Image Composite Editor
 Screenshot of Microsoft Image Composite Editor v1.3.5 on Windows 7 stitching an 88 megapixel panorama of a valley | |
| Developer(s) | Microsoft |
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| Stable release | 2.0.3
/ February 25, 2015 |
| Operating system | Windows XP (only up to version 1.4.4), Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8.1 |
| Type | Image stitching |
| License | Freeware |
| Website | microsoft |
Image Composite Editor is an advanced
Microsoft Corporation
.
The application takes a set of overlapping
Microsoft Photosynth site.[2] It can also be saved to a web page with a zoomable viewer using a third-party template. As of 2021 the program is no longer available for download from Microsoft[3] though it can be found on various other sources such as Internet Archive.[4]
Features
- Stitching algorithms automatically place source images and determine panorama type
- Advanced orientation adjustment view allows planar, cylindrical, and spherical projections
- Support for different types of camera motion
- Panorama stitching from video
- Automatic lens vignette removal
- Automatic cropping to maximum image area
- Optional automatic completion of missing image parts (helpful for sky, clouds, grass, gravel etc.)
- No image size limitation – stitch Gigapixel images
- Constrained assembly of image sets taken on a known regular grid, e.g. with a Gigapan head
- Native support for 64-bit operating systems
- Support for exporting the results to HD View, layered Photoshopfile formats
- Panorama publishing to Microsoft Photosynth
However, Microsoft ICE currently does not provide any anti-ghosting mechanism, like other panorama stitching programmes do, e.g. the open source programme Hugin (software) and various commercial applications.
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See also
- Microsoft Research
- Windows Live Photo Gallery
References
- ^ "Image Composite Editor". Microsoft Research.
- ^ Kaleido. "Comparing High-Volume Background Removal Solutions". Retrieved 2024-10-03.
- ^ "Microsoft ICE - No Longer Available? have a Download?". Micro Four Thirds Talk Forum: Digital Photography Review.
- ^ "Microsoft's Image Composite Editor". Internet Archive.
External links
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