Thanks for the advice Alexandre.

When xml with papywizard did not work at all.

Using the move mode is extreeemly unresponsive. Is that normal for a 1600 image gigapan? I have a 4.4ghz 8 core cpu, 32gb ram, 2 SSDs, and 1gb GF GFX 560.

There are like 600 images that would need to be manually placed. The wizard tool didn't work at all. Is there a trick to using it successively? It would have been nice if a traditional "wizard" style dialog box would show up with some options regarding how to place the images.

AlexandreJ wrote:

inMotion wrote:

When xml with papywizard did not work at all.

Just for confirmation : you did shoot in XML mode ?

If yes, please have a look at that tutorial : http://www.autopano.net/wiki-en/action/ … zard_Cases

Hi Alexandre!

He wrote:
"I shot this gigapano without a rotating head and didn't know that I needed to have the images aligned in a set number of rows and colunms to make sure everything turned out right."
Whatever that could mean . .

So i think he didn´t use xml.

best, Klaus

inMotion wrote:

You may have seen my previous post about this specific pano already, but I want to explore the possibility of saving it, as the weather will be horrible for the foreseeable future and I am on a tight schedule.

I shot this gigapano without a rotating head and didn't know that I needed to have the images aligned in a set number of rows and colunms to make sure everything turned out right.

Full size is about 11 gigapixels. about 600 images didn't stitch correctly. Most of those are in the sky. Does anybody have any ideas or workflow of how to replace the sky? Can I assemble one or two columns of the sky and copy/paste it throughout the image on another layer and have APG blend it with the rest of the sky near the buildings?

As Alexandre already mentioned: Did you use the option "all images in the same panorama" and the wizard?

If nothing works out stitch-wise: try Photoshop. It´s rather complicated, but you might be able to make a selection of the sky-part beginning at the buildings and to fake the sky by using some picture/pano you shoot sperately.
I did that several times and i worked well - you "just" need to mask-out the part very precisely because of the very large scaling.

Use a sky-image which looks like the sky in your pano colorwise - it´s easier to mask-out the buildings then. Use a feathered selection with 1px - not wider. It gives smoother edges than a sharp selection using 0pix.

If you want i can assist you by mail. Photoshop definitely can do it - but as said needs some skills.

best, Klaus

Last edited by klausesser (2012-06-01 12:41:52)

yeah, over sharpened and overHDRed is correct, and in this case, intentional.

after we shot these images, we were exhausted. we took turns, each person did a row. a row took around 10-15 min to shoot.

[bo] wrote:

Also, I think this is the first time I've seen someone on those forums shoot thousands of images by hand (ie without some robo-help)! Amazing patience!

Julian Kalmar shot his amazing Vienna 50gigapixel using a manual head:

http://photoartkalmar.com/Photoart%20Ka … uturm.html

best, Klaus

@ bo: I shoot some panos with more than 1400 images manualy in 2010. I use my Arca-Head with a special scale on it for a more or less regular overlap
and move the camera with 600mm tele manually. Did this in less than one hour, faster than most motorized pano heads. But it's really a ordeal!

I think, inMotion haven 't do his pano this way and haven't the possibility I have told him, using the Gigapan Import Wizard.

@ inMotion: You can clone the sky upwards to the edge of the pano, using several image editors (eg. Photoshop).
But the problem is the size of this image. It's to big to work on it in one piece for most applications. So you have to cut it into subparts (-> NQ).

first sky attempt. it's only at 3 gigapixels unfortunately. it's still saving in PS, so this is just a printscreen from PS. will update with higher res soon.

the weather might be nice tomorrow though!!

inMotion wrote:

first sky attempt. it's only at 3 gigapixels unfortunately. it's still saving in PS, so this is just a printscreen from PS. will update with higher res soon.

the weather might be nice tomorrow though!!

Yep! Well done! :-)

best, Klaus (will be back home tonight for skyping)

inMotion wrote:

wow, very cool! thanks! do you have any panos you could show that you've used that for??

Sorry, I don't.  I wrote the program after having to create a sky by hand for a pano I made of Yankee Stadium, but I have not had an opportunity to actually use it.

lumelix wrote:

Hi inMotion
The pano looks very nice! How have you filled in the sky in this version ?

The image resolution was 3 gigapixel, so i just opened it in photoshop, and used the magic wand selection tool to delete the old sky used some gradients. fairly simple, just really time consuming due to the resolution. (around 180,000 x 30,000 i think) every operation took quite a while. i tried several techniques, the gradient worked the best and matched the low resolution reference pano i took at 100mm after i took the 400mm. i think this is a good thing to do on all shoots. takes 5 min and can save a lot of time.

also, John_Sauter - I have noooooo idea how to use your script. can you give me the basic run-down?

and on commercial side there are also some solutions, like:
http://www.pixxsel.de/fotosoftware/bild … ffects-3.0
to simulate Rain, snow, Sun, Moon and Stars, Water and Waves, lightning, Clouds, fog, haze, light to heavy cloud, Ice, ice and frost, Fire.
if you combine it with the photo zoom 4 from same page gigapixel backgrounds are no big deal...

Georg

Thanks this is a great post. John Please clean it up so we all can use it.   These helpful additions keep moving everything  forward.