Insta X5 Issues

[Markos Georgiou]

Hello all.

I’ve been experiencing severe mis-stitching issues when processing images from the Insta360 X5 in PTGui Pro 13.3.
The stitched panoramas appear warped, misaligned, and sometimes completely distorted — as if control points or projection settings are incorrect.

This issue started recently; older projects using the same workflow stitched fine before.

Bellow is a google drive containing Stitched TIff files and Raw DNG files 
Google Drive

[PTGui Support]

Hi Markos,

I got a good result in PTGui Pro 13.3 without any hassle.

Start PTGui, drop IMG_20251014_155058_00_092.dng onto it, press Align
Images. See attached result.

If this doesn't work for you, please try this:

Do File - Reset Default Project Settings
Go to the Lens Database and delete everything
Go to the Camera Database and delete everything

Does that solve the problem?

Kind regards,

Joost Nieuwenhuijse
www.ptgui.com

On 10/16/25 15:15, Markos Georgiou wrote:
> Hello all.
>
> I’ve been experiencing severe mis-stitching issues when processing
> images from the Insta360 X5 in PTGui Pro 13.3.

> The stitched panoramas appear *warped*, *misaligned*, and sometimes

> completely distorted — as if control points or projection settings are
> incorrect.
>
> This issue started recently; older projects using the same workflow
> stitched fine before.
>
> Bellow is a google drive containing Stitched TIff files and Raw DNG files

> Google Drive <https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1etteH6o-
> DeNtLVVw82a7dK2Djn4oe_wk?usp=sharing>
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[Markos Georgiou]

Hello Joost the example you sent has a stitching issue

[PTGui Support]

Hi Markos,

Is that the "warped, misaligned, and sometimes completely distorted" you
were referring to?

I assume the result can be improved with an extra control point, but in
small spaces some stitching errors are unavoidable when using multiple
cameras. See 4.10:
https://ptgui.com/support.html#4_10

Kind regards,

Joost Nieuwenhuijse
www.ptgui.com

On 10/17/25 07:53, Markos Georgiou wrote:
> Hello Joost the example you sent has a stitching issueScreenshot

> 2025-10-17 085236.png
>
> On Thursday, October 16, 2025 at 5:50:18 PM UTC+3 PTGui Support wrote:
>
> Hi Markos,
>
> I got a good result in PTGui Pro 13.3 without any hassle.
>
> Start PTGui, drop IMG_20251014_155058_00_092.dng onto it, press Align
> Images. See attached result.
>
> If this doesn't work for you, please try this:
>
> Do File - Reset Default Project Settings
> Go to the Lens Database and delete everything
> Go to the Camera Database and delete everything
>
> Does that solve the problem?
>
> Kind regards,
>
> Joost Nieuwenhuijse

> www.ptgui.com <http://www.ptgui.com>

>
> On 10/16/25 15:15, Markos Georgiou wrote:
> > Hello all.
> >
> > I’ve been experiencing severe mis-stitching issues when processing
> > images from the Insta360 X5 in PTGui Pro 13.3.
> > The stitched panoramas appear *warped*, *misaligned*, and sometimes
> > completely distorted — as if control points or projection
> settings are
> > incorrect.
> >
> > This issue started recently; older projects using the same workflow
> > stitched fine before.
> >
> > Bellow is a google drive containing Stitched TIff files and Raw
> DNG files
> > Google Drive <https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1etteH6o-
> <https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1etteH6o->
> > DeNtLVVw82a7dK2Djn4oe_wk?usp=sharing>
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[John Houghton]

Proceeding as per Joost's instructions, I found that the Align Images operation generated only 1 control point!  After adding more points manually (with some points to straighten verticals), the glitch at the zenith stubbornly resisted all attempts to eliminate that.  However, It was not difficult to deal with that by converting  the equirectangular image to cube faces and editing the zenith in Photoshop.

The exterior panorama stitched perfectly well, however.  That project file could probably be used as a template for easy stitching of other projects not containing features close to the camera.

John