Name |
Developer(s) |
Operating system(s) |
License |
Price |
WWW |
Notes |
i2Align Quickage Express / Pro |
DualAlign LLC |
Windows XP or Vista; Mac OS X 10.2 or higher |
Proprietary |
Express: $50 / Pro: $100 |
i2Align.com |
Express is limited to four images per panorama |
Pixtra OmniStitcher |
Pixtra Corp. |
Windows 95 or later |
Proprietary |
$49 |
Pixtra.com |
Designed for 360x180 degree omniramas. |
Pixtra PanoStitcher |
Pixtra Corp. |
Windows 95 or later |
Proprietary |
$30 |
Pixtra.com |
Includes virtual tool authoring package. |
Dermandar |
Dermandar |
Browser based (Adobe Flash player required), Apple iOS4 |
Proprietary |
Free |
Dermandar.com |
Panoramas are uploaded on the Dermandar server and they can be viewed with the provided Flash viewer. |
PhotoFit Harmony / Premium |
Tekmate, Inc. |
Windows 98 or later |
Proprietary |
Harmony: $52 / Premium: $277 |
PhotoFit4Panorama.com |
Premium has bigger output size limits (12 vs. 1200 Mpix) and more output projections. |
PanoramaPlus X4 |
Serif (Europe) Ltd. |
Windows XP or later |
Proprietary |
£20 |
Serif.com |
Video input. |
PanoramaBuilder 7.0 / PanoramaBuilder 7.0 Pro |
3cim, Inc. |
Windows ?? |
Proprietary |
$199 / Pro: $499 + annual $199 |
PanoBuilder.com |
Price incl. hosting for virtual tours. |
360 Panorama Professional |
360 Degrees of Freedom |
Windows only |
Proprietary |
$99 |
360dof.com |
Includes virtual tool authoring package. |
VRstitcher Fisheye Pro |
360 Degrees of Freedom |
Windows only |
Proprietary |
$499 |
360dof.com |
Includes virtual tool authoring package. specifically designed for fisheye lenses. |
COOL 360 |
Ulead / Corel Corp. |
Windows, up to XP only |
Proprietary |
$40 |
Corel.com |
Support discontinued. |
PanaVue ImageAssembler Std. / Pro. / Ent. |
PanaVue |
Windows 2000 or later |
Proprietary |
Std: $64 / Pro: $129 / Ent. $199 |
PanaVue.com |
Std. limited to 200 Mpix input or maximum 50 kpix output dimensions. Others up to 10 Gpix. |
The Panorama Factory v5 |
Smoky City Design, LLC |
Windows 98 or later; Mac OS X 10.3.9 or later |
Proprietary |
$80 |
panoramafactory.com |
|
PixMaker Lite / Home / Business |
? |
Windows 95 or later |
Proprietary |
Lite: Free / Home: $20 / Business: $349 |
Singnet.com |
|
PTAssembler |
Max Lyons |
Windows only |
Proprietary |
$49 / $299 |
Tawbaware.com |
Based on Panorama Tools |
Panoweaver Standard / Professional / Batch |
Easypano Holdings LLC |
Windows 2000 or later; Mac OS X 10.4 or later |
Proprietary |
Standard: $100 / Professional: $500 / Batch: $1000 |
easypano.com |
|
PTgui / PTgui Pro |
New House Internet Services BV |
Windows; Mac OS X |
Proprietary |
€79 (personal) / €180 (company); Pro: €149 (personal / €349 (company) |
ptgui.com |
Based on Panorama Tools. |
Autopano Pro / Giga / Server |
Kolor |
Windows 2000 or later; Mac OS X 10.5 or later with Intel processor; Linux 2.6 or later |
Proprietary |
Pro: €99; Giga: €199 (+taxes) |
www.kolor.com |
|
Autostitch |
Matthew Brown & David Lowe |
Windows only |
Proprietary |
Time limited demo only |
Autostitch home page |
|
Calico Panorama |
Kekus |
Mac only |
Proprietary |
$39 |
kekus.com |
Based on Autostitch. |
hugin |
Pablo d'Angelo et al. |
Windows, Mac, Linux, FreeBSD |
GPL |
Free |
hugin.sf.net |
Based on Panorama Tools. |
Stitcher 3.0 |
3DVista |
Windows 2000 or later |
Proprietary |
€/$199 |
3dvista.com |
|
D Joiner |
D Vision Works, Ltd. |
Windows 95 or later |
Proprietary |
£300 |
d-vw.com |
|
Panorama Maker 6 |
Arcsoft, Inc. |
Windows XP/Vista/7; Mac OS X |
Proprietary |
$79.99 |
arcsoft.com |
Video input, 3D output |
Photovista Panorama |
iseemedia, inc. |
Windows 98 SE or later; Mac OS 9.1 or later |
Proprietary |
$250 |
iseephotovista.com |
|
PanoramaStudio 2 / Pro |
Tobias Hüllmandel Software |
Windows 2000 or later |
Proprietary |
€35/70€ |
tshsoft.de |
RAW file support. Multirow stitching only with Pro version. |
Stitcher Unlimited 2009 |
Autodesk |
Windows Vista SP2 or later; Mac OS X 10.4.10 or later |
Proprietary |
$400 |
autodesk.com |
Export to Flash, VRML, QTVR. |
ADG Panorama Tools / Pro |
Albatross Design Group |
Windows 95 or later |
Proprietary |
$40 / $99 |
albatrossdesign.com |
Pro version has ability to create hot spots for virtual tours. |
Panorama Composer 3 |
FirmTools |
Windows 95 or later |
Proprietary |
$30 |
Panorama.FirmTools.com |
Includes Flash, ActiveX and Java based viewers for web. |
Image Composite Editor |
Microsoft |
Windows XP or later |
Proprietary |
Free for non-commercial use |
research.microsoft.com |
|
Panorama Perfect |
Michal Pohanka |
Windows 2000 or later |
Proprietary |
$29 |
volny.cz |
|
Photoshop CS5 |
Adobe Systems |
Windows; Mac OS X |
Proprietary |
