thanks sean, i have a few suggestions & questions
if autodesk is looking to expand the market for stitcher as you say, being more open with your customers would be a good start, as it is realviz/autodesk has completely alienated sticher's long time paying customers through neglect and abuse of our trust, as the many displeased users here attest
not commenting on future plans for this product sure looks like having no plan at all to us, do you think this encourages new users to purchase this product ? would you buy stitcher, compared to the other more capable and better supported products on the market ?
microsoft, adobe, etc all offer SOME info on upcoming products, even apple is more forthcoming !
how do you think it looks when so many customer questions are completely ignored for over a year, and it requires my going above the stitcher teams head to get a response ?
and 30 day only support ? seriously ? is that for all autodesk products or just stitcher ? this policy seems unique in the software world, would you buy a car from a company that offered such limited support compared to all of its competitors ?
the market for panoramic photography is today larger than ever, with panos being used in a variety of 3D applications, image based lighting, etc, we all hoped that this products acquisition by a company such as AD would mean a better product, but it seems autosdesk has squandered this opportunity, autodesk stitcher as of october 2009 seems hopelessly dated, incredibly slow compared to PTGUI or autopano, no multi-core support, no batch render, no customer support, disinterested devs, and updates which (frankly) seem like a total rip off, charging for branding updates while removing critical features w/ no explanation or response
continuing these policies will only further erode the user base of this product, it has been over a year and a half since the AD acquisition of realviz, and it has only moved backwards since then - this reflects poorly on ALL autodesk products, and the company as a whole
as a long time user of this product, i am incredibly disappointed with all this, and could not recommend anyone else purchasing autodesk stitcher, as it seems pretty clear there is no future for this product
unless we hear of some positive developments very soon, and this app is brought back to its once respected place, you might as well discontinue it now
even the latest version of Photoshop CS4 includes spherical stitching (photomerge), which doesn't yet work as perfectly as it might, but i bet adobe will get it right before autodesk even starts trying to catch up, as adobe listens & responds to customer feedback, fixes bugs rather than remove working features, etc
the old stitcher forum had a very active user community, now this place is like a graveyard, does that tell you anything ?
sam -
oct 14 2009
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