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Features

Introduction

Papywizard is written in ​python/​Qt (​PyQt). It is used through a graphical interface, which allows to modify all parameters ; there is no need to edit any file to use Papywizard.

Main

• Mosaic mode (partial panos, high resolution or not)
  • Pano is setup by its corners, the number of pictures or the total field of view
  • Selectable moving direction
• Preset mode (full spherical panos)
  • User presets loading
• Real-time display of head position and shots
  • Suspend/resume
  • Step-by-step mode
  • Forward/backward moving during shooting
• Camera parameters fully adjustable
  • Orientation (portrait/landscape)
  • ratio, size and résolution of sensor
  • lockup mirror
  • Lenght of the tirggering shutter pulse
  • Support of rectilinear and fisheye lenses
  • Bracketing
• Stabilisation to avoid vibrations
• Final pano size automatically computed
• Simple timer
• Editable user data (date, GPS...)
• Xml data file (for Autpano Pro import filter)
  • Possibility to convert a data file to a preset template (via web interface)
• Can be used without hardware (simulation mode)
• GUI fully customizable through CSS
• Log level

Supported hardware

Since 2.1.5 release, Papywizard uses a plugins system to drive the hardware, and so can support different kind of panoheads and tethered shooting programs. If your hardware/software is not yet supported, feel free to contact me on the Autopano Pro forums.

Panoramic heads

• Merlin/Orion
• Servo-based panoheads, like Panoduino
• ​PixOrb

Tethered shooting programs

• ​Breeze DSLRremotePro
• ​TimeLord
• Canon EOS Utility
• ​gphoto2

Drivers

• Serial
• Bluetooth
• Ethernet

Supported plateforms

Every plateform supporting PyQt (>= 4.4) can run Papywizard. This includes:

• Linux
• Windows 2000, XP, Vista
• MacOS -- 10.5 (branch 2.x only)
• ​Nokia maemo -- Internet tablets 700 et N8x0
• ​Openmoko -- Neo FreeRunner

Unsupported plateforms

For the same reasons, these plateforms are not - and will probably never be - supported:

• iPhone
• PDA
• Palm
• Cell phones
• Play stations
• Amstrad
• ZX81
• Washing machines
• ...