$699[1] |
adobe.com |
|
AIPR Lite 1 |
Mayachitra, Inc. |
Windows*; Mac OS X 10.6+* |
Proprietary |
$29.95 |
AIPR Lite |
(*) both 32 and 64 bit versions available. |
Gigapan Stitch 1.0 |
Gigapan Systems |
Windows; Mac OS X 10.4 or later |
Proprietary |
License fee $9.99 |
Gigapan Stitch 1.0 |
Assumes images form approximate grid. Works well on large numbers of images ( hundreds, thousands ) |
PanoramaMaker |
STOIK Imaging |
Windows; Mac OS X |
Proprietary |
39€ |
STOIK.com |
Montage Image Mosaic |
Caltech/IPAC, JPL, CACR, ISI |
Unix |
Non-exclusive and non-commercial open source license issued by Caltech and JPL |
Free, open source |
Wikipedia article, official Web site |
Produces science-grade mosaics for astronomical research |
PanoEdit |
Alexander Boltnev |
Mac OS X |
Proprietary |
$29 |
www.panoedit.com |
Name |
Developer(s) |
Operating system(s) |
License |
Price |
WWW |
Notes |
Name |
HDR input (EXR, HDR, Logluv, etc.) |
Merging to HDR from LDR images |
HDR output (EXR, HDR, Logluv, etc.) |
Tonemapping |
Exposure fusion |
Notes |
i2Align Quickage Express / Pro[2] |
No |
Yes* |
Yes* |
No |
No |
*) Pro version only. |
Pixtra PanoStitcher |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
|
Pixtra OmniStitcher |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
|
PhotoFit Harmony / Premium |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
|
PanoramaPlus X4 |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
|
PanoramaBuilder 7.0 / PanoramaBuilder 7.0 Pro |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
|
360 Panorama Professional |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
|
VRstitcher Fisheye Pro |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
|
COOL 360 |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
|
PanaVue ImageAssembler Std. / Pro. / Ent. |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
|
The Panorama Factory v5 |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
PixMaker Lite / Home / Business |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
|
PTAssembler |
No |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
Exposure fusion with TuFuse or enfuse. Automatic detection of image stacks. |
Panoweaver Standard / Professional / Batch[3] |
? |
Yes* |
No |
Yes (Basic gamma adjustment) |
No |
*) Professional and Batch versions only |
PTgui / PTgui Pro |
Yes* |
Yes* |
Yes* |
Yes* |
Yes* |
Exposure fusion with enfuse or TuFuse. *) Pro version only. |
Autopano Pro / Giga / Server |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
|
Autostitch |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
|
Calico Panorama |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
|
hugin |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Exposure fusion with enfuse, automatic detection of image stacks. |
3DVista Stitcher 3.0 |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
|
D Joiner |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
|
Panorama Maker 6 |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
|
Photovista Panorama |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
|
PanoramaStudio |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
|
Stitcher Unlimited 2009[4] |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
|
ADG Panorama Tools / Pro |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
|
Panorama Composer 3 |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
|
Image Composite Editor |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
Supports 16-bit camera raw input via WIC plugins |
Panorama Perfect |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
|
Photoshop |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
|
AIPR Lite 1 |
No |
No |
No |
Yes* |
No |
(*) color mapping around the seams allows to preserve the original photometric properties of the images |
Gigapan Stitch 1.0 |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
|
PanoramaMaker |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
|
PanoEdit |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
EXR and 32 bit TIF are supported for export |
Name |
HDR input (EXR, HDR, Logluv, etc.) |
Merging to HDR from LDR images |
HDR output (EXR, HDR, Logluv, etc.) |
Tonemapping |
Exposure fusion |
Notes |
Name |
Panorama leveling |
Vignetting correction |
Lens distortion correcting |
White balance correction |
Exposure correction |
Viewpoint adjustment |
Notes |
Dermandar |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
No |
|
i2Align Quickage Express / Pro[5] |
Yes |
? |
Yes |
? |
Yes |
No |
|
Pixtra PanoStitcher[6] |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
No |
