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1. To list different association relations among image pairs alter searching for matching points and optimization To display Ac matching points of a current image pair Feature Description oo oo Auto match Disable auto match After placing one matching point move the mouse pointer to the expected location of the matching point automatically LOO a 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 Point Table fi Information deft Right Distance Pi 1736 1671 362 169 1 00125 gt Orphaned Images i741 1520 359 1550 0 75209 gt Linked Images 1 i 1675 1726 304 1754 Oba 72345078 1656 1157 304 1187 0 63344 gt Image pairs with less than 3 pairs of matching points 1657 1502 270 1533 0 54441 gt Image pairs with matching points in big error 4 8 4 5 1583 1331 206 1354 0 53625 g 5 E Enough matching points Tip 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 Q 5 Note Ifthe 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 T
2. 1 Select File gt Preview or click on 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 or cylindrical panorama Panel Image Type Set image type in this panel and the info displayed in Image Type and Hor FOV fields is calculated according to the read EXIF data info For details please refer to Set Image Type Automatic w Image Type FullFrame Fisheye Hor Foy beg Fisheye I mage Enclosing You are able to adjust Center and Radius of fisheye enclosing in this panel For details lease refer to Set Fisheye Image Enclosing Crag circle to change radius Press Ctrl Lett Mouse Key to change center Center wi center Yi lt Ef wa Radius 1936 z 1 Apply to Al 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 21 www easypano com gn 5 Mi Spherical Panorama FP O cubic Panorama Y O Cylindrical Panorama Web Broadband Width 4000 Height 2000 Ceiling Floor You are able to add or remove Ceiling Floor logo in this panel For details please refer to Add Logo 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 a
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4. 75 fake another image inthe direction of window using the exposure value at which you can see through the 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 Bogonrbigy gt to crop the window area from the image taken in 2nd step and doa mend in the panoramic image You get a panoramic image with nornal expos ure at the 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 Panoweaver 7 20 76 How to get HDR panoramic image with Panoweaver 7 20 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 fr
5. Panoweaver 7 20 User Manual Panoweaver 7 20 User Manual 00 cccccccccsccsesseesssesseesseesseesersssseseeseeeseeeeenees 1 WEICON eee ee ree ee ee eee eee 3 IOCU CHON oe E ener te E eee e ee eee ee ere 4 La ieee ee ee ee A ee 4 EANO CONDA OU eere A deuseteacueanaaeoutanesansiaiols 6 C E A E N er 8 I nstall Panoweaver 7 20 cece ceseeeteeceesessseesseesseesseeseeeseseseeseeesesteseeseesaess 9 System Requirements For WindOWS s ssesssssesesessressressresereseressresrresreesrresrresereserens 9 System Requirements FOr MacintoSh esessesssressrissrrrsrrrrsrrrssrrrssrresrressrreserressress 10 Install Panoweaver 7 0 Trial Version sessessessssssrerrssrssessessresresessesseesresresresresresres 10 Activate Panoweaver 7 20 0 ccccccccscssscssscsssesseesssesseesseesseesesscsseesseseseseeesneeseeses 14 PUR MASE ae A ee 14 Product ACUVa UO e 14 Transfer License Key occa seatse ssc cinendesnarncoanntaecsiasiateseautansutiqnisudiedeundtsunancamnnionsiesaencummmncaeanees 16 Basic Knowledge of PanOWeave fr 7 20 o oo cccccccccessecensecesseeessecesseesesseeesseens 17 About Panoweaver Project File ccccccssssscsesscsssorevestonsnnesssnusncnevestsnosonesesnsusenereotsuones 17 Jeor INCE 6 eaa E E E A ee ee 17 MONU DAT ene E E 17 Image Show and Operation Af a eseseseesesriererssrrrserrrsrrrrsrirerirrsrrrrsrieesrresereesrresns 20 BUSY PE E E E T T EE E E A TE EET 27 AU Da E ET E E 28 IVEY IPMS PANO a a E E EE
6. M Initial Auto Rotation Direction Rotation Speed 10 4 Restore Defaults As to the settings please refer to Flash VR Easypano Virtual Tour Player 66 Publish Panorama Scene Loading Window Settings _ Initial Full Screen Initial Auto Rotation Direction Right a Rotation Speed 20 ae r Slice Display Fill with Color O O Graw Blur Restore Defaults Click the hyper text Settings and a dialog box will pop up You are able to customize Loading Window Loading Window 67 Loading Window Settings Background Color Loading Image Standard w Select File 9 Progress Bar ypano the virtual tour way Height Width WWW easypano com C TT Bar Color m Container Color O Background Color Set the background color of loading window Loading Image It allows users to modify or set loading image To set the style of loading image among None Standard and Custom gt Select None It indicates there s no loading image in Loading Window gt Select Standard The default loading image will appear in Loading Window gt Select Custom You could customize a loading image Click to select a file you like Supported formats jpg bmp gif gt gt gt gt gt Progress Bar To set the style of the progress bar among None Standard None indicates progress bar isn t displayed Standard indicates displaying a sta
