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How to make a
virtual panorama.
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Shooting the pictures
If you have a camera, even a disposable
one, you can still create
panoramas.
All you have to do, is to hold the camera level and turn on the spot,
taking a series of pictures. Each picture should overlap with the previous
one, by up to 50%. It doesn't matter if the overlap isn't the same each
time. Take as many pictures or as few as you like - you don't have to shoot full 360 degrees. Don't forget to make sure the last picture overlaps with
the first one.
Getting the pictures into your computer
If you are using a digital camera all you
have to do now is to transfer your
pictures into your computer. Otherwise, if you have a film camera you will
need to get digital pictures. You could do this by scanning the photos yourself
using a flat bed scanner. Howsoever you choose to digitise your pictures, you should ensure that the exact pixel dimensions of your images are the
same because almost all image sticthing software requires the source
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Using computer software to stitch the images together
Now that you have captured the images, you
are ready to make your first panorama.
If you are a beginner I guess you won't have any software. I recommend for your first panorama you download
off the Internet something like Panorama Factory from
Smoky City Design. or MGI's PhotoVista Panorama
There are panoramic stitching programs for Windows 95 / 98 / ME / NT / 2000 /
XP. You can use them to create high-quality panoramas from a set of
overlapping digital images from a single vantage point. Both cost
money, but there is a free trial version (which is what I suggest you get)
and they are both very easy to use and produce good results.
The easiest way to make your first panorama is to use the Wizard. It
runs automatically when you start programs. You can make your first panorama
just by walking through the Wizard panels. You will have to change only a
few of the values on the Wizard panels—most of the default settings will
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The main steps that the Wizard follows to create your panorama are: |
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Import your images
The first step of the Wizard prompts you to import the images that you
will use to construct your panorama.
Describe your camera
The second step of the Wizard helps you describe the camera you used to
make the images. The Panorama Factory requires a description of your
camera to correctly merge the images.
Select panorama type
In this step, you describe the type of panorama you want to create.
Prepare final image
Here you make final choices about the form of the panoramic output file
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You should have one of these Panoramic Viewers
to look at your final work |
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The Tropical
Garden in Tel Aviv
Click on the
panorama to navigate with your mouse, or let the image scroll by
itself. |
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Some examples of virtual panoramms
created by me for designed objects, as well as existing architectural monuments, you may see
in
Gallery
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Good luck! |
20.05.2002@ Grigory Anastasiev |
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