Also chromatic aberration correction if correction parameters provided |
Pixtra OmniStitcher |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
No |
Also chromatic aberration correction if correction parameters provided |
PhotoFit Harmony / Premium[7] |
Yes |
? |
Yes |
Yes |
? |
No |
|
PanoramaPlus X4[8] |
Yes |
? |
? |
? |
? |
No |
|
PanoramaBuilder 7.0 / PanoramaBuilder 7.0 Pro |
? |
? |
? |
? |
? |
No |
|
360 Panorama Professional |
? |
? |
? |
? |
? |
No |
|
VRstitcher Fisheye Pro[9] |
Yes |
? |
Yes |
? |
? |
No |
|
COOL 360 |
? |
? |
? |
? |
? |
No |
|
PanaVue ImageAssembler Std. / Pro. / Ent.[10] |
Yes |
? |
Yes |
Yes |
? |
No |
|
The Panorama Factory v5[11] |
? |
Yes |
Yes |
? |
? |
No |
|
PixMaker Lite / Home / Business |
? |
? |
? |
? |
? |
No |
|
PTAssembler[12] |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
|
Panoweaver Standard / Professional / Batch[13] |
Yes |
? |
Yes |
Yes (manual) |
Yes (manual) |
No |
|
PTgui / PTgui Pro |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes[14] |
|
Autopano Pro / Giga / Server |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes*[15] |
(*) Giga only. |
Autostitch |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
|
Calico Panorama |
Yes |
? |
? |
? |
? |
No |
|
hugin |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes[16] |
|
3DVista Stitcher 3.0 |
? |
? |
? |
? |
? |
No |
|
D Joiner[17] |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
|
Panorama Maker 6 |
? |
? |
? |
? |
? |
No |
|
Photovista Panorama[18] |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
|
PanoramaStudio 2 / Pro [19] |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
? |
Yes |
No |
|
Stitcher Unlimited 2009 |
? |
? |
? |
Yes |
? |
No |
|
ADG Panorama Tools / Pro |
Yes |
? |
? |
Yes |
? |
No |
|
Panorama Composer 3[20] |
Yes |
? |
? |
? |
? |
No |
|
Image Composite Editor |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
No |
|
Panorama Perfect[21] |
Yes |
Yes |
? |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
|
Photoshop |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
|
AIPR Lite 1 |
No |
Yes* |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
(*) color mapping about the seams greatly mitigates the effects of vignetting |
Gigapan Stitch 1.0 |
No |
No |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
PanoramaMaker |
Yes |
? |
Yes |
? |
Yes |
No |
PanoEdit |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
No |
|
Name |
Panorama leveling |
Vignetting correction |
Lens distortion correcting |
White balance correction |
Exposure correction |
Viewpoint adjustment |
Notes |
Name |
Raster images (JPEG, TIFF, etc.) |
Flash viewer |
Java viewer |
QTVR |
HTML 5* |
Notes |
Dermandar |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
Yes |
Includes free Flash and HTML5 viewer. |
i2Align Quickage Express / Pro |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
No |
|
Pixtra PanoStitcher |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Includes ActiveX viewer & export. |
Pixtra OmniStitcher |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Includes ActiveX viewer & export. |
PhotoFit Harmony / Premium |
Yes |
No |
No |
Yes |
No |
|
PanoramaPlus X4 |
Yes |
No |
No |
Yes |
No |
Flickr export. |
PanoramaBuilder 7.0 / PanoramaBuilder 7.0 Pro |
Yes |
Yes* |
No |
No |
No |
*) Planar viewer. |
360 Panorama Professional |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
|
VRstitcher Fisheye Pro |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
? |
No |
|
COOL 360[22] |
Yes |
No |
No |
Yes |
No |
Embedding of panoramas into executables (.exe) and Microsoft Office files. ActiveX viewer. |
PanaVue ImageAssembler Std. / Pro. / Ent. |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
|
The Panorama Factory v5 |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
|
PixMaker Lite / Home / Business |
Yes |
? |
? |
? |
No |
|
PTAssembler |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
No |
|
Panoweaver Standard / Professional / Batch |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
? |
|
PTgui / PTgui Pro |
Yes |
No |
No |
Yes |
Yes[23] |
|
Autopano Pro / Giga / Server |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
|
Autostitch |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
No |
|
Calico |
Yes |
No |
? |
? |
? |
|
hugin |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
No |
|
3DVista Stitcher 3.0 |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
No |
|
D Joiner |
Yes |
? |
Yes |
No |
No |
|
Panorama Maker 6 |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
|
Photovista Panorama |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
No |
No |
IVR export. |
