DxO ViewPoint3 (Page 2): Fisheye-Hemi is the best software for correcting fisheye distortion.

Dennis833 Loc: Australia

Fisheye-Hemi is the best software for correcting fisheye distortion.

elliott937 Loc: St. Louis

But Dennis, I've purchased it, and tried it. Relative to tall buildings on either side of a road, Hemi did ver little to correct the bowing. Something I was doing wrong?

CO

elliott937 wrote:

Sorry I forgot to Store Original. I'll try it again.

To answer your most recent question, yes, I'm using an 8mm fisheye lens Sigma EX DG, circular lens. Does that mean that no software can 'straighten the curved lines?

You might have to go to a rectilinear lens such as the Canon EF 11-24mm F4L USM. I downloaded your photo just now and tried to correct it in ViewPoint 3. I was not able to.

elliott937 Loc: St. Louis

CO, I thank you so very much for trying. I think you've spared me of buying it, and with no good outcome to happen. As I looked over options, I found one site that had a list of the ten best pieces of software for correcting distortion like this. The ViewPoint3 was the third piece, and a software called PTLens as the first choice. Have you ever heard of PTLens?

CO

elliott937 wrote:

CO, I thank you so very much for trying. I think you've spared me of buying it, and with no good outcome to happen. As I looked over options, I found one site that had a list of the ten best pieces of software for correcting distortion like this. The ViewPoint3 was the third piece, and a software called PTLens as the first choice. Have you ever heard of PTLens?

I've heard of PTLens but I haven't used it. I would try to get away from a curvilinear lens like a fisheye and go with an ultra wide angle rectilinear lens. Leave the fisheye for special effects. Perhaps the photo shot with the fisheye can be straightened but the software has to distort the image a lot to achieve it. The distortion of a rectilinear lens can be dealt with much easier.

Dennis833 Loc: Australia

Your image looks to have more distortion than a normal fisheye. I've used Fisheye - Hemi with a 12mm fisheye lens on full frame and it will straighten all vertical lines. No problems. Have you tried to do it manually with the sliders at at edge of the image frame?

elliott937 Loc: St. Louis

I've tried all the sliders in Hemi, and nearly no benefit. I've also tried many parts of DxO. I'll wait until later today, hoping they will reply to my work request. If nothing comes from that, I'll do a trial download of PTLens, which the one (10 best software for correcting fisheye) was rated as the best.

If all else fails, I'll continue cropping the circular image to the largest 16x9 image I can. Even that cropped portion is significantly wider than the 17mm lens I have, and no correction is required.

mwsilvers Loc: Central New Jersey

elliott937 wrote:

I've tried all the sliders in Hemi, and nearly no ... (show quote)

I realize that money is always an issue. However, since you seem to have acquired the wrong lens for your needs, have you considered selling it and putting that money towards one that does not require you to jump through hoops to get the images you want?

Gene51 Loc: Yonkers, NY, now in LSD (LowerSlowerDelaware)

elliott937 wrote:

Does anyone here use this software for making corrections, as needed with a super wide angle lens? I'd like to 'pick your brain'. lol

Bill

Yes, and hope I can help.

elliott937 Loc: St. Louis

Hi Gene,

So you have used PTLens software?

Bill

Gene51 Loc: Yonkers, NY, now in LSD (LowerSlowerDelaware)

elliott937 wrote:

I actually am willing to invest a good deal of work on single images. Just yesterday, I went to my physics lecture/lab. I used the 8mm lens, then cropped a 16x9 rectangle from the center. For the first time ever, I've been able to photograph the entire class, wall-to-wall. I always photograph each semester's class, so that I can learn their names more quickly. My 17mm Canon lens would not accomplish this. Now, do I always want to crop the 'center' of each image in order to get a pleasant looking image? No, not really. That's why I've been trying to learn DxO Viewpoint3. I've sent a sample image to DxO, asking for guidance. It's weekend, so I would expect a response until Monday or Tuesday.

Relative to Photoshop, I'm totally finished with Photoshop. Spent more than $1,000 since early 2000's, buying the original, and upgrading constantly until PSCS5. Then when I installed PSCS5 into my "new" iMac computer, I found I could use the photoshop as I have, and I've learned a great deal about Photoshop. I've even be asked by a colleague at the university to help teach it. But with PSCS5 in High Sierra, the software would instantly shut down when I'd attempt to print anything. Hmmmm, a causality of a newer OS? Probably so. I understand why Adobe must now rent out their software. Over the years, I was pissed to hear of so many who stoled a copy for their computers. So I understand Adobe's posture. Should they and Apple NOT work together, so as to not prevent me from every printing a Photoshop image? Hell yes, in my humble opinion. So that is why I'm totally in Affinity Photo. I'll leave it up to you, to decide if/when you decide to switch to Affinity Photo. I'll give you a hint: In Digital Camera magazine (out of London), there is always an article or two about Affinity Photo. The writer also writes articles about PS. Even in the most recent issue, talking about high pass filter, he says it is better in AS than in PS. I'll bet you didn't know that Adobe closed us out.

I actually am willing to invest a good deal of wor... (show quote)

The worst kept secret is that anyone who pays for software is renting it. Even if you think you own something, it's just a license to use it - you own just that and nothing more. The only thing Adobe changed with the subscription plan is how you pay for it. I too spent a fortune buying and upgrading Photoshop through the years - now I don't worry about upgrades, and I only pay $120/yr to use the best photo editing/managing duo (Photoshop and Lightroom) in the industry. I spent 10x that to get my CS6 - so unquestionably, the subscription makes sense for the end user as well as Adobe. I continue to enjoy the capabilities provided by both. But I also use DXO PhotoLab, On1 and Capture One - since each offers a special little something that is harder to do in Ps/Lr.

elliott937 Loc: St. Louis

So do I understand that you are using DxO as well as PTLens software?

elliott937 Loc: St. Louis

Sorry, I lost our PM window. But let me ask you this. What really IS EXIF data? DxO insist on seeing that in my original image. How would it not be there?