Whole
panorama generator
PhotoFit
Compact Guide
(c) TEKMATE 2003
Ver. 1.12
Welcome to PhotoFit.
This compact guide introduce you minimum operations to create a whole panorama
image from multiple pictures.
1. Launch the PhotoFit
2. Register pictures
3. Fix the Base Picture
4. Fix all pictures
4a. D&D one by one
4b. Fit
all pictures using [Fit] command
5. Type, Shape, Pixel size
6. Cropping Area
7.Render the image
8. Print
Click the PhotoFit icon in your screen. If installation isn't yet, referring
to Explorer, find PhotoFit executable file, then double-click it.
*** The PhotoFit executable file is being called "PFitFeel.exe"
or "PhotoFitHarmony.exe" or so.
At starting PhotoFit, the following start-up screen will appear.
Image File Finder: In this area you can look over the picture files (PhotoFit
coverings only).
Thumbnail viewer: Shows a thumbnail of image that exists under the
mouse pointer.
Command bars: Commands and options.
PhotoFit Manager: Easy-to-use wizard.
Base Position: Drop here Base Picture.
Base Lines: Crossing point of lines indicates view point. It
affects perspective of view.
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First of all, we have to register a series of picture, which shall be the original
pictures. For this introduction, we will use a set of sample pictures
that are contained in PhotoFit archived files. Look for the folder called
PhotoFit\Pictures\flwrL in the Image File Finder. Drag and drop all
pictures in that folder to PhotoFit main window.
!!! If your downloaded files not contained sample pictures of
PhotoFit\Pictures\flwrL, you are able to visit our web site and download
it. http://www.tpfit.com
The selected pictures are located in line with the inner circumference of
PhotoFit main window as 'Picture Piece'. Picture pieces are registered
images in order to use for construction work.
*** To select multiple pictures, click file name pressing [Ctrl]
key.
*** To add all pictures in a folder, drag & drop the folder by folder name.
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Choose one picture which shall be centered, drop it to the Base Position.
The base positioned picture supplies a criterion of construction. All
constructing parameters as position, perspective, angle and others are based on
Base Picture.
*** In case of the image of houses or buildings, use the picture
taken from the straight front as Base Position's picture to straighten whole
image.
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We show here two methods to fix picture(s) except base.
You can build up all of pictures in either the way out of 4a-method
or 4b-method.
You can construct pictures one by one with this approach.
Drag a picture, Drop it on the exactly overlapped pattern of already constructed picture.
In dragging, if the frame color of moving picture is changed on overlapped
pattern, when drop it.
The picture's just fitted position is calculated and displayed immediately
dropping.
Until all pictures are fixed, repeat the operation.
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This approach constructing pictures all at once.
To begin with, drop each picture into a suitable blank frame.
When constructing photographs are composed of single row, you may
click [Single Inline] command in the PhotoFit Manager. All picture peaces can be
arranged all together at the arrangement frame. However, picture peaces must be
located in a line with the order from left to right. This condition is
satisfied with most digital still cameras if you take pictures from left to
right. When you use the [Dual Inline] or the [Triple Inline] command in
PhotoFit Manager, confirm that the orders of pictures should be top row left to right,
center row left to right, bottom row left to right .
Arranging all pictures into appropriate cell, click [Fit] command.
*** When the sentence of "Execute [Fit]" is displayed
on the PhotoFit Manager, [Fit] will be performed clicking [go] button.
The appropriate position of all original pictures are calculated and they are
constructed into one image.
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Before this stage, only the mutual relationship of each pictures are decided. It
is necessary to specify in what projection types to create the image. Open
Options box by clicking [Option] command, fix the number of pixels, projection
type and final image shape. You can use default setting unless special specification.
The specification of the projection type and the number of pixels by the
[Option] command and the specification of the image range by the [Area] command
described below are related closely. Be nice even if what command you use first,
use the other command, too, to confirm the set up is appropriate.
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The PhotoFit renders and outputs the image only the inside of cropping
area. To specify the final image area, click [Area] command. A cropping
frame will appear on constructed image.
Drag an arrow on the four corners of the frame to fix final image cropping
area.
When the cropping area frame is displayed, you can control perspective of the
image, too.
To change the perspective of the image, simply drag and move the center crossing
base lines one at a time.
The crossing point shows the direction of virtual lens. The image is created as
if you directed virtual lens towards the point where the crossing point just
shows.
To rotate the constructed image, drag the rotation-arrow-mark which is in the
screen upper part or right part. The new crossing lines on dragging shows new
horizontal-vertical lines
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To render image and export it to file, click [Save] command. After filling up
the file name, the PhotoFit begins the rendering image and save it.
Thus, constructing image was complete. Image data is created as a file.
*** When [Save] command is not displayed, please push [Area]
command to show final image area frame.
*** Available image file formats with PhotoFit are Bitmap(*.BMP), Jpeg(*.JPG),
Tiff(*.TIF) or PNG(*.PNG).
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In order to print the created image, use [print] command on the menu of
single image window.
When creating an image too big to your printer paper size, use [Spreads the
picture on multi sheets] option in print dialog window.
Since a large photograph is divided into multi sheets and printed, you can paste
together to the large photograph or signboard as big as 2 meters by 1 meter.
To register PhotoFit, visit our web site. Click here
For download more sample images and for more information, also visit our web
site. Click here
If you have a problem using PhotoFit, Contact us [ support@tpfit.com
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PhotoFit Compact Guide
(c) TEKMATE 2003