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Comparison of photo stitching software

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Photo stitching software produce panoramic pictures and VR photographs. The other method involves using panoramic cameras or panoramic mirror lenses (i.e. one-shot lenses).

Photo stitching software turns several shots into one more or less smooth image.

General

More information Name, Developer(s) ...

Name	Developer(s)	Operating system(s)	License	Price	WWW	Notes
Affinity Photo	Serif	Windows, Mac OS, or iOS	Proprietary	$69.99 for desktop, $19.99 for iOS^[1]	affinity.serif.com
Adobe Lightroom	Adobe Inc.	Windows, MacOS, iOS, Android, TvOS^[2]	Proprietary	$9.99 a month	www.adobe.com/photoshop-lightroom-classic	There is Lightroom CC which doesn't store data to the desktop Lightroom Classic which stores data locally on the desktop.^[3]
Panoweaver Standard / Professional	Easypano Holdings Inc.	Windows XP/7/8; Mac OS X 10.4 or later	Proprietary	Standard: $99 / Professional: $299	easypano.com	Branding free, trial version works will be watermarked.
WidsMob Panorama	WidsMob Technology Ltd.	Mac OS X 10.8 or later	Proprietary	$19.99	widsmob.com	Branding free, trial version works will be watermarked.
i2Align Std / Pro	DualAlign LLC	Windows 7 or higher; Mac OS X 10.2 or higher	Proprietary	Express: $50 / Pro: $100	dualalign.com	Express is limited to four images per panorama
Pixtra OmniStitcher	Pixtra Corp.	Windows 95 or later	Proprietary	$49	Pixtra.com	Designed for 360x180 degree omniramas.
Pixtra PanoStitcher	Pixtra Corp.	Windows 95 or later	Proprietary	$30	Pixtra.com	Includes virtual tool authoring package.
QuickPHOTO	PROMICRA	Windows 7 or later	Proprietary	Trial Available	promicra.com	Stitching together fields of view from microscope.
Dermandar	Dermandar	Browser based (Adobe Flash player required), Apple iOS4	Proprietary	Free	Dermandar.com	Panoramas are uploaded on the Dermandar server and they can be viewed with the provided Flash viewer.
PhotoFit Harmony / Premium	Tekmate, Inc.	Windows 98 or later	Proprietary	Harmony: $52 / Premium: $277	PhotoFit4Panorama.com	Premium has bigger output size limits (12 vs. 1200 Mpix) and more output projections.
PanoramaPlus X4	Serif (Europe) Ltd.	Windows XP or later	Proprietary	£20	Serif.com	Video input.
PanoramaBuilder 7.0 / PanoramaBuilder 7.0 Pro	3cim, Inc.	Windows ??	Proprietary	$199 / Pro: $499 + annual $199	PanoBuilder.com	Price incl. hosting for virtual tours.
Pixloo VT Builder	Pixloo	Windows and Mac	Proprietary	$9 Month	Pixloo	Unlimited hosting of virtual tours.
360 Panorama Professional	360 Degrees of Freedom	Windows only	Proprietary	$99	360dof.com	Includes virtual tool authoring package.
VRstitcher Fisheye Pro	360 Degrees of Freedom	Windows only	Proprietary	$499	360dof.com	Includes virtual tool authoring package. specifically designed for fisheye lenses.
COOL 360	Ulead / Corel Corp.	Windows, up to XP only	Proprietary	$40	Corel.com	Support discontinued.
The Panorama Factory v5	Smoky City Design, LLC	Windows 98 or later; Mac OS X 10.3.9 or later	Proprietary	$80	panoramafactory.com
PixMaker Lite / Home / Business	?	Windows 95 or later	Proprietary	Lite: Free / Home: $20 / Business: $349	Singnet.com
PTAssembler	Max Lyons	Windows only	Proprietary	$49 / $299	Tawbaware.com	Based on Panorama Tools
