Thanks to the posters above regarding using Litchi and Hugin.
My goal is to use Litchi/Hugin to create 360 degree panoramas.
Using Litchi, I've successfully shot and downloaded jpeg images - I've shot 3 rows of 8 photos per row and also rwo extra images (images 25 & 26) perhaps I need to shoot more photos per row?.
The problem comes when I load the 26 images into Hugin. The images load into Hugin but are upside down - don't know why. When I go to try to "Align", I always get an error saying there are no control points. If I proceed to "Create a Panorama", the resulting image is all messed up.
When Hugin imports images, is it supposed arrange those images such that they all overlap properly?
If I use the PTGui trial app, I can import, align, stitch and output a perfect panorama using the same images that Hugin won't take. I'm close to deleting the Hugin, pay my $91 to PTGui for a license and just use it - at least I know it'll work.
If for no other reason than not having to buy a piece of software, I'd like to give Hugin one or two more chances. Any help just getting the images imported and aligned in Hugin would be greatly appreciated.