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1. to move 1 pix at a time Delete Matching Points Matching points exist in pair and will be deleted in pair e Method 1 click Hin one image and its corresponding matching point in the other image will be selected automatically Click Min Matching Points Panel or use Delete key e Method 2 Click a line represents a pair of matching points in matching points editing list and then color of this line became darker Please click iil to delete matching points rip Zoom out two images to get the rough overlap locations and insert several pairs of matching points Then zoom in two images click one line in the list of Matching Points to select a pair of matching points Finally the selected pair of matching points will show in view port automatically and you are able to locate the matching points accurately Stitch with Parameters Save Stitching Parameters You may save the parameters if satisfied with the stitched image And you will save much time by importing saved parameters directly when you stitch images shot with the same equipment and settings Steps Choose Panorama gt Save Stitching Parameter or use shortcut Ctr W enter a name in the pop up window for instance you may name parameters as the type of fisheye image and then click Save button save Stitching Parameters Parameter Name Save Cancel Stitch with Former Parameters Parameters of images shot with the same equipment and settings are the same A
2. a Setup will install Panoweaver 3 Professional Edition into the followang folder To continue click Next If you would ike to select a different folder click Browse C Panoweaver 8 Professional Edbon Atleast 130 6 MB of free disk space is required TE 4 It will be ready to install Select Additional Tasks Which additional tasks shoud be peifoemed Select the additional tasks you would like Setup to pesonn while installing Panoweaver 8 Professional Edtion then click Next Additional icons TI Create a desktop icon 11 5 Click Install to start installing the Panoweaver software j Setup Panoweaver 8 Professional Edition _ o lola Ea Completing the Panoweaver 8 Professional Edition Setup Wizard Setup has finshed installing Panoweaver 8 Professional E dhon on your computer The application may be launched by selecting the instaled icons Click Finish to exit Setup Z Launch Panoweaver Professional E dition 6 Click Finish to complete the installation 12 Uninstall Panoweaver 8 There are two ways to uninstall Panoweaver eUse shortcut in Start menu Start gt Programs gt Easypano gt Panoweaver 8 Professional Edition gt Uninstall eClick Add Remove Program in Control Panel to uninstall Activate Panoweaver 8 Purchase To use the full features of Panoweaver you need to buy a license key to activate the software Visit Easypano Online Store to get information on purchasi
3. 1g Ae n ne a Lar PA Feature Description mo w Best Fit Display the image at a proper percentage depending on the size of display window rip To move the image by holding down the mouse and dragging If you right click on the panoramic image the following menu will appear See below 26 oon In Ctrltt Loom Out Ctrlt Best Fit Ctrltu Flip Adjust d Filter Panorama in Immersive View Source Images Panoramic Image i _Click to change to Immersive View L Sto preview a panorama in player 70 Panorama Settings Panorama Type ia lie Slane Panfoy z350 H If previewing an imported panoramic image the button is active otherwise it s disabled As for Panorama Type there are 4 options available spherical cylindrical little planet and cubic panorama 27 gt Panfov If the imported panoramic image is spherical or cubic one 360 is by default If the imported panoramic image is a partial cylindrical one and the panfov can be customized 100 M The option is disabled See Preview Panorama A 5 Note 1 Select File gt Preview or click on 2 Preview button from toolbar to enter Immersive View to preview a panorama 2 Support preview of spherical with ratio of 2 1 or 1 1 cubic Lttile planet or cylindrical panorama Panel Image Type Set image type in this panel and the info displayed in Image Type and Hor FOV
4. 66 3 Re import retouched panoramic image into Panoweaver and publish it Choose aeo File gt Import Panoramic Image or click Gon toolbar 67 Print Panoramic Image Panoweaver does not support Print function so you have to print it in other image editing software 1 Save panoramic image to hard disc 2 Use Photoshop Firework ACDSee or other similar software to open it Choose File gt Print gt pano5 jpg ACDSee v5 0 SEK ai Edit View Zoom Tools Help EG Open Ctr 0 A AUA 7 Shell Show Zoomout Zoomin Zoom Audio Mos Ey Save s Ctrl 5 Close Ctrl F4 Close All Ctrl Shift F4 Print All Images Ctrl Shift P Alt Enter Enter Alt X Prints the current image Make Virtual Tour with Tourweaver For most users single panoramic image created by Panoweaver is far from meeting demand What they want is a virtual tour which contains multiple panoramic images interactive maps word description etc Easypano Tourweaver is the best choice For details about Tourweaver please visit http www easypano com how to make a virtual tour html Download Trial Version at http www easypano com Vvirtual tour software html 68 Click this image to view virtual tours made with Tourweaver using the panoramic images stitched in Panoweaver as source images http www easypano com gallery tourweaver600 tw650demo tour shtml Tourweaver 6 50 sample tour Publish Panorama After s
5. Compose a photograph focus and shoot The camera will vary exposure and or flash level shot by shot according to the bracketing program selected Modifications to exposure and flash level are added to those made with exposure compensation 86 and flash ex posure compensation 102 While bracketing is in effect the Eg icons in the control panel and viewfinder will flash A segment will disappear from the bracketing progress indicator 4BD 4H or WP after each shot The middle segment Wi disappears when the unmodified shot is taken the B segment when a shot with negative compensation is taken and the lt q segment when a shot with positive compensa tion is taken Bracketing begins again when all shots in the sequence have been taken To cancel bracketing press the GJ button and rotate the main command dial until is no longer displayed in the control panel The program last in effect will be restored the next time bracketing is activated Brack eting can also be cancelled by selecting WB bracketing for Custom Set ting 12 or by performing a two button reset 111 although in this case the bracketing program will not be restored the next time bracketing is activated 96 Camera Raw Image A raw image file contains minimally processed data from the image sensor of either a digital camera image or motion picture film scanner Raw functions in the same way as film of traditional camera so it contains most colors
6. Pomo woo ne gt d Initial Longitude 116 440658 Initial Latitude 40 006382 Initial Zoom i4 H OK Initial Map Mode Map Cancel MV Show Google Map s Navigation TI i us sense r D r bc Terms of Use Google Map APBKey Enter your Google riaps API key W 400 H 300 Location Current Center Position The current map position Display Latitude and Longitude of the current center position Start Zoom Level Initial zoom level 14 is by default Display Initially There are four options to choose from Traffic Map Satellite and Earth If you d like to display navigation controls on Google maps then tick the option Display Navigation controls on Google Maps Add Hotspot to Panorama In Panoweaver 8 you could add hotspots to a panoramic image Steps are as below g e xE m m 1 Click on Set Hotspots button 2 cin Flat View under Panoramic Image tab 2 Add hotspots to the panoramic image in the popup Hotspot Settings window 56 gt err pr Remove Tripod Add Hotspots Panorama Type Best Fit gt Panorama Type v Ceiling Floor Add Hotspot f Delet 4 Properties e Component Hotspot Wi 40 x 2848 H m Yi 11431 Images Sr C Program Fil ay 4 C Program Fil ay pi C Program Fil ay D Link to None C Pop Up Image C URL 3 And make settings to hotspots in the properties panel such
7. Right click stitching Customize ceiling floor logo Customize Loading Window for Flash VR and Standalone swf output Support swf progress bar wa Support background music af Support adding print emailto show help play sound buttons Support customization of URL link on context menu Generate files for autorun CD a Mask function New Transition effect from Little Planet to Normal view by right click menu in FlashVR and SWF tour New Provide resetting size stitching parameters of panorama when save and publish New Automatic Little Planet Ceiling Floor New Sharing functions in iEasypano and Facebook New 6 Add Longitude Latitude and NorthPan information to EXIF in panorama New Get Help Easypano provides a variety of options for getting help and learning Panoweaver Before you contact technical support have you gt Referred to the information of this Panoweaver 8 user manual To start the online Help select He p gt Help Topics from the main menu or press F1 gt Read the Troubleshooting section of this manual gt Visited the support column for updated troubleshooting information The FAQ and Knowledge Base section of the Support column deal with issues that are outside of the scope of the standard documentation such as compatibility issues licensing questions and a variety of common problems gt Visited the Help Desk or select Help gt Bug Report Feature Request
8. gt circle Hold down the mouse button a to change cente tthe Y coordinate circle Radius 705 a AM just the radius of gt circle Change the rac Refer to Set Fisheye Image Enclosing for the basic steps Top Stitch After making settings for the loaded images choose Panorama gt Stitch Panorama gt Stitch with Former Parameters or press directly to stitch a panorama automatically If the matching point pairs are not enough inserting matching points is necessary Insert and Edit Matching Points How to Stitch with Parameters Insert and edit Matching Points What are matching points Matching points are a pair of points in the overlap area of two adjacent fisheye images Inserting matching points is to search out several pairs of the same points on two neighbor fisheye images and each pair of points will superpose after stitching When should I insert matching points 44 In case it is difficult for Panoweaver to search out the matching points automatically it will remind you to insert matching points manually For example the overlap area of two images is a white wall which has no obvious similar parts which is difficult for Panoweaver to locate matching points If your images are already loaded but you want Panoweaver to stitch the images more accurately you may insert matching points You must insert at least 3 pairs of matching points manually and then stitch
9. 1 If you choose Depression default it will turn to from top to bottom view angle 2 If you choose Elevation it will turn to from bottom to top view angle 3 If you choose Checkbox when you click f next time the popup window will not appear again If you want to reset it go to Advanced Settings to change it 1 Click Advanced Settings 62 Initial Value of Fisheye Image Enclosing f Auto Calculated C Last Used Ceiling Floor Size V Last Used Convert Spherical to Little Planet Effect 490 90 Blender PweBlend SmartBlend Only fe Location of smartblend exe a Command line parameters MinSize 0 TSmooth 4 WrapMode 1 Restore Defaults OK Cancel X Tips After the Spherical panorama is being turned to Little Planet it will not support cubic to Spherical add ceiling and Floor add hotspot However when you click it will come back to Spherical panorama Save Panoramic Image Choose File gt Save Panoramic Image or click von toolbar select proper format and enter file name click Save button You may retouch or print saved panoramic image or make it into a multiple scene virtual tour 63 g A Panorama Size Mode Web Broadband M With Simple Blending Quality 6 Bits Output Fie T Convert to Cube Fates Output Resolution p gt DPI File Name EEE eng f User
10. Panoweaver 8 enables you to publish panorama as Flash VR you will find the following files in the published folder f Ox File Edit View Favorites Tools Help ay Back gt Bi Search 5 Folders Ei Address D Program Files Easypano Panoweaver 6 00 outputipanol Go WS _pano2 jpg getqt gif z index html J Make a new folder FS panoZ html Publish this Folder to Ea ano2 mov a the Web fue File and Folder Tasks kad Share this Folder Other Places G Panol 3 My Documents ig My Computer My Network Places Using Filezilla launch it login to your site host server as see below BA lt L ye a an FileZilla 7 _ Tes r File Edit View Transfer Server Bookmarks Help SS es Pe Pi oOrFa Password S J 1823Chatham a _auto fe flash a d html5 1 file and 2 directories Total size 553 bytes Server Local file Direction Remote file 4 Filename Filesize Filetype Last modifiec Filename Filesize Filetype Last me J d db flash File folder 11 9 2011 1 0 d cpan File folder 8 16 20 html5 File folder 11 9 2011 1 0 i cpanel File folder 9 3 201 index html 553 HTML Docum 11 10 2011 11 E cpcpan File folder 8 16 20 d fantasti Filefolder 3 14 20 d htpassw Filefolder 7 13 20 d MirrorS File folder 8 16 20 Local Drive on PC J uvsitebu File folder 3 14 20 rvsitebu File folder 3 14 20 d rvskin File folder 3 14 20 d trash File
11. Photography Equipment gt Digital camera abbreviation as DC Theoretically both digital camera and film camera work with fisheye lens to shoot fisheye images However Digital cameras are much convenient since the images can be transferred to computer directly without scanning the negatives as film camera So digital camera is better Recommended Nikon D70 D100 and Canon 10D 20D and 300D gt Fisheye lens Fisheye lens can capture an FOV field of view of over 180 degrees A panorama can be stitched from 2 or more fisheye images Sigma 8mm F4 EX DG Circular Fisheye lens is recommended gt Pano Head Also known as Panoramic Tripod Head or Rotator is installed on a tripod when shooting to eliminate the displacements between fisheye images so that the panorama can be stitched seamlessly Different pano head matches different DC The pano head from Kaidan Agnos and Manfrotto are compatible gt Tripod A tripod is an adjustable three legged stand used for supporting photography equipment when shooting Because fisheye lens covers a wide range of shooting area it calls for tripod with a not too long handle otherwise the long handle will cover a wide area in the stitched panorama and is difficult to be erased Stableness of the tripod is also important The tripod from Manfrotto and Bogen are recommended gt Recommended DSLR Sigma 8mm lens and stitch 4 T drum fisheye image Digital Camera and Fisheye Lens A normal 35 mm came
12. Used to emphasize new terms and concepts at the point where they are introduced Also used to designate the quoted terms or menus of the software Used to arouse the readers attention towards certain operations or things they should consider Used to offer some extra techniques on how to use Panoweaver Copyright Announcement This manual as well as the software described in it is furnished under license and may be used or copied only in accordance with the terms of such license The content of this manual is furnished for informational use only is subject to change without notice Except as permitted by such license no part of this publication may be reproduced stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means electronic mechanical recording or otherwise without the prior written permission of Easypano Panoweaver 8 and Easypano are trademarks of Easypano Holdings Inc Microsoft Windows Macintosh and Internet Explorer are registered trademarks of other Corporation About more on license information please refer to the license agreement included in the applications Other products mentioned in this manual have rights and marks held by their respective owners Feedback We welcome your comments and feedback on this manual Please send your comments to us by email support easypano com Visit the Help Desk or select Help gt Bug Report Feature Request to submit Introduction Panow
