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How to Create a 360 degree Panorama
Dec 30th
In this tutorial i will share how to create a 360 degree panorama.
Step 1: Taking Pictures
It is really simple like taking a normal panorama shot, the difference is you take pictures covering a full 360 degree. A tripod is preferable because it saves time in PS and you get a neat shot.
I use Nikon D60 with my 18-55mm kit lens and a cheap Velbon tripod. For D60 with 18-55 lens i don’t have any problems with tripod.
Put your camera in manual mode, set the aperture, shutter speed and ISO. Also do not change the focus points. Better the AE/AF lock function in your camera.
I don’t have sophisticated equipments for panoramic photography. I just rotate the camera in tripod approximately and click. Take 25-30 shots for a full 360 degree. I should be sufficient for the overlap.
Step 2: Photomerge
This video explains it all.
Here is the PS action mentioned in that video
Photoshop takes some time to merge the shots. If you have a good hardware you should not worry. I got the resulting PSD file size is around 500 MB after merging 24 – 10 MP shots. As the file size is very large it takes time for every action. That’s why a faster processor and more RAM space is needed.
Step 3: Displaying the output
Displaying the 360 degree panorama matters a lot. For example, see this. It is a 360 degree panorama but you cannot feel it. It is just like another panorama, but little long.
You need to convert the 360 degree panorama into a VR- Virtual Reality. You might have seen this 360 degree virtual tours in websites. It is the same thing.
I cannot find a free software to convert 360 degree panorama into a VR. If you can buy a software, go for anyone of these
There software allow you to convert 360 degree panorama into a VR, either flash VR ot Quicktime VR. I prefer flash VR. You can also add hotspots and much more.
Here i have a decent way of displaying the panorama.
http://technicalerror.net/360degree/1.html
As you can see it is not very much interactive, but certainly better than a normal photo. I used this script
If you have some decent knowledge in html you are done.
Update: I have edited the above link. It uses flash and not the jquery simple pano viewer.Some more links:
