STOIK Imaging has announced the availability of a beta version of
STOIK PanoramaMaker for the Mac
(http://www.stoik.com/PanoramaMaker_Mac/). Yep, the Windows panorama
making tool is now available for our favorite operating system.

Professionals and enthusiasts are invited to join the free open beta
test. STOIK PanoramaMaker for Mac has a special algorithm
(Object-Preserving Blending) designed to stitch the exposures
error-free. Among available features are lens and geometrical
compensation, manual matching of images. Minimizing uneven
brightness, double-edge defect and curves in the picture are the
application's commons.

The workflow purportedly takes only three steps: adding images,
selecting the stitching mode, and obtaining the result. The automatic
image transformation, alignment and color blending are optimized to
correct differences in brightness, color balance, and camera tilt
angle. The application automatically assembles horizontal, vertical,
360-degree and tiled panoramas. The new version also adds the
automatic creation of tiled panorama from several rows of photos or a
panorama from photos taken with different camera focal length. In
complex cases, the images can be assembled and stitched manually.