13. a component in scene viewer and then click Delete Set Properties for Components Set Properties for Progress Bar To set progress bar style 74 a gt W Drag them here and do more seftings then click OK 4 iT 7 Component Width 1640 Scene Viewer Height feo 0OtOCS To set the style of the progress bar Among Standard Custom only for pro edition Among None Standard in Standard edition None indicates progress bar and percentage loaded are not displayed Standard indicates displaying a standard bar and percentage loaded Custom You could import a progress bar with swf format Display Percentage Loaded If selected the progress bar will display the loading percentage if is not selected the loading percentage won t be displayed Width Height represents width and height of progress bar Bar Color represents the color of progress bar Container Color represents the color of container Set Properties for Toolbar To set its position and import a toolbar style 75 m Drag them here and do more settings then click OK lt if Ses p Component Width 1640 Scene Viewer Height so 00t Set Properties for Print To set its position image and hint Proper _ oo Image Op C Program Files a Hint bo a i x 1125 GL C Program Files ay Yy ni C Program Files ay X Y To set Print button position or just dr
14. and screw up Then fix it to the tripod and screw up Rotate the pano head to assure it can spin smoothly around the tripod axis 10 Pano Head gt Rotating base Mount the Fisheye Lens to the Camera First insert your flash card and battery in the DC To avoid dirtying the fisheye lens do not uncover the lens cap during the assembling process Hold the DC with one hand and the lens with the other hand then rotate the lens gently to tightly fix the two together Attach the Camera to the Pano Head Attach the camera and fisheye lens to the pano head and screw tightly with spanner Assure the camera body and horizontal line in a right angle 10 Non Lens Specific Pano Head As we mentioned pano head is to assure the nodal point perfectly on the axis of rotation while rotating the camera For non lens specific pano head you need to locate the correct nodal point location during installing and then fix them together Take the example of Canon 10D plus Sigma 8mm fisheye lens plus Manfrotto 303SPH to assemble the equipment Attach Manfrotto 303SPH to the Tripod Rotate the pano head to assure it can spin smoothly around the tripod axis Attach the Camera to the Pano Head 10 Align the white dot in the lens with the red dot in the camera then screw up AF Auto Focus mode is recommended as the red circle shown in the lens Attach the Camera amp Lens to the Pano Head Locate the
15. as adding a certain action like Link to URL Properties Component Images H otspotl hy c Program Fi iF F ElpooamFl oo Wi l x 7 H is y S e Program Fi GF Edit Hotspot Jl Settings Pop Up Image URL i Click Set Hotspots button hotspot settings window a 4 D Pas n tin Flat View under Panoramic Image tab to go to the e viai daai Remove Tripod Add Hotspots Panorama Type Best Fit Panorama Type v Ceiling Floor Oecd rots o 4 pi Properties e Component Images Hotspot1 Wi 40 K 2548 H 40 y Link to None Hint o E PORU a C URL r C Program Fil sy 4h C Program Fil sy p c C Program Fil 1431 Add Hotspot 1 Click on Add Hotspot 2 Then move your mouse on the panoramic image and press left mouse button to add a hotspot And the properties panel will display its properties and action Delete Hotspot 58 Method 1 Select a hotspot and click Delete Hospot Method 2 Select a hotspot and press Delete button on your keyboard Select Hotspot Click a hotspot on a panoramic image or Click the hotspot name in Hotspot List Selecting multiple hotspots is supported Move Hotspot After selecting one or more hotspots hold the left mouse key and drag Use arrow keys to move the selected hotspots Move a single hotspot by changing the X Y coordinates of it in the properties panel of the hotspot Set Hotspot P
16. bracket all the way to the front and take pairs of test shots Each pair will have the vertically aligned objects in the left and then the right side of the viewfinder After each pair of photos slide the bracket rearward and repeat the process Slide the bracket the Same increment each time i e 10mm Be sure to record the scale setting for each pair of images Process the film or in the case of digital cameras download the images to your computer At the end of this process you will be able locate the pair of images with the least relative movement If no single image is optimum you may need to interpolate between two images to find the closest value p 5 Note This part is an abstract from Kaidan User Manual Thanks Kaidan You may also refer to http www 360texas com Tips nodalpts htm for some instruction on Nodal Point location Adjust Camera and Shoot Image Preset Camera Presetting once is enough when shooting many images for different scenes Set as fisheye mode Optional C 5 Note DSLR camera need not adjust this For Nikon Coolpix series and some cameras with no fisheye mode you need to set manually before shooting Here is a brief instruction Camera Model Instruction on selecting lens Nikon Coolpix 5400 8700 8400 Go to the menu and select Lens gt Fisheye Nikon Coolpix 4500 995 Go to the menu and select Lens gt Fisheyel for full circular fisheye shooting OR Lens gt Fisheyez2 for full frame fisheye shooting N
17. different exposure compensation value There are obvious image brightness differences in the two fisheye images area Set AE Lock Optional 10 O 5 Note DSLR camera need not adjust this Setting AE Lock Automatic Exposure Lock is one of the most significant steps in panorama shooting AE lock is the ability to lock the cameras calculated exposure settings aperture shutter speed and sensitivity over a series of images When stitching images together each image should have the same exposure The flash is turned off while AE Lock is in effect 5 Note Above panorama image is stitched from images shooting without using AE Lock There are obvious image brightness difference in the two fisheye images area and two obvious blue seams resulting from difference exposure value of two fisheye images After setting the proper aperture and exposure compensation turn to AE Lock gt ON in the menu Shoot Fisheye Images Please take the following steps strictly 1 Shoot the first fisheye image Place the point of interest in the center of the viewfinder then half press the shutter to focus 2 Shoot the other consecutive fisheye image To guarantee the tripod stableness hold it with one hand Turn the pano head gently with the other hand Rotate appropriate degrees and take the images around 360 degrees O 5 Note It is Suggested the images be shot clockwise otherwise you may have to reverse the sequence when lo
18. e Click this to clear the area you have selected for both hide and show area Shaper The shape of the masking brush You can choose square or round Size 4 The size of the masking pen Resete If you want to reset masking part click it Export maske Produce a png image which is same size as the original image The black area means hide part and the blue area means show area If you will use this mask part next time or many times then export it for next time using Import maske If you want to stitch the previous panorama or every image need the same mask area click it to import the mask you save last time and you will save a lot of time to stitch the panorama 1 Click oa to begin masking setting mode L Hide wr is editable as default 2 Semitransparent area 1 Hide area means part of this image will hide after stitching 3 Blue area 2 show area means this part should be shown after stitching 2 Move Click 1 you can view the both hide area and show area and also to move the image position to adjust it to the best fit j _ i Moeve Y crop G Mask gt Panorama Type gt gt Celingf loor o gt Pano EXIF 2 2 2 3 Crop If the source images are fisheye images you also need to set fisheye image enclosing This is an important step to get the high quality panorama for fisheye images This function is only applicable to drum and full circular images 39 Source Im
19. fields is calculated according to the read EXIF data info For details please refer to set Image Type g Automatic fa Image Type FullFrarne Fisheye Hor Foy beg Pano EXIF Set EXIF information in this panel You can set the panorama Longitude Latitude and NorthPano in formation in EXIF in the panorama you are stitching in the For details please refer to PanoEXIF Longitude Latitude NorthPan or p 28 Panorama Type You are able to set type and size of the panoramic image that you want to get in this panel For details please refer to Set panorama type Spherical Panorama E Cubic Panorama Ty Cylindrical Panorama Ceiling Floor You are able to add or remove Ceiling Floor logo in this panel cleik ae A bac 1 Image File _ _ Create by Little Planet Status Bar After each operation is finished relative information will show on this bar If you click a picture the operation info name of the picture format size and shutter aperture compensation value will be shown in this bar Save project imzll jpg z000 3008 24b 170s 15 0 My First Panorama Before we get to stitching however it s important that we start with proper source images Panoweaver 8 supports normal lens wide angle lens and fisheye lens It can handle almost every kind of image one row or multiple rows of images in any orientation Shoot with Normal Lens or Wide ang
20. just takes advantage of the bracket exposure At each direction you may shoot several images with predefined exposure values and then place images with the Same exposure value into the same group to stitch them finally you may combine the stitched panoramic images to create HDR images rip Basic Steps with Panoweaver Professional Edition Basic Steps with Panoweaver Batch Edition How to combine the generated panoramic images into an HDR Image Basic Steps with Panoweaver Professional Edition 1 Shoot several groups of image e g three groups with three stops Import each group of images into Panoweaver 8 pro and stitch to get three panoramic images 2 Access Windows Start menu Start gt Programs gt Easypano gt Panoweaver 8 Professional Edition gt Create HDR Image then the Create HDR Image window will pop up 3 Windows Messenger a Internet Explorer Create HDR Image Wi msn Easypano Website f Tour Windows XP D eee a Outlook Express Help P Files and Settings Tra p Remote Assistance Wt License Agreement Sf Wizard Windows Media Player a Panoweaver 6 Professional Edition read me if Uninstall fg Easypano PEGE what is new A Log OFF O Turn OFF Computer Pi Windows Messenger Microsoft Office Wor ay windows Movie Maker All Programs 3 Import the three panoramic images into Create HDR Image window and click HOR W create an HDR image Refer to How t
21. of camera and lens parameters When Automatic is selected automatic calculation will be displayed in the items 2 and 3 When Custom is selected the items 2 and 3 are editable 2 Image Type To display or set the image type including Circular Fisheye image Drum Fisheye image Full Frame Fisheye image Wide angle image and Normal image Image Type Default Hor FOV degree Circular Fisheye Drum Fisheye 120 FullFrame Fisheye 88 Raynox Wide angle Norma Raynox es S O b Note Only stitching of three raynox images is supported Use Matching Points Panel You may see matching points parameters of each pair of images in this panel in_ Editable Original Image View under Source Images Tab For details of inserting matching points please refer to Insert Matching Points 36 Matching Point Table jij Information Left Right Distance Enough matching points Pi _ gt Orphaned Images P2 1741 1520 359 1550 0 75209 Linked Images PS 1675 1726 304 1754 0 64647 FI LePs45a78 P4 1656 1157 304 1187 0 63344 gt Image pairs with less than 3 pairs of matching points PS 1657 1502 270 1533 0 54441 gt Image pairs with matching points in big error 4 8 4 5 PA 1583 1331 206 1354 0 53625 5 4 x 1 Matching Point Table To display the matching points of a current image pair for the details about operations on matching points please refer toInsert Matching Points 2 To display
22. proximity of objects to the camera A scene with only far away objects is forgiving to nodal point misalignment Therefore if you are unsure of the nodal point alignment of your camera it s best to start with a landscape scene not a panorama taken inside a building 30 Tip How to find the nodal point of a lens Lock the camera s exposure and white balance Although Panoweaver compensates for exposure differences you will get the best results if there are no brightnessor color differences in the images Please use the sample normal images taken handheld with a digital SLR camera Download the images for this tutorial Shoot with Fisheye Lens Basic steps 1 Decide the type of fisheye image that you want to shoot 31 2 Select proper photographic equipment Please refer to Main Photography Equipment 3 Shoot fisheye image Please refer to Workflow of Shooting Fisheye Images Qt of Image Way of Shooting Drum 4 44 T 4 B 44 7T B 4 pictures in portrait mode Full Frame 6 6 T 6 B 6 T B 6 pictures in portrait mode 4 4 T 4 B 44 T B 4 pictures in landscape mode Full Circular X Tip T refers to Top fisheye image which can be obtained through rotating camera up to shoot B refers to Bottom fisheye image which can be obtained through rotating down to shoot For more details please check Panorama Photography Stitch Panoramic Image Even if this is your first time to use Panoweaver you don t ha
23. the panorama Basic steps to insert matching points L 2 atching Point Table Pi i741 1675 1656 1657 1583 Pe t P3 P4 Click Eto enter Matching Points Editing View under Source Images Tab The Matching Points Editing Area consists of two image panels to show two neighbor images at the same time Figure tags on the top of both panels represent the orders of images In two neighbor images each pair of matching points has the same color and tag number When Panoweaver stops stitching to remind you to add matching points matching points in these images become green and the mismatching points in these images become red other points you add are in other colors The location of each pair of points is shown as coordinates x y and recorded in matching points list in Matching Points Panel When the cursor moves to a certain part of the image that part will be magnified then you can view the image clearly and add matching points easily Click on the image to insert a matching point and then cursor will relocate its corresponding point on the other image Auto leaping may not be very accurate so you need to adjust it manually If you want to insert Lo matching points manually without auto stitch click at the bottom of the editing area to cancel auto leap There must be at least 3 pairs of matching points in each pair of images These 3 pairs of matching points should not be too near It will get t
