The Panorama Thread [56k = no, expect widescreen stuff]

Alok · January 3rd, 2008, 11:27 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Viper007Bond

Don't forget that you can adjust how wide the auto-resize forum mod displays the images here.
Just go to your User CP and enter different numbers. I'm using a max size of 1300x900 for
example on my 1600x1200 desktop (to allow room for the top of Firefox + the avatars on the left).

I've decided to go ahead and make a thread for the stitches and panoramas we do.

These have been done using pics taken with my mobile phone a very long time ago.

And this with I believe 30 or so pics taken with a 50mm 1.4 lens.

And these two with 27, 35 pics respectively at 24mm.

Your turn.

Please note, if you have planets to post, I'd make a new thread/you can make a new one.

47 · January 3rd, 2008, 12:04 PM

wow, very nice Alok. How do you stitch them together? I used autostitch onca, but did not get very good results...

Alok · January 3rd, 2008, 12:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 47

wow, very nice Alok. How do you stitch them together? I used autostitch onca, but did not get very good results...

All except the last two I did using the photomerge option in photoshop, with not so satisfactory results. I recently switched to Autopano Pro and life is a million times better since.

DoN · January 3rd, 2008, 05:36 PM

Speedtouch · January 3rd, 2008, 05:50 PM

Great thread and thanks for letting me know about Autopano! I took intended panorama photos on holiday, but wondered how to do them. I even tried manually.

A 360 Panorama of the Austrian Alps. Was 10 photos.

That was taken near Mayrhofen.

The only problem I have with it are the black blotchy lines where some of the joins are. I don't know how to get rid of them.

VorteC · January 3rd, 2008, 07:03 PM

Speedtouch · January 3rd, 2008, 07:16 PM

^ I love the 2nd one. Shame about the reflections in the 3rd.

The Porsche Museum in Stuttgart. Notice that the people on the left are semi-transparent

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P5138 · January 4th, 2008, 01:49 AM

My efforts with panoramas didn't go over too great, I used the Canon Photostitch for some shots I took while on a school "trip". Not the most picturesque place in the world, the middle of nowhere is. I have others that I never got to put together; I'll give them a shot with Autopano and see if there's any difference.

SileNceR · January 4th, 2008, 02:05 AM

Speedtouch, it looks like the marks are vignetting from your lens/camera/aperture etc - photoshop can sometimes correct this (I think it's a filter called lens correction under the distort section or something) but you'll have to play with the settings to get it spot on...

Speedtouch · January 4th, 2008, 12:13 PM

^ I use a Samsung L80 camera, so no big DSLR stuff. And Autopano for stitching. So I could understand it being a slightly poorer lens than DSLRs.

And I tried Lens Correction and it didn't seem to do much.

Buba · January 4th, 2008, 03:22 PM

^Just take pics that overlap more... Should help out. And keep it in mind next time you wanna do one.

Anyway, here are some of mine:
A nice day in the Alps Snowboarding, done with an early Cybershot, 3 pics about 3,5k wide original

A nice hike in a bit musky Merano, Italy, done with my trusty N2, original is about 7k wide

The castle where my Dad and his 2nd wife have the wedding pics taken, dunno org wideness

The view from a buddies Backyard where we fish once a year, org 9k wide:

So nothing too exciting, just did some as an exercise...

//edit: totally forgot, I only used Autostich so far...

Speedtouch · January 4th, 2008, 03:50 PM

^ Thanks for the advice and I love your first one. We went in the summer so no snow for us

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P5138 · January 4th, 2008, 05:31 PM

Also, about the overlap: My Canon has a built in panorama mode and it tends to want you to overlap around 1/3 of the shot. It works fairly well, if it just tends to use up more space on your card. I don't use a DSLR either (Just a Powershot A640), but if you overlap beyond the vignetting you shouldn't have any problems.

