L07 – Panoramic Photography

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Lecture Notes for Lecture 7: Panoramic Photography

Panorama?

• Any wide angle view or representation of a space 360 panorama = full 360 degree field of view
• Drawing by Stephen Wiltshire, http://www.stephenwiltshire.co.uk/

Panoramic Photography?

• Involves stitching multiple images together to give a very wide angle (often 360 degree) view of a particular scene

Final Results

• Unrolled image (shown later in lecture)
• QTVR movie (an interactive movie where the viewer can choose where to look)

Software

• Photoshop
  • Available in Lab
  • Can stitch small groups of images well
  • Automated process
  • Difficult to stitch a full panorama
  • Mac/PC
• Stitcher (AutoDesk)
  • Easy In, Easy Out
  • Intuitive graphic interface for stitching
  • Expensive Mac/PC
• PT Gui
  • Manual or automated picking of control points for more accurate stitching
  • Built on PanoTools (open source)
  • $105 Mac/PC
• Hugin
  • Manual or automated picking of control points for more accurate stitching
  • Built on PanoTools (open source)
  • Processing images takes time
  • Difficult to install FREE! Mac/PC
• AutoStitch (iOS)
  • Available wherever you have your phone
  • Simple & Easy to use Cheap! ($2.99)
  • Limited control over stitching & final image
  • Limited output options

Examples

• Tambo Colorado, Peru (Stitcher)
• Tambo Colorado, Peru (Stitcher)
• Sacsayhuamán, Peru (Stitcher)
• Cuzco, Peru (PT Gui)
• Moray, Peru (PT Gui)
• Moray, Peru
• Ollantaytambo, Peru (PT Gui)
• Ollantaytambo, Peru (Stitcher)
• Amtrak Train Station, Oakland, California (Stitcher)
• Wurster Hall, UC Berkeley (PT Gui)
• Wurster Hall, UC Berkeley (PT Gui)
• Mactia Computer Lab, UC Berkeley (Stitcher)
• Chabot Space & Science Center, Oakland, California (Stitcher)
• Architecture Studio (Stitcher)
• Brooklyn Bridge (shot by hand, PT Gui)
• Alameda Naval Air Station, Alameda, California (PT Gui)
• Coral Coast, Fiji (Stitcher)
• Highland Lake, Maine (PT Gui)
• Dillon Beach, California (PT Gui)
• Glen Alpine Creek (near Lake Tahoe, California) (Stitcher)
• Mosquito Pass, Desolation Wilderness, California (PT Gui)
• Mt. Tallac (near Lake Tahoe, California) (PT Gui)
• Desolation Wilderness, California (PT Gui)
• Grass Lake, Desolation Wilderness, California (PT Gui)
• Angora Peak, Desolation Wilderness (Hugin)
• San Francisco, California (Stitcher)
• San Francisco International Airport (PT Gui)
• San Francisco International Airport (PT Gui)
• San Francisco International Airport (PT Gui)
• San Francisco International Airport (PT Gui)
• San Francisco International Airport (PT Gui)
• San Francisco International Airport (PT Gui)
• San Francisco International Airport (PT Gui)
• Interconnectedness Diagram (Grant’s Thesis)
• Construction of Spherical Panoramic Drawings (Grant’s Thesis)
• Final Thesis Drawing