24. CH 180 Flip r Ifthe imported images are Circular or Drum images you need to adjust a Circle surrounding the fisheye images please refer to Image edit for details rrn TUe Source Images Panoramic Image T EEE 948 Best Fit Adiust the X coordinate lt lt Moeve J Crop G Mask 2 circle enter X 758 t the Y coordinate enter Y 980 gq D circle Hold down the mouse button a to change cente Radius 705 et just the radius of gt circle V Apply to All Change the rac Matching Points Editing View 24 Source Images L Panoramic Image i aaa Fg ca ea click to re to KEENE Points Editing nzm fe fe a fe 1s Ie a Js 6 1 gt E gio original image d matching paint To display the feedback info of the cafculationy result of stitching parameters pol 174l 1520 359 1550 0 75209 P3 1675 1726 304 1754 0 64647 P4 304 1187 0 63344 1657 1502 270 1533 0 54441 Nps 1683 1331 206 1354 0 536 gt Linked Images 123496 786 gt Image pairs with less than 3 pairs of matching points gt Image pairs with matching points in big error 4 6 4 5 5 7 To list different association relations among image pairs after searching for matching points and optimization To display he mat
25. Conversion Convert from cubic panorama Ctrl F9 to spherical one or vice versa Spherical Little Planet Convert from Spherical panorama to Little Planet Save Stitching Parameters Save Stitching Parameters Ctrl W after finish stitching and name the parameter Manage Stitching Parameters Make adjustments to the Stitching Parameters Stitch Stitch panorama directly Ctrl F5 Strong Algorithm Deal with unsuccessful stitching Ctrl Alt F5 X Tip It is suggested stitching with Strong Algorithm when matching points are not enough during default stitching Stitch with Last The parameter saved last Ctrl L Former Parameter time after stitching Parameters Former List all the saved parameters Parameter in the Manage Stitching Parameters window 3 Image menu Image menu Feature Description Best Fit Display an image Ctrl 0 at a proper percentage depending on the size of display window Rotate 90CW 90 degree clockwise rotation 90CCW 90 degree counterclockwise rotation 180 180 degree rotation 19 ____EFfip Horizontal Flip horizontally Flip Vertically 4 Tools menu Tools menu Feature Description Language System Defaults System default language Multilanguage List Choice of multilanguage Advanced Settings Advanced Settings 5 Help menu Helpmenu_ Feature Description Help Topics Opens the help file of Panoweaver www easypano com Visit easypano com website for mo
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27. System eMacintosh OSX 10 4 10 5 10 6 10 7or later version Computer Hardware e G4 or higher e 1G RAM or more e Network card or modem must be installed e 100M of free hard disk space or more 300M of free hard disk or more is required for generating HDR image e Video display of 1024x768pixels or higher 16 bit colors or higher supported T 5 Note 2G RAM or more is recommended to stitch panorama over 10000 5000 or to get HDR image Others e OpenGL 1 2 or above is required To view panoramas in Macintosh you need Operating System Macintosh OSX 10 4 10 5 10 6 10 7or later version Computer Hardware e G3 400MHz or faster processor e 512MB free memory e Video display of 800x600 pixels or higher 1024x768 is suggested 16 bit colors or higher supported Others Microsoft IE6 0 Chrome10 0 Firefox 4 0 Safari5 0 or later version Firefox 4 0 or later version To view Flash VR flash player 9 0 is necessary Please download Flash Player 9 0 and install it e To view panorama with Easypano virtual tour player Java Virtual Machine is necessary Please download Microsoft JVM or Sun JRE and Install it e To view QTVR QuickTime 6 0 or later version is necessary Please download QuickTime player Install Panoweaver 8 0 Trial Version 1 Download the trial version of Panoweaver 8 from Easypano website 2 Close all other Windows applications which are currently running 3 Double click the Panoweaver installation package to r
28. a Longitude sl Latitude NorthPan a 2 Click 1 button it will comes out a Longitude and Latitude setting window like following ee olay Dare eee NUUGIES IVIG VICWEUI of Oy terme ryt Z a ihai P at a Am M Museum a min JE North Gate he Palace Beijing Working People s F Cultural Palace Square aemm aerate Viv Mapane Initial Longitude fi 16 397 Initial Latitude 39 917 Initial Zoom 14 Initial Map Mode Map z Cancel MV Show Google Map s Navigation You can drag the tag to the place you want to put and click Apply to finish the setting Click 2 it will comes out Northpan setting window move the red cross to the position of Nortpano you set The information of Pan Tilt Fov will show in the up left of the window After you close this window the information of orthpan will added in the EXIF of Panorama Note when there is panorama image in the edit stage the Pano EXIF component could be edited and setting but when there is no panorama image in the stage Pano EXIF component will be disable How to Remove Tripod FOV of fisheye lens is so wide that tripod is usually captured in the images which may destroy the perfection of your images You may take a nadir image 90 down view picture to cover the tripod or remove tripod from the panoramic image by some image editing software Use Other Image Editing Software to Retouch If you don t want to add a log
29. ading images in Panoweaver 3 Shoot top bottom fisheye optional Please shoot Top Bottom fisheye image on the last rotation For 4 fisheye please rotate pano head up and down to shoot at the 4th location For 6 fisheye please shoot up and down at the 6th location You should stay with the last rotation Shooting in some other location will cause an incorrect stitching 4 Shooting another scene After shooting a scene cover the fisheye lens cap Move all the equipment to the other scene you want to shoot 10 i i j 5 Note Turn the AE Lock Off otherwise the shutter speed and aperture are locked The shooting procedure is the same as stated above 5 Import the images to the computer After Finishing import the fisheye images to computer through DC or card reader If the original image has much noise or is not sharp enough it can be retouched in any image editing application such as Photoshop Fireworks etc Shoot Bracket Images Auto bracket exposure is a method to obtain the image with the highest quality Usually camera processes bracket exposure quickly To shoot the first image use standard exposure value obtained by camera automatically To shoot the second image use exposure value which is lower a number than that of the first one To shoot the third image use exposure value which is higher a number than that of the first one Exposure Value is usually abbreviated as EV and its unit is pace EV is a cal
30. adowaea aa AN 70 General Properties enci a a E a A 71 FEE ARYA n P E AES L A N EEA I A EA NA E E I N A 72 QuULK TINE VR eee ea T TE E S 80 IO SOV D S Oa cn eee tase natateoaan 81 SASH CE eee ret ne Me AUER MED et eer eI MT een RR ee Re Henn ee ee eR nee 85 Advanced SOR SS ai cc ce dares int eee gy acura dens sonst sda tes dese A eet lena 86 GECHDR TTC Erare Cas ten tenuate tudo e aeesesead ar eanenntentehs O 88 Get HDR Image from Camera Raw File uu cccccsccestecessecesseecesseeesseeeesesenees 91 Get HDR Image from Bracket ExpPOSuUre ccc ccccccsscesssecesecessecessesesseeeeeesesees 92 FAO eee a eer one nr ee eee eer a ee eee re ete eer are eee ete eee 93 Panorama PhHOtoGraphy ccc cccscccssccesecesssecessecesseecessecesssecessecesseeceseeesaeecens 94 STOOL NOM MM LIV CS si secre cil tee latent eb a wiuidaee te a AN 94 SIOOL FISMEV CS IMAGES arctan eee a 96 M i Phot graphy EQUIDEM missini r a i 96 Workflow of Shooting Fisheye IMAGES ccc ccssccssecessecesseecessecesseesenseeesseens 100 PIO COG UD oessa a E A 98 Welcome This document explains the installation and operation of Easypano Panoweaver 8 It is intended for both newbies and professionals who engage in panorama stitching and virtual tour building Conventions and Definitions Copyright Announcement Feedback Conventions and Definitions We use the following typographical conventions and definitions in this document Typeface or Icons Italic
31. ag the button in Scene Viewer to adjust its position Image You can also customize the Print button appearance by importing three images for the three states of the button Each button possesses three states including normal state over state and down state When you select xx_1 jpg as the image for normal state the program will search xx_2 jpg and xx_3 jpg in the same folder automatically and add them as the images of over state and down state Therefore you may use the same prename for the three state images like xx_1 jpg xx_2 jpg and xx_3 jpg to save your time when importing them 76 Hint If you want some hints to appear when putting mouse over the button you can input the tips here and you can also customize font size color etc Set Properties for Show Hel To set info image for panorama Component og Arana tiad EA l r if ees x9 Show help Image th C Program Files ay Hint x 210 4h C Program Files ay Source File s REI 4 Y 4 n C Program Files E iz As to settings for X Y Hint Image please refer to Print properties setting Source File To import an image file Set Properties for Play Sound Component Initial Image On start startl ong GF Gicked Image Or histop stopi png GF Play Sound Gh l start start2 ong GF Gh histop stop2 png G x 76 209 Fi start start3 ong sf mn h stop stop3 png y 1155 DEn Hint E Hint E As to X Y Hint setting
32. ages Panoramic Image gt Image Type wv Edit Image E55 Ea Best Fit Adiust the X coordinates lt Moeve J Crop G Mask gt circle m enter X 758 coy t the Y coordinate enter Y 980 gq circle a mouse button a to change cente Radius 705 wo just the radius of gt circle V Apply to All plement the nrameters to the gt Panorama Type gt gt gt Change the rac her images gt Ceiling Floor Basic Steps 1 Select an image and zoom it to proper size in Image Show and Operation Area 2 Drag the yellow circle properly around the fisheye image in the panel to change radius Press Ctri Left Mouse Key to change center 3 Adjust Center X Center Y Radius to locate the yellow circle around the fisheye image no more and no less Center X stands for the x coordinates of the enclosing Center Y is the y coordinates of the enclosing while Radius refers to the circle s radius Click a yellow circle moves up click al yellow circle moves down click a yellow circle moves left click 1 yellow circle moves right click yellow circles zooms in click a yellow circle zooms out 4 Generally if a group of fisheye images are shot with the same equipment the setting parameters of one image are applicable to the other images After you adjust the yellow circle you may select Apply to All Images to implement the parameters to the other images X Tip If you want to use parameters of the
33. al flash card with the camera is generally 16M You may purchase different memory card as 128M 256M etc Computer Computer is necessary sometimes to store more images Make sure your computer has been installed with USB driver and Nikon View software also with the power cable USB cable serial cable card reader etc Camera remote cord Remote cord is helpful in prevent the camera from Shivering during shooting Please inquire the local camera store for more information Camera bag A camera bag can be considered for convenience Inquire the local camera shop for more information Check your equipment before hand gt gt gt Check for enough battery Observe your fisheye lens and clean it with lens tissue if any smudge Ensure the tripod stable and level Assemble the Equipment Pano Head can be classified as two types lens specific pano head and non lens specific pano head The former is applied to certain lens and cameras which is simple to install since there will be no need locating a nodal point The latter can be used to all the lenses amp cameras however you need to locate the nodal point yourself The following chapter will give you instruction on assembling different equipment Lens Specific Pano Head Take the example of Nikon Coolpix 8700 plus FC E9 fisheye lens plus Agnos MrotatorB to assemble the equipment Attach the Pano Head to the Tripod First attach the pano head to the rotating base of the tripod
34. and the widest layers The excellent feature of Raw is that it saves original CCD data to make it much easier for users to edit keeping the original message without revising Usually non Raw image even if TIF format has been processed by digital camera As a result those formats are featured by producers This is the reason why we say Colorful Sony and Blue Fuji Take Canon D100 as example to explain how to set camera to shoot Raw image The Image Quality Menu Highlight Image Quality in the shooting menu 136 and press the multi selector to the right Oo Bank Select Image Qualit The menu shown at right will be displayed After Eeoae pressing the multi selector up or down to high ieran light the desired option press the multi selector ft to the right to put your choice into effect and re turn to the shooting menu Selecting NEF Raw from the image quality menu displays the menu of NEF mode options shown at ive ye right Highlight the desired NEF mode and press I NEF Mode the multi selector to the right 97 Photograph Tips Lighting gt Flashlight will get disabled when using fisheye lens Selecting a better light is vital to get a better image 10 am to 2 pm is fine for outdoor shooting since it is sunshiny Turn the light on when shooting indoors gt DO NOT get overexposure otherwise the fisheye images will have a distinct blue or dark seam gt To get a deeper Depth of Field we sugg
35. another one rip Only when the product was activated can users proceed to transfer license 16 Basic Knowledge of Panoweaver 8 About Panoweaver Project File Project still exists in Panoweaver 8 as in Panoweaver 7 So you may save unfinished panoramic image as a pw file and continue to edit it later For details please refer to Project User Interface User Interface of Panoweaver 8 mainly includes 5 parts Menu Bar Toolbar Image Show and Operation Area Panel and Status Bar Menu Bar This section gives an overview of the menu commands and related keyboard shortcuts of Panoweaver 8 If a shortcut is available it is shown next to the function File Panorama Image Tools Help E 22 9 2 Spherical amp Cubic and Spherical amp Littie Pianet ee ee a Th move Bt Crop G mask Center x amp Canter Y a op A 1 menu New Project Start a new project Ctrl N import images Open Project Open an existing project Ctrl O pw file Close Project Close the current project Ctrl C Save Project Save the current project Ctrl E Import Panoramic Image Load panoramic image Ctrl I Save Project As Save the current project under a different name Save Panoramic Image Save the generated Ctrl S panoramic image Publish Publish a panorama Ctrl B Share Share your panorama in Facebook or iEasypano 18 2 Panorama menu Feature Description Shortcuts Spherical Cubic
36. ate Activate Request File meets following requirements 1 Network card is installed 2 TCP IP protocol is installed 3 Network card is not disabled Transfer License Key If you want to move your software from current computer to a new one or plan to upgrade your hardware transferring license should be done in advance This feature deactivates the product on your current machine so it can be reactivated on the new or upgraded computer Transfer License Mechanism 1 Run Transfer License 2 Activation ID and Serial Number are uploaded to Easypano Activation Server 3 Activation Server checks the Activation ID 4 Activation Server deactivates the current product and gives feedback to you Please click Help gt Transfer License it can be finished in a moment 15 File Panorama Image Tools Help ee ao E mtenew Source Images Panoramic amp Remove Tripod Add Help Topics WN easypano com Check for Update Bug Report Feature Request Buy Now Easypano Product Activation Transfer License About Easypano Q Note Internet connection is required to transfer license In case you need transfer license offline say the original computer can not be accessed or crashed please directly contact support easypano com An inclusion of your serial number in the email will be more helpful Easypano support will transfer your license in original computer so that you can reactivate in
