The pano thread [56k warning]

[Keith Fusco]

Post yours up in here!

My first pano, which was a handheld shot one at Seaham. Was made up of 4 images, IIRC. I think there was 5, but the end one didn't match on, so I had to shorten it a bit.

http://img156.imageshack.us/img156/1667/20080605014ty7.jpg

[l2ke]

not my best i'm afraid, but some old ones......i got some on my camera waiting to be put together

http://a797.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/7/l_eab4ec178b9cc17864e315198d2bbb44.jpg

http://a606.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/115/l_57f5f3a84de4196c5105c33b6e8c0605.jpg

[nitrous6293]

lol, misread the title. i was looking for a piano!!!

[Keith Fusco]

Nice, Luke. :) I've got some from Kenya I never bothered editing when I edited the rest of the pictures, so I'll give those a bash. What did you use to put them all together?

[l2ke]

photoshop elements fiiiiiivvvvvve 8) lol

[M2C]

The LG Viewty phone has this photo function, its well good i always use it.

[Keith Fusco]

photoshop elements fiiiiiivvvvvve 8) lol

;)

I just used plain ol' Photoshop CS3 for mine lol.

The LG Viewty phone has this photo function, its well good i always use it.

Awesome. You got any examples of it on the phone? IIRC, some one on Corsa-D has a Sony Ericsson phone with the option, and they look alright.

[l2ke]

yeh my old sony had the option and they wern't bad, only lets you take 3 photos though.

wish i could afford cs3 :(

[M2C]

Keith i don't have any on my phone at the moment but next sunny day il get a few shots. They do look ok on my phone but you cant expect top quality from a 5 mega pixel camera lol.

[M2C]

yeh my old sony had the option and they wern't bad, only lets you take 3 photos though.

wish i could afford cs3 :(

I just lol'd, who buys programs :lol:

[l2ke]

5mp is more than enough for internet etc.

unless your going up to A4 size u wont notice the difference

[Keith Fusco]

yeh my old sony had the option and they wern't bad, only lets you take 3 photos though.

wish i could afford cs3 :(

Ah right, cool.

CS3 on the MacBook is pretty cool. Much better than the PC version. Runs much faster, and sleeker.

Keith i don't have any on my phone at the moment but next sunny day il get a few shots. They do look ok on my phone but you cant expect top quality from a 5 mega pixel camera lol.

Lol, yeah. I found one of Andy's who has the option on his phone.

http://i212.photobucket.com/albums/cc129/floor321/Corsa%20Pictures/minegwynihorizon.jpg

[l2ke]

oh dear ^

[crossy]

I just lol'd, who buys programs :lol:

Exactly. Not 1 thing apart from games that need legit online CD keys are legit programs. My windows is cracked and everything on it is...

[Whittie]

Love the top one.

I've got a few, not very interesting though

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3191/2587840890_9cac0f03fe.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3271/2693040930_27c561f57f.jpg?v=0

'Old style'

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3058/2595278791_dcb0beb033.jpg?v=0

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3075/2587479203_7c52390655.jpg?v=0

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3160/2589404065_7904ccab90.jpg?v=0

I love them, but cant seem to get any decent ones :(

[Keith Fusco]

Those are decent one's mate! The first one is my fav!

[Whittie]

That's Llandudno by the way, literally the whole of it, north shore to west shore :lol:

[Keith Fusco]

Random question for everyone... How do you take your pano's, in landscape, or portrait. I done that one for Seaham in Landscape, but then I thought why don't I do it in portrait, so I can actually get a taller one. Never gave it a thought when I first tried it.

[Whittie]

I've got a pano portrait of Anfield Football Ground, only as I could fit more in, but lost it along with all my photo's a few weeks back :lol: Had to shop the reflections out though as it was in the box.

Buildings like castles etc i've dont a few portraits, but landscapes.... landscape :lol:

Try a few mate

[Keith Fusco]

Lol, I meant which way do you hold up the camera. IE - I took four shots on the one I posted in landscape orientation. But if I done it in portrait, I'd have took maybe 8, but the actual size would be taller, aswell as wide. If that makes sense?

[Whittie]

Yeah, ^ Did it with a football stadium and a castle :lol: as i've lost all my pics, can't upload i'm afraid

[rad_brad]

http://i161.photobucket.com/albums/t223/kezboobaby/South%20West%20Motor%20Show%2008/100_0578.jpg

http://i161.photobucket.com/albums/t223/kezboobaby/Weston%20meet%2024-8-08/100_0821.jpg

Only 2 I've ever done.

[butchus]

could someone tell me how to do this please as i havent a clue lol

[Keith Fusco]

could someone tell me how to do this please as i havent a clue lol

Take a series of pictures which overlap each other of a specific thing, and then put them together in Photoshop, or something like PTGui.

[camTcar]

sorry for being off topic keith but wheres your india piccys???

