PanoTools:
Re: Nikon D2X & Nikon (Nikor) 16mm AF Fisheye
Aaron Spence 2006-Feb-27 23:23:59
G'day Bruce,
I use the Manfrotto 755B MDeVe legs, with (optional 055SPK2
Retractable Spiked Feet Adapter) adjustable spike/rubber feet
attached. On carpet & other soft surfaces I put the spikes down,
which helps to provide stability, on hard surfaces I put the rubber
down, stops damage to the surface. I've also got the Manfrotto
strap for it, which makes walking any distance between shots easier
with the weight.
Software is PtGui with a template for full sphericals and auto
control point generation for partial panos (I plan to make templates
for partials once I have all the gear finalised) & Photoshop 9 (CS2)
+ Bridge for initial colour/exposure correction and batch conversion
from RAW format + exposure blending, sharpening and final image prep
+ batching of sizes, thumbnails & tripod caps.
If I need rectilinear crops for thumbnails I use Fieros DevelVR
player to open the QTVR's and output thumbnails, which is extremely
quick and easy. I also use it to determine the start position (pan
and tilt) of the QTVR's if I'm not happy with my preset QTVR output.
Fiero wrote this feature into the program for me, I believe it's in
the general release.
Then... Pano2Qtvr for batching the FullScreen QTVR's via a 'droplet'
to my HTML templates, while the JPGs for PTviewer batched from
Photoshop also drop into the HTML templates.
Then it's off to the client they go :)
I found this to be a very quick and efficient workflow for me. Using
it I can produce 6-10 blended multiple exposure final FullScreen
QTVR + Small PTviewer panos per hour. The main time user and only
real variable is the time taken to blend the multiple exposures in
photoshop. If I'm not doing any blending, the number per hour can
be very high, although I almost always shoot multi exposures and
blend so I don't have a figure for you.
I wouldn't call it a 'no-brainer' but apart from the exposure
blending there is no special skill involved.
Thanks,
Aaron.
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