Panorama Factory Reviews

Rating
Reviewed by: GraemeG
(Expert)

Review Date
September 27, 2002

Overall Rating
5 of 5

Value Rating
5 of 5

Used product for
0-1 years

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Review 1 of 5

Price Paid: $35.00 from Website

Summary:

Excellent product. When compared against other products the quality of finished panoramic images are first class. Especially impressed with the minimal ghosting which created a problem for other applications. Provision of hotspots would make the product perfect.

Strengths:

o Quality of finished images o Ease of use o Output to both IVR Zoom and QTVR 360 degree panoramic viewers

Weaknesses:

Speed of stiching slightly slower than other comparible products but final results justified the wait

Similar Products Used:

Photovista Panorama Panoweaver Reality Studio

Customer Service:

Not used.

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Rating
Reviewed by: ZozR
(Casual)

Review Date
June 2, 2002

Overall Rating
4 of 5

Value Rating
5 of 5

Used product for
0-1 years

Review 2 of 5

Price Paid: $0.00

Summary:

Easy to set up and use panorama software creating terrific results. Simply tell it which photos and which order, identify camera or lense size and let the software do the rest.

Strengths:

-Terrific results -Simple to use -Penty of fine tuning options available I only wish I had photopaper long enough to print out my best panoramas on one sheet!

Weaknesses:

-Takes a few minutes to stich together larger files. -Can only do a single row of photos

Similar Products Used:

Canon Photostich, Realviz stich, Ulead cool 360

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Rating
Reviewed by: Roger Rowlett
(Professional)

Review Date
January 3, 2002

Overall Rating
5 of 5

Value Rating
5 of 5

Used product for
0-1 years

Review 3 of 5

Price Paid: $35.00 from on-line (shareware)

Summary:

Excellent photo-stitching program which I use for producing small-size garden panoramas and landscape enlargements. Can do near-miracles with poorly aligned images and has a host of fine-tuning options if you care to learn them.

Strengths:

Works as advertised and does a good job even with the basic default settings. Has enough manual controls to fine-tune images if necessary, but I have not spent too much time learning these yet. Shareware is affordable, and you get free updates periodically.

Weaknesses:

Will only stitch in one dimension in the current version. Not really a major problem. Can be a little slow, but it does appear to carry out a whale of a lot of image machinations to get a good stitch.

Similar Products Used:

None

Customer Service:

Web site offers excellent FAQ service, user discussion forums and tips, and free support to registered users.

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Rating
Reviewed by: Gary Wood
(Expert)

Review Date
July 10, 2001

Overall Rating
5 of 5

Used product for
3 Months

Review 4 of 5

Summary:

This program is amazing. Having bought a digital camera some months before and tried several programs to make panoramas, I was amazed to find that the best one was freeware! I would recommend it it anyone. A sample of the panoramas created I ahve created can be seen at www.revent.org.uk

Strengths:

Very accurate. Allows for user fine tuning.

Weaknesses:

Takes quite a long time even on a fast computer - but the results are worth it!

Similar Products Used:

Lots of downloads from the internet and packages provided with the camera.

Customer Service:

Not used.

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Rating
Reviewed by: Carleton Wu
(Intermediate)

Review Date
November 21, 2000

Overall Rating
4 of 5

Used product for
2 Weeks

Review 5 of 5

Summary:

This app is simply amazing. I don't know how it does it but it seems to stitch and combine pictures flawlessly every time!!! Kudos to the authors. The application is no longer freeware, it is shareware.

Strengths:

Great job combining photos Does not seem to be limited by the size of the pictures nor the size of the output. I only tried the panorama feature and not the viewer.

Weaknesses:

Shareware price seems kind of steep for a specialty product that will see limited use even for an avid photographer. Wish it cost $20 or so...

Similar Products Used:

Spin Panorama--what a freaking joke! Uggghh...

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