37. cate nodal point to keep the camera in a fixed position to avoid parallax error Refer to How to locate nodal point 3 Calculate the rotation degree and the number of rows required for stitching and shoot images rip To stitch a 360 degree panoramic image the number of shots required for stitching varies with different cameras and lens A calculating tool is available at http www easypano com Panorama software 47 382 html Shoot hand held 1 Calculate the rotation degree to calculate the rotation degree when shooting each shot 360 the minimum number of shots for example if the minimum number of shots after calculation is 12 then the rotation degree should be 30 Kip If the calculation result is shooting at least 11 images shooting 12 images is suggested to get a better stitching result 2 Hand hold a camera keep the camera in the same spot for every shot and proceed in a straight line Don t move the camera up and down between shots to follow an up and down horizon Ideally use a tripod K iip 1 To get the best result inside a building for professional use please note A tripod and a panoramic pano head are suggested while shooting Handhold shooting is not suggested As well the nodal point should be adjusted precisely 2 If you want to shoot far away objects outside a building and only one row of pictures for stitching handhold shooting can also be applied 5 Note For the best results take photos using the foll
38. ching points of a current image pair Feature Description 00 OO Auto match Disable auto match After placing one matching point move the mouse pointer to the expected location of the matching point automatically LOU o _ Display the image at a proper percentage depending on the size of display window As to how to use the matching points panel below please refer to Use Matching Points Panel Matching Paint Table Information nt Distance Enough matching points 62 1698 1 00125 gt Orphaned Images 35 1550 0 75203 gt Linked Images P3 P3 1675 1726 304 1754 0 64647 172345678 Pe 1656 1157 304 1187 0 63344 gt Image pairs with less than 3 pairs of matching points PS5 1657 1502 270 1533 054441 gt Image pairs with matching points in big error 4 8 4 5 P PE 55 1331 206 1354 0 53625 T 6 7 Kip When you click the image tag on the left it will be marked in black and the related images on the right are marked in red C 5 Note If the matching points in Matching Point Table is marked in red it means the distance is too large deleting the pair of points before stitching If the effective matching points are less than three pairs insert matching points manually Panoramic Images Tab 25 Panorama in Flat View amp Remove Tripod Add Hotspots Panorama Type Best Fit N A 4 o SS On a 5 E S T TR 0 Loa p
39. culation method to express aperture and shutter For instance EV 13 means several groups of shutter aperture values of the same EV as 13 such as 1 30sec f 16 1 15 f 22 1 125 f 8 etc Please refer to the picture below ee Bae Fea Ee esee _ Sep e lohe ganna a ss e T e le TAEA KE 18 19 20_ The smaller EV value is the more light camera will take in Al Ki eee ERR PIE In some old cameras first set exposure bracket for instance press BKT button in Nikon Camera and then adjust EV finally press shutters 3 times consecutively Different cameras have different EV mode most of which are between 2EV to 2EV The quantity of images is also different Some cameras shoot 3 images and some shoot 5 images In most new camera you just need to set EV and then press shutter once 11 Exposure and Flash Bracketing Select the type of bracketing to be performed 12 BKT set using Custom Setting 12 BKT set 146 Choose AE amp flash to vary both exposure and AF AE only flash level the default setting AE only to Flash only vary only exposure or Flash only to vary only W2 WB bracketing flash level Pressing the GJ button rotate the main com mand dial until is displayed in the control panel and the E icons in the control panel and viewfinder start to blink Press the Gj button and rotate the sub com mand dial to choose a bracketing program 90 91
40. e first thumbnail image is selected by default Select one or more images and drag to change position Editable Original Image View 22 Source Images Panoramic Image g5 g Click to display a single image Navigation Chart Area to Gisplay the original image Feature Description 100S A Set the image display proportion The available range is 3 800 Best Fit Display the image at a proper percentage depending on the size of display window Navigation chart Navigation Chart shows thumbnail of the image in Image Show Area Drag the Move handle to move the chart How to zoom in zoom out image gt Use Ctrl zoom in and Ctrl zoom out Use Image gt View gt Zoom In Zoom Out in Menu bar gt gt Click arrow under S select scaling value in drop down list gt Locate the mouse in the combobox and roll the mousewheel to scale the image gt Double click the figure under jj revise it and then press enter How to move image within Image Show Area gt Hold down left mouse button and drag gt Use Navigation Chart button If you move Navigation Chart image s location in Image Show Area will change simultaneously X Tip 23 b If you right click on Image Show Area the following menu will appear which has the same function as Image in Menu bar See below Hext POU Previous POP Zoom In Ctrltt Zoom Out Ctrlt Best Fit Ctrltu JOCH g0C
41. eaver can stitch normal or fisheye images into 360 panoramic images Compared with traditional plane image panoramic image provides 360 field of view to make viewer feel like in the scene physically As a result it is widely used in exhibition business for instance real estate tourist scene automobile hotel campus culture site and gymnasium In addition panoramic image can also be used as a record tool in emergency plan real estate management map and other business Compared with words and plane image panoramic image is more vivid to record comprehensive information Panoweaver 8 comes in two editions Standard Professional What s New Added features Mask function Transition effect from Little Planet to Normal view by right click menu in FlashVR and SWF tour Provide resetting size stitching parameters of panorama when save and publish Automatic Little Planet Ceiling Floor Sharing functions in iEasypano and Facebook Add Longitude Latitude and NorthPan information to EXIF in panorama Improved features Optimize cylindrical projection effect Optimize Drum stitching effect and solve black seaming problem Optimize stitching process You can customize the size of panorama when you save it Customize DPI Dots Per Inch when saving panorama Customize Viewer Size when publishing the single tour Add initial Autoplay setting in HTML5 tour and iPad size setting Removed features Image Adjust Color Balance Brightne
42. ect 6 I have used auto match function when inserting matching points why it is still not accurate Panoweaver allows the misalignment of the location of auto matched points as long as they are within certain range If misalignment is really serious please check 1 if the two images are adjacent 2 for Circular and Drum type are the center of the circle and radius set correctly If you encounter a problem when using Panoweaver which is not answered in this online help visit the Panoweaver Support page at http www easypano com fag html or http www easypano com kb html Here you ll find an up to date list of frequently asked questions and answers and links to additional resources 7 Some tips used in stitching If the fisheye images distortion you have shot is large it is suggested that you change the FOV manually e g 185 degree and then stitch them Panorama Photography Shoot Normal Images Panoweaver 8 supports normal lens wide angle lens and fisheye lens It can handle almost every kind of image one row or multiple rows of images in any orientation Workflow of Shooting Normal Images Shoot with pano head and tripod 1 Set your photographic equipment in place a tripod a pano head and a camera Attach the Pano Head to the Tripod to make sure the pano head can spin smoothly around the tripod axis 94 2 Attach the Camera to the Pano Head Assure the camera body and horizontal line in a right angle Lo
43. er after published Generate files for autorun CD autorun inf Compression Quality 85 Thumbnail width 160 Height 80 V Specified size Width 1640 Height 480 l Scale to Browser Window p Viewer Parameters Pan Min 180 Init 0 Max 160 Tilt Min 90 Init 0 Max 90 Foy Min 30 Init 75 Max 150 Click the set the Initial Min and Max values of Pan Tilt and FOV of panorama Restore Defaults Publish Save Cancel Options e Open output folder after published e Generate files for autorun CD autorun inf If this option is selected Panoweaver will generate an autorun inf file for autorun CD Compression Quality Click Quality button to adjust image compression quality and display compressed size of file in the pop up window Refer to Adjust JPEG quality Thumbnail 71 Thumbnail of panoramic image in html page Customize the size of thumbnail in index html in the published files The default size of the thumbnail is 160x80 pix Viewer Size Set the size of viewer e Recommended Panoweaver will calculate a recommended size of viewer in accordance with the size of panoramic image Please refer to the following table Recommended Size of Viewer Web Dialup 400 300 Web Broadband 640 480 CD 800 600 Print 1024 768 Custom Panoweaver calculates the size of viewer according to the size defined by users e Custom User defines the
44. era can be rotated to take a set of pictures for making a panorama without suffering from parallax If you want to know how to adjust pano head you may also refer to http www panoguide com howto panoramas setu anohead js Tripod A tripod is an adjustable three legged stand used for supporting photography equipments when shooting Because fisheye lens covers a wide range of shooting area it calls for tripod with a not too long handle otherwise the long handle will cover a wide area in the stitched panorama and is difficult to be erased Stableness of the tripod is also important The tripod from Manfrotto and Bogen are recommended Compatible Equipment 99 The typical package of equipment for shooting fishey image Equipment Middle Resolution High Resolution ITD Digital Camera Nikon D90 D300 Nikon DS Fisheye Lens Pano Head Miro wTCPShart ii 1 ae Manfrotto 190CL Refer to http www easypano com pw6 equipment html for details Workflow of Shooting Fisheye Images Other Accessories In addition to preparing all the necessary equipment such as DC fisheye lens pano head and tripod preparing some other accessories will facilitate the photography process Enough battery Make sure to charge your battery and enough spare batteries are available 10 gt Enough memory cards Estimate the shot images amounts and the memory of the flash card then calculate your needed card numbers The origin
45. est a larger F value i e smaller aperture and a longer exposure time However exposure time should be less than 1 4 to avoid stuck Pixel gt Usethe Aperture Exposure Lock setting on a digital camera to capture equal lighting between hemisphere pictures If there is a primary light source place iton the seam This will balance the light between the hemispheres and keep overexposure to a minimum Close blinds or curtains and turn all room lights on to even out the lighting on sunny days gt Indoor lighting We often encounter a serious color differences in two interior shots Here is the way to avoid this Enable your Automatic Exposure LOCK AE L and Automatic Focus Lock AF L gt Turn you back to the primary light Sun or bright window and turn 90 degrees to your left or right and take your first image Take each image through to the end of the image sequence Turn Off or disable AE L and AF L II Components gt Place the point of interest in the center of the image Never put it on the seam of the fisheye images gt Choose appropriate distance and shooting angle to prominently show your emphatic object in the image gt Pay attention to motion especially at the image seam People or animals moving across the seam when you take a picture can appear blurred in the final panorama image gt Make sure to keep any part of your body out of the image area because the fisheye lens captures 183 degrees of the area surrounding the ca
46. et Explorer Sele File Edit View Favorites Tools Help td Baci is x B A pP Search ST Favorites EA R Address E D Program Files Easypano Panoweaver 6 00 output panol _flast Go Links gt gt A i Paste the codes to pano the page in which you want to embed the panorama 3 How to embed this panorama in my web page a Copy the following code and paste it in your own web page lt a href onClick jJavascript window open panoz html blank status yes top O left 0 w idth 400 height 300 gt lt img sre _ panoz jpg width 160 height 8s0 border 0 gt lt a gt b Copy corresponding resource files including scene scene config xml pw swt panol html to the folder of your own page Please keep the file structure unchanged j 4 My Computer QuickTime VR 81 Same as Easypano Virtual Tour Player after you publish panorama as QuickTime VR format you will find the following files in the published folder Fie Edit View Favorites Tools Help Back sd Bi pa Search gt Folders FEE Address D Program Files EasypanolPanoweaver 5 00 outputipanal 30 A O scene File and Folder Tasks 2 index html gj panoi html i 1 Faq panoi mow J Make a new Folder Publish this Folder to the Web Share this Folder Other Places c pancl My Documents A My Computer a My Network Places Steps to embed the OTVR panorama into webpage Flash VR
47. ettings Control Button Settings Background Sound File ie FT Loop Autoplay Context Menu Website Link Atto www easypano com F Initial Little Planet Effect Duration f H 5 I Initial Auto Rotation Direction Right Rotation Speed 10 Restore Defaults Publish Save Cancel As to the settings please refer to Flash VR 79 Quick Time VR Publish Panorama Options C Full Screen OTVR Full Screen QTVR To play your QTVR panorama in full screen on start please tick the check box of Full Screen QTVR 80 Upload to Website There are steps to upload panorama to website 1 Publish panorama into a specified local folder of this site 2 Upload the published files to the relative destination on your server If your website is maintained by others you have to send the files to them to upload instead How to embed panorama into webpage Use webpage editing software for example Dreamweaver to open the webpage which you want to embed the panorama for example home html Double click to open the published html file index html In this html file you will see the Steps Copy the codes generated in the text area of index html see image below paste them to webpage home html and save it to the same folder with all published files Finally use FTP tool for example CuteFTP to upload all files to website server Generated by Easypano Panoweaver Microsoft Intern
