Realviz showcase products at PhotoPlus Expo

Press Release:

Realviz, a leader in image processing software development, will be showcasing their latest technological advancements at this year's PhotoPlus show, which takes place in New York, USA from 18.-20. October 2007. Designed for professionals in the photographic and imaging industries, PhotoPlus Expo showcases the latest advances in photography, both traditional and digital. At PhotoPlus 2007, the Realviz team will be demonstrating the Realviz HDR Imaging Studio, unveiled in June 2007, as well as Realviz Stitcher Unlimited 5.6, which became available in May of this year.

About Stitcher Unlimited 5.6
Realviz Stitcher is a photo stitching and image assembling software for the creation of professional-level panoramas and 360° virtual tours. Starting from digital images, the software's powerful central automatic stitching engine enables a diverse range of users to create high-quality panoramas, large-format prints, matte paintings, reflection maps and textures for film/television, as well as dynamic virtual tours for the real estate and tourism industries.

Realviz Stitcher Unlimited 5.6 now has full HDR compatibility for the very first time, enabling users to load, stitch, and save HDR (High Dynamic Range) images. With HDR imaging, users are able to create projects, which combine under- and over-exposed areas in the same harmonious panorama. A perfect synergy with the external tools available on the market for image tone mapping, such as Adobe Photoshop Photomatix or HDR Shop, is ensured through compatibility with the most commonly used HDR image file formats: OpenEXR (.exr, 16 or 32 bits per channel), and Radiance RGBE (.hdr). The enhanced core engine of Stitcher Unlimited 5.6 makes all image processing operations available for images with 32 bits per channel. HDR panoramas produced with Stitcher Unlimited 5.6 can be used as a lighting environment map for 3D studios to obtain ultra-realistic 3D scenes, and to ensure consistent lighting of virtual objects placed in real environments.

"Over the last 6 or 7 years, we have tried many different programs to achieve a high-quality 360-degree image suitable for large format reproduction. Some of the images have been up to 20m in length. Without a doubt, the Realviz Stitcher software series, and most recently Stitcher Unlimited, has produced the best results." Nick Wood, Photographer and Author, UK.