For ease of use, nothing I’ve tested beats Arcsoft’s Panorama Maker (used to come bundled free with Nikon[?] cameras I think.)
and the freeware Autostitch
http://www.cs.ubc.ca/~mbrown/autostitch/autostitch.html which has the added benefit of working in 2D and being virtually foolproof.
Just be sure to set the output options to large/best image quality in both cases.
Autostitch suffers more ‘stretch’ distortion at the edges but does an amazing job of seamlessly stitching huge numbers of images without any user assistance.
Panorama Maker has a near perfect wizard-type interface, and is very easy to use. Distortion is low if you choose the correct focal length, but you cannot stitch vertical & horizontal pans simultaneously. -alu
"U. Link" wrote in message
Any suggestions for panorama stitching software?
Free or inexpensive preferred, but whatever it takes to get a good and
easy
to use program.
Thanks, Olie