48. folder 7 13 20 fal access l File folder 10 10 2 d bin File folder 8 16 20 r cpmove File folder 10 10 2 J etc File folder 10 8 20 R yee oe AR FE K POR ANA LNN 18 files and 25 directories Total size 983 845 066 byte Status 2 Find the files created by PW on your PC Left screen and then go to the location you want to copy the file ite ese nasal ami pass 1823Chatham _auto w be 1823Chatham 5 auto a ji flash cme html5 Filename Filesize Filetype Last modifiec Filename Filesize Filetype Last m flash File folder 11 9 2011 1 0 L html5 File folder 11 9 2011 1 0 Empty directory listing g index html 553 HTML Docum 11 10 2011 11 3 Select and copy files from the on your PC Left screen and then go drag them to the right screen on the Local site pass 1823Chatham _auto w E 1823Chatham ed _auto a d flash d html5 Filename Filesize Filetype Last modifiec Filename Filesize Filetype Last me Empty directory listing 84 4 The your structures is completed and should look somewhat like the following picture below Filename Filesize Filetype Last modifiec Filename Filesize Filetype Last me J j AL File folder flash File folder html5 File folder 2 index htm 553 HTML Doc F index htm 553 HTML Doci Drag from Local PC to Server Directory gt gt gt 4 MT b eat mT Selected 1 file and 2 director
49. for technical support If you still have problems after the above steps you could email to us Support easypano com or contact us via other ways Install Panoweaver 8 System Requirements For Windows To use Panoweaver 8 in Windows you need Operating System gt Microsoft Windows 2K XP Vista 7 Computer Hardware gt PIII 800MHz AMD 2800 or faster processor gt 1G RAM or more gt Network card or modem must be installed gt 100M of free hard disk space or more 300M of free hard disk or more is required for generating HDR image gt Video display of 1024x768 pixels or higher 16 bit colors or higher supported T 5 Note 2G RAM or more is recommended to stitch panorama over 10000 5000 or to get HDR image Others gt OpenGL 1 2 or above is required To view panoramas in Windows you need Operating System gt Microsoft Windows 2K XP Vista 7 Computer Hardware gt PII 800MHz or faster processor AMD 2800 or faster processor gt 512MB free memory gt Video display of 1024x768 pixels or higher 16 bit colors or higher supported Others Microsoft IE6 0 Chrome10 0 Firefox 4 0 Safari5 0 or later version To view Flash VR flash player 9 0 or higher version is necessary Please download Flash Player9 0 and install it To view QTVR QuickTime 6 0 or later version is necessary Please download QuickTime player System Requirements For Macintosh To use Panoweaver 8 in Macintosh you need Operating
50. he best result if they are in top middle and bottom of the image separately After inserting matching points click 3 to stitch Source Images Panoramic Image Ee tlick to change to Matching Points Editing Weveest Fit w To display the feedback info of the calculationy result of stitching Left Right parameters To display the matching points of a current image pair 1520 359 1550 0 75209 gt Linked Images To fst different association 1726 304 1754 064647 us i 12345678 relations among image pairs after 1157 304 1187 0 63344 gt Image pairs with less than 3 pairs of matching points searching for matching points i502 270 1533 gt Image pairs with matching points in big error 4 8 4 5 and optimization 1331 206 1354 Bot Select Matching Points 45 e Method 1 Click in left image and corresponding tab on the right image will be also selected Selected tabs are in editable status e Method 2 Click one line in Matching Points list Selected line will become dark and corresponding matching points are in editable status Move Matching Points The pair of points will not move at the same time e Method 1 Click Eon the image hold down left mouse button and drag it e Method 2 Edit the coordinates value in matching points list within Matching Points panel e Method 3 Click Eon the image press arrow t A key on keyboard to move 5 pix type Ctrl t
51. he item Linked Images and under the other items there isn t any listed image in this case a successful stitch will be easily achieved Set Image Edit Image Edit includes Photo crop and Masking a7 1 Masking Removing tripod is a very powerful and useful function for removing tripod automatically but if the object you want to remove is not in the bottom of the panorama Masking is a very powerful tool to create perfect panorama Look at the red circle in the panorama you will see a man is partly visible The reason would be when shooting fisheye photos he was walking or moving if you want to remove it or let it perfect visible You can use masking to make it Generally speaking moving objects when shooting can cause stitching problems like the panorama above gt Image Type v Edit Image amp Moeve Y crop Sd Pencil Size 30 Unmask Source Images Panoramic Image Best Fit ao oO 00 iDo 00o o00 C Export Mas Import Mas gt Panorama Type gt Pano EXIF You can export the ma use if next time 38 Masking in panoweavers can be used to prevent these problems You can tell the blender precisely which part of the images should or should not be visible in the blended panorama Hide SJ e Click this to edit area Semitransparent part you want to hide after stitching Click this to edit area Blue area jyou want to show after stitching EEraser J
52. http www dpreview com learn key noise reduction has the detail Depth of Field Depth of Field Depth of field is the range of distance measured along the lens axis for which the subject is rendered acceptably sharp in the photographic image The following chart gives the relationship between DOV and its determining factors Depth of Field F value Aperture Tica Decrease the aperture i e arger j a EEE increase the F value to get a deeper DOV when shooting panorama Focal length L shallower Wide angle lens has deeper DOV areater T while telephoto lens has Shallower DOV Distance from the lens to the T deeper The closer you are to the subject Subject the shallower the depth of field farther the farther from the subject the greater the depth of field 99 Shutter speed type Required setting or Applied occasion equipment Bulb 1s 1 2s Cameral stableness For dark scene specially needed using tripod 1 4 1 8 Tripod needed 1 250 1 500 1 1000 Set larger aperture size Used for sports shallower DOV and photography as skiing accurate focus basketball 1 2000 1 8000 Telephoto lens equipped Ultra high speed shooting such as sport shooting The quality of stitched panorama greatly relies on the photography for instance the lighting contrast brightness noise etc So more knowledge about photography is of great help 100
53. icon and drag it to the control button setting 54 ma t Blels Fs ce 7 MeamicImane o Source Images _ Par Publish Panorama _ Remove Scene Control Button Control Button Setting 13 ida ee ee gt a d Google Map dd a tag y Gog Y 1106 Re 3 Set Google Maps Properties W H X Y They could all be adjusted Loading Window Settings settings Component dij Image Up googlemap1 png ut googlemap2 png p googlemap3 png Ly Google Map API Key Enter your Google maps API key Google Map Viewer Settings We 400 H 300 Google maps API key to use the Google maps services a Google maps API key is needed Sign Up for the Google Maps API Note When you apply the Google map API key they need you input a web site URL Make sure the website URL you put is same as the web site you want to upload the published flash F have read and agree with the terms and conditions printable version My web site URL http Tip Signing up a key for hftp vourdomain com is usually the best practice as it will work for all subdomains and directories See this FAQ for more information _ Generate API Key 4 Set Google Maps Viewer 55 Click Google Map viewer setting icon it will come out a Google map viewer settings E nn Satelite Terain LEa
54. ies Total size 553 bytes 1 file and 1 directory Total size 553 bytes Server Local file Direction Remote file Size Priority Status db em e og e K FIP Eugene published gt gt www Glel ee com fiptes 289 763 Normal Transferring 00 00 01 elapsed 00 00 01 left QR 289 763 bytes 289 7 KB s _ K FIP Eugene published gt gt _ veweww iuattieteeesceen fiptes 140 565 Normal Transferring Steps to embed the Flash VR into webpage Standard alone SWF Panoweaver 8 enables you to publish panorama as swf use it as other swf files Project You may save unfinished panoramic image as a pw file a project before quitting Panoweaver In this way you can just open the project and resume your work instead of importing fisheye images or adjusting parameters again once you don t finish the work This function will save much time and energy for you Save Project 1 Choose File gt Save Project or click Bi toolbar 2 Enter output path and file name in the pop up dialog box 3 Click OK to save it as pw file Import Project There are three methods to open a project 85 PW gt Select at File gt Open Project or click SG on toolbar gt Drag pw file into Panoweaver Editing area or drag it onto Shortcut of Panoweaver gt Double click icon of pw file in the folder as shown below project File Edit View Favorites Tools Help Back gt i fr Search ean Folders Address D Prog
55. ikon Coolpix 5700 and the DC with no Macro mode zoom locked at wide angle fisheye mode Exposure metering Center Weighted Flash modes Flash Cancel Adjust the exposure mode 10 The word photography derives from the Greek and means literally light writing Lighting is mainly controlled by aperture and shutter speed The shooting modes available in most digital cameras range from Auto mode Scene mode Programmed auto Shutter Priority auto Aperture priority auto and Manual mode The latter four modes act on panorama shooting and so does the Panorama Assist Mode B 5 Note Please DO NOT use Auto mode for panorama shooting ute mode sees mde Aperture Shutter priority priority auto auto If you are experienced in photography Manual mode is recommended to choose appropriate aperture and shutter speed according to the environmental light If you are a green hand a usual advice is to choose Aperture priority auto mode Set a larger F value to get a small aperture so that a deeper Depth of Field DOV is achieved with a much wider scope of clear area in the image The larger F value is the smaller the aperture is For example F5 0 or F6 0 is better than the default F2 5 or F3 3 Please pay attention if the environmental light is a little dark Small aperture may result in longer exposure time i e shutter speed The reason is the flash light doesn t take effect with fisheye lens since fisheye lens covers a
56. ill move with respect to each other as you rotate the pan from left to right Slide the camera to the front or rear as required to eliminate this relative movement Looking through the viewfinder align a close object brick wall with a faraway object telephone pole As you rotate the camera from side to side there should be no relative movement between the two objects as shown to the right lf as shown above the two objects move with respect to one and another in the viewinder slide the camera fore or aft in order to eliminate this movement Here the telephone pole has moved behind the brick wall Step 3 Record Your Results After you ve discovered the two location dimensions be sure to record the settings The Kiwi has convenient indicator scales for this purpose These numbers represent the nodal point for this given camera and lens combination If you change cameras or lenses this procedure may have to be repeated 10 Step 4 How About Rangefinder Cameras A rangefinder camera is a camera where you look through a separate viewfinder and not through the actual lens The process is basically the same Locate the Side to Side adjustment as discussed in Step 1 When it comes to the Fore Aft adjustment you won t be able to look through the viewfinder to determine the proper setting since the viewfinder is a separate optical path that doesn t really see the same image as the film Instead you ll have to start with the
57. ition The degree difference between the two positions should be limited in 20 degree 3 Then click Stitch to get a panoramic image with tripod removed Add Ceiling Floor How to add a floor logo to a panoramic image 1 Open Ceiling Floor panel 2 Select Floor from the drop down list 3 Click Jor double click in logo show area to import your image You may enter a number 0 90 or click the arrow at the right side of the figure to adjust the size of logo Please preview it in image show area 4 Click flor double click in logo show area to remove logo z To adjust the size of logo Double click here to add or remove cellingTioor You can also add Little Planet ceiling and floor in Panoweavr8 51 atitude Compass Depression Angle Elevation Angle OAR SPALIPG TANNA x nnn x 24h Vis fz 1 1 X Tip If you want to use the same ceiling and floor that you last time used you can do advanced setting like this Cae Capea he oe d a Fa ypa SY Panoweave Eas Se ee ae ee File Panorama Image Tools LEEA Source Images Language b Create HDR Image advanced settings Add Hotspots _ Type Best Fit Click it amp Remove Tripod 32 Advanced Settings Initial Value of Fisheye Image Enclosing f Auto Calculated C Last Used fi Little Planet C 490 90 Blender PWeBlend C SmartBlend Only for Windows Location of smar
58. latest fisheye image as initial value in new image please select Last Used in Advanced Settings Panoweaver will apply the parameters to current image Usually the default item is Auto calculated that is Panoweaver will select the location and size of yellow circle automatically whenever you import fisheye images For details please refer to Advanced Settings Set Panorama Type You are able to set type of the panoramic image that you want to get in this panel There are four types Spherical Panorama Cubic Panorama Cylindrical panorama 40 W Hy i WAT Spherical Panorama a C cubic Panorama ME Cylindrical Panorama Basic Steps 1 Set panoramic image type Spherical Panorama The ratio of width to height is fixed at 2 1 Cubic Panorama The ratio of width to height is fixed at 6 1 Cylindrical Panorama No fixed ratio Little Planet 1 1 Basic Steps before Stitching General Steps Before Stitching Special Steps Before Stitching General Steps Before Stitching 1 In Image Show and Operation Area under Source Images Tab select delete and rearrange the source images for a panorama 41 C4 aac ae a a f a Area to display thumbnail Refer to Image Show and Operation Area section in this tutorial for the detailed operation 2 After loading the source images the camera and lens data of the images will be read and displayed in the Image Type pa
59. lative side to side motion that we will strive to eliminate when setting up a camera for VR panoramas E 7 yr 3 7 f of AA i i aT Parallax error can be easily demonstrated It s the relative move ment caused by a shifting point of view In this example you eye is moving with respect to your hand and the background Step 1 The side to side adjustment 10 Once your camera is fastened to your camera bracket move to the front of the tripod head so you re looking into the lens Adjust the camera bracket so that the center of the lens is directly over the pivot axis of the tripod head Try to be as accurate as possible You should strive to get this adjustment within plus minus a 1 16th of an inch Step 2 Fore Aft Adjustment This step is most easily accomplished out of doors Find a vertical edge or line such as a doorway or edge of a building Locate your camera and tripod about 2 1 2 feet away or as close as possible with the edge still in focus when you look through the viewfinder Look through the camera s viewfinder find another vertical edge or line that is far away such as another building or telephone pole Align the two objects and rotate the pan head so they are in the left hand side of the viewfinder Rotate the pan head so the two objects move over to the right hand side of the viewfinder Unless you ve managed to unwittingly locate the right location you should notice the two objects w
