Making a Panorama With Autostitch

By esme_design -
Making An Original Panorama Photograph for Use in a QTVR Movie

1) Download Autostitch 2.2 from CNET (currently for PCs only). http://download.cnet.com/Autostitch/3000-2192_4-196145.htmlor at http://people.cs.ubc.ca/~mbrown/autostitch/autostitch.html

2) Open Autostitch.

3) Create a New Folder on your Desktop and name it something specific- here’s a chance to be creative (do not name it “pano1”).

4) Open the file that contains the digital photos that you’d like to use in your panorama.

5) Copy only the photos to the new folder that don’t overlap more than about one third of the image. Try to have an object or shape that the program can match to the next photo (like a particular tree or part of a building).

6) Using AutoStitch window go to File>Open.

7) Browse through your computer’s files to the new file you created (remember?) with the specific name.

8) Wait for status bar to disappear. Be patient, there’s no work to do now!

9) Your panorama has been created and saved to your new folder.

10) Save a backup copy by clicking on the Save icon (in lower left of window, second to the left of the Help question mark icon), saving it to a different folder, and renaming it. Each new panorama that Autostitch makes is named “pano1” automatically.

Credits: This free program was created by Matthew Brown while he was a studentat the University of British Columbia in Canada. It now comes as an iPhone app from iTunes.Thank you, Matthew! http://cvlab.epfl.ch/~brown/research/research.html

Note: My final panorama was 1000 pixels high by 7052 pixels wide. You can set the preferences for the height like I did, and let the width adjust to that proportion. The larger panorama will give you better resolution when you make your QTVR movie.

Making the QTVR (Quicktime Virtual Reality) Movie Panorama

1) Download Pano2VR from Garden Gnome Software (PC/Mac/Linux):

http://gardengnomesoftware.com/

(Free version which watermarks output or pay for a single user licensed version- about $86)

2) Go through the excellent video tutorials to familiarize yourself with functions.

3) Drag and drop your panorama photo onto the template on left of window. (The photo does NOT have to be a 2:1 proportion and can be in JPEG, PNG, or TIFF formats.)

4) Create hotspots and/or choose other settings (see tutorials).

5) Choose output type (thumbnails in different shapes, Quicktime VR movie, Flash movie)

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