And I just tried out AutoPano and am very impressed. Photostitch always would be troublesome with distortions from wide-angle lenses, but this seems to correct most of that. And since it saves as psd in layers I was able to get rid of that ghosting effect.

To show as an example another of my pics from the summer:

Originally 2 pics:

Speedtouch · January 4th, 2008, 05:57 PM

I found another Alps panorama. This one I took with the 'Widescreen' mode on my camera, so its not as tall as the other one. Originally 8 pictures.

47 · January 14th, 2008, 09:49 AM

aw man, I can't do anything with the trial version of Autopano pro...Where does one get the full version?!

or can I use something else?

Viper007Bond · January 14th, 2008, 09:54 AM

Took these many, many years ago on my old shitty Canon PowerShot A10 1.3 MP, so be warned, they are of poor quality. I was also pretty bad at taking photos back then (still am pretty bad, heh), not to mention I should go back and remove the seams, but anyway...

(resized to a decent size for forum posting, the originals are a LOT bigger)

I have more that I can dig up and post if interested.

47 · January 14th, 2008, 02:12 PM

Here's my first one

from my skiing holiday last week! Mad from 46 pics, maybe to much?
I did crop it on the side, couse it was just too long!

special thanks to Speedtouch

s3r4x · January 16th, 2008, 08:17 AM

heres some finnish landscape

Alok · January 16th, 2008, 08:44 PM

I had posted this in the lens flair thread, so here goes nothing.

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January 3rd, 2008, 05:50 PM	#5
Speedtouch Joined: Jul 30th, 2006 Last Online: Yesterday Location: Kent, England Age: 16 Posts: 2,772 Rep Power: 33	Great thread and thanks for letting me know about Autopano! I took intended panorama photos on holiday, but wondered how to do them. I even tried manually. A 360 Panorama of the Austrian Alps. Was 10 photos. That was taken near Mayrhofen. The only problem I have with it are the black blotchy lines where some of the joins are. I don't know how to get rid of them. __________________ Eyre Photography Last edited by Speedtouch; January 3rd, 2008 at 05:57 PM..

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Speedtouch Joined: Jul 30th, 2006 Last Online: Yesterday Location: Kent, England Age: 16 Posts: 2,772 Rep Power: 33	^ I love the 2nd one. Shame about the reflections in the 3rd. The Porsche Museum in Stuttgart. Notice that the people on the left are semi-transparent . __________________ Eyre Photography

January 4th, 2008, 01:49 AM	#8
P5138 Joined: Nov 15th, 2006 Last Online: Yesterday Location: New Jersey, USA Posts: 237 Car: 2001 Impreza RS Rep Power: 12	My efforts with panoramas didn't go over too great, I used the Canon Photostitch for some shots I took while on a school "trip". Not the most picturesque place in the world, the middle of nowhere is. I have others that I never got to put together; I'll give them a shot with Autopano and see if there's any difference.

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January 4th, 2008, 12:13 PM	#10
Speedtouch Joined: Jul 30th, 2006 Last Online: Yesterday Location: Kent, England Age: 16 Posts: 2,772 Rep Power: 33	^ I use a Samsung L80 camera, so no big DSLR stuff. And Autopano for stitching. So I could understand it being a slightly poorer lens than DSLRs. And I tried Lens Correction and it didn't seem to do much. __________________ Eyre Photography Last edited by Speedtouch; January 4th, 2008 at 12:26 PM..

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Buba Wants Rick Astley's Babies Joined: Nov 12th, 2004 Last Online: Yesterday Location: Regensburg, Bavaria Age: 27 Posts: 5,996 Car: Golf LFS Status: Rep Power: 38	^Just take pics that overlap more... Should help out. And keep it in mind next time you wanna do one. Anyway, here are some of mine: A nice day in the Alps Snowboarding, done with an early Cybershot, 3 pics about 3,5k wide original A nice hike in a bit musky Merano, Italy, done with my trusty N2, original is about 7k wide The castle where my Dad and his 2nd wife have the wedding pics taken, dunno org wideness The view from a buddies Backyard where we fish once a year, org 9k wide: So nothing too exciting, just did some as an exercise... //edit: totally forgot, I only used Autostich so far... __________________ [18:11] MXM: it means buba is better than you now [18:12] sam-l: In what way? [18:12] Slycer: longer penis Last edited by Buba; January 4th, 2008 at 03:38 PM..

