On 07/12/2016 01:01 PM, Robert Giordano wrote:
> First, thanks to everyone for their suggestions and tips!! I'm going to
> describe my procedure and test results in detail for the benefit of
> people reading this post in the future.
>
> Here's my current setup:
>
> _*Computer: *_
> Macbook PRO 2.3 GHz i7
> OS X 10.9.5
How much memory and disk space?
> _*Test Video:*_
> clip0076.mov
> - 1080p 59.94fps
> - movie is approx. 1 min 52 sec, 6,711 total frames
> - file size is 419.9 MB
>
>
> I'm using Hugin 2014.0.0 installed in /Applications/Hugin
>
> I created a file named "hugin" in my paths.d folder with these paths:
> /Applications/Hugin/Hugin.app/Contents/MacOS
> /Applications/Hugin/Hugin.app/Contents/Resources
> /Applications/Hugin/Hugin.app/Contents/Resources/HuginStitchProject.app/Contents/MacOS
>
> This lets me run nona from the command line without having to type the
> full path
>
> I installed FFmpeg using Homebrew:
>
https://trac.ffmpeg.org/wiki/CompilationGuide/MacOSX
>
>
>
> _*TEST RESULTS:*_
> _*CONCLUSION:
>
> *_The total time to do the conversion with my 2 minute clip = 1 hour, 33
> minutes using PNG images, or 1 hour, 14 minutes using JPG images.
>
> Hugin gives me complete control over the projection and I can do exactly
> what I want.
>
> The downsides to method are:
> - My test clip was less than 2 minutes. Imagine the space you need for a
> 10 minute clip.
> - The images are re-compressed multiple times. Even if you start with
> PNG images, they are compressed once by Hugin, and again by FFmpeg when
> merging the images back to video. I know I could have Hugin output PNGs
> but then I would need at least 60 GB just to process 2 minutes of footage!
>
> Don't get me wrong, the final video quality is VERY GOOD!
>
> But, I can do almost the same thing in Photoshop CS6 with fewer steps
> and no folders with thousands of files.
Only cuz PS is doing essentially the same thing in memory.
> The downsides to using Photoshop are:
> - It takes just over 2 hours to process the same 2 minute clip.
> - I have much less control than I have with Hugin. I can get close but
> not exactly what I want.
>
> My feeling is- There HAS to be a better, more efficient way to do this.
Thanks for the info, interesting steps and process. Not being a fan of
Adobe products in general but being a fan of quality, I'd prefer the PNG
> Hugin > PNG > ffmpeg.
Only 60GB for 2 minutes? Hate to tell you this, but video takes a lot of
space. My budget laptop here has a 750GB hard drive. Most laptops now
come with 1TB. So 60GB doesn't seem like much. Backups of my current
home folder (I run Linux) are about 60GB ... without any videos or MP3s
in it. But maybe I'm just weird.
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