PTgui / PTgui Pro	New House Internet Services BV	Windows; Mac OS X	Proprietary	€79 (personal) / €180 (company); Pro: €149 (personal / €349 (company) (+taxes)	ptgui.com	Based on Panorama Tools.
Autopano Pro / Giga / Server	Kolor	Windows 2000 or later; Mac OS X 10.5 or later with Intel processor; Linux 2.6 or later	Proprietary	Ceased trading September 2018	www.kolor.com	Free trial version (watermarked)
Autostitch	Matthew Brown & David Lowe	Windows; Mac OS X; Android 4.0.3 and up^[4]	Proprietary	Time limited demo only	Autostitch home page
Calico Panorama	Kekus	Mac only	Proprietary	$39	kekus.com	Based on Autostitch.
Hugin	Pablo d'Angelo et al.	Windows, Mac, Linux, FreeBSD	GPL	Free	hugin.sf.net	Based on Panorama Tools.
Stitcher 4	3DVista	Windows & Mac	Proprietary	€99
D Joiner	D Vision Works, Ltd.	Windows 95 or later	Proprietary	£300	d-vw.com
Panorama Maker 6	Arcsoft, Inc.	Windows XP/Vista/7; Mac OS X	Proprietary	$79.99	arcsoft.com	Video input, 3D output
Photovista Panorama	iseemedia, inc.	Windows 98 SE or later; Mac OS 9.1 or later	Proprietary	$250	iseephotovista.com
PanoramaStudio / Pro	Tobias Hüllmandel Software	Windows 2000 or later	Proprietary	€35/€70	tshsoft.de	RAW file support. Multirow stitching only with Pro version.
Stitcher Unlimited 2009	Autodesk	Windows Vista SP2 or later; Mac OS X 10.4.10 or later	Proprietary	$400	autodesk.com	Export to Flash, VRML, QTVR.
ADG Panorama Tools / Pro	Albatross Design Group	Windows 95 or later	Proprietary	$40 / $99	albatrossdesign.com	Pro version has ability to create hot spots for virtual tours.
Panorama Composer 3	FirmTools	Windows 95 or later	Proprietary	$30	Panorama.FirmTools.com	Includes Flash, ActiveX and Java based viewers for web.
Image Composite Editor	Microsoft	Windows Vista SP2 or later	Proprietary	Free for non-commercial use	research.microsoft.com	Video input (Windows 7+)
Panorama Perfect	Michal Pohanka	Windows 2000 or later	Proprietary	$29	volny.cz
Photoshop CS5	Adobe Systems	Windows; Mac OS X	Proprietary	$699^[5]	adobe.com
Photoshop CS6	Adobe Systems	Windows; Mac OS X	Proprietary	$699^[6]	adobe.com	Can do auto stitching
AIPR Lite 1	Mayachitra, Inc.	Windows; Mac OS X 10.6+	Proprietary	$29.95	AIPR Lite	(*) both 32 and 64 bit versions available.
Gigapan Stitch 1.0	Gigapan Systems	Windows; Mac OS X 10.4 or later	Proprietary	$79	Gigapan Stitch 1.0	Assumes images form approximate grid. Works well on large numbers of images ( hundreds, thousands )
PanoramaMaker	STOIK Imaging	Windows; Mac OS X	Proprietary	€39	STOIK.com	Requires all images to be the same size
Montage Image Mosaic	Caltech/IPAC, JPL, CACR, ISI	Unix	3-Clause BSD	Free	official Web site	Produces science-grade mosaics for astronomical research
Panorama Stitcher	Alexander Boltnev, Olga Kacher	Mac OS X	Proprietary	$15	Panorama Stitcher	Automatic stitching, exposure leveling. Interactive projection editor.
PhotoStitcher	Maxim Gapchenko	Windows; Mac OS X	Proprietary	$19.99	www.photostitcher.com	Stitch panoramic images in one click without any preferences
SharpStitch	Libor Tinka	Windows	Proprietary	Full: $995.00; Source code: $4995.00	www.imagingshop.com	Image alignment and stitching library for .NET
StitchUp	Michel Mürner	Mac OS X	Proprietary	$6.99	www.stitchup.ch
Pano2VR / Pano2VR pro	Garden Gnome Software	Windows; Mac OS X; Linux	Proprietary	regular: €99; pro: €299 (+taxes)	ggnome.com/pano2vr	Free trial version (watermarked)

HDR, tonemapping and exposure fusion

More information Name, Merging to HDR from LDR images ...

