Are there any good free photostitchers?

[glen]

Looking for one to autostitch cell phone pictures. Should I get an app and do it all on the phone? Or, is it better to load and do it on the computer?

 

[fralexandr]

are we talking about panorama stitching? or collage stitching?

hugin
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugin_(software)
hugin is somewhat confusing to use, but has manual controls for stitching and is more full featured

windows photo gallery
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-live/photo-gallery#photogallery=overview
easy to use, few manual controls

other photo stitching softwares
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_photo_stitching_software
microsoft research image composite editor seems promising if you aren't shooting commercially.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Image_Composite_Editor

autostitches with hugin/photo gallery don't seem that great at handling different angles/sizes hah .

I would think what you plan on doing with it would determine whether a phone app or computer program would be better .

 

[corkyg]

For panorama (horizontal or vertical) creation, the function exists in Irfanview. I would only do this on a computer - basically because of image size and seeing things without holding a magnifying glass.

 

[bigi]

Most incredible piece of software. Free

I've used it for years. It dealt with 70-100 35MP images fine.

 

[glen]

Most incredible piece of software. Free

I've used it for years. It dealt with 70-100 35MP images fine.

Amazing. Complex program with super simple intuitive interface. Perfect!

 

[harobikes333]

Looks legit to me! Thanks for the software link!

 

[jidery]

I love Microsoft ice, here is a 1.09 gigapixel photo I created with the program.

http://photosynth.net/view.aspx?cid=38c71105-a1e2-4e56-aeab-052d06dce600

 

[Throckmorton]

I love Microsoft ice, here is a 1.09 gigapixel photo I created with the program.

http://photosynth.net/view.aspx?cid=38c71105-a1e2-4e56-aeab-052d06dce600

Where is that?

 

[Aharami]

I love Microsoft ice, here is a 1.09 gigapixel photo I created with the program.

http://photosynth.net/view.aspx?cid=38c71105-a1e2-4e56-aeab-052d06dce600

That is pretty cool. I have a bunch of panoramas that I would love to present like that instead of a really wide picture that scales to a very narrow image when viewed in full screen

 

[CuriousMike]

I've been doing some Google Photospheres recently with my phone, and I've thought "Google is collecting all these photospheres at cellphone image quality. What if these were in DSLR quality?"

One of the primaries for Microsofts work on the above started at Google a few months back, so maybe there will be a way to marry photospheres and DSLR's in the near future.