PTMac or PTGui - Which is better?
Submitted by jusjeff on Sun, 2006-09-24 22:51.
PTGui has just released their OS X version.
PTMac has been available for quite sometime.
Anyone have info on which program is better? More features?
Pros and Cons
PTMac - PTGui?
You didn't say whether you are on a PC or Mac but I will assume you are on a Mac.
Well PTGui has been out for several months, first as beta and then as a full release. I have used PTMac for several years and like it, it works for me but is a bit difficult to learn. I went to PTMac after giving up on Stitcher, too many unresolved bugs, poor support and expensive. I have both PTGui for PC and the Mac. PTGui for PC actually works better and with less user intervention than the Mac version but once you figure it out the Mac version works well, it just takes a bit more work. I have found that with PTGui my post production has been accelerated by quite a bit. PTMac's batch stitching using templates is superior to PTGui but the auto stitching in PTGui works better than in PTMac. Also the color correction works very well in PTGui. The Photoshop plugins from Kekus(PTMac) are awsome and should go into every panographer's toolkit who uses a Mac.
As to which is better, at this moment PTGui has the edge in automatic stitching. PTMac is a bit easier to use as it has a lot of keyboard shortcuts that PTGui doesn't have yet. Another thing I want to support both of these guys, Joost (PTGui) and Kevin (PTMac) since the more developers there are out there the better off we are. Both are very resposive to fixing bugs and adding features, unlike large companies. If you can afford it I would buy both, you would still spend less than $250 total, that way it goes tword inssuring that we have good stitching software in the future.
That's my 2 cents
Cheers
Robert C. Fisher
QTVR Photographer/Cinematography