Copy
imported images
These checkboxes control whether or not to copy imported images
to the destination directory when saving the project. The Project
checkbox controls images written during normal saves and the Archive checkbox controls images written during archival saves. If the checkbox is
unchecked, The Panorama Factory saves only the filenames of imported images in
the project. In this case you must not delete the imported image files.
Save images
These checkboxes control which .tiff or .bmp images are written
to disk when you save the project. The column of checkboxes titled Project
controls which images are written during normal saves and the column titled Archive controls which images are written during archival saves.
Trimmed — Images trimmed from the imported images using one of the trimming tools.
Warped — Images warped according to the focal length of the camera as a preprocessing step before stitching the panoramic image.
Stitched — The stitched panoramic image.
Cropped — Images produced with the cropping tool.
Enhanced — Images produced with the image enhancement tool.
Resized — Images produced with the image scaling tool.
Thumbnail — Small images displayed in the imported thumbnails and computed thumbnails panes.
The save images checkboxes set the defaults for images within the project. The settings can be overridden for particular images with the Properties command (Image menu).
Time,
space, quality trade-offs
These checkboxes control performance versus quality trade-offs.
Generally, increased quality costs either time or space. For all of these
options, leaving the option unselected is the most conservative of RAM at the expense of either speed or quality or both.
Keep
all images in memory
Selecting this checkbox causes The Panorama Factory to retain all
images in memory, even if they are not required for the current command. Leaving
this option unselected causes The Panorama Factory to write inactive images to
disk files which improves your ability to create large panoramas at the expense
of input/output time.
Use
45-bit pixels
Selecting this checkbox causes The Panorama Factory to represent
images with 45 bits per pixels (15 bits each for red, green and blue). This
increases image quality at the expense of RAM and disk usage. Leaving this
option unselected causes The Panorama Factory to represent images with 24 bits
per pixel (8 bits each for red, green and blue). This improves your ability to
create large panoramas at the expense of image quality. The Panorama Factory
automatically selects this checkbox if the first imported image has more than
24 bits per pixel.
Enable
color tool
Selecting this checkbox allows the use of The Panorama Factory’s
color balancing tool. This tool is normally used when working from scanned
negatives, slides or prints. It causes The Panorama Factory to use 45 bits per
pixel for imported images. It is always selected when Use 45-bit pixels is
selected. Leaving this option unselected saves memory and disk space but prevents you from making changes in the color balance. This improves your ability to
create large panoramas at the expense of color quality.
Load settings
from profile:
Select a profile from this dropdown list to load all settings
that apply to the current tool dialog box.
Save
settings to a profile...
Select this button to activate the Save
settings to a profile dialog box. You can save the current
settings to an existing profile or create a new profile to hold the settings.
To learn more, see the Profile organizer dialog box and the Save settings to a profile dialog box in Chapter 14, “Dialog boxes.”