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Autostitch™ :: a new dimension in automatic image stitching

Serratus

Autostitch™ is the world's first fully automatic 2D image stitcher. Capable of stitching full view panoramas without any user input whatsoever,Autostitch is a great new technology for panoramic photography, VR andvisualisation applications. This is the first solution to stitch any panorama completely automatically, whether 1D (horizontal) or 2D (horizontal and vertical).

Autostitchis incredibly simple to use! Just select a set of photos, andAutostitch does the rest: digital photos in, panoramas out. Try thefree demo (for Windows):

 

Download the FREE demo version now!

For more advanced stitching capabilities, you may wish to try one of the following commercial products:   Autopano pro, Serif PanoramaPlus, Calico

The Autostitch Process

25 of 57 images aligned

All 57 images aligned

Final result

Gallery

For more examples of panoramas stitched using Autostitch, please see our Panorama Gallery

Research

Autostitchis the product of two years of research by Matthew Brown and David Loweat the University of British Columbia. For details and research papersplease see our panorama research page.

Licensing

We are happy to hear from companies interested in developing products using Autostitch™.

Commerciallicensing is managed by the UBC Industry Liason Office. Please contactMatthew Brown (mbrown[at]cs.ubc.ca) for details.

Autostitch is now available in the following commercial products:

• Autopano Pro www.autopano.net (Windows, Mac, Linux)
• Serif PanoramaPlus www.serif.com (Windows)
• Calico www.kekus.com (Mac)

The University of British Columbia has also granted a commercial license to Industrial Light & Magic (ILM) www.ilm.com, a Lucasfilm Ltd. company, to use Autostitch software to produce panoramas for film production.

Theversion of Autostitch on this website is a demo only. Individuals orcompanies are free to use images that they generate using the demoversion of Autostitch without restriction or royalties so long as theyacknowledge the use of Autostitch in such works. A commercial licenseto Autostitch provides access to the patent, source code, technicalsupport and updates

The conversion of Autostitch to C++ was partially funded by Western Economic Diversification Canada

Press

• Flickr Photos tagged with Autostitch
• Panoguide Q & A - Autostitch demo release
• About.com Autostitch - Simple Panoramas
• New Scientist (print) The Whole Shooting Match. 18 October 2003 p.25
• Forbes Stude nt Develops Software for Digital Panoramas
• VRLog A New Stitching System

FAQ

Q: My Autostitch demo expired. What do I do?

A:Weare periodically updating the demo version of Autostitch. Pleasedownload the latest version from this webpage. The latest releaseversion is Autostitch v2.2.

Q: Is there a Linux/Mac version?

A:Thereis no Linux/Mac version of Autostitch as yet, though we hope to releaseversions for these platforms in the future. Autostitch runs under WINE.

Q: Why won't Autostitch read TIFF images?

A:Whilst it would be easy to add TIFF suppport, we have left this out of the demo version.

Q: Why doesn't Autostitch recognise multiple panoramas?

A:This feature is disabled in the demo version

Q: What is a 2D panorama?

A:1D panoramas are made by rotating about a single axis. This is the sortof panorama currently handled by most digital cameras and stitchingsoftware. 2D panoramas involve both horizontal and vertical rotation.

Q: Help! What do all the options in Edit->Options mean?

A:Sorryif the options seem confusing at the moment. This will be improved infuture versions. In the meantime, please see the README.txt filesupplied with the distribution for basic explanations.

Q: How do I get Autostitch to stitch the panorama fullsize?

A:Select Edit->Options then set Output Size to 100%. Then select Stitch->Start.

Q: Does Autostitch support fisheye images?

A:Thedemo version of Autostitch does not explicitly support fisheye images(it assumes that straight lines are preserverd). Having said that, theresults will probably be OK if there is plenty of overlap and not toomuch distortion.

Q: What projection method does Autostitch use? Does it support full view panoramas?

A:Thedemo version of Autostitch uses spherical projection and is capable ofstitching full view 360 x 180 degree panoramas (everything visible froma point). Cylindrical and planar projections are not supported in thedemo version.

Q: Does Autostitch support planar stitching, such as flatbed scans or aerial photographs?

A:Thedemo version of Autostitch assumes that the camera is rotating about apoint, so distortions will be visible when stitching multiple views ofa planar surface. We hope to add planar stitching functionality in thefuture.

Q: What is the format of the 'pano.txt' file output after stitching?

A:Please see the explanation here.

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