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StereoAutoAlign for Mac Ver0.30 (10/Jan/2022)
StereoAutoAlign for Mac High Sierra Ver0.20 2021/11/28
If you are using Mac OS High Sierra, please use this option. However, the process will be slower.
Ver0.30
- SBS image input is supported
- Added no adjustment mode.
Ver0.20
Automatic left/right color matching function has been added.
[StereoAutoAlign for Mac] is a console application for M1/Intel Mac.
Automatically alignment the left and right images and saves the adjusted left and right images.
- When you input a TIF file with 16-bit color depth, it will write out a TIF with adjusted 16-bit color depth.
- Adjustment speed is faster than Windows SPM app.
- Adjustment accuracy may be better than Windows SPM app.
- There may be less image degradation.
- Since it is a console application, you can automate the process with a command shell or Automator.
How to use
When you try to run [StereoAutoAlign], which you downloaded for the first time, You get a security warning and cannot run it.
In the settings under "Security and Privacy", click on the "General" tag, click on "Allow StereoAutoAlign to run".
1. Stand-alone operation
Drag StereoAutoAlign to the console and press Enter to start it.
The result will be written to "l_Align_l.jpg" and "l_Align_r.jpg".
2. Automatic alignment by specifying left and right images.
- Drag StereoAutoAlign to the console, then drag the left image, then the right image, and press Enter to activate it.
- When the processing is finished, the anaglyph image is displayed and the aligned left and right images are saved in the same folder as the input image.
- Pressing any key on the anaglyph display will close the window and exit the program.
3. Specify an SBS image for automatic adjustment
- Drag StereoAutoAlign to the Terminal, then drag the sbs image, and press Enter to activate it.
- When the processing is finished, the anaglyph image is displayed and the aligned left and right images are saved in the same folder as the input image.
- Pressing any key on the anaglyph display will close the window and exit the program.
4. Other detailed settings
[StereoAutoAlign] [Left input] [Right input] [Magic number] [Left output] [Right output]
[StereoAutoAlign] [Left input] [Right input] [Magic number] [SBS output]
[StereoAutoAlign] [SBS input] [Magic number] [Left output] [Right output]
[StereoAutoAlign] [SBS input] [Magic number] [SBS output]
[Magic number]
Specify the algorithm for extracting feature points. (SIFT is the most recommended.)
0:SIFT
1:AKAZE
2:ORB
3:BRISK
4:KAZE
5:No alignment / No color alignment (added in Ver. 0.3)
6:SIFT+Automatic color matching (Left ref.)
7:SIFT+Automatic color matching (Right ref.)
8:Automatic color matching only(Left ref.)
9:Automatic color matching only(Right ref.)
If 10 is added, anaglyph preview will not be displayed. (For multiple batch processing)
Adding 20 will display an image that connects the feature points of the left and right images.
For example,
13: No anaglyph preview display in BRISK
24: Displaying an image with connected feature points of the left and right images in KAZE
If you do not specify an output file name, it will be saved in the same folder as the left input image in the same image file format (Jpeg/PNG/Tiff) as the input with "_Align_l" and "_Align_r".
If specified, the file will be saved with the specified file name. Specify the image file format by the file extension.
If you specify only one output file name, it will be saved as a single image of SBS.
saa_sh030.zip Automatic stereo photo alignment shell scripts collection (10/Jan/2022)
It can be used in conjunction with exiftool to batch align MPO files/LR files/SBS files and copy Exif information.
For more details, please read the "readme_english.txt" included in the zip file.