[Keith Fusco]

sorry for being off topic keith but wheres your india piccys???

Lol, I'm still here. I've been working mainly, so I haven't been able to take many pictures. Well, hardly any. Only some of the weekend, when I got mashed up.

[Keith Fusco]

Some crappy one's from Kenya. Most made with about 10 images each. Shame there was things in the way at the side of the pictures.

http://img224.imageshack.us/img224/6978/20080707054sr6.jpg

http://img214.imageshack.us/img214/1884/20080707055ro0.jpg

http://img222.imageshack.us/img222/2043/20080707056bj4.jpg

[crossy]

mate, those are class! I think the 2nd one is the best. The view of the vast amount of earth is stunning.

[Keith Fusco]

mate, those are class! I think the 2nd one is the best. The view of the vast amount of earth is stunning.

Thanks. I think the second one's the best too. I've got another five different things to try to convert into Pano's too, but they're going to take AGES as some are about 20-30 images.

There's one of the beach I'm wanting to do next, which is pretty much a full 360 degrees, but I did them all freehand, so it's a bit of a bugger.

Photoshop Photomerge takes years. I think the lowest file size of the completed Pano was about 848MB. But I obviously changed the size once it was done.

Came to 25,000ish pixels for the long edge lol. I could fit that bitch on a 40 foot wall, and fill it!

[0Gee0]

Just found out my phone has this function!

[Keith Fusco]

Whoop, do some, and post 'em!

[brad mole]

EDIT: double post, oops!

[brad mole]

keith how dare you call them 'crappy' lol
they are absolutely stunning, the view is great and the quality of the pics is fab too.

is there any advantage of taking like 20 images per pano, as opposed to say 5?

[Keith Fusco]

keith how dare you call them 'crappy' lol
they are absolutely stunning, the view is great and the quality of the pics is fab too.

is there any advantage of taking like 20 images per pano, as opposed to say 5?

Lol, they are crappy.

I think the main advantage is what you already mentioned, the amount of things you can view, and the quality. Like I took the pictures holding the camera in a portrait mode, so that I can get more in from the top to the bottom, which is why I took so many pictures to compensate for the lack of view from left to right.

Like I said earlier too, the more you take, the bigger the end picture is. Like the one with 10 images was about 25,000 pixels wide, which is insane. I did shrink it down to a smaller size, but when I done it, the image was stunning, and such good quality. If it wasn't for the image size being just under 1gb, I'd have uploaded it!

[Keith Fusco]

Another from Kenya I hadn't posted...

http://img242.imageshack.us/img242/3865/20080707057ro4.jpg

One from the other day at India...

http://img179.imageshack.us/img179/1264/20080913011gt7.jpg

[brad mole]

love that second one fusco, the mountain on the right side looks awsome, it looks like its out of a game or something

[Keith Fusco]

love that second one fusco, the mountain on the right side looks awsome, it looks like its out of a game or something

Thanks mate!

This one was only made up of 8 free hand taken images. I tried to get more, but it was pointless, as there'd be a lot of overlapping. You could see loads, but either side of where you were, there was things which blocked the view (Rest of the mountain, tress etc) lol.

[Neil H]

That last one you posted is quality, gotta real nice range of scenery in it.

Though how do you take them? Just guessing the overlap, or using something similar like most phones have, where it displays a section of the previous photo in the corner of the screen.

[Keith Fusco]

That last one you posted is quality, gotta real nice range of scenery in it.

Though how do you take them? Just guessing the overlap, or using something similar like most phones have, where it displays a section of the previous photo in the corner of the screen.

Thanks.

I took it with a Canon 400D, and the kit 18-55mm lens. I started at the left hand side of the view, and went to the right taking pictures after moving a slight bit. I find it best to take the pictures with the camera on the side, so you can fit more in from top to bottom, as you can cover up for left to right, by taking a number of pictures.

There's a fair few which'll overlap. It's best to just pick a bit on the picture you just took on the right hand side, and then include it on the left hand side of the picture too, so you know you're not missing anything out on the full pano which'll be created.

I then use Phtoshop, and there's a option under File called Automate, and also Photomerge. Then just load the images, and Photoshop does the rest. I then save as a PSD, and then load into Lightroom, and edit it.

[Neil H]

Not strictly on topic, but how come you do all the editing in Lightroom when you've already got Photoshop already open?

Oh and coincidentally, when you say Photoshop, are we talking CS3 or Elements?

[Keith Fusco]

I prefer Lightroom for my editing, as I have all my presets, and stuff, and it's a hell of a lot easier, and quicker to edit in Lightroom over Photoshop, I think. I also had a problem before with images I edited in Photoshop, where it'd be fine on my laptop, but too dark, or too soft on other machines, and Lightroom, it's the same on all.

Photoshop CS3. :)

[Neil H]

Fair shout, i'm making do on a free copy of PS elements at the moment. Though i should really get round to buying a full version of some sort of editing software.