Name	HDR input (EXR, HDR, Logluv, etc.)	Merging to HDR from LDR images	HDR output (EXR, HDR, Logluv, etc.)	Tonemapping	Exposure fusion	Notes
Panoweaver Standard / Professional^[7]	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
i2Align Quickage Express / Pro^[8]	No	Yes*	Yes*	No	No	) Pro* version only.
Pixtra PanoStitcher	No	No	No	No	No
Pixtra OmniStitcher	No	No	No	No	No
QuickPHOTO^[9]	No	No	No	No	Yes
PhotoFit Harmony / Premium	No	No	No	No	No
PanoramaPlus X4	No	No	No	No	No
PanoramaBuilder 7.0 / PanoramaBuilder 7.0 Pro	No	No	No	No	No
360 Panorama Professional	No	No	No	No	No
VRstitcher Fisheye Pro	No	No	No	No	No
COOL 360	No	No	No	No	No
The Panorama Factory v5	No	No	No	No	No
PixMaker Lite / Home / Business	No	No	No	No	No
PTAssembler	No	No	No	No	Yes	Exposure fusion with TuFuse or enfuse. Automatic detection of image stacks.
PTgui / PTgui Pro	Yes*	Yes*	Yes*	Yes*	Yes*	Exposure fusion with infuse or TuFuse. ) Pro* version only.
Autopano Pro / Giga / Server	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Ceased trading September 2018
Autostitch	No	No	No	No	No
Calico Panorama	No	No	No	No	No
Hugin	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Exposure fusion with enfuse, automatic detection of image stacks.
3DVista Stitcher 3.0	No	No	No	No	No
D Joiner	No	No	No	No	No
Panorama Maker 6	No	No	No	No	No
Photovista Panorama	No	No	No	No	No
PanoramaStudio	No	No	No	No	No
Stitcher Unlimited 2009^[10]	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
ADG Panorama Tools / Pro	No	No	No	No	No
Panorama Composer 3	No	No	No	No	No
Image Composite Editor	No	No	No	No	No	Supports 16-bit camera raw input via WIC plugins
Panorama Perfect	No	No	No	No	No
Photoshop	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
AIPR Lite 1	No	No	No	Yes*	No	(*) color mapping around the seams allows to preserve the original photometric properties of the images
Gigapan Stitch 1.0	No	No	No	No	No
PanoramaMaker	No	No	No	No	No
Panorama Stitcher	Yes	No	No	No	No
SharpStitch	Yes	No	No	No	No
Pano2VR / Pano2VR pro	Yes	No	Yes	No	No
Name	HDR input (EXR, HDR, Logluv, etc.)	Merging to HDR from LDR images	HDR output (EXR, HDR, Logluv, etc.)	Tonemapping	Exposure fusion	Notes

Image corrections

More information Name, Panorama leveling ...