7. 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 I mage 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 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 Bank Select 1 Image Quality The menu shown at right will be displayed After pressing the multi selector up or down to high light the desired option press the multi select
8. subject the shallower the depth of field T the farther from the subject the renner greater the depth of field 99 Ww hutter speed equipment Bulb 1s 1 2s Cameral stableness For dark scene specially needed using tripod 1 4 1 8 Tripod needed ee 1 250 1 500 1 1000 Set larger aperture size Used for sports a shallower DOV and photography as skiing accurate focus basketball 1 2000 1 8000 Telephoto lens equipped Ultra high speed en miner ue i 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 www easypano com
9. swf Flash VR Easypano Virtual Tour Player Java Applet QuickTime VR and HTML5 File Name Name the published file for example panol 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 7 20 output System will establish a folder with the same name as the file so output path becomes C Program Files Easypano Panoweaver 7 20 output panol System for your convenience will establish sub folders _swf flash _applet _gtvr and _Html5 under this folder so files will be saved separately in the sub folders General Properties 57 Publish Panorama Qptions v Open output folder after published Generate files for autorun CD tautorun inf Compression Quality Quality 85 hae eles eer Thumbnail width 160 Height 80 Viewer Size Recommended Width Height Viewer Parameters Pan Min 180 Init 0 Max 150 Tilt Min 90 Init 0 Max 90 Fow Min 30 Init 75 Max 150 Glick to set the initial Min and Max valleSctore Defaults of Pan Tilt FOV of panorama Restore Defaults publish Options gt Open output folder after published gt 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 d
10. 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 400MHz or faster processor gt 128MB free memory gt Video display of 800x600 pixels or higher 1024x768 is suggested 16 bit colors or higher supported Others Microsoft IE6 0 Netscape Navigator 7 0 Firefox 1 0 or later version To view Flash VR flash player 9 0 is necessary Please download Flash Player 9 0 and install it To view panorama with Easypano virtual tour player Java Virtual Machine is necessary Please download Microsoft JVM or Sun JRE 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 7 0 in Macintosh you need Operating System e Macintosh OSX 10 4 or 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 800x600 pixels or higher 1024x768 is suggested 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 e Macintosh OSX 10 2 or lat
11. 98 PUNO COGN TID oeer A E E eaadecsecnendaena star thesptaloncneanaeaeter 98 Welcome This document explains the installation and operation of Easypano Panoweaver 7 20 It is intended for both newbies and professionals who engage in online panorama and virtual tour building Conventions and Definitions Copyright Announcement Feedback Conventions and Definitions We use the following typographical conventions and definitions in this document Italic 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 Easypano assumes no responsibility or liability for any errors or inaccuracies that may appear in this documentation 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 7 20 and Ea
12. FisheyesD Urnid4 e canon0S MG 4298 PG Jre FisheyesDrum4 2canon0SIMG_4299 PG panooo2 ure Fisheye Drum4 2 canon0S IMiG_4305 JPG Finished Successful ure Fisheye Drum4 2 canon05 IMG_4306 JPG ure Fisheye D u m4 2 canon0S MG 4307 JPG ure Fisheye D u m4 2 canon0ShIMG 4308 JPG Rii pano003 ure Fisheye Drum4 2 canon05 IMG_4325 JPG_ Processing 17 ure Fisheye D um4 2 canon05 IMG_4326 JPG ure Fisheye Dru m 4 e canon0S IMG 4327 JPG ure Fisheye D u m4 e canon0S MG 4325 JPG panouo4 ure Fisheye Drum4 2 canon0S5IMG_4353 JPG Waiting ure Fisheye D um4 2 canon05 IMG_4354 JPG ure Fisheye D u m4 e canon0ShIMG 4355 JPG Indicate the progress 1 To indicate the item that is being processed 2 To display the output file name 3 To display the path of the imported image 4 Three processing status Finished Processing or Waiting 5 Two processing result Failed or Successful D Height Adjustor To adjust the height of Image List Area and Settings Display Area E Settings Display Area To display the items you have set Basic Steps of Batch Processing Panoweaver Batch only Basic Steps 1 Select all the images and right click to choose Panoweaver Batch gt Batch Stitch with Panoweaver ee JERI ZUUITITOU 2 20 imagelle4 we Stitch with Panoweaver Fatch oa eae pe nee a Imagelles Panoweaver Batch Ral T Batch Stitch with Panoweaver DELETE l T Batch Publish wi
