New Scientist on Panini projection
New Scientist magazine writes about the Panini projection:
18th-century
painters give photography new perspective
This projection is available in PTGui under the name Vedutismo; select it in the Projection menu in the Panorama Editor. It works great f...
PTGui does the World Cup
New York producer Humble TV was tasked with designing a series of 60 second
'team trailers' for ESPN's coverage of the 2010 football World Cup. Built around a
green screen performance by Djimon Honsou, creative director Sam Stephens of
Humble TV envisi...
Book: Virtual Reality Photography
VR photography pioneer Scott Highton's book 'Virtual Reality Photography' is now shipping.
About the book:
From pioneering VR photographer Scott Highton, comes the long awaited and much anticipated book, Virtual Reality Photography.
Through twenty four detailed chapters, Scott shares his extensive knowledge about every aspect of successful panoramic and object VR photography. Richly illustrated, the book is a vast resource of tips, techniques, and instruction – chock full of both artistic and technical detail.
The book belongs in the hands of every multimedia author and photographer, whether part-time hobbyist or full-time professional, who has an interest in learning the secrets of good virtual reality (VR) photography.
Website: Virtual Reality Photography
From pioneering VR photographer Scott Highton, comes the long awaited and much anticipated book, Virtual Reality Photography.
Through twenty four detailed chapters, Scott shares his extensive knowledge about every aspect of successful panoramic and object VR photography. Richly illustrated, the book is a vast resource of tips, techniques, and instruction – chock full of both artistic and technical detail.
The book belongs in the hands of every multimedia author and photographer, whether part-time hobbyist or full-time professional, who has an interest in learning the secrets of good virtual reality (VR) photography.
Website: Virtual Reality Photography
Fotografia immersiva
Marco Stucchi has written an extremely detailed Italian tutorial for stitching spherical panoramas with
PTGui:
Fotografia immersiva
Prague in 18 Gigapixels
Jeffrey Martin of 360cities.net used PTGui to create world's largest spherical panorama:
This image is currently (as of 12/2009) the largest spherical panoramic photo in the world. It is 192,000 pixels wide and 96,000 pixels tall. That’s 18.4 billion pixels, or 18.4 gigapixels! When it’s printed, it will be 16 meters (53 feet) long at regular photographic quality (300dpi). It was shot in early October 2009 from the top of the Zizkov TV Tower in Prague, Czech Republic in collaboration with Prague 3 town hall. A digital SLR camera and a 200mm lens were used. Hundreds of shots were shot over a few hours; these shots were then stitched together on a computer over the following few weeks.
View the panorama at 360cities.net.
Read more about how this panorama was created on the 360 Cities blog.
This image is currently (as of 12/2009) the largest spherical panoramic photo in the world. It is 192,000 pixels wide and 96,000 pixels tall. That’s 18.4 billion pixels, or 18.4 gigapixels! When it’s printed, it will be 16 meters (53 feet) long at regular photographic quality (300dpi). It was shot in early October 2009 from the top of the Zizkov TV Tower in Prague, Czech Republic in collaboration with Prague 3 town hall. A digital SLR camera and a 200mm lens were used. Hundreds of shots were shot over a few hours; these shots were then stitched together on a computer over the following few weeks.
View the panorama at 360cities.net.
Read more about how this panorama was created on the 360 Cities blog.
Praxisbuch Digitale Panoramafotografie
Thomas Bredenfeld has just published his new book (in German) 'Praxisbuch Digitale Panoramafotografie'
and PTGui is covered in detail. About the book:
Erstellen Sie Panoramen wie ein Profi! Thomas Bredenfeld führt Sie in die Welt der digitalen Panoramafotografie: Erfahren Sie, welche Ausrüstung für das Erstellen von Panoramen sinnvoll ist, lernen Sie anhand von anschaulichen Beispielen die richtige Aufnahmetechnik kennen und wie Sie Ihre Vorlagen am Rechner perfekt zusammenfügen. Der Autor gibt Ihnen auch Tipps für die attraktive Präsentation Ihrer Bilder. Mit Schritt-für-Schritt-Anleitungen schaffen Sie schnell und leicht den Einstieg in den komplexen Workflow. Die beiliegende DVD beinhaltet außerdem unterschiedliche Stitching-Tools, so dass Sie Ihre Aufnahmen am PC gleich zu beeindruckenden Panoramen zusammenfügen können.
Website: Praxisbuch Digitale Panoramafotografie
Erstellen Sie Panoramen wie ein Profi! Thomas Bredenfeld führt Sie in die Welt der digitalen Panoramafotografie: Erfahren Sie, welche Ausrüstung für das Erstellen von Panoramen sinnvoll ist, lernen Sie anhand von anschaulichen Beispielen die richtige Aufnahmetechnik kennen und wie Sie Ihre Vorlagen am Rechner perfekt zusammenfügen. Der Autor gibt Ihnen auch Tipps für die attraktive Präsentation Ihrer Bilder. Mit Schritt-für-Schritt-Anleitungen schaffen Sie schnell und leicht den Einstieg in den komplexen Workflow. Die beiliegende DVD beinhaltet außerdem unterschiedliche Stitching-Tools, so dass Sie Ihre Aufnahmen am PC gleich zu beeindruckenden Panoramen zusammenfügen können.
Website: Praxisbuch Digitale Panoramafotografie
Mastering Digital Panoramic Photography
Harald Woeste's book on panoramic photography, originally released in German, is now available in English.
About the book:
The unusual perspective of a panoramic image creates a unique and intriguing visual experience for the viewer.
Sk...
Museo del Prado in 14 gigapixels
PTGui was used to create extremely detailed 14 Gigapixel reproductions of masterpieces from the Museo del Prado in Madrid,
viewable in Google Earth. Watch the video to see how it was done: