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.IX Title "PTO_GEN ""1"""
.TH PTO_GEN """1""" 2024-03-20 """Version: 2023.0.0""" HUGIN
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.SH NAME
pto_gen \- Generate a Hugin project file from a list of images.
.SH SYNOPSIS
.IX Header "SYNOPSIS"
\&\fBpto_gen\fR [options] \fIimage\fR [...]
.SH DESCRIPTION
.IX Header "DESCRIPTION"
\&\fBpto_gen\fR assembles a Hugin .pto project file that is suitable as input for
further tools such as the \fBcpfind\fR control-point generator, or for opening
with the Hugin panorama GUI itself.  Functionality is similar to
\&\fBmatch-n-shift\fR.
.SH USAGE
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\&   pto_gen *.jpg
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This creates a project file from all jpg images, in the same folder as the
first photo. The project file is named first_file\-last_file.pto using the same
convention as the Hugin GUI.
.SH OPTIONS
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.IP "\fB\-o|\-\-output\fR \fIfile\fR" 4
.IX Item "-o|--output file"
Output Hugin PTO file.
.IP "\fB\-p|\-\-projection\fR \fInum\fR" 4
.IX Item "-p|--projection num"
Projection type (default: 0)
.IP "\fB\-f|\-\-fov\fR \fIfloat\fR" 4
.IX Item "-f|--fov float"
Horizontal field of view of images (default: 50)
.IP \fB\-c|\-\-crop=left,right,top,bottom\fR 4
.IX Item "-c|--crop=left,right,top,bottom"
Sets the crop of input images (especially for fisheye lenses)
.IP "\fB\-s|\-\-stacklength\fR \fInum\fR" 4
.IX Item "-s|--stacklength num"
Number of images in stack (default: automatic detection)
.IP \fB\-l|\-\-linkstacks\fR 4
.IX Item "-l|--linkstacks"
Link image positions in stacks
.IP \fB\-\-distortion\fR 4
.IX Item "--distortion"
Try to load distortion information from lens database
.IP \fB\-\-vignetting\fR 4
.IX Item "--vignetting"
Try to load vignetting information from lens database
.IP \fB\-h|\-\-help\fR 4
.IX Item "-h|--help"
shows help
.SH AUTHORS
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Thomas Modes