file extension PFI

The Panorama Factory provides a rich set of features:

Easy to use:

• Runs on Windows and Mac.
• A Wizard helps you create new stitching projects with just a few mouse clicks.
• Automatic detection of focal length.
• Detection of camera rotation and tilt.
• Easy rotation of imported images.
• Includes a library of over 800 digital camera models including digital SLRs.
• Available in Catalan (98%*), Chinese-Simplified†, Chinese-Traditional†, Czech, Dutch, English, French, German, Hungarian (97%*), Italian, Japanese† (97%*), Norwegian-Bokmal (63%*), Polish, Russian, Slovak (81%*), Spanish (98%*), Turkish (18%*).  Online help is "bilingual" (commands, buttons, etc. in the local language with explanations in English).
  * Translation percent complete as of June 12, 2008.  Other translations are 100% complete.
  † Chinese and Japanese language translations require the x64, m32 or Mac Edition.
• Lets you save user preferences for all applicable dialogs.

Attention to image-quality issues:

• Includes automatic and manual "de-ghosting" tools.
• Automatically or manually correct barrel distortion and brightness falloff.

Support for immersive virtual reality:

• Output to QTVR, IVR, PTViewer or HTML image map format.
• Use hotspots to create virtual tours by hyperlinking from one VR image to another.
• Import existing VR images in order to edit and re-export them in other formats.
• Create web pages from pre-defined templates or templates you create yourself.
• Create thumbnail index web pages.

True full color support:

• Accepts 24-bit and 45-bit color images (15 bits each for red, green and blue).
• Supports color managed workflows including conversion to working color space.
• Reads and writes Windows BMP, JPEG, TIFF and PNG images.
• Exports to layered Photoshop image format.
• Optionally maintains full 45-bit data until final image output at 24-bits.
• Can work from positive or negative images.
• Includes a convenient and intuitive color correction tool.
• Trims images from negative strips with a semi-automatic corner finding tool.

Fast, high-quality image processing engine:

• Focal-length refinement.
• Image overlap from 1-99%.
• Automatic image alignment with manual override.
• Bicubic image sampling is used to maintain image quality.
• Image rescaling with Lanczos2 filtering – perfect for creating thumbnail images.
• Multi-threaded execution on multi-processor systems, including multi-core systems (requires Windows XP, 2003 or Vista).
• 64-bit processor support (requires the x64 Edition of Windows XP, 2003 or Vista).
• Batch processing version available for bulk panorama renderings.

Customer support:

• Printable user guide in PDF format.
• Troubleshooting guide and frequently asked questions.
• Comprehensive online help pages.
• Dedicated support forum.
• Free updates for minor versions (e.g.: V5.1 is a free update for owners of V5.0.)

Project-file organization:

• Allows you to change intermediate images without starting over.
• Enables archival storage with reduced disk space.