13. Lock AF L 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 Components Place the point of interest in the center of the image Never put it on the seam of the fisheye images Choose appropriate distance and shooting angle to prominently show your emphatic object in the image 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 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 camera 98 _ a L A re Br ee ee ere 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_0O1 htm Source 2 CCD Temperatu
14. for full use in seconds secure and anonymous 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 Easypano 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 15 E T svn O COM z u E Aeae Ael 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 AL
15. moving sliders after tone mapping gt You may save the HDR to local by clicking D save icon Select 32bit HDRI from the Combobox then click Save You may also select 8bit LDRI option to convert HDRI to LDRI then save it A dialog will pop up after clicking Save please refer to Save Panoramic Image for the details K rip To combine panoramic images of different exposure value together to create an HDR image access Start gt Programs gt Easypano gt Panoweaver 7 Batch Edition gt Create HDR Image or Start gt Programs gt Easypano gt Panoweaver 7 Professional Edition gt Create HDR Image to open the Create HDR E window ir then load the images directly by clicking New icon finally click fto create an HDR image Ba tC h P rocessi n g Panoweaver Batch only Batch Processing includes Batch Stitch Batch Publish and Batch Spherical Cubic Conversion 82 Work Space Working area of batch processing includes Menu Bar Toolbar Image List Height Adjustor Settings Display Area Easypano Panoweaver Batch Processing File Edit Help Menu Bar RHEE RRR eee Ti x eal F wea A Source Images Status Result wma miaa panoont ure Fisheye Drum4 2 canon05 IMG_4296 JPG Finished Successful sl Biin 3 p x JresFisheye Drumd4 2canon0S IMG_4297 JPG Preview Image Jre FisheyesPrum4 2 canon0S IMG_4298 PG JresFisheyes Crum4 23canon0S IMG_4299 JPG pano0d2 Jre FisheyesDrum4 e2 canon05 IMG_4305 JPG Finished Successful are Fisheye
16. new Folder S ana mov ee Publish this Folder to the web bf Share this Folder Other Places 3 Panal My Documents A My Computer a My Network Places Steps to embed the QTVR panorama into webpage 71 Pas VT siemeHe e G LLLE PE D f ALALELTELTA ALL Li Flash VR Panoweaver 7 20 enables you to publish panorama as Flash VR you will find the following files in the published folder File Edit View Favorites Tools Help a Back gt pi ps Search I Folders Hak Riemer CATER GGT ang lt a a Dae Be PG TOR pa a oat SE na ain eee a 4ddress D Program FilesiEasypanolPanoweaver 6 00outputipanal d Go l se A pano jpe File and Folder Tasks 2 cr getgt gif index html ct Make anew Folder Peano html S Publish this folder to Jo pano mov a the Web taf Share this folder Other Places 9 panol My Documents a My Computer w My Network Places Steps to embed the Flash VR into webpage Standalone SWF Panoweaver 7 20 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 PO 1 Choose File gt Save Project or click on too
17. new camera you just need to set EV and then press shutter once 10 Exposure and Flash Bracketing Select the type of bracketing to be performed using Custom Setting 12 BKT set 146 Choose AE amp flash to vary both exposure and AE AE only flash level the default setting AE only to Elsah oniy vary only exposure or Flash only to vary only AP 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 Compose a photograph focus and shoot FT 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 i 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 F 4Eb lt 4H or P after each shot The middle segment W disappears when the unmodified shot is taken the segment when a shot with negative compensation is taken and the lt 4 segment when a shot with positive compensa tion is taken Bracketing begins again when all shots in the sequence have been taken