Name	Panorama leveling	Vignetting correction	Lens distortion correcting	White balance correction	Exposure correction	Viewpoint adjustment	Notes
Panoweaver Standard / Professional^[11]	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Dermandar	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes	No
i2Align Quickage Express / Pro^[12]	Yes	?	Yes	?	Yes	No
Pixtra PanoStitcher^[13]	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	Also chromatic aberration correction if correction parameters provided
Pixtra OmniStitcher	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	Also chromatic aberration correction if correction parameters provided
QuickPHOTO	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No
PhotoFit Harmony / Premium^[14]	Yes	?	Yes	Yes	?	No
PanoramaPlus X4^[15]	Yes	?	?	?	?	No
PanoramaBuilder 7.0 / PanoramaBuilder 7.0 Pro	?	?	?	?	?	No
360 Panorama Professional	?	?	?	?	?	No
VRstitcher Fisheye Pro^[16]	Yes	?	Yes	?	?	No
COOL 360	?	?	?	?	?	No
PanaVue ImageAssembler Std. / Pro. / Ent.^[17]	Yes	?	Yes	Yes	?	No
The Panorama Factory v5^[18]	?	Yes	Yes	?	?	No
PixMaker Lite / Home / Business	?	?	?	?	?	No
PTAssembler^[19]	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
PTgui / PTgui Pro	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes^[20]
Autopano Pro / Giga / Server	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes*^[21]	() Giga* only.
Autostitch	Yes	No	No	No	No	No
Calico Panorama	Yes	?	?	?	?	No
Hugin	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes^[22]
3DVista Stitcher 3.0	?	?	?	?	?	No
D Joiner^[23]	No	No	No	No	No	No
Panorama Maker 6	?	?	?	?	?	No
Photovista Panorama^[24]	No	No	No	No	No	No
PanoramaStudio / Pro ^[25]	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	Yes	No
Stitcher Unlimited 2009	?	?	?	Yes	?	No
ADG Panorama Tools / Pro	Yes	?	?	Yes	?	No
Panorama Composer 3^[26]	Yes	?	?	?	?	No
Image Composite Editor	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No
Panorama Perfect^[27]	Yes	Yes	?	Yes	Yes	No
Photoshop	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
AIPR Lite 1	No	Yes*	Yes	No	No	No	(*) color mapping about the seams greatly mitigates the effects of vignetting
Gigapan Stitch 1.0	No	No	Yes	No	No	No
PanoramaMaker	Yes	?	Yes	?	Yes	No
Panorama Stitcher	Yes	Yes	Yes*	No	Yes	Yes	(*) Only for rectilinear lenses
SharpStitch	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
Pano2VR / Pano2VR pro^[28]	Yes	No	No	No	No	Yes
Name	Panorama leveling	Vignetting correction	Lens distortion correcting	White balance correction	Exposure correction	Viewpoint adjustment	Notes

Export options

More information Name, Raster images (JPEG, TIFF, etc.) ...

Name	Raster images (JPEG, TIFF, etc.)	Flash viewer	Java viewer	QTVR	HTML 5*	Notes
Panoweaver Standard / Professional	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Includes free Flash and HTML5 viewer.
Dermandar	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	Includes free Flash and HTML5 viewer.
i2Align Quickage Express / Pro	Yes	No	No	No	No
Pixtra PanoStitcher	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Includes ActiveX viewer & export.
Pixtra OmniStitcher	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Includes ActiveX viewer & export.
QuickPHOTO	Yes	No	No	No	No
PhotoFit Harmony / Premium	Yes	No	No	Yes	No
PanoramaPlus X4	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	Flickr export.
PanoramaBuilder 7.0 / PanoramaBuilder 7.0 Pro	Yes	Yes*	No	No	No	(*) Planar viewer.
360 Panorama Professional	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No
VRstitcher Fisheye Pro	Yes	No	Yes	?	No
COOL 360^[29]	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	Embedding of panoramas into executables (`.exe`) and Microsoft Office files. ActiveX viewer.
PanaVue ImageAssembler Std. / Pro. / Ent.	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
The Panorama Factory v5	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No
PixMaker Lite / Home / Business	Yes	?	?	?	No
PTAssembler	Yes	No	No	No	No
PTgui / PTgui Pro	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes^[30]
Autopano Pro / Giga / Server	Yes	Yes	No	No	No
Autostitch	Yes	No	No	No	No
Calico	Yes	No	?	?	?
Hugin	Yes	No	No	No	No
3DVista Stitcher 3.0	Yes	No	No	No	No
D Joiner	Yes	?	Yes	No	No
Panorama Maker 6	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
Photovista Panorama	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	IVR export.
PanoramaStudio / pro^[31]	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
Stitcher Unlimited 2009	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	VRML export.
ADG Panorama Tools / Pro	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No
Panorama Composer 3	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Includes ActiveX viewer & export.
Image Composite Editor	Yes	No	No	No	No	Publish to Photosynth website, Silverlight based viewer.
Panorama Perfect	Yes	No	No	No	No
Photoshop	Yes	No	No	No	No
AIPR Lite 1	Yes	No	No	No	No
Gigapan Stitch 1.0	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	3D viewer in stitcher / Publishing to gigapan.org 2D flash viewer / Embeddable flash viewer
PanoramaMaker	Yes	No	No	No	No
PanoEdit	Yes	No	No	No	No
SharpStitch	Yes	No	No	No	No
Pano2VR / Pano2VR pro	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
Name	Raster images (JPEG, TIFF, etc.)	Flash viewer	Java viewer	QTVR	HTML 5*	Notes

