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  panorama app recommendations? Eli the Bearded <*@eli.users.panix.com> - 2019-02-01 22:49 +0000
    Re: panorama app recommendations? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2019-02-01 19:49 -0500
      Re: panorama app recommendations? Eli the Bearded <*@eli.users.panix.com> - 2019-02-02 01:42 +0000
        Re: panorama app recommendations? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2019-02-01 21:12 -0500
          Re: panorama app recommendations? Eli the Bearded <*@eli.users.panix.com> - 2019-02-02 05:50 +0000
            Re: panorama app recommendations? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2019-02-02 06:25 -0500
              Re: panorama app recommendations? arlen holder <arlen@arlen.com> - 2019-02-02 17:14 +0000
          Re: panorama app recommendations? arlen holder <arlen@arlen.com> - 2019-02-02 17:14 +0000
    Re: panorama app recommendations? arlen holder <arlen@arlen.com> - 2019-02-02 17:14 +0000
    Re: panorama app recommendations? micky <NONONOmisc07@bigfoot.com> - 2019-02-02 15:09 -0500
      Re: panorama app recommendations? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2019-02-02 15:23 -0500
        Re: panorama app recommendations? Allodoxaphobia <trepidation@example.net> - 2019-02-03 17:58 +0000

#59552 — panorama app recommendations?

I would like a program to assist in taking panorama images larger than
can be captured in a single photo. I would like the program to stitch
the results together and produce a single JPEG from the results. Saving
individual shots used to for final picture is nice, but not required.

This is something I do infrequently, but might make several on a single
day when traveling.

I had been using ProCapture[*] on my previous phone without issues, but
when I tried it today on my new phone (about four months old now) it
refused to stitch on my first attempt and crashed during the stitching
on my second attempt. One was a two-shot pano, one was a three-shot, so
I was not trying to push the phone hard.

I'm willing to pay for an app. I do not want something that shows ads
and I will be reading the privacy policy and reviewing the requested
permissions. 

[*] https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.neaststudios.procapture
    Last updated "September 5, 2017"; 9000+ reviews, but only 7 from the
    last six months.

Elijah
------
tried the free apps from neaststudios before buying procapture

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#59553

In article <eli$1902011736@qaz.wtf>, Eli the Bearded
<*@eli.users.panix.com> wrote:

> I would like a program to assist in taking panorama images larger than
> can be captured in a single photo. I would like the program to stitch
> the results together and produce a single JPEG from the results. Saving
> individual shots used to for final picture is nice, but not required.

do you not have panorama mode?

<https://support.google.com/googlecamera/answer/2840225?hl=en>
<https://www.samsung.com/ca/support/mobile-devices/how-do-i-use-the-pano
rama-mode-with-the-camera-of-my-galaxy-note8/>

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#59554

In comp.mobile.android, nospam  <nospam@nospam.invalid> wrote:
> do you not have panorama mode?

I take pains to run as little of Google provided software as
possible. I did mention I read the privacy policies and review
permissions didn't I? Google Camera wants "full network access",
fuck that. The privacy policy link for Google Camera implies they
get a copy of every photo I take. THANKS NO FUCKING WAY.

https://policies.google.com/privacy#infocollect


> <https://support.google.com/googlecamera/answer/2840225?hl=en>
> <https://www.samsung.com/ca/support/mobile-devices/how-do-i-use-the-pano
> rama-mode-with-the-camera-of-my-galaxy-note8/>

I do not have a samsung device.

So, do you have a camera app suggestion with a reasonable privacy policy
and sane permissions?

Elijah
------
how hard is it to ask questions?

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#59555

In article <eli$1902012042@qaz.wtf>, Eli the Bearded
<*@eli.users.panix.com> wrote:

> > do you not have panorama mode?
> 
> I take pains to run as little of Google provided software as
> possible. 

yet you use android...

> I did mention I read the privacy policies and review
> permissions didn't I? Google Camera wants "full network access",
> fuck that. The privacy policy link for Google Camera implies they
> get a copy of every photo I take. THANKS NO FUCKING WAY.
> 
> https://policies.google.com/privacy#infocollect

only if you choose to upload them. 

