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.IX Title "PTMENDER 1"
.TH PTMENDER 1 2024-02-01 "Version: 2.9.22" "LIBPANO13 TOOLS"
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.SH NAME
PTmender \- Replacement for PTStitcher
.SH SYNOPSIS
.IX Header "SYNOPSIS"
\&\fBPTmender\fR [options] \fIscript_filename\fR \fIimages\fR
.SH DESCRIPTION
.IX Header "DESCRIPTION"
\&\fBPTmender\fR is a replacement for Professor Helmut Dersch's PTStitcher.
Most useful features of PTStitcher have already been implemented,
particularly:
.IP \(bu 4
Compatibility with existing command line and script usage
.IP \(bu 4
Colour and brightness correction
.IP \(bu 4
Multiple TIFF output
.IP \(bu 4
PSD output with layer masks
.IP \(bu 4
Flattened TIFF, JPEG and PNG output
.PP
There is also new useful features not available in PTStitcher:
.IP \(bu 4
Cropped TIFF output
.IP \(bu 4
LZW compression of TIFF output
.PP
Features that haven't been implemented:
.IP \(bu 4
Support for VRML, PICT, QTVR, IVR
.IP \(bu 4
Support for other-than-rectilinear lenses such as fisheyes
.IP \(bu 4
Probably lots of other stuff
.SH OPTIONS
.IX Header "OPTIONS"
.IP "\fB\-o\fR \fIprefix\fR" 4
.IX Item "-o prefix"
Prefix for output filename, defaults to \fIpano\fR.
.IP \fB\-q\fR 4
.IX Item "-q"
Quiet run
.IP \fB\-h\fR 4
.IX Item "-h"
Output help summary.
.IP \fB\-s\fR 4
.IX Item "-s"
Sort the filenames provided on the command line in lexicographical
order (and only on the command line)
.PP
If no images are specified on the command line, then the \f(CW\*(C`i\*(C'\fR lines
are used. If \f(CW\*(C`i\*(C'\fR lines do not contain a valid filename then the \f(CW\*(C`o\*(C'\fR
lines are used.
.SH AUTHORS
.IX Header "AUTHORS"
Panorama Tools was originally created by Professor Helmut Dersch, it's
now maintained by Bruno Postle <bruno@postle.net>.
.PP
PTmender was written by Daniel M German <dmgerman@uvic.ca>.
.PP
This manpage was written by Cyril Brulebois
<cyril.brulebois@enst\-bretagne.fr> and is licensed under the same
terms as the libpano13 package itself.