Batch Builder stitching errors when processing large numbers of photos

[Barbara Aptseshko]

Good afternoon, Ptgui team! I am writing to you seeking advice.
 I am trying to create a single robust Template to stitch 300+ photos automatically using the Batch Builder,  My Setup - Insta360 One RS 1-Inch. However, I am facing a dilemma where every optimizer configuration leads to artifacts or wavy pano's

I have performed testing with the following Template configurations:Scenario 1:
Settings: Optimizer enabled for Yaw, Pitch, Roll, and Shift for individual images.  Batch Builder set to "run Align Images".
Result: The seams are broken.Scenario 2:
Settings: template with fixed Lens Parameters (FoV, a,b,c locked). Added verical lines in both images. Batch Builder set to "Do not run Align Images".
Result: Wavy pano. The seams are broken.Scenario 3:
Settings: Yaw, Pitch, Roll enabled. Link Roll and Link Pitch enabled. Shift (X/Y) disabled.  Added verical lines in both images + manually set up image parametrs. Batch Builder set to "Do not run Align Images".
Result: Wavy pano. The seams are broken. Seems like the result is the same for every template
Sorry, other scenarios doesnt fit in mail.My Question: Is there a strategy for such cameras that will help? Is there a tutorial or guide on how to work in such cases?
I have uploaded screenshots of my settings and examples of the failed stitches to my google drive - https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1fQWXbbQsGdtixFDP_Yyj1aasmcYcX9h7?usp=sharing
 Thank you in advance for your help!

[PTGui Support]

Hi Barbara,

Every one-shot camera has a certain amount of parallax. For the Insta360
One RS the parallax is just a few cm, but in narrow spaces like your
photos this will lead to stitching problems. Therefore I don't think
you'll be able to get perfect results.

But for the best results, I think you should stitch one panorama
perfectly and use that as a template as-is, without further
optimizations. Make sure the batch builder doesn't generate control points.

I've attached a template, which was just the result of aligning your
first image.

It can be improved somewhat: the two fisheye images are overlapping only
in the very narrow outer ring of the fisheye circle. PTGui optimizes the
lens parameters based on this narrow area, but it has no information
about the lens distortion in the inner area (where there is no overlap).
You can calibrate your lens parameters better, by stitching images taken
at 90 degrees interval (instead of 180 degrees). This is a matter of
taking two panoramas, rotating the camera 90 degrees inbetween. Stitch
all images together, make sure the Optimizer is optimizing all lens
parameters. It's best to do this calibration in a not-so-narrow room, to
eliminate the influence of parallax. This might get rid of the wavy
lines. Small stitching errors will remain though, due to parallax.

For shooting small rooms, a single camera with wide fisheye lens on a
panoramic tripod head is generally the best solution. The quality is
better and there is no parallax. You need to take a few images instead
of one but that's hardly any extra work.

Kind regards,

Joost Nieuwenhuijse
www.ptgui.com

On 1/5/26 21:20, Barbara Aptseshko wrote:
> Good afternoon, Ptgui team! I am writing to you seeking advice.
>  I am trying to create a single robust Template to stitch 300+ photos
> automatically using the Batch Builder, My Setup - Insta360 One RS 1-

> Inch. However, I am facing a dilemma where every optimizer configuration

> leads to artifacts or wavy pano's
>
> I have performed testing with the following Template
> configurations:Scenario 1:
> Settings: Optimizer enabled for Yaw, Pitch, Roll, and Shift for
> individual images. Batch Builder set to "run Align Images".
> Result: The seams are broken.Scenario 2:
> Settings: template with fixed Lens Parameters (FoV, a,b,c locked). Added
> verical lines in both images. Batch Builder set to "Do not run Align
> Images".
> Result: Wavy pano. The seams are broken.Scenario 3:
> Settings: Yaw, Pitch, Roll enabled. Link Roll and Link Pitch enabled.
> Shift (X/Y) disabled. Added verical lines in both images + manually set
> up image parametrs. Batch Builder set to "Do not run Align Images".
> Result: Wavy pano. The seams are broken. Seems like the result is the
> same for every template

> /Sorry, other scenarios doesnt fit in mail./My Question: Is there a

> strategy for such cameras that will help? Is there a tutorial or guide
> on how to work in such cases?
> I have uploaded screenshots of my settings and examples of the failed
> stitches to my google drive - https://drive.google.com/drive/
> folders/1fQWXbbQsGdtixFDP_Yyj1aasmcYcX9h7?usp=sharing
>  Thank you in advance for your help!
>

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[Manuel Dahmann (kubische-panoramen-de)]

Hi Barbara,

you´ll never get 100 % quality with a batch process and oneshot cameras.
For my insta360 X5 the best batch worklow is via insta360 studio desktop app. Nearly perfekt stitching, very goo straightening, dng output. Thats 90 % quality, much better than anything I could get with a PTGui batch workflow.
If you need 100 %, you should use an non batch workflow with PTGui.

The results with my old X3 camera and Insta360 Studio, on the other hand, are really poor and unusable. 
I have no idea how the Insta360 One RS 1-inch performs with the Studio program.