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philslizzy
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 Posted: Sat Jun 08, 2013 11:34 am Post subject: Kolor Autopano Giga |
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philslizzy wrote:
Inspired by Gaz, the SonicScot. I tried out Kolor Autopano Gig. Its an amazing program.
Previously I've used Photoshop CS5 to create Panoramas using the auto-align and auto-blend layers functions. For some photos its tricky.
here are a few that I've done / re-done in Autopano
Manchester, Corporation St. 5 photos taken vertically using my kit lens at 18mm
Manchester, The Express Building taken with my mobile phone. yesterday. 6 photos, three along the top and 3 along the bottom. This took me ages as I had to wait for the road to clear each time. The building was about 50 metres, if that from me.
I'd love to know how to correct the severe curvature on this picture
My wifes favourite, Kettlewell scarecrow festival. Taken with My Nikon d3200 and Nikkor 50mm lens. A mix of 12 photos taken over the space of a minute. I can see 5 pairs of 'twins' in this photo!
detail showing two of the twins
lastly, Lymm Church. Taken with the Nex and my Komine Vivitar 28mm f2.8. 14 photos were combined to make this
detail:
I'm going to dig out all the photos i took for panos and have a play.
I would appreciate some help regarding correcting the spherical distortion of the Express building.
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SonicScot
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| Posted: Thu Jun 13, 2013 1:27 pm Post subject: |
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SonicScot wrote:
I only just noticed this post, excellent job!
Love the sets of twins 
Do you have Lightroom 5? (£60 upgrade from Lightroom 4) it has some new lens correction tools which might be suitable for this curvature. Otherwise, there's another program called, erm, PT lens, I think, something like that. It has a trial available, think it's 10 images you can fettle before having to pay for it. Buying it is just $25 anyway and it's designed just for this purpose.
And yeah, Autopano is amazing. I've just rendered a .hdr file from 21 images (7x3 bracketed shots) into a panorama, now I'm taking it to Photomatix to play with it. I don't use half the tools but what I do use is fantastic.
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philslizzy
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| Posted: Thu Jun 13, 2013 4:35 pm Post subject: |
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philslizzy wrote:
Cheers Gaz,
I've done some more and more playing about with this fine program. and discovered the projections control. I'll re-do the Express building.
I have lightroom 4 but I'm not about to fork out for an upgrade. However I'll look out for 'erm, PT lens' and have a 'fettle' with it in trial mode.
Of course This may all go when I get my lens turbo. But I find panoramas so exciting!
Thanks for your comments.
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philslizzy
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philslizzy wrote:
More panos, this one is a 19 shot pic of York minster. Shot on my NEX5 with my little Konica 35 38mm rangefinder lens.
the next photos are actual component shots from the pano.
The pano its self is 17500 pixels wide reduced to just 5000 for the forum. The others have been reduced too. You can see the scale from the picture of the entrance and look how Autopano giga has corrected the perspective. Minimal tweaking in photoshop.
taken from the tower of the minster just 8 images.
Another from behind the minster. A hotel and patrons enjoying the sun. This was taken on an ancient Sony digicam with the red date info carefully cloned out. Just 3 photos this one. The NEX battery died.
Taken in Łódź with my Pentax P&S 12 photos. One guy walked about 25m between shots can you spot him?
more to come!!
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iangreenhalgh1 wrote:
Great work Phil, you're really using the wide perspectives to good effect!
Correction of distortion I do with the Transform > Warp option in Photoshop, it's pretty useful.
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RSalles wrote:
Nice stuff!
Taken in Łódź with my Pentax P&S 12 photos. One guy walked about 25m between shots can you spot him?
Yes, divided in 2 he walked out from his own legs, amazing"
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philslizzy
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philslizzy wrote:
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| ..Yes, divided in 2 he walked out from his own legs, amazing |
I didnt even notice, only when we viewed this photo on my TV did we see him! The security man on the segway has made a double appearance too.
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philslizzy
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| Posted: Sun Aug 18, 2013 12:38 am Post subject: |
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philslizzy wrote:
A few more panos re-visited in auto pano giga.
Another photo, this is a pan taken on my Nikon kit lens at about 28mm.
The Archbank Bridge near Moffat, I love the way it has dealt with the water! image no.1 is a 9 image pan done in photoshop blend layers no 2 is 14 image pan done in auto pano. The far left of the image wasn't part of the original pano but I threw it into the mix along with a few others taken at the same time and Autopano has done a good job in blending them apart from the safety rail.
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This one is taken in Scotland, I forget which Loch and castle there were so many! 7 image pano
an experimental 'narrow' pan of the above with a view to printing it.
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philslizzy
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philslizzy wrote:
This pano is made with several photos taken from roughly the same spot. My intention then was to get a dramatic photo of a wave splashing into the prom steps. I have experimented with different images and this combination works quite well. Some repair work was needed on the sky as the program does not like blank space.
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SonicScot
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SonicScot wrote:
I especially like the 'narrow' version, but they're all good
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philslizzy
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philslizzy wrote:
Thanks Gaz
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iangreenhalgh1 wrote:
A couple of bridge ones I did recently, I'm having a bit of a bridge period atm.
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rbelyell wrote:
thanks for the info phil. i downloaded a trial copy. if i could get results half as good as you did i,ll buy it.
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iangreenhalgh1 wrote:
Those are wonderful Rick, particularly the first one.
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Rick1779 wrote:
Thanks
The only pity is that I've planned to go there to take some shot at sunset but my car battery died on saturday and we've planned to stay in Toledo just until monday when I managed to get it serviced  |
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iangreenhalgh1 wrote:
Damn. That's a pity. Hope you can get it fixed.
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Rick1779 wrote:
I get it fixed on the same monday, but the hotel in Cordoba was expecting me, so no more sunset on Toledo |
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philslizzy
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philslizzy wrote:
Thanks for posting your great pics.
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iangreenhalgh1 wrote:
Cheers Phil.
A couple more I did yesterday with the Tessar.
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philslizzy
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philslizzy wrote:
Hmm, a vital body part missing on the lady under the bridge. I suspect the man in the grey t-shirt has lost something too, his wife appears to be looking for it.
You live in a lovely part of the world. A full res of this image would be awesome.
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iangreenhalgh1 wrote:
Yes, her head is gone from the chin up, it's a stitching fault. I left it as I thought it was kinda humourous.
The full size image is 96mp, 13086 x 7682, so I don't think I can upload it here.
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philslizzy wrote:
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The full size image is 96mp, 13086 x 7682, so I don't think I can upload it here. |
You don't think, have you tried? 
heres one a similar size to yours uploaded in its original size. 12775 x 9309. The 'Brenzier method' 20 image pan, actually 24 images as autopano made 2 pans that needed putting together.
if you click on the image you can magnify and get a full res. I didnt post this one before as the focus is slightly 'off' and the horizon is 'stepped' but it can be done,
most of my other photos can be'zoomed, in to too. Great work with the panos Ian, I think your investment in Autopano Giga has been worthwhile. Its great fun isnt it?
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philslizzy wrote:
Here is a pano of the Laxey wheel on the Isle of Man. This pic was taken in April 1999 with my Yashica T4. I couldnt get it all in so I took 6 or 7 shots with its 35mm lens.
The photo just does not show the immensity of this water wheel the wheel is 21.1 meters diameter. for more info see: http://www.visitisleofman.com/placestovisit/heritage/laxeywheel.xml
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Excalibur wrote:
Is the conclusion that Autopano is better than Photoshop 
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