18. of loading window Preloading Image It allows users to modify or set preloading image To set the style of preloading image among None Standard and Custom gt Select None It indicates there s no preloading image in Loading Window gt Select Standard The default preloading image will appear in Loading Window gt Select Custom You could customize a preloading image Click to select a file you like Supported formats swf jpg omp gif 60 Control Button To set toolbox buttons and their position on scene viewer Click the hyper text Settings and a dialog box will pop up Control Hutton Settings ProgressBar ToolBar Print Email To Show Help Play Sound Component Width Scene Viewer Height 300 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 a component in scene viewer and then click Delete Set Properties for Components Set Properties for Progress Bar To set progress bar style 61 Control Button Settings ProgressBar ToolBar Print b oN E Email To Loading xxxkb Show Help 7 gt Play Sound Properties nt yle prg e Component Style Standard Source F
19. 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 camera 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 global products accessory converter fc e9 index htm Specifications Focal length of the camera s lens reduced to
20. to additional resources 92 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 7 20 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 I mages 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 93 2 Attach the Camera to the Pano Head Assure the camera body and horizontal line in a right angle Locate 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 Tip 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 rotati
21. 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 will 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 sett
22. 7 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 the panorama Basic steps to insert matching points 1 Click sto enter Matching Points Editing View under Source Images Tab 2 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 3 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 4 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 ver
23. A 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 7 20 user manual To start the online Help select Help 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 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 7 20 System Requirements For Windows To use Panoweaver 7 0 in Windows you need Operating System gt Microsoft Windows 2K XP Vista 7 Computer Hardware PIII 800MHz AMD 2800 or faster processor 1G RAM or more Network card or modem must be installed 100M of free hard disk space or more 300M of free hard disk or more is required for generating HDR image Video display of 800x600 pixels or higher 1024x768 is suggested 16 bit colors or higher supported E VV VV Vv 5 Note 2G RAM or more is recommended to stitch panorama over 10000
24. Assistance wh License Agreement BD Wizard Windows Media Player Microsoft Office Wor b a Panoweaver 6 Professional Edition E read me ip Uninstall fy Easypano t fy Panoweaver 6 Professional Edition gt Z what is new P Log OFF fo Turn GFF Computer b windows Messenger zi windows Movie Maker All Programs 3 Import the three panoramic images into Create HDR Image window and click HOR i to create an HDR image Refer to How to combine the generated panoramic images into an HDR Image for the details Basic Steps with Panoweaver Batch Edition 1 Access windows Start menu Start gt Programs gt Easypano gt Panoweaver 7 20 Batch Edition gt Batch Processing The Batch Processing window will appear 2 Select Batch Stitch as the batch processing mode Click PF import all sets of bracket exposure images 5 Note Please make sure the image format is JPEG otherwise you cannot use bracket exposure 3 Make some adjustments in the Settings window Check the Bracket Exposure box and select the corresponding stops 79 m a n i 3 3 pg B O O O e e O U re aA y A te ere Batch Processing Settings Batch Stitch Batch Publish Batch Spherical Cubic Conversion Image Type Drum Fisheye w Bracket Exposure Stops Panorama Spherical Panor Fi Web Broadbandg Type Size 4 Click Begin Processing button amp batch stitch panor
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27. F 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 5 Note Offline Activation requires network interface card installed Please make sure the computer on which you install Panoweaver and create 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 Helo gt Transfer License it can be finished in a moment Ii 5 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 Easy
