But I like it for what I can do with it and the time it saves me. Indeed, this report is based on only a few weeks of working with this program and YMMV. I am not claiming this program is better than Stitcher or any other program. But these problems are easy to correct quickly. I have had to adjust the “vanishing point” when I was not centered on the scene I was recording, and occasionally the antighost misses a very persistent ghost, etc.

In one case the earlier effort involved several hours of adjusting and correcting things, while AutoPano Pro gave me the same results immediately. It stitches the pictures together so well I rarely need to make any PP adjustments.

It does as good a job as they do and in one way a better job. I have also run experiments using this program and comparing it to what I got earlier using Panotools and Stitcher Express, by redoing the pano using this new program and comparing the results to what my earlier programs did. Information and other sizes (including the original size) are at: The more settings you set and keep when getting panos the easier life is for the stitching software, but seeing what this software can digest I wonder what it could not handle. Incidentally, the range of lighting was so great I did not try to get a single exposure setting, but used Aperture setting and AE. I used the SD14 and the older 50mm macro lens in portrait mode. All three were created using a tripod and Jasper’s Pano Head 3. I will go back to using the Timer, which I find is the best way to avoid camera caused problems and slow down and make sure everything is fully stable before I pull the trigger. Although they are minimally sharp, all could be improved, especially the last one, and this is my fault, not the software’s. The first two are from Steamtown, and the third I got yesterday at Marywood University.

So far, given the bad weather and other problems, I have only been able to use it to create the following three new panos. I am increasingly impressed with what it can do. It also has an excellent set of editing tools. I have begun using Kolar Ethiopian Pro stitching software, which uses the techniques developed in Canada and first presented in autostitch.

Kolor autopano video pro 2.6