, sounds backwards) and outputting at 100%, or b) use a Flash-based VR tool like Pano2VR (google it, it recognizes cylindrical panos as well as 360x180s)