28. 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 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 Nikon 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 I 5 Note Please DO NOT use Auto mode for panorama shooting ute mode Sees mode Aperture Shutter priority pri
29. Panorama Type Set Image Type elect the calculation method of camera and fens Autofatit parameters m EH or set the image type Image Type FullFrame Fisheye Five types are available ve isplay the horizontal FOV Hor Fo 785 De value Fhe default value varys with different image type Basic Steps 1 Select the calculation method 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 FullFrame Fisheye image Wide angle image and Normal image 33 Image Type Default Hor FOV egres Circular ee Wide angle Norma 34 C 5 Note Only stitching of three raynox images is supported 3 Hor Fov To display or set the horizontal FOV value The default horizontal FOV varies with different image types See the above chart p 5 Note If EXIF data was not found in the image s a dialog box will pop up like below Please select an image type in this kind of situation Image Type EXIF data was not found in the image s Please select the image type 5 Note Information about the camera and the lens can be stored in the EXIF data inside a JPEG file but not all cameras include the EXIF data Further EXIF data may be lost if the image is modified in a graphics appl
30. You must accept the terms of this agreement before continuing with the installation FASYPANO SOFTWARE END USER LICENSE AGREEMENT IMPORTANT THIS SOFTWARE END USER LICENSE JAGREEMENT EULA IS A LEGAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN YOU AND EASYPANO READ IT CAREFULLY BEFORE COMPLETING THE INSTALLATION PROCESS AND USING THE SOFTWARE IT PROVIDES A LICENSE TO USE THE SOFTWARE AND CONTAINS WARRANTY INFORMATION AND ILIABILITY DISCLAIMERS BY INSTALLING AND USING THE OC do not accept the agreement mE E 11 ee vi i easyr TULGO LALALA CS A AL ke 3 Select the folder where you wish to install Panoweaver then click Next to continue aa Setup Panoweaver I Hatch Edition Select Destination Location Where should Panoweaver 7 Batch Edition be installed me Setup will install Panoweaver 7 Batch Edition into the following folder To continue click Next f you would like to select a different folder click Browse sypano Panoweaver 7 Batch Edition At least 99 1 ME of free disk space is required 4 It will be ready to install a Setup Panoweaver I Hatch Edition Select Start Menu Folder Where should Setup place the program s shortcuts anes fr Setup will create the program s shortcuts in the following Start Menu folder To continue click Next F you would like to select a diferent folder click Browse Browse Cancel 12 VA cCasVt rele merelsg ye ee We te Che yy pe eet ea
31. a IMG_4299 JPG panog Jre FisheyesDrum4 2canon0siIMG_4305 JPG Finished Successful JresFisheye Crum4 2 canonosSiMG_ 4306 JPG a PHEA pe aretFisheye Drumy A canoni MG 4308 JPG gt panoga JresFisheyesDrum4 2 canon0S IMG_4325 JPG Processing Jres Fisheye Crum4 2 canon0S IMG_4326 IPG JresFisheye Drum4 2canon0a IMG_4327 JPG JresFisheye Drum4 2canon0SIMG_4328 JPG panolo4 JresFisheyesDrum4 2 canon0S IMG_4353 IPG Waiting Jre Fisheye Drum4 2 canon0S IMG_4354 JPG JresFisheye Drum4 2 canon0s IMG_4355 JPG Mame Source Images Status Result imal Height Adjustor Panorama Type Spherical Panorama 1400 x 700 Settings Display Area Automatically If matching points fall short stop the current stitching automatically and continue stit Py Blend we h New Click the button B start a new project 5 Begin Processing click the button WE to begin processing a Cancel Processing Click the button Eio cancel processing 1 To display the path of the imported images There are two ways to import the source images for batch stitch Method1 Choose Batch Stitch in the Panoweaver Start menu then import images by clicking Import in the popup window Then the path of all the imported images will be listed in this section i 5 Note Only the imported images of the same path can be batch stitched The supported image formats are JPG PNG TIFF BMP Only 8bits image supported Method2 Select the images first then right click and select Pa
32. ab 24 oe A ails www eas ano com Panorama in Flat View J Easypano Panoweaver unnamedT File Fanorama Image Tools Help CO FP Source Images Panoramic Image O g Click to change to Flat View 4 Best Fit v To display the panoramic image a Feature Description ioo Best Fit Display the image at a proper percentage depending on the size of display window K 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 25 Zoom In Ctrltt Zoom Unt Ctrlