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Autodesk Stitcher Unlimited
2009: Key Features and Benefits
Autodesk® Stitcher™ Unlimited 2009
software enables photographers, panorama creation specialists, interactive media
designers and others to quickly create wide angle and panoramic images for
engaging virtual tours; interactive, 3D web content; large-format panoramic
prints; and seamless matte paintings. The software’s highly intuitive user
interface, streamlined workflow and powerful "stitching" technology, developed
after years of research into 2D/3D digital image processing, lets you merge your
images intelligently and automatically, in just a few clicks. The product
provides interoperability with Adobe® Photoshop® software and offers support for
industry-standard image, web and video file formats, including high dynamic
range images (HDRI)
New Feature Highlights
Stitcher Unlimited 2009 introduces powerful new creative tools
and functionality:
- Automatic "stitching" engine:
With Autodesk
Stitcher Unlimited 2009, users can create partial or full spherical
panoramas in just a few clicks. All the steps can be automated: stitching,
alignment and colour correction.
Double shot: Users can stitch images taken
with a two-shot fisheye lens; an effective way to create fully spherical
virtual tours with only two pictures.
Image-based lighting: Stitcher Unlimited
2009 enables artists to create exceptionally high-quality environment maps
and panoramas through its support for EXR and HDR input and output.
Hotspot support: Web content creators can
create Apple® QuickTime®
VR application program hotspots; links
integrated within a panorama, which reference another panorama.
Tripod cap: The tripod cap is a highly
practical feature that enables users to cover up the tripod in their image
with an image of their own.
Graphics Processing Unit (GPU) acceleration:
Autodesk Stitcher Unlimited 2009 is optimized to take
advantage of graphics card GPUs – for preview rendering in the main
Viewport. The GPU is now also used to accelerate final renders.
Selectable rendering area: Using the
Stitcher Unlimited crop tool, artists can precisely select an area to be
rendered. This tool can be used while in full-screen mode.
New User Interface (UI) and Workflow:
Stitcher Unlimited 2009 has been given a new look and feel through a
redesigned user interface, including new icons and a new palette to manage
thumbnails more efficiently.
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