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A comment on Ask HN: What old or outdated software have you never found a replacement for?.

Re:Ask HN: What old or outdated software have you never foun... by duffyjp on Sunday July 06, 2025 @12:44PM (#44482177)
Image Composite Editor. It's a panorama maker from Microsoft Research. I'm a hobbyist photographer and nothing I've tried can come close.

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/project/image-compo...

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Re:Ask HN: What old or outdated software have you never foun... by mmh0000 on Sunday July 06, 2025 @01:29PM (#44482523)
My software of choice for this has always been Autopano Giga, still "outdated", but does its job very well:

https://hdrmaps.com/blog/autopano-giga-is-now-free/

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Re:Ask HN: What old or outdated software have you never foun... by alok-g on Sunday July 06, 2025 @01:07PM (#44482365)
Have you tried Serif Panaroma Plus? It's an outdated product, but worked the best for me, better than ICE as far as I recall.
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