General inspector tab
The Inspector (Mac) or Details (Windows) window shows information about the currently viewed source, format or output. If a source is visible in the front-most job window, the info window will contain two tabs.
General inspector tab
The General tab shows summary information about the image file and its settings. You can see the original file name, and file size, the dimensions of the image, and the modification date for the file. Source settings shown include the format of the image, the calculated resolution of the panorama, and the pan and tilt limits used for the panorama (reflected by the mask on one shot sources).
EXIF inspector tab
The EXIF tab shows information recorded in the image by the digital camera. This information may include the make and model of the camera, exposure times, aperture settings, focal lengths, or even GPS coordinates. The tags shown for any image will vary from camera to camera, or may not be present at all. You can select the tags in the list to copy or drag into another application. This information can be useful to diagnose problems with your images, or can provide a reference on how a good shot was achieved.
When a format is selected in the active job, the view changes to display the (editable) name of the format, along with a listing of the customized settings for that format.
The preview window shows a low resolution unwarped preview of the selected source. You can reveal it from the View → Preview
menu item.
Preview window
The preview is updated automatically as source settings are changed, so you can see the results of changes immediately. The preview window can also be used to set the default view interactively. Just navigate to the desired initial view, then click Save
.
The log window shows a detailed description of jobs that have been unwarped. The window may appear after unwarping a job if an error occurred. You can show it directly by choosing the View → Show Log
menu.
Each log entry is stamped with a date and time. Following is a message describing the entry. You may see entries for files created or replaced, or errors that occurred on certain sources.
Depending on your preferences, the log window will show entries saved from previous PhotoWarp sessions, or just entries for the latest session.
The Preferences window shows settings that control the way PhotoWarp behaves. You can customize PhotoWarp to better suit your needs in this way. Choose the PhotoWarp → Preferences...
menu (Mac) or the File → Preferences...
to reveal the Preferences window.
General preferences
PhotoWarp 2 includes an auto update capability that can retrieve newly updated components from EyeSee360's server automatically. Enabling this checkbox will allow PhotoWarp to check with the server when the application is started for available updates. Auto update transmits the version of PhotoWarp you are using, along with your platform and operating system to the server to perform this function. If unchecked, auto update will not activate unless Help → Check for Updates...
is selected manually.
This feature is useful when using PhotoWarp as a workflow tool with high-end cameras. When supplied with a 16 bits per channel source image (sometimes called a 48-bit image) PhotoWarp will preserve the channel depth throughout processing, instead of down-sampling to the normal 8 bits per channel. If an output format also supports high bit depths (such as a TIFF or PSD image), the full dynamic range of the image is preserved.
While unwarping a job, the current image is displayed as it is being unwarped. You can turn off the progress display if you find it distracting or unnecessary. This can marginally improve performance while unwarping.
Turning this on activates EXIF Grouping for the target detection software. Target detection for one shot images can deliver poor results under certain circumstances, such as low light. EXIF grouping will compare the images in the job that were taken with identical camera settings within a few minutes of each other. Then PhotoWarp will choose the best target detection match among those images, and apply the position to all the images in the group. This will often give improved match results for large jobs, but it will increase the time needed for adding sources to a job.
If this feature is active, you can improve target detection results during shooting. For example, if you will be taking a few pictures in a dark room, first take a picture in a well-lit room or with a white card placed behind the mirror. PhotoWarp will be able to detect the position accurately on this reference image, then apply it to the subsequent images automatically.
This controls the persistence of the log window. If selected, the log will be saved to the PhotoWarp application support folder, and reloaded the next time you open PhotoWarp. You can choose the maximum number of log entries to record in this file.
Source preferences
Images with traditional 4:3 or 3:2 aspect ratios will default to this source type. Usually a one-shot source type is chosen here corresponding to the optic being used.
Only active with GoPano and 360 One VR source types. This is a measure, in millimeters, between the tip of the mirror and the focal point of the camera. Using this measurement, the unwarped geometry can be very accurate and no distortions should be visible.
If Automatically locate
is checked, PhotoWarp will detect the location of the mirror in the frame automatically. This detection is fast and accurate in most cases, but if this causes problems consistently, it can be disabled.
The image cache allows you to control how much memory PhotoWarp may use to speed the loading of source images. PhotoWarp will use only as much RAM as necessary to perform a job, but you can provide additional RAM to be used as an image cache. The image cache keeps recently used images in memory, so you can switch between sources more quickly. The control is shown as a percentage of the physical RAM on your computer. You can use up to half of your computer's RAM as an image cache. Note that using too much memory for your cache can degrade performance if you switch between applications frequently.
FlashVR preferences
If you have licensed a full version of the FlashVR viewer, enter your license key here to author SWF files that are compatible with your license. To use the basic FlashVR functionality included with PhotoWarp, just leave this field blank.