60. le Lens Basic steps 1 Set your photographic equipment in place a tripod a pano head and a camera 2 Adjust the nodal point 3 Shoot images Tip 1 To get the best result inside a building for professional use please note A tripod and a panoramic pano head are suggested while shooting Handhold shooting is not suggested As well the nodal point should be adjusted precisely 2 If you want to shoot far away objects outside a building and only one row of pictures for stitching handhold shooting can also be applied For the best results please remember the following key points All images should be taken from the same viewpoint This is the most important thing to consider when photographing for panoramas A panorama can only be successfully stitched from images that are taken from exactly the same viewpoint If the camera has been moved between shots parallax error may be caused which should be avoided at any cost You can shoot hand held but using a tripod makes it much easier to maintain the camera position You can see the effects of parallax error with the experiment For a camera the nodal point of the lens should be kept in the same position Unfortunately the nodal point never coincides with the camera s tripod mount hole For proper nodal point alignment on a tripod therefore a panoramic head should be used which shifts the axis of rotation of the camera to a desired point The severity of parallax errors depends on the
61. me fisheye images with a picture angle of 180 degree diagonal 10 elements in 7 groups Filter attachment size Rear attachment type 27mm Hood Built in AF DX Fisheye Nikkor 10 5mm f 2 8G ED Pano Head Pano Head is also called tripod panoramic head or rotator To understand the function of pano head nodal point should be explained first The nodal point is a special point in space where light enters the lens converges into a point and then diverges to impact on the recording medium As one rotates a camera and shoots a sequence of images to later be stitched together all of the images must be shot with 97 the camera rotating about its nodal point The pano head is just used for this purpose A panoramic head is an additional piece of equipment to put on top of a tripod which can be small or very large It allows the camera to be located so that one of the nodal points of the lens is perfectly on the axis of rotation It will cause parallax to shoot with DC and fisheye lens without using pano head Illustration is as below nodal point nodal point The parallax area which can not be fully captured by the lens due to the parallax of nodal point position After rotating the camera 180 degree 98 C 5 Note Above panorama image is stitched from images shot without using a pano head There are obvious misalignments caused mainly by parallax By using a pano head the cam
62. mera 98 Others Noise Reduction Noise can be summarized as the visible effects of an electronic error or interference in the final image from a digital camera It is related with the temperature sensitivity of the sensor CCD CMOS and shutter speed Source 1 ISO sensitivity of the sensor CCD CMOS High worse low better Auto shooting mode will automatically increase ISO value when the light is dark thus more noise occurs Solution ISO 100 is recommended Auto shooting mode will automatically increase ISO value when the light is dark Please refer to http www dpreview com learn Glossary Digital_Imaging Noise_01 htm Source 2 CCD Temperature Noise is exponentially related to temperature it DOUBLES for every 6 or 8 degrees C temperature rise depending on the CCD Solution Store it in a shady cool place before shooting Do NOT keep the camera on for a long time since it will increase the temperature Turn it off and let it cool down before another shot More in http www dpreview com news 0005 00050104ccdtemperature asp Source 3 Exposure time longer than 1 4s even to 1 2 s stuck pixel i e noise will appear in the image Solution Take a second frame known as dark frame with the lens covered and the shutter closed for the same amount of time as the main image This dark frame will be used to identify and subtract stuck pixels Edit the images in Photoshop or other software packages to get a cleaner one
63. much wider FOV than traditional camera lens Over 1 4 of the shutter speed may bring obvious noise in the image So you have to find a proper value to balance the aperture and shutter speed B 5 Note A stable tripod is extremely important if the exposure time is very long Adjust image size and quality The fisheye image resolution and quality determine to a great extent the panorama quality The better the fisheye image is the better the stitched panorama is Of course it occupies more space So it is recommended to use the largest resolution available when shooting As to the image quality FINE is all right High can be applied for acquiring high quality images If selecting High the image size is about 10M so a bigger memory card is required The original file format is TIFF Camera Raw Image is also available in some cameras Adjust Camera 10 Redo the following steps to adjust the camera every time shooting a different scene Adjust white balance White balance is a name given to a system of color correction to deal with differing lighting conditions Normally our eyes compensate for different lighting conditions but when taking pictures with a digital camera the camera has to find the white point the assumption that a white object must appear white to correct other colors cast by the same light Inappropriate white balance may bring about more blue or more red than the original color General u
64. namic range lightness ratio 88 per color jper pixel dynamic channel Range G or 8 bit TIFF 16 384 1 65 536 1 Real maximum limited by dynamic range of capturing device infinite Real maximum limited by the captured dynamic range When you take a picture inside of a room the bright windows always get dazzling white since the camera and display are simply incapable of displaying the luminosities in the real world While HDR images captures wider color range which helps photographers get better images solving the over exposure and under exposure problem in photography especially digital photography For some users they can save the 32 bit HDR as well and make some further editing 12 bit CCD 12 14 bit CCD 14 16 2 o E Why to use HDR Image Let s see the traditional troublesome way to solve the over under exposure problem first 1 Shoot images to create a panorama Mie the window is over exposure 2 Take an extra image in the direction of the over exposure window at an appropriate EV which allows users to see the window through clearly 89 _ Take another image in the direction of window using the exposure value at which you can see through ihe window c early 3 Use Photoshop to take out the window area and make a mend in the panoramic image got in 1st step After all the heavy work then you will get a panoramic image of good result See below Use Phot
65. nel If the data can t be found in the image during reading the info about EXIF data then please select an image type by yourself Automatic M Cr srana Cick Image Type FullFi ame risneve Refer to Image Type section for the detailed operation 3 In Panoramic Type panel set the type of panoramic image Spherical Panorama a Cubic Panorama J Cylindrical Panorama 42 Refer to Panorama Type for the detailed operation 4 In Advanced Settings select a blender between PWBlend and SmartBlend which will be used for blending Initial Value of Fisheye Image Enclosing Suto Calculated Last Used F Ceiling Floor Size MV Last Used Convert Spherical to Little Planet Effect C 90 90 Blender PWelend C SmartBlend Only for Wind _ Location of smartblend exe _ Command line parameters MinSize 0 TSmooth 4 WrapMode 1 Restore Defaults OK Cancel Refer to Advanced Settings for the detailed info Top Special Steps Before Stitching If the source images are fisheye images you also need to set fisheye image enclosing This is an important step to get the high quality panorama for fisheye images This function is only applicable to drum and full circular images 43 gt Image Type 2 v Edit Image amp Moeve J Crop G Mask enter X 758 enter Y 980 g b Source Images Panoramic Image ses CJ 38 Best Fit
66. ng One license key can be used to activate the software installed on two computers Product Activation Online Activation Offline Activation To fight against piracy and better protect Easypano copyright as well as users interests we adopt a stricter license policy Easypano customers have to activate 13 product to make it fully functional The Easypano No personal information is ever collected or requested During activation the product does not scan your hard drives or collect any data other than the minimum information required to verify your license Please see our Privacy Policy er Try for full feature test Vanna move your current activated license to a new computer Activate Product R N Online Offline Transfer License Online Reactivate in the new computer SB Use full version Online Activation If the computer you are running Easypano software is connected to Internet please proceed with the online activation Activation over the Internet is a one time operation Simply enter your product serial number and activate for full use in seconds secure and anonymous Cr 5 Note Online Activation requires network card and Internet connection e Start Panoweaver e Choose online activation in the popup window and then click Continue e Input the license key which you ve purchased and click Continue e The online activation is accomplished Offline Activation In case you need to run Easy
67. nodal point After locating the nodal point record the value of the three slide plates Fix the slide plates with the right value and screw up the four knobs Please align No 4 knob with O degree How to Locate the Nodal Point This is one of the most frequently asked questions when it comes to stitcher based panorama creation Once you understand the basics you ll be able to easily locate the nodal point for any camera and lens combination Simply speaking the nodal point is the point inside your camera where the light rays converge and flip over When shooting a panorama it s necessary to rotate about this point to eliminate the image mismatch caused by parallax error It s also worth noting that the nodal point is not the same as the film plane which is often marked on the underneath side of many 35mm cameras Generally for most 35mm cameras and lenses the nodal point is located somewhere towards the center of the lens barrel Parallax error can be easily demonstrated by this simple experiment Close one eye and hold your index finger upright about six inches away from your open eye Rock your head from side to side Notice how your finger moves with respect to the background This relative movement is due to the fact that you re not rotating your head around your eye s nodal point which is somewhere in the center of your eyeball Instead you re rotating about your spine which is several inches to the rear and off to one side It is this re
68. o combine the generated panoramic images into an HDR Image for the details FAQ General Questions 1 How to know if my Panoweaver is the latest version Choose Help gt Check for Update to check online 2 How to report BUG to Easypano Choose Help gt Bug Report Feature Request enter it in the pop up window 3 What should I know to shoot fisheye image with Ceiling Floor If you want to shoot fisheye images with Ceiling Floor you should shoot images in horizontal direction first After shooting the last image rotate camera up to shoot ceiling then rotate down to shoot floor Note You should shoot Ceiling Floor images at the same location of the last image of horizontal direction and do not move tripod or camera For details please refer to How to Shoot Fisheye Images 93 4 How to activate Panoweaver First you need to buy Panoweaver to get one license key Enter this license key to activate Panoweaver at the first time you start to use it Panoweaver will prompt what to do next Tip The license key is able to be used on two computers at the same time But you need to transfer license key or to buy volume license if you want to use this license key on a third computer 5 When should I make HDR image from Raw format When should I make HDR image from bracket enclosing If there is moving object in the scene Raw format will get better effect If all objects in the scene are still bracket enclosing will get better eff
69. o to cover the tripod you may also remove it from the image in this way first convert spherical panoramic image into cubic or stitch fisheye image into cubic panoramic images directly in Panoweaver Then save the 49 Niu p gt l CU bic panorama to your local and import it into other image editing software for example Photoshop to remove tripod Please refer to the following steps 1 Move the tripod out of where it stands after shooting the fisheye images 2 Use your camera with common lens to shoot a plane image of the floor where you put tripod 3 Get a cubic panoramic image Use Panoweaver to stitch fisheye image into cubic panoramic image directly Or stitch a spherical panoramic image then choose Panorama gt Spherical Cubic Conversion to convert it into cubic panoramic image 4 Save the cubic panoramic image to your local The picture below is an example of cube face with tripod 5 Import both the cubic panoramic image and the image shot in Step 2 into Photoshop retouch the plane image and make it exactly cover the tripod The following picture is the result 6 Save panoramic image and re import it into Panoweaver to publish Remove Tripod by Shooting Additional Shots 1 Shoot additional ceiling floor shots without tripod to replace the original shots 50 2 When shooting ceiling floor shooting position should be almost the same with the original pos
70. oramic image Tip Steps 1 Choose File gt New Project or click CP on toolbar set file format as Camera Raw in the Open Images window Click Open and then Camera Raw window will appear 91 i Exposure Compensation F Apply te all J 0 Ieage Depth 16 bits Chesnel 2 Adjust Exposure Compensation and Gamma to a satisfactory value select 16bits channel in Image Depth and then click OK 3 Choose Panorama gt Stitch or click 3 on toolbar to stitch fisheye image 4 Click File gt Save Panoramic Image to save it as 16 bit tiff format 5 Panoweaver 7 20 does not support publishing of 16 bit images You must convert it into 8 bit image before publishing HDR to LDR option will assist you to convert the image Choose Image gt HDR to LDR the program will convert it automatically 5 Note 8 bit images show 24b in status bar and 16 bit images show 48b Source Image DSC 1227 jpa 2000 3008 24b Source Image OSC 12268 NEF 3039 2014 468b Get HDR Image from Bracket Exposure Bracket Exposure When camera s auto metering system cannot calculate Exposure Value EV correctly you may shoot several images 3 images are recommended Set a camera estimated correct exposure value 0 EV and take the first image Then take a second and third image at 2EV over exposed and 2EV underexposed From these images you may choose one with the best exposure effect Panoweaver 7 20 92
