How to straighten panorama in places without straight lines?

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Paweł Tomalka

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Apr 14, 2021, 9:30:30 AM4/14/21
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Hello!
Can you guys share some tips on how to set panoramas perfectly straight in places like this? Usually, I try to set the proper horizontal level by adding vertical lines. But there are cases like this. It is a shop interior and I can't find two straight lines on one photo to add control points. 
I tried to use the set center tool but it doesn't work precisely. 

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In past, I used Autopano for stitching panos and this program has had a great feature to set straight lines on the preview of the final panorama. I wonder why Ptgui doesn't have that option :/ Did I miss something? 
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Greetings
Paul

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Apr 14, 2021, 9:37:23 AM4/14/21
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Hi Paweł,

I see several straight vertical objects, you can place a couple of
vertical line control points on each.

Not all vertical objects have to be in the same image.

It's explained in the video tutorials, part 8:
https://www.ptgui.com/videotutorials.html

A more intuitive leveling process is one of the many things that's on
the wish list.

Kind regards,

Joost Nieuwenhuijse
www.ptgui.com

On 14/04/2021 15:30, Paweł Tomalka wrote:
> Hello!
> Can you guys share some tips on how to set panoramas perfectly straight
> in places like this? Usually, I try to set the proper horizontal level
> by adding vertical lines. But there are cases like this. It is a shop
> interior and I can't find two straight lines on one photo to add control
> points.
> I tried to use the set center tool but it doesn't work precisely.
>
> Screenshot 2021-04-14 at 15.13.51.png
>
> In past, I used Autopano for stitching panos and this program has had a
> great feature to set straight lines on the preview of the final
> panorama. I wonder why Ptgui doesn't have that option :/ Did I miss
> something?
> Untitled-2.jpg
>
>
>
>
> Greetings
> Paul
>
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Paweł Tomalka

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Apr 14, 2021, 9:56:21 AM4/14/21
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"Not all vertical objects have to be in the same image."
Man, I didn't know that! it is a dealbreaker for me :D Thanks!

Keep my fingers crossed in the future we will see some easier way to do it :) Thanks!

MD

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Apr 14, 2021, 2:36:08 PM4/14/21
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I too would prefer lines (in the preview or otherwise) rather than matching images in the editor to add points.

But it's easy enough to find one image to place a 'line', jump on about 2 images and place another. Then usually you're done.

It's really not that different, as it functions the same - but arguably more accurate.

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