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RE: My transportation submission
Mark D. Fink 2006-Oct-02 16:24:00
Hi Rolf,
Thanks for the kind words! I'm glad you liked the pano. As I mention on the
entry, I had to use a 24mm lens in order to get sufficient detail so that
the text was visible. Just a couple months ago, I got my first shipment of
Pinnacle VR heads, (www.pinnacle-vr.com <http://www.pinnacle-vr.com/> if
you are interested), which are a very flexible platform for shooting with a
variety of bodies and lenses. Without this, I don't know how I would have
captured all of the necessary detail.
I shoot four rows of twelve images as well as a zenith and nadir for a total
of 50 shots. The nadir has the tripod in it, so I clone that out in
PhotoShop. I use a PTGui template to create the nadir view, which is edited
in PhotoShop, then use another PTGui template to remap the edited nadir back
into the equirectangular format. I can forward those to you offline if you
are interested.
However, I'm getting ahead of myself. Before I edited the nadir, I blended
the two images together. I use a technique that Michael Reichmann has on his
web site here -
http://www.luminous-landscape.com/tutorials/digital-blending.shtml. I use
the second option, the Layer Mask. I'd suggest experimenting with two small
images first to get used to the process before launching into a large scale
effort. I've recorded the steps into a PhotoShop action, so that I don't
have to remember the details.
Let me know if there are more details that I haven't covered.
Mark
www.pinnacle-vr.com <http://www.pinnacle-vr.com/>
www.northernlight.net <http://www.northernlight.net/>
-----Original Message-----
From: #removed# [mailto:#removed#] On Behalf Of Rolf Ris
Sent: Monday, October 02, 2006 11:38 AM
To: #removed#
Subject: Re: My transportation submission
* Hi Mark
Your pano is very, very well done.
Can you explain a little more in detail how you did it?
-> You blended 2 pictures together - how?
Congratulations
Rolf
Am 01.10.2006 um 22:57 schrieb Mark D. Fink:
> Hi all,
>
> I just posted my submission for the current event and would be
> interested in
> your feedback. It is here -
> http://128.32.
<http://128.32.102.88:8090/gen/live_preview/wwp906/html/MarkFink.html.>
102.88:8090/gen/live_preview/wwp906/html/MarkFink.html.
> Primarily, I am interested in feedback on the original full sized
> version I
> shot with my Pinnacle VR pano head and a 24mm lens. The original
> measures
> 20,904 x 10,452 pixels and can be downloaded for local viewing here -
> www.northernlight.net/wwp.
>
> Thanks!
>
> Mark
>
> www.pinnacle-vr.com <http://www.pinnacle <http://www.pinnacle-vr.com/>
-vr.com/>
>
> www.northernlight.net <http://www.northern <http://www.northernlight.net/>
light.net/>
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