close panorama

kmakepreview


syntax:
kmakepreview 1.0.0 (krpano.com - krpanotools)
    - makes a smooth panorama preview image

syntax: kmakepreview inputfile [outputfile] [options]

 inputfile  ... jpeg or tiff input image (only RGB8,RGBA8 supported)
 outputfile ... jpeg or tiff output image template (optional)
                default=intputfile + preview + .jpg

options:
-smooth=#       ... preview smoothness (1-100; default=77)
-jpegquality=#  ... set jpeg quality (0-100; default=85)
-jpegsubsamp=#  ... set jpeg color subsampling (444,422,420*,411)
-tiffcompress=# ... set tiff compression (none,lzw*,zip,jpeg)


This tool creates a smooth preview image. Only spherical panorama images are supported as input images. Smoothing with a normal "Image Editor" would not result the same. The problem of normal smoothing is that the zenit and nadir of the panorama are not smoothed correctly, and the left and right border won't be blended together.

here a preview image smoothed with a gaussian filter of a normal Image Editor:
and here a preview image smoothed with kmakepreview:
click on the images to view them as panorama
especially look at the top and bottom of the panoramas