World’s largest indoor photograph

Jeffrey Martin of 360cities.net just stitched world's largest indoor photograph! Taken in the Strahov monastery in Prague, Czech Republic, the 3000 image, 40 gigapixel panorama is so detailed that you can read the titles of the books in the massiv...

New Website

That was about time! PTGui finally has a new website. The old site had been around since 2003 and had began to show its age many many years ago already. Apart from the home page, all content has been preserved under the...

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...

ICCI 360 Festival, Plymouth (UK)

The University of Plymouth will be organizing the ICCI 360 festival from Monday 13th to Saturday 18th September 2010. The ICCI 360 Festival arena consists of a huge 21 metre diameter dome incorporating a 62m x 6m high projection screen and a large performance space which uses cutting edge technology with surround sound and high resolution projection facilities to provide a fantastic immersive 360°, panoramic, digital experience.

More information: ICCI 360 Festival 2010

Creating Night Panoramas

Eric Harness of Star Circle Academy has written a nice tutorial on creating night time panoramas with star circles: Creating a Night Pano

Japan Pano Journalism

The Japan Pano Journalism project aims to document the effects of the march 2011 earthquake and the following tsunami in panoramas. The panoramas are taken by Akila Ninomiya, a Japanese panorama photographer and show the devastating effects of...

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

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