PanoramaStudio 2 / pro[24] |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
|
Stitcher Unlimited 2009 |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
VRML export. |
ADG Panorama Tools / Pro |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
|
Panorama Composer 3 |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Includes ActiveX viewer & export. |
Image Composite Editor |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
No |
Publish to Photosynth website, Silverlight based viewer. |
Panorama Perfect |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
No |
|
Photoshop |
Yes |
? |
No |
No |
No |
|
AIPR Lite 1 |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
No |
|
Gigapan Stitch 1.0 |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
3D viewer in stitcher / Publishing to gigapan.org 2D flash viewer / Embeddable flash viewer |
PanoramaMaker |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
No |
|
PanoEdit |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
No |
|
Name |
Raster images (JPEG, TIFF, etc.) |
Flash viewer |
Java viewer |
QTVR |
HTML 5* |
Notes |
Name |
Rectilinear lenses (i.e. normal camera lenses) |
Fish eye lenses |
Partial or full (spherical) panoramas or images from panoramic cameras |
Different focal lengths in single panorama |
Different lens types in single panorama |
Perspective correction lenses |
Other/Notes |
i2Align Quickage Express / Pro |
Yes |
No |
No |
? |
? |
No |
|
Pixtra PanoStitcher[25] |
Yes |
No |
No |
Yes |
No |
No |
|
Pixtra OmniStitcher[26] |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
No |
No |
|
PhotoFit Harmony / Premium |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
|
PanoramaPlus X4 |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
|
PanoramaBuilder 7.0 / PanoramaBuilder 7.0 Pro |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
|
360 Panorama Professional |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
|
VRstitcher Fisheye Pro |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
No |
|
COOL 360 |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
|
PanaVue ImageAssembler Std. / Pro. / Ent. |
Yes |
Yes* |
No |
No |
No |
? |
*) Circular fish eyes not supported[27], diagonal fish eyes up to 180 degree field of view. |
The Panorama Factory v5 |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
No |
|
PixMaker Lite / Home / Business |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
|
PTAssembler[28] |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Panoweaver Standard / Professional / Batch[29] |
Yes |
Yes* |
No |
No |
No |
No |
* Pro & Batch versions only |
PTgui / PTgui Pro |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Autopano Pro / Giga / Server |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
No |
Also supports motorized panoramic heads, in Giga & Pro versions. |
Autostitch |
Yes |
? |
No |
No |
Yes |
? |
|
Calico Panorama |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
|
hugin |
Yes |
Yes* |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
* As of v2010.2 onwards, all known fish eye projections are supported (equisolid, orthographic, stereographic) |
3DVista Stitcher 3.0 |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
No |
"One shot" i.e. panoramic mirror lenses also supported. |
D Joiner |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
|
Panorama Maker 6 |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
|
Photovista Panorama |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
|
PanoramaStudio 2 / Pro |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
|
Stitcher Unlimited 2009 |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
? |
? |
No |
|
ADG Panorama Tools / Pro[30] |
Yes |
No |
Yes* |
No |
No |
No |
*) Cylindrical only |
Panorama Composer 3 |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
|
Image Composite Editor |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
|
Panorama Perfect |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
|
Photoshop |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
|
AIPR Lite 1 |
Yes |
No |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes* |
(*) homographic model compensates for these type of lenses |
Gigapan Stitch 1.0 |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
|
PanoramaMaker |
Yes |
? |
? |
Yes |
? |
? |
|
PanoEdit |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
No |
? |
|
Name |
Rectilinear lenses (i.e. normal camera lenses) |
Fish eye lenses |
Partial or full (spherical) panoramas or images from panoramic cameras |
Different focal lengths in single panorama |
Different lens types in single panorama |
Perspective correction lenses |
Other/Notes |