Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/07/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Andrew So, that's how you do it! I've been dying to know since I first saw the images. Must be a lot of overlap if you stitch 6 shots form a 16mm. Do you find that more overlap makes it more difficult to stitch things together? Dave (PS. I find that a joystick is also handy for managing pitch and roll. At least in MS Flight Simulator) - -----Original Message----- From: Andrew Nemeth [mailto:azn@nemeng.com] Sent: Thursday, July 12, 2001 2:46 PM To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us Subject: [Leica] Re: Panoramics using Leica Guess it's time for a VR imaging professional to chime in. :?) I use the 16mm Fisheye-Elmarit-R and take 7x shots - 6 portrait format horizontally, and then one pointing straight up to capture the overhead zenith. Then I use a piece of software called PanoramaTools to help me correct each shot for pitch and roll, as well as then remap them to equirectangular format. Then I stitch them together by hand in Photoshop, to give, after a few hours, final panoramic images which are 360-degrees wide by 150-degrees high (the bottom 30-degrees is blocked by the tripod or monopod I use). The pano dimensions are 6400 x 3200 @ 58 MB and almost grainless (so good enough for commercial print quality use). <snip>