> > <https://support.google.com/googlecamera/answer/2840225?hl=en>
> > <https://www.samsung.com/ca/support/mobile-devices/how-do-i-use-the-pano
> > rama-mode-with-the-camera-of-my-galaxy-note8/>
> 
> I do not have a samsung device.

those were examples because panorama mode isn't necessarily the same
across all of android.

> So, do you have a camera app suggestion with a reasonable privacy policy
> and sane permissions?

built in works.

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#59559

In comp.mobile.android, nospam  <nospam@nospam.invalid> wrote:
> Eli the Bearded <*@eli.users.panix.com> wrote:
>> I take pains to run as little of Google provided software as
>> possible. 
> yet you use android...

Grudgingly because I want a super-rugged phone and I want to be able to
install stuff without nanny Apple deciding it's okay. (This is not to be
construed as my saying Apple has super-rugged phones.)

My Cat S60 replaced a somewhat rugged flip phone and super-rugged point
and shoot camera. Now that was replaced with an S61.

Near as I can tell, nothing really rugged exists in Windows phone land,
in the Cyanogen/Lineage devices, in the Ubuntu phone, in the FirefoxOS,
in Blackberry land.

When I traded two devices for one, I decided avoiding google on the
phone was easier than carrying a somewhat rugged phone
and a camera. And for me if it can't take photos under 2 feet of salt
water or have it survive a drop on slippery coastal rocks, it's not
worth it.

I've got money and I'm willing to spend it. What I don't have is a
working panorama app that doesn't show ads or try to track me.

Elijah
------
is not impressed with the "put a case on it" ruggedizations

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#59563

In article <eli$1902020013@qaz.wtf>, Eli the Bearded
<*@eli.users.panix.com> wrote:

> >> I take pains to run as little of Google provided software as
> >> possible. 
> > yet you use android...
> 
> Grudgingly because I want a super-rugged phone and I want to be able to
> install stuff without nanny Apple deciding it's okay. (This is not to be
> construed as my saying Apple has super-rugged phones.)

apple doesn't decide what you install. get over it.

as for panoramas, iphones include a built in panorama option and
nothing is sent to apple or google about it.

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#59565

On Sat, 02 Feb 2019 06:25:58 -0500, nospam wrote:

> apple doesn't decide what you install. get over it.

Some day, nospam, you're going to post a purposefully helpful post.
o Meanwhile... my response to you is...

FACTS:
And yet, you can't remove the installation id nor the advertiser id on iOS
o Yet, in Android, they don't even need to exist (if you are intelligent)

PROPAGANDA:
The point is, nospam, that the _only_ words you _ever_ say
o Are exactly what Apple Marketing Propaganda says

CHILDREN:
*Nothing you ever say, nospam, is outside of Apple Marketing Propaganda.*

HINT: Any Marketing Propaganda (even Google, Samsung, etc.), is to be taken
with an _adult_ mind, nospam.

Yet, since all you _can_ do, nospam, is *parrot) Apple Marketing Propaganda
o You show, in _every_ post, nospam, that you own the mind of a mere child.

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#59564

On Fri, 01 Feb 2019 21:12:50 -0500, nospam wrote:

>> I take pains to run as little of Google provided software as
>> possible. 
> 
> yet you use android...

Hi nospam,

Some day, nospam, you're going to post a purposefully helpful post.
o Meanwhile... my response to you is...

Facts:
An _intelligent_ Android user can just as easily avoid Google software 
o As an iOS user.

Even better, the intelligent Android user has _far_ more privacy
o Than any iOS user in many situations (e.g., Advertiser ID as just 1 of many)

We are not children nospam, where you _always_ think like a child thinks.
o Unlike you, nospam, _ADULTS_ can comprehend simple facts.

You don't like facts, nospam - because you own a child's mind, nospam.
o The fact you don't like facts nospam, doesn't make those facts not facts.

It just proves, time and again, nospam, that you're an utter idiot.

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#59566

On Fri, 1 Feb 2019 22:49:37 +0000 (UTC), Eli the Bearded wrote:

> I would like a program to assist in taking panorama images

Hi Eli the Bearded,

I don't do panoramas on my phone, but it's an interesting need.
Others who know more than I do, let's hope, will help you.

Meanwhile, I just now searched to see what's out there for us.
I am using the "venn diagram overlap" method below.
(It's not scientific, but it's "statistical", so to speak ... as a 1st pass.)