January 4th, 2008, 03:50 PM	#12
Speedtouch Joined: Jul 30th, 2006 Last Online: Yesterday Location: Kent, England Age: 16 Posts: 2,772 Rep Power: 33	^ Thanks for the advice and I love your first one. We went in the summer so no snow for us . __________________ Eyre Photography

January 4th, 2008, 05:31 PM	#13
P5138 Joined: Nov 15th, 2006 Last Online: Yesterday Location: New Jersey, USA Posts: 237 Car: 2001 Impreza RS Rep Power: 12	Also, about the overlap: My Canon has a built in panorama mode and it tends to want you to overlap around 1/3 of the shot. It works fairly well, if it just tends to use up more space on your card. I don't use a DSLR either (Just a Powershot A640), but if you overlap beyond the vignetting you shouldn't have any problems. And I just tried out AutoPano and am very impressed. Photostitch always would be troublesome with distortions from wide-angle lenses, but this seems to correct most of that. And since it saves as psd in layers I was able to get rid of that ghosting effect. To show as an example another of my pics from the summer: Originally 2 pics: Last edited by P5138; January 4th, 2008 at 05:42 PM..

January 4th, 2008, 05:57 PM	#14
Speedtouch Joined: Jul 30th, 2006 Last Online: Yesterday Location: Kent, England Age: 16 Posts: 2,772 Rep Power: 33	I found another Alps panorama. This one I took with the 'Widescreen' mode on my camera, so its not as tall as the other one. Originally 8 pictures. __________________ Eyre Photography Last edited by Speedtouch; January 4th, 2008 at 06:00 PM..

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47 Joined: Mar 6th, 2006 Last Online: November 30th, 2008 Location: CRO Age: 24 Posts: 875 Car: Punto 1.1 '96, Kawa ER6n Rep Power: 13	aw man, I can't do anything with the trial version of Autopano pro...Where does one get the full version?! or can I use something else? __________________ 47 - tuning by Medtronic

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Viper007Bond Lazy Head Dude Joined: Sep 21st, 2003 Last Online: Yesterday Location: Portland, Oregon Age: 24 Posts: 20,988 Car: Dodge Viper (I wish!) Rep Power: 234	Took these many, many years ago on my old shitty Canon PowerShot A10 1.3 MP, so be warned, they are of poor quality. I was also pretty bad at taking photos back then (still am pretty bad, heh), not to mention I should go back and remove the seams, but anyway... (resized to a decent size for forum posting, the originals are a LOT bigger) I have more that I can dig up and post if interested. __________________ Fight back against the evil Quiky by +1'ing this post! There is no replacement for displacement. - Wolfgang Bernhard, Chief Operating Officer, Chrysler Group talking about the Dodge Viper SRT-10 ... I ask Herb Helbig, vehicle synthesis manager for SRT and a member of the original Team Viper development group since day one, if they'd ever thought of adding traction control. "It comes with two," he says, pointing at my feet. "Learn to use them." Got it. - Motor Trend on the 2006 Dodge Viper Coupe, November 2005 Last edited by Viper007Bond; January 14th, 2008 at 09:57 AM..

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47 Joined: Mar 6th, 2006 Last Online: November 30th, 2008 Location: CRO Age: 24 Posts: 875 Car: Punto 1.1 '96, Kawa ER6n Rep Power: 13	Here's my first one from my skiing holiday last week! Mad from 46 pics, maybe to much? I did crop it on the side, couse it was just too long! special thanks to Speedtouch __________________ 47 - tuning by Medtronic

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