iSeeMedia PhotoVista Reviews

Rating
Reviewed by:

neverchex
( Expert)

Review Date
February 21, 2004

Overall Rating
1 of 5

Value Rating
1 of 5

Used product for
0-1 years

Visitors rate this review
3.00 of 5,
2 votes

Review 1 of 5

Price Paid: $0.00

Summary:

Used iSeeMedia Panorama version 3.0. Easy to use, but mostly due to lack of needed features. Slow, inaccurate, lacks basic needed functions like individual image zoom, pan, rotate, and INSTALLER LOADS UNNEEDED BLOATWARE ONTO YOUR SYSTEM WITHOUT YOUR PERMISSION. Visible artifacting at joins between images.

Strengths:

Interface is simple to use.

Weaknesses:

Slow, inaccurate, lacks basic needed functions like individual image zoom, pan, rotate, and LOADS UNNEEDED BLOATWARE ONTO YOUR SYSTEM WITHOUT YOUR PERMISSION. Visible artifacting at joins between images.

Similar Products Used:

Ulead's Photostitch

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Rating
Reviewed by: John Chen
(Beginner)

Review Date
May 25, 2000

Overall Rating
4 of 5

Used product for
1 Month

Visitors rate this review
4.00 of 5,
4 votes

Review 2 of 5

Summary:

Overall, it's a great panorama stitcher for the price. It works quite well but sometimes does need help to line up the panorama. The blending modes often leads to some artificts. But it's incredibly easy to use and makes gorgeous panoramas most of the time without any help.

Strengths:

Easy to use, nearly flawless each time.

Weaknesses:

still needs some help lining up sometimes; blending algorithm needs some more work.

Similar Products Used:

none

Customer Service:

not used

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Rating
Reviewed by: Ron Meyers
(Intermediate)

Review Date
May 22, 2000

Overall Rating
5 of 5

Used product for
3 Months

Visitors rate this review
2.00 of 5,
1 votes

Review 3 of 5

Summary:

This program stitches together great panoramic photos amazingly fast. Before PhotoVista I painstakingly handstiched my panoramics using layers in PaintShop Pro. PhotoVista offers you the tools you need to make quick work of this task. You should be able to use the automatic stiching tool about 95% of the time if you have a level horizon. If not, you can switch to manual stiching and easily control the end result.

Strengths:

None

Weaknesses:

None

Similar Products Used:

None

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Rating
Reviewed by: David Roberts
(Intermediate)

Review Date
May 22, 2000

Overall Rating
5 of 5

Used product for
3 Months

Review 4 of 5

Summary:

Take a bunch of pictures... Load them into the PhotoVista software and let the computer do a allignment for 360 degree shots or panoramas... As easy as it gets. I liked the PhotoVista software so much, bought the whole Reality Studio for creating virtual worlds. The virtual tour of Bodie (a ghost town) at: http://www.thelizards.com/bodie/index.html is an example.

Strengths:

None

Weaknesses:

None

Similar Products Used:

None

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Rating
Reviewed by: Robert Jeantet
(Expert)

Review Date
April 30, 2000

Overall Rating
4 of 5

Used product for
2+ Years

Visitors rate this review
1.50 of 5,
2 votes

Review 5 of 5

Summary:

I first got this program in late 1997 bundled with an Agfa digicam. I have upgraded to newer versions, each of which has been better than the last. Because I like panorama photography, I have tried several competing products despite my satisfaction with PhotoVista. PhotoVista has them all beat, in my view: its stitches are more accurate than the competition's, and it offers the possibility of manual adjustments if needed, which competing products for the most part do not.

Strengths:

accurate alignments many "lenses" available manual adjustment possible

Weaknesses:

does not allow stitching fisheye images java applet and html are not the most efficient

Similar Products Used:

Enroute Quickstitch PictureWorks Spin Panorama Panorama Factory Pixaround Panavue

Customer Service:

not needed

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