First hit, dated January 2019:
o Best 360 Camera Apps for iPhone and Android: Secrets of Development.
 <https://gbksoft.com/blog/best-360-camera-apps-for-iphone-android-development/>
1. Panorama 360 Camera (HD+) + VR video
2. Fyuse – 3D Photos
3. FOV – 360 photo app
4. 360 Capture SDK by Facebook
5. 360° Media tools by Google

Second hit, dated November 2018:
o 4 of the Best Panorama Apps for Android that Take Stunning Photos
 <https://www.maketecheasier.com/best-panorama-apps-for-android/>
1. PanoramaCrop for Instagram
2. Panorama 360: VR Photos by TeliportMe Inc.
3. Photaf Panorama
4. Cardboard Camera by Google

Third hit, dated from June of 2016
o Take awesome panoramic photos with these free Android apps
 <https://www.androidapps.com/take-awesome-panoramic-photos-with-these-free-android-apps/>
1. PanOMG (the successor to Pan360)
2. Cardboard Camera
3. Photo 360°by Sfera (Free)
4. Panorama app: 360 (Free)
5. Panorama Camera 360 (Free)
6. Photaf Panorama (Free)

Fourth hit, dated long ago, from October 2014:
o 5 Best Panorama Apps for Android
 <https://joyofandroid.com/best-panorama-apps-for-android/>
1. Google Camera – Free
2. Panorama Camera 360 – Free With In-App Purchases
3. Photaf Panorama – Free and $4
3.a Free Version
4. Wondershare Panorama – Free
5. AutoStitch Panorama – FreeAutoStitch Panorama

Fifth hit, undated:
o Best 360 camera apps for iPhone and Android
 <https://www.concettolabs.com/blog/best-360-camera-apps-for-iphone-and-android/>
1. Google Street View
2. Panorama 360: Capture + Share photos
3. Photo 360 degree by Sfera
4. Cardboard Camera
5. 360cam

It's not scientific, but here's a quick sort...
1. Google Camera  Free
1. Google Street View
1. PanOMG (the successor to Pan360)
1. Panorama 360 Camera (HD+) + VR video
1. PanoramaCrop for Instagram
2. Cardboard Camera
2. Fyuse 3D Photos
2. Panorama 360: Capture + Share photos
2. Panorama 360: VR Photos by TeliportMe Inc.
2. Panorama Camera 360 Free With In-App Purchases
3. FOV 360 photo app
3. Photaf Panorama
3. Photaf Panorama Free and $4
3. Photo 360 degree by Sfera
3. Photo 360° by Sfera (Free)
4. 360 Capture SDK by Facebook
4. Cardboard Camera
4. Cardboard Camera by Google
4. Panorama app: 360 (Free)
4. Wondershare Panorama Free
5. 360° Media tools by Google
5. 360cam
5. AutoStitch Panorama FreeAutoStitch Panorama
5. Panorama Camera 360 (Free)
6. Photaf Panorama (Free)

And a quick assembly (errors may exist based on naming conventions)
*Five:*
 1. Panorama 360 Camera (HD+) + VR video
 2. Panorama 360: Capture + Share photos
 2. Panorama 360: VR Photos by TeliportMe Inc.
 2. Panorama Camera 360 Free With In-App Purchases

*Three:*
 3. Photaf Panorama
 3. Photaf Panorama Free and $4
 6. Photaf Panorama (Free)
&
 2. Cardboard Camera
 4. Cardboard Camera
 4. Cardboard Camera by Google

*Two:*
 3. Photo 360 degree by Sfera
 3. Photo 360° by Sfera (Free)
&
 4. Panorama app: 360 (Free)
 5. Panorama Camera 360 (Free)

*One:*
 1. Google Camera  Free
 1. Google Street View
 1. PanOMG (the successor to Pan360)
 1. PanoramaCrop for Instagram
 2. Fyuse 3D Photos
 3. FOV 360 photo app
 4. 360 Capture SDK by Facebook
 4. Wondershare Panorama Free
 5. 360° Media tools by Google
 5. 360cam
 5. AutoStitch Panorama FreeAutoStitch Panorama

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#59573

In comp.mobile.android, on Fri, 1 Feb 2019 22:49:37 +0000 (UTC), Eli the
Bearded <*@eli.users.panix.com> wrote:

>I would like a program to assist in taking panorama images larger than
>can be captured in a single photo. I would like the program to stitch
>the results together and produce a single JPEG from the results. Saving
>individual shots used to for final picture is nice, but not required.
>
>This is something I do infrequently, but might make several on a single
>day when traveling.