71. oshop to crop the window area from the image taken in 2nd step and doa mend in the panoramic image You get a panoramik image with nornal expos ure at ihe window You have to spend hours for every panoramic image with the method above While with HDR you can get a good result image without troublesome work Panoweaver 6 00 automatically makes an HDR image which stores wider luminosity range than that can be displayed You can simply adjust on the HDR image in the software and get a perfect image quickly Below is an image converted directly from HDR without any other editing work Please refer to How to Get HDR Image for details of generating HDR with Panoweavers 90 How to get HDR panoramic image with Panoweavers There are two methods One is to import Camera Raw file and to stitch it into 16 bit panoramic image The other is to get HDR image from bracket exposure that is to shoot several groups of images of the same object with different exposure value batch stitch them and then combine them to get HDR image Get HDR Image from Camera Raw File About Camera Raw In addition to JPEG TIFF digital camera can also save picture as Camera Raw file Camera Raw has not been processed in any form and it has to be converted into common format for instance TIFF to edit Camera Raw contains the highest quality information when CCD captures picture Panoweaver 8 allows users to import Camera Raw to get high quality pan
72. owing tips 1 Keep the camera in the same spot for every shot The distance between camera and floor should be kept unchanged 2 Make sure that there is some overlap from photo to photo For example if you are sweeping from left to right locate an object in the right side of your viewfinder on the 1st shot Then make sure you can see that same object on the left side of your viewfinder on the 2nd shot Continue this for each shot Ideally you should have about 25 40 of each frame overlapping the previous frame 3 Based on the calculated number of shots required for stitching shooting more images than required is suggested 4 Shooting photos clockwise is suggested 5 Lock the camera s exposure and white balance for all shots This will help to avoid substantial changes in lightness darkness from frame to frame If you can t or don t want to do this and there are substantial variations in lightness from frame to frame take your shots with more overlap e g 50 overlap from shot to shot This will minimize the amount of lightness change from any one shot to the next shot If you can also lock your white balance for all shots 6 Beware of objects which move between shots Clouds move trees sway in the wind and people move around If people and or things are moving take your shots as quickly as possible to minimize the amount of variation between frames 7 Don t zoom in or out between frames 95 Shoot Fisheye Images Main
73. pano products in a computer without Internet connection you can find some other computer with Internet available to activate the product via Email or Easypano website submission Since Internet is quite pervasive nowadays we assume all the customers can access the Internet by certain means either in a net cafe or another computer Basically offline activation still requires internet connectivity however not necessarily in the computer running the software 14 A general procedure for offline activation 1 Start Panoweaver 2 Choose offline activation in the popup window and then click Continue 3 Choose step 1 to create an ARF file and click Continue 4 Input the license key you ve purchased and select the right directory to save this ARF and click Continue 5 An ARF file is created and saved in the relative path 6 Click the link to open the registration html page Fill out one or two available Email and upload this ARF 7 An ALF file is created and sent to the relevant Email 8 Log in to your email box and save this ALF to your local 9 Restart the activation procedure from Help menu 10 Choose offline activation and click Continue 11 Choose step 3 and click Continue 12 Import ALF to activate the software and click Continue 13 Offline activation is accomplished I 5 Note Offline Activation requires network interface card installed Please make sure the computer on which you install Panoweaver and cre
74. r spherical panorama is 40000 20000 If bigger than 16000 8000 preview publish are not supported you could save it and view it in other software Adjust JPEG quality If the format you select is JPEG click Quality button to adjust image quality in the pop up window JPEG Compression Options Original Image Compressed Image 65 Move the slider or use arrow key to adjust JPEG quality You may preview the result in Compressed Image area JPEG quality is closely related with file size so please select a proper value balancing file size and image quality 85 is recommended for common users Convert Cube Faces If the current panorama is cubic one you could tick this option to convert it into 6 images with ratio 1 1 Retouch Image If you are unhappy with stitched panoramic image please save it first and then import it into Photoshop or other image editing software to retouch finally re import it into Panoweaver to publish Take Photoshop as an example 1 Save panoramic image as PSD format Save Panoramic Image File Format Quality 95 File Name as jpg Destination Path E Program Files Easypan Save Cancel 2 Use Photoshop to open and retouch it WN Adobe Photoshop File Edit Image Layer Select Filter View Window Help 3 ba Auto Select Layer Auto Select Groups Show Transform Controls Mi panol psd 33 3 0 RGB 8 Lock a a mr 33 33 Deck 2 OM E E M n E
75. ra lens covers an area with 40 degrees HFOV horizontal field of degree and 27 degrees VFOV vertical field of degree It needs many pictures to make a 360x180 panorama and is very inconvenient either in shooting pictures or in stitching While with over 180 degree view of angle the fisheye lens can meet our demands There are three types of fisheye images shot with different equipment combination 1 Full Circular Fisheye See equipment combination to get full circular fisheye images Nikon FC E9 more at http nikonimaging com aqlobal products accessory converter fc e9 index htm Specifications Focal length of the camera s lens reduced to 96 Provides approx 183 degree COOLPIX 5700 190 degree COOLPIX 5400 view angle 6 elements in 4 groups Dimensions approx 101 x 73mm 4 0 x 2 9 in Weight approx 580g 20 5 oz Fisheye Converter FC E9 2 Drum fisheye image See equipment combination to get drum fisheye images Sigma 8mm f4 ex circular fisheye lens Specifications Focal length 8mm Provides approx 180 degree view angle 10 elements in 6 groups Dimensions approx 73 5 x 61 8 mm Weight approx 400g 3 Full frame fisheye images See equipment combination to get full frame fisheye images AF DX Fisheye Nikkor 10 5mm f 2 8G ED more at http nikonimaging com global products lens af dx af_dx_fisheyel05mmf_ 28 ed index htm Specifications Focuses down to 0 14m 0 46 ft Full fra
76. ram Files EasypanolPanoweaver 5 01 W 30 projectl pw Puy File 3 KB Advanced Settings Select Tools gt Advanced Settings and Advanced Settings dialog box will pop up You are able to set general parameters and apply Smartblend plugin 86 Advanced Setti gS ES Initial Value of Fisheye Image Enclosing Auto Calculated C Last Used Ceiling Floor Size MV Last Used Convert Spherical to Little Planet Effect 90 90 Blender PWeBlend Location of smartblend exe 1 Command line parameters Minsize 0 TSmooth 4 WrapMode 1 Restore Defaults OK Cancel Initial Value of Fisheye Image Enclosing If you select Auto Calculated Panoweaver will calculate Fisheye Image Enclosing automatically If you select Last Used then Panoweaver uses values used last time as initial value Ceiling Floor Size If Last Used is selected Panoweaver will use the value you set last time If the checkbox isn t ticked the default value is 30 Little Planet If you choose 90 the view angle is from top to bottom While if you choose 90 the view angle is from bottom to top Blender Blender determines which application will be used for blending and attempts to create a seamless overlap between images Panoweaver includes its own blender PWBlend which is sufficient for nearly every panorama Additionally the other blending plugin is supported as well SmartBlend 87 set SmartBlend plugin in the pop
77. re information Check for Update Check if there is an updated version available 20 Bug Report Feature Submit Bugs or feature Request requests Buy Now Purchase in online store Easypano Product Activate Panoweaver with Activation your serial number Transfer License Transfer license to a new computer About Easypano Copyright information of Panoweaver Panoweaver i 5 Note Some of the drop down menu functions are available directly through toolbar icons Image Show and Operation Area Image show and operation area shows selected still or panoramic images You may make the manipulations such as zoom rotation and edit within this area Source Images Tab Thumbnail View Editable Original Image View Matching Points Editing View Thumbnail View 21 Source Images Panoramic Image ere Area to display thumbnail Feature Description Sort all images by a certain order by Name by Date by Load Order The order will be a reference to stitching K Exclude the selected image from stitching process The disabled image is grayed out E Add one or more images to the current project itt Delete the selected images t Rotate the selected images 90 degree counterclockwise tr Rotate the selected images 90 degree clockwise a A Adjust size of thumbnails The display dimension range of a single thumbnail image is 75x75 290x290 120x120 by default Kip Th
78. roperties Properties Component Images Link to c None oY seein A eyecare g Poo Up Image Settings Hotspot SK IC Program Fi GF 4 kiprogram Fi GF fi peee i io 1 ea IC Program Fi icy Component Display hotspot name W H To set hotspot area X Y Set x y coordinates of hotspot Icon Set icon for hotspot Two types Text and images hotspot image by default or hotspot images located at InstallDir Libraries Image Hotspot Text If you want to get a text hotspot or a text image hotspot please type text here and click to set font size align etc for the text Hint You can also set font size and color for the hint text Click to set hint properties Hint Settings A USI o vl A e z Border Color Background Color 59 Link to None To set hotspot action None represents the hotspot doesn t link to anything Link to Popup Image You can add Pop up Image action to Hotspot After this action is added to hotspot when clicking on the hotspot the relative image will be shown in a popup window right beside the mouse The setting window is shown as below Link to Pop Up Image Image Popup Window Settings Window Size Image Size v Width 1 Height 1 Location Center Cancel Link to URL To link to a certain URL Make setting as following URL http www easypano c ay Destination vl Q 5 Note When multiple hotspots are selec
79. s a result you may save Satisfied parameters and apply them to the images shot with the same equipment and settings After importing fisheye images choose Panorama gt Stitch with Former Parameters to stitch 46 Easypano Panoweaver unnamed3 EEEN Image Tools Help Spherical Cubic Conversion CtrltF9 Save Stitching Parameters Ctrlt Sot Manage Stitching Parameters Soo Pre stitch Stitch CtrltF5 Last Parameter FullFrame 6_1 spf 5 6 Fi z Manage Stitching Parameters You may also choose Panorama gt Manage Stitching Parameters in menu bar to manage saved stitching parameters Banage Stitching Parameters Paramete Paramete Date Cre Author FullFrarne FullFrarne Tue Mar 3 FullFrame FullFrarne Tue Mar 3 gt Import You may import external parameters for example parameters sent by others into Panoweaver Click Import button or click the right mouse button to select Import gt Export Select a parameter and then right click or click Export button You may also export and save parameters to local hard disk and send them to others gt Delete Select a parameter and then right click or click Delete button gt Rename Select a parameter and then right click or click Rename button 47 p r Edit Panoramic Images Set Pano EXIF You can add Longgitude Latitude and NorthPan in the EXIF of stitched panoram
80. s please refer to Print properties setting Image Type of Play Sound button is toggle button so two sets of images are required You can customize play image and stop image of the button Background Sound Add background sound for the panorama If Loop is selected the sound will be always repeated Autoplay to set whether to play sound initially Context Menu Website Link To set URL link on the right click context menu of player after published FullScreen WIAA BaSy Panda COM Print Settings Global Settings About Adobe Flash Player 10 Resized to 50 for non fullscreen mode T11 _ If selected the scene viewer will play the panoramic image in reduced size 50 of Original panoramic image in the normal mode compared with the full screen mode If not selected the panoramic image played in the scene viewer is of original size both in normal mode and full screen mode Slice Display Refer to Slice Display in Easypano Virtual Tour Player section Initial Auto Rotation Refer to Initial Auto Rotation in Easypano Virtual Tour Player section Rotation Speed You may set the rotation speed of panoramic image Default speed is 20 frames second Click the thumbnail below to view the Flash panorama 5 Note Please download and install the latest version of Flash 9 player if you cannot view the panorama 78 Format General HTMLS Flash Standalone swf scene Loading Window S
81. s cheer Desktopscene ah W The same path as the source images Options Swe __ Reset cancel You may save the panoramic image as the following formats Windows Bitmap bmp JPEG Image Format jpeg jpg Photoshop psd Portable Network Graphics png Targa Files tga Tiff Image Format tiff tif Y Note Most of the above formats belong to 8 bit image Panoweaver can also save 16 bit for Tiff image and HDR images 2 Set panoramic image size Panoweaver provides several sizes for common use Select from the drop down menu to decide the image size Certainly you may also customize size by yourself Web Dialup Spherical 1400x700 Panorama Cubic Panorama 2400x400 Little planet 700x700 Cylindrical 25 of Max Width x 25 of Max Height Panorama 64 Web Spherical 4000x2000 Broadband Panorama Cubic Panorama 7200x 1200 Little planet 2000X2000 Cylindrical 50 of Max Width x 50 of Max Height Panorama CD Spherical 6000x3000 Panorama Little planet 3000X3000 Cubic Panorama 9600x 1600 Cylindrical 75 of Max Width x 75 of Max Height Panorama Print Spherical 8000x4000 Panorama Little planet 4000X4000 Cubic Panorama 12000x2000 Cylindrical 100 of Max Width x 100 of Max Height Panorama Custom Spherical You may set width and height without limitation Panorama as long as computer supports 16000 8000 or bigger Maximum size fo
