shooting panoramas made simple
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Intro to Shooting panoramasTRANSCRIPT
Shooting Panoramas MADE SIMPLE
By uncle Stan, 2009
INTR
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Contents
What is a panorama Where it can help you Myths about panoramic shooting Keeping it simple:
hardware & software References
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What is a panorama? Definition:
– a panorama (from Greek <πανοραμα>) is any wide-angle view of a physical space
– wide-angle representation of such a view—whether in painting, drawing, photography, film/video, etc.
– composition of overlapping images using various projection types
Used in:– Art, Space missions, Maps– Google Streetview, virtual tours– Realty websites, educational media – interiors
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A picture is worth a thousand words
You don’t take a photograph, you make it. Ansel Adams
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What’s in it for you?
Fun and new impressions Save wide shots even with narrow
lense Shoot scenery and interiors when
needed Print and share online
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Myths about panoramas
Special cameras / lenses (e.g. fisheye, or even 360°)
Special hardware / mounts Scientific software Deep knowledge of maths and spatial
geometry
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Keeping simple: hardware
Camera– just any: DSLR, compact, even mobile
Computer– Any modern laptop or desktop will do
Scenery / Objects– keep cam in one point & rotate around it– composition rules apply– overlap shots by 30-50%
Tripod – buy if: you wanna shoot real big OR your
hands are shaky OR shoot in low light/night
Panoramic head – buy if you plan to shoot professionally
NICE TO HAVE
MUST HAVE’s
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Keeping simple: softwareModern panoramic software is very smart: Autodetection of image groups Seamless stitching & smart blending (even
moving objects) Shooting errors correction (exp., color…) Using various projections (planar, spheric,
cylinder…) Quality output (jpg, tiff)
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Keeping simple: software
Functionality, more features
Ease
to u
se,
easi
er
Canon PhotoStitch
Autopano PT GuiHugin
Panorama FactoryRealviz Stitcher
Output quality (1..3)
RECOMMENDED!
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Never stop!
Experiment:– Small planets, 360°– Night panoramas, HDR– Virtual tours, video…
Share:– Any photohost – picasa,
flickr, photofile– Specialized: Panoramio, http://pan0.net, viewAt– LJ Community - photopanorama
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THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION!
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References1. Title: Sony HX1, by SONY Corp.2. Slide 3: Wikipedia, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panorama3. Slide 4 images
• Mars image by Spirit Rover, - JPL, http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA01907
• Borodino battle panorama, http://dic.academic.ru/dic.nsf/ruwiki/23034
• Golden Gate by hernan.badino, http://www.panoramio.com/photo/8358091
4. Slide 6• Math comic by Wulffmorgenthaler,
http://www.wulffmorgenthaler.com• Gigapan Epic Imager, http://gigapan.org/
5. Slide 8: Autopano illustration from http://blog.nikonpassion.com