I decided that I wanted to do another test shoot so that I could become more confident at stitching my images together and using the software efficiently. I drove out to a nature reserve near to my home and decided to shoot there.
These are the 16 images that I obtained:
The following pictures show some of the editing processes that I went through to obtain one final image.
As you can see in the above image, the stitching had not worked as well as I had hoped. Therefore I decided to tidy up the image in Photoshop.
- I selected the part of the pavement that had not lined up correctly by using the pen tool.
- I then copied (via layer) and placed the new layer where the missing path was.
- I then used the transform tool to make the new layer blend in
- Finally the clone tool is used to remove the part of the path that is no longer needed
A similar process was used in another part of the image. This can be observed in the 3 images below:
- Selection made using pen tool and new layer created via copy
- Warp tool used to move pavement
- Old part of pavement has been removed using the clone tool
Final Equirectangular Image
Photoshop Process
After image has been transformed into a stereographic projection, there is a noticeable hole in the centre of the image. This will need to be fixed. This is done by selecting an area of existing road from the image and copying it into a new layer, which is then placed over the hole and blended in for a seamless look.
- Layer placed over hole
- Final screen shot after blending
Final Image
Reflection
Looking at the final image after it had been completed I could see that it was not as perfectly spherical as I would have liked. I went back to see if I could make improvements on my stitching but I was not having much luck and I even tried different software. The person that was with at the time of taking the photograph had stated that the area was a little hilly and there was an area that would have been better suited for me to take my pictures from. This was the “viewpoint area” and there was a signpost for it, which I had missed. In the future, I will have to take any hills / slopes into consideration and maybe adjusting my horizon line may have worked in this instance. I’m glad that I have found this out now rather than later into the project, as this is something that I can possibly rectify whilst on the shoot. This shoot definitely turned out to be a learning curve.
References
Morris, S. (2014). How To Stitch Together a Panorama in Photoshop Manually. [image] Available at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TN6jQn2F5nk [Accessed 23 Jun. 2014].
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