82. secesssecessecesseeeessesesseeseeesenees 21 Pan A E E E ERA A 28 MUS ereraa E ee eee ee 30 MY THUS IP OAV Er E EN E EAN EEE E EEE 30 Stitch Panoramie Imag E esenesinescinien EE 32 ADDICION ernn E T T 33 Use Panoweaver B 0 000 cccccccccssecsssseeessesessssneesssesesssanensasesecsseseesasesessseneesasesesssneessseness 33 ipa o FG MT SS ire AE AE AEE E EE AEE T 34 SECC ENP AION CUM 1 RNC ctenicpastens stones E 35 BASIC Steps pelore SECC NUN seroren ere E E asa eneoeauae 41 S UM ececsecctscace clonic sete aste cca ects nescence ar weit tee econ ee ee auC ESTE ted URES 44 Edit Panoramic JIMAGES 15st GR 48 DEE PANO EAE ea E A abay suas Atel cot melee E E AE 48 HOW CO RCOMOVE TADO dosari stares thaslateledenig Sad atusoacasteedetesehlasionvadaleen Grates 49 Add G10 6 2 oil 111 Fe deem ear eee ern en ene ae ne ee ere ee eee ere eee re 53 AGA FOULS OU COP ANON AI Arsen e E a count Sassameea etn teases 56 BOE HOES DO bs scahattiecroatnch ayaa aticc etch eeancea E ea 57 PREVIEW Panora a ae E E 61 Hitue Planet P nora Manero rea resect E N E O E E T T A 62 Save Panoramic IMa p e eonna N a a e E 63 BR LM gl CN raha sistent ncaa oes etasaiceses seven stesmeecnasetns tence stance ee 66 Fala ONO aT sl cl Ge sas ts nk ane tat a a aea 68 Make Virtual Tour with Tourweaver ou ccccccsccssscessecessecssseessecesseseeeeeseeesseeeseees 68 PUBIISH PalOl Ale vastuctovs sechoahevect acta E a 69 PUD ISIE POR a renen anea N a aA a es secacorasa
83. sers can select Auto on White Balance menu The professionals may select White Bal Preset or self adjust the white balance Adjust the aperture In panorama photography greater DOV Depth of Field helps to acquire a clear image in a wider range Therefore it is important to use a smaller aperture in panorama photography than in ordinary photography To decreases the aperture please increase the F to a value as high as F5 0 or F6 0 Adjust the shutter speed As mentioned in previous chapter over 1 4 of the shutter speed may bring obvious noise in the image Therefore if the shutter speed is more than 1 4 second under Aperture priority auto mode we suggest you switch to Manual mode Adjust the exposure compensation After setting the aperture and shutter speed if the image in the monitor is too dark choose a positive value for exposure compensation Similarly if the image in the monitor is too bright raise exposure compensation until the desired effect is achieved O 5 Note When shooting two or three fisheye images of the same scene do not change the exposure compensation value Otherwise it will cause distinct seam in the stitched panorama The following image is an example In addition do not raise the exposure compensation to a much higher value It may cause over exposure so that the stitched panorama from fisheye images will have a distinct blue seam O 5 Note The above panorama image is stitched from images shot with
84. sing 33 Import Images Select File gt New project or click Finally click Open 1 Select file format jpg tiff bmp or png 2 Select number of images from file list 3 Click Open Type of Files Panoweaver 8 supports importing the following formats Types Camera Raw NEF CRW Dng ARW O O OOOO O O JPEG Image Format jpeg jpg By default Portable Network Graphics png Tiff Image Format tiff tif 8bit 16bits Windows Bitmap bmp Pict for 8bit Macintosh pict All Image Format a For details about RAW please refer tolmport Raw File Preview To preview selected image before importing select the checkbox in front of Preview 5 Note Cube Face requires 6 square images the ratio of width to height is 1 1 These images can be obtained by modeling or by cubic panoramic image stitching The importing sequence should be front right back left top and bottom The Sketch map is 34 eel d Stitch Panoramic Image Set Image Type Set Fisheye Image Enclosing Use Matching Points Panel Set Panorama Type Set Image Type Select the calculation method of camera and fens parameters isplay or set the image type Five types are avallabie isplay the horizontal FOr De value Fhe default value varys with different mage type Image Type FullFrame Fisheye Hor Foy Basic Steps 1 Select the calculation method
85. size of viewer by himself Viewer Parameters Set the initial max and min values of Pan Tilt FOV of panorama when playing Top Flash VR Loading Window Click the hyper text Settings and a dialog box will pop up You are able to customize Loading Window T2 Format General HTMLS Flash Scene Loading Window Settings R Click to do more settin Control Button Settings ge a Background Sound File gt I Loop Autoplay Context Menu Website Link Atto wwew easypano com You own web a l Resized to 50 for non fullscreen mode Initial Little Planet Effect Duration f H S F Slice Display 0 60 seconds fo customize Gray Blur I Initial Auto Rotation Direction Right customize the speed T s Restore Defaults Publish Save Cancel Control Button To set toolbox buttons and their position on scene viewer Click the hyper text Settings and a dialog box will pop up Ta eS m Control Button Settings gt W Drag them here and do more settings then click OK s Ti a b Component Width 1640 Scene Viewer Height feo 80OCOC S The components like Progress bar Toolbar Print Email To Show Help or Play Sound can be added to scene viewer Add Components to Scene Viewer 1 Click a certain component from Toolbox 2 Click the blank part of Main Window to place the component Note Each component can only be added once Delete Component Select
86. ss Contrast Hue Saturation Filter Blur Sharpen 16bit to 8bit Publish as Applet format Right click stitching For the latest info about what s new please refer to What s New Edition Comparison In order to cater for different user groups Panoweaver 8 is designed to develop two editions involving Professional and Standard The two editions Pro and standard possess almost the same functions for new features which are all powerful and professional tools to stitch panoramas For the sake of simplicity this manual refers to Panoweaver when discussing functionality that is common to Professional and Standard version Below is the comparison between the two editions Panoweaver 8 Edition Comparison Features Support all kinds of camera normal lens wide angle lens Oniy support r normal and wide raynox lens sunex lens and angle lens fisheye lens Auto stitch spherical and a o cylindrical panorama ol Manual stitching Support two blenders PWBlend EA Only support and SmartBlend inal PWBlend Stitch 16 bit image Source image ae Z Wide angle Normal Camera Raw Create HDR image to solve overexposure underexposure roblem Support stitching of big sized panorama Batch stitch publish and Spherical Cubic conversion Provide selection of stitching parameters Raynox a il al format QTVR Shockwave Flash Standalone SWE HTMLS5 Full screen f Java applet A QTVR
87. tblend exe Command line parameters MinSize 0 TSmooth 4 WrapMode 1 X Tip e If you stitch drum or full frame images without ceiling there will be seams in the top sky area You may add top ceiling to cover it The method is the same as adjustment of bottom e If you want to apply parameters of top bottom used last time please set it in Tools gt Advanced Settings For details please refer to Advanced Settings Add Google Maps With panoweavers you could include a Google Maps window direct on the viewer 1 Choose format you want to publish After you have finished stitching press Qana it will come out a setting window Publish Panorama then click format to choose the format you want publish 53 aoge zgo Remove Tripod Add Publish Panorama ype F Merge Flash VR HTMLS Iv Flash VR M HTMLS F Standalone swf swf U QuickTime VR V 5 or earlier only Output File Name pano1 Output Path C Program Files Easypano Panoweayver 8 Professione sy PEEPS ee EN T m P Q Note Only flash and standard alone format support Google map 2 Set Google Maps 1 After you choose flash and standard alone format then click flash or standard alone 2 Click control button setting it will come out a control button setting Window 3 Click Google Maps
88. ted in the properties panel W H Icon Text and Hint are editable while other options are not editable Q B Note The edited hotspots can only display in hotspot panel which don t display in panoramic image area or under preview mode 60 Preview Panorama You may preview panoramic image before publishing it if you have stitched it You may retouch it in time if you are unhappy with the results Select File gt Preview or click on toolbar to preview a stitched panorama Source Images Panoramic Image _Click to change to Immersive View iS to preview a panorama in player Se Zoom in Kaltes af ao P t Shift EY krigh ET oom ot do G eb tac OTe Ei oun FJ Reset P ki MOUSE KEYBOARD Click buttons on toolbar or click left mouse button and move mouse to navigate Arrow keys are used to pan and tilt the view Shift and Ctrl keys are used to Aan or minify the view 61 Little Planet Panorama Panoweaver 8 is added Little Planet feature Click SS the spherical panorama will turn to Little Planet Tips If you first use this feature click cS it will comes out a popup window as tue rarevrgaitia muaye VWI I ICIP Ayong Source Images Panoramic Image Best Fit amp Remove Tripod Add Hotspots Panorama Type C Depression Angle Elevation Angle F Do not show this tip next time You can modify it in Advanced Settings
89. the feedback info of the calculation result of stitching parameters There are two kinds of tips to remind you what to do next after stitching gt 0200011Calculation of stitching parameters fails It may be caused by a existing orphaned images b matching points of image pairs with big error or with less than 3 pairs Please try another stitch after adjusting the points gt Enough matching points 3 To list different association relations among image pairs after searching for matching points and optimization Click on the number hyperlink beside these items the corresponding image will display in the show area on the left side gt Orphaned Images The images listed under this item don t have any matching point with other images gt Linked Image The images are linked through matching points gt Image pairs with less than 3 pairs of matching points To list all the image pairs with less than 3 pairs of matching points In this case you need to add a few matching points by hand If the number of the matching point pairs in an image pair is greater than or equal to 3 then the image pair will be listed under Linked Images Tip When the matching points change or images are added deleted the list info will change accordingly For example the no 6 image first is listed under the item Orphaned Images After matching points are added to the image it will automatically go under the item Linked Images If all the images are listed under t
90. titching choose File gt Publish Panorama or click on toolbar to publish Panorama Basic Steps 1 ee Select publishing format Enter file name Select output path Set general publishing parameters in General Set individual parameter for each publishing type Click Publish 69 Publishing Format Publish Panorama Format General HTMLS Flash Type V Merge Flash VR HTMLS I Flash YR nF Phone amp iPad Safari l Standalone swf swf l QuickTime VR V 7 5 or earlier only Output File Name pano1 Output Path C Program Files Easypano Panoweaver 8 Professione ay Restore Defaults Publish Save Cancel Type You may publish as Shockwave Flash swf Flash VR HTML 5 or QuickTime VR or both of them at the same time File Name Name the published file for example pano1 Please don t use space in the file name Output Path Specify output path for the file you want to publish for example C Program Files Easypano Panoweaver 8 output System will establish a folder with the same name as the file so output path becomes C Program Files Easypano Panoweaver 8 output panol System for your convenience will establish sub folders _swf _flash and _qtvr under this folder so files will be saved separately in the sub folders 70 General Properties Publish Panorama Format General HTMLS Flash Options V Open output fold
91. un the installation application 1 Click Next to go to the License Agreement nS Satun Panc 0 Se 5 Jro essional 7 Hinr tel ya x J Jor PeUP Fanhovveaver S Froressional CATON batne be Welcome to the Panoweaver 8 Professional Edition Setup Wizard This vil install Panoweaver 8 Professional E dition on your computer t ss recommended that pou close al other applicabons before continung Click Nest to continue or Cancel to eat Setup 2 Accept the License Agreement and click Next abi Cab m a DAF Ap gt iape as 17 iy setup Fanoweaver gt Froressional Caron License Agreement Please read the following impotan infomation before continuing Please read the following License Agreement You must accept the terme of this agreement before continuing wilh the instalation EASYPANO SOFTWARE END USER LICENSE AGREEMENT E IMPORTANT THIS SOFTWARE END USER LICENSE AGREEMENT EULA IS A LEGAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN YOU AND EASYPANO READ IT CAREFULLY BEFORE COMPLETING THE INSTALLATION PROCESS AND USING THE SOFTWARE IT PROVIDES 4 LICENSE TO USE THE SOFTWARE AND CONTAINS WARRANTY INFORMATION AND LIABILITY DISCLAIMERS BY INSTALLING AND USING THE 7 accept the agreement do not accept the agreement 10 3 Select the folder where you wish to install Panoweaver then click Next to continue yrotessional Eqition Select Destination Location Where should Panoweaver 8 Professional Edition be instaled
92. up window by clicking on button Browse You could use SmartBlend as a plugin for stitching in this section For more info regarding the blending plugin please visit http www easypano com showkb_ 285 html Get HDR Image What is HDR Image HDR is abbreviation for High Dynamic Range For a scene dynamic range refers to ratio between the brightest and darkest parts of the scene The Dynamic Range of real world scenes can be quite high ratios of 100 000 1 are common in the natural world An HDR image stores pixel values that span the whole tonal range of real world scenes Dynamic range of JPEG format image won t exceed 255 1 so it is considered as LDR Low Dynamic Range Similarly dynamic range of CRT monitor won t exceed 100 1 While HDR image image of 32bit color channel shows the dynamic range of real world natural dynamic range is generally considered to be 100 000 1 the dynamic range human eyes can identify is around 100 000 1 which is much higher than that of standard display equipment and images shot with common camera As a result HDR image cannot be displayed with this equipment So from broad sense image with dynamic range of higher than 255 1 8 bit per color channel is regarded as HDR image Image bit and dynamic range There are two methods to show image bit One is bits color channel the other is bits pixel For RGB images each pixel contains 3 color channels R G B Image bit has the following relation with dy
93. ve to worry about the manipulation because Panoweaver will stitch images automatically Just follow the default settings and then you will obtain a satisfactory panorama within several minutes Basic steps Launch Panoweaver start a New Project Import the Source Images lt ni Z pn Original Image View Set gt the Image Enclosing T a a sone neuen eeree almeton y ena ma _ save Panoramic Image Publish Panorama 32 1 Select File gt New project or click on toolbar to import the source images Ht 2 Select Panorama gt Stitch or click on toolbar to stitch the images Select File gt Preview or click on toolbar to preview panorama UJ 360 4 Select File gt Save Panoramic Image or click on toolbar to save panorama 5 Select File gt Publish or click on toolbar to publish panorama 0X Select File gt Share or click wd on toolbar to share panorama Application After publishing panoramic image you are able to upload it to website refer to Upload to Website or you may import panoramic image into Tourweaver to make virtual tour refer to Make Virtual Tour with Tourweaver Use Panoweaver 8 Import Images Stitch Panoramic Image Add Hotspot to Panorama Edit Panoramic Images Preview Panorama Save Panoramic Image Publish Panorama Project Advanced Settings Get HDR Image Batch Proces

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