(*) Export to HTML 5 usually means WebGL based viewer application.

Compatible equipment

More information Name, Rectilinear lenses (i.e. normal camera lenses) ...

Name	Rectilinear lenses (i.e. normal camera lenses)	Fish eye lenses	Partial or full (spherical) panoramas or images from panoramic cameras	Different focal lengths in single panorama	Different lens types in single panorama	Perspective correction lenses	Other/Notes
Panoweaver Standard / Professional^[32]	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
i2Align Quickage Express / Pro	Yes	No	No	?	?	No
Pixtra PanoStitcher^[33]	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	No
Pixtra OmniStitcher^[34]	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	No
QuickPHOTO	No	No	No	No	No	No	PROMICAM^[35] microscope camera needed
PhotoFit Harmony / Premium	Yes	No	No	No	No	No
PanoramaPlus X4	Yes	No	No	No	No	No
PanoramaBuilder 7.0 / PanoramaBuilder 7.0 Pro	Yes	No	No	No	No	No
360 Panorama Professional	Yes	No	No	No	No	No
VRstitcher Fisheye Pro	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No
COOL 360	Yes	No	No	No	No	No
PanaVue ImageAssembler Std. / Pro. / Ent.	Yes	Yes*	No	No	No	?	*) Circular fish eyes not supported,^[36] diagonal fish eyes up to 180 degree field of view.
The Panorama Factory v5	Yes	No	No	No	No
PixMaker Lite / Home / Business	Yes	No	No	No	No	No
PTAssembler^[37]	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
PTgui / PTgui Pro	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Autopano Pro / Giga / Server	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Also supports motorized panoramic heads, in Giga & Pro versions.
Autostitch	Yes	?	No	No	Yes	?
Calico Panorama	Yes	No	No	No	No	No
Hugin	Yes	Yes*	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	* As of v2010.2 onwards, all known fish eye projections are supported (equisolid, orthographic, stereographic)
3DVista Stitcher 3.0	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	"One shot" i.e. panoramic mirror lenses also supported.
D Joiner	Yes	No	No	No	No	No
Panorama Maker 6	Yes	No	No	No	No	No
Photovista Panorama	Yes	No	No	No	No	No
PanoramaStudio / Pro	Yes	No	No	No	No	No
Stitcher Unlimited 2009	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	?	No
ADG Panorama Tools / Pro^[38]	Yes	No	Yes*	No	No	No	*) Cylindrical only
Panorama Composer 3	Yes	No	No	No	No	No
Image Composite Editor	Yes	No	No	No	No	No
Panorama Perfect	Yes	No	No	No	No	No
Photoshop	Yes	No	No	No	No	No
AIPR Lite 1	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes*	(*) homographic model compensates for these type of lenses
Gigapan Stitch 1.0	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	No
PanoramaMaker	Yes	?	?	Yes	?	?
PanoEdit	Yes	No	No	No	No	?
SharpStitch	Yes	No	No	No	No	No
Name	Rectilinear lenses (i.e. normal camera lenses)	Fish eye lenses	Partial or full (spherical) panoramas or images from panoramic cameras	Different focal lengths in single panorama	Different lens types in single panorama	Perspective correction lenses	Other/Notes

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