how to create pano shots?
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Hi mothballmerc
You can make panos as long as you have a series of shots with overlap ( usually i make about 20% overlap ) . Softwares such as photomerge function in PS can merge for ya and correct the distortions reasonably well. *But be sure you remove any pol filters, and your white balance and stuffs constant, basically all else constant for all pieces.
The stitch might get a little less than perfect with moving items in your pan such as people walking, clouds, water. ( i had my fair share of misalignments because of that. but also with some luck at times )
E.g
* with a faster shutter speed freezing the water motion, i am bound to get problems
The puritans will tell ya best results if you can anchor on a tripod and with a pan head, locate the entrance pupil fo your lens. While finding the entrance pupil of your own lens is a homework u can do before the trip, the setup was so tedious that i dropped the idea after attempting it in Europe.
Alternatively you can get a shift lens to stitch
You can check with Hazmee.
He has some really impressive pan shots that i would love to learn too
Ryan
You can make panos as long as you have a series of shots with overlap ( usually i make about 20% overlap ) . Softwares such as photomerge function in PS can merge for ya and correct the distortions reasonably well. *But be sure you remove any pol filters, and your white balance and stuffs constant, basically all else constant for all pieces.
The stitch might get a little less than perfect with moving items in your pan such as people walking, clouds, water. ( i had my fair share of misalignments because of that. but also with some luck at times )
E.g
* with a faster shutter speed freezing the water motion, i am bound to get problems
The puritans will tell ya best results if you can anchor on a tripod and with a pan head, locate the entrance pupil fo your lens. While finding the entrance pupil of your own lens is a homework u can do before the trip, the setup was so tedious that i dropped the idea after attempting it in Europe.
Alternatively you can get a shift lens to stitch
You can check with Hazmee.
He has some really impressive pan shots that i would love to learn too
Ryan
Great pano there giantcanopy! and also useful info! 
Anyway, i'm trying to create pano shots also and a friend directed me to an Adobe site teaching you how to stitch the pictures together.
Here is it - http://www.adobe.com/education/digkids/tips/photoshop_cs/psdCS_panorama.html
It says CS3 but CS2 also has this function
Cheers!
Anyway, i'm trying to create pano shots also and a friend directed me to an Adobe site teaching you how to stitch the pictures together.
Here is it - http://www.adobe.com/education/digkids/tips/photoshop_cs/psdCS_panorama.html
It says CS3 but CS2 also has this function
Cheers!
constant ISO, shutter speed, aperture, try not to use auto WB, overlap around 30%, shoot verticals and mount on a tripod. best to have an L-bracket
personally, ive had some really bad experiences with photomerge in photoshop CS2, and if ur shots arent perfect, its not easy to merge
i use a $100 software, and i find it wonderful. compensates for all the flaws in brightness falloff, barrel distortion and sharpening too
personally, ive had some really bad experiences with photomerge in photoshop CS2, and if ur shots arent perfect, its not easy to merge
i use a $100 software, and i find it wonderful. compensates for all the flaws in brightness falloff, barrel distortion and sharpening too
The Photomerge in CS2 was horrible. I tried on my workplace copy and i got abit frustrated.
But CS3 works great.
Hi 2.8photography, out of curiosity what 100 bucks software you referring to ?
Ryan
But CS3 works great.
Hi 2.8photography, out of curiosity what 100 bucks software you referring to ?
Ryan
oh yeah. i tried the cs3 trial but forgot abt trying photomerge
$100 software - the pano factory; bought it the day the new version came out and i didnt even realise until after that (not advertising for them or anyth)
hello guyz...thks a lot for all the infos..very useful n i'm making my own now...i'll post it soon n hope to get comments from u guys...cheers!
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