Then this probably won't help you.  I haven't done panorama myself,
partly because I don't know how I'd display the picture after I made it.

How do you do that? 

And I have no idea how to do it on a phone. 

But my camera has a panorama mode, and it cost about $100, I think.  I
wouldn't blame you if you don't want to spend $100 just for this. 

It's a Samsung WB35F which they don't make anymore and is even more
expensive on the used market, but there is a sequel.   The sequel is
less mechanical.  Mine uses the screen that replaces the viewfinder to
display menus and icons to choose options, but swithcing from one to
another is by using a 5-button button. The later model made the screen
bigger, covering the whole back of the camera I think, and uses tapping
to choose things, like a phone.  

But it has a mechanically zooming lens, which I expect does a better
job.  A macro function which I'm pretty sure will stay in focus and go
much closer to the subject.  It has wifi, so it will communicate with a
cellphone or computer, though I always use a cable to transfer pictures.

It has NFC which would allow me to print straight from the camera to an
NFC printer, which I have but have not used this way. My NFC printer is
by Brother, an all-in-1, and iirc is not very expensive, about 100 three
years ago, although I didnt' buy the camera, I found it on the curb. 

One place I would not use a cable is that it will take the longitude and
latitude from a cell phone and store it with the image data.  IIRC, the
cellphone, which already has location data, doesn't store it with the
pictures.  Usually it's not of much value but there are times when I
can't remember where the scene in the picture is.  Some times I figure
it out by which pictures are earlier and later, but a couple pictures
I've failed to do that, and it will get worse, the greater time there is
between taking the pictures and looking at them.

>I had been using ProCapture[*] on my previous phone without issues, but
>when I tried it today on my new phone (about four months old now) it
>refused to stitch on my first attempt and crashed during the stitching
>on my second attempt. One was a two-shot pano, one was a three-shot, so
>I was not trying to push the phone hard.
>
>I'm willing to pay for an app. I do not want something that shows ads

But probably not 100 dollars, and I woudlnt' blame you. 

>and I will be reading the privacy policy and reviewing the requested
>permissions. 

But there are no privacy issues because the camera communicates with
nothing except when transferring pictures to and only to a PC or
printer. 
>
>[*] https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.neaststudios.procapture
>    Last updated "September 5, 2017"; 9000+ reviews, but only 7 from the
>    last six months.
>
>Elijah
>------
>tried the free apps from neaststudios before buying procapture

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#59575

In article <92qb5eha63i02djnguaiu4n23nfn5ueq2q@4ax.com>, micky
<NONONOmisc07@bigfoot.com> wrote:

> >I would like a program to assist in taking panorama images larger than
> >can be captured in a single photo. I would like the program to stitch
> >the results together and produce a single JPEG from the results. Saving
> >individual shots used to for final picture is nice, but not required.
> >
> >This is something I do infrequently, but might make several on a single
> >day when traveling.
> 
> Then this probably won't help you.  I haven't done panorama myself,
> partly because I don't know how I'd display the picture after I made it.
> 
> How do you do that? 

using a computer or tv.

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#59579

On Sat, 02 Feb 2019 15:23:16 -0500, nospam wrote:
> In article <92qb5eha63i02djnguaiu4n23nfn5ueq2q@4ax.com>, micky wrote:
>
>> >I would like a program to assist in taking panorama images larger than
>> >can be captured in a single photo. I would like the program to stitch
>> >the results together and produce a single JPEG from the results. Saving
>> >individual shots used to for final picture is nice, but not required.
>> >
>> >This is something I do infrequently, but might make several on a single
>> >day when traveling.
>> 
>> Then this probably won't help you.  I haven't done panorama myself,
>> partly because I don't know how I'd display the picture after I made it.
>> 
>> How do you do that? 
>
> using a computer or tv.

I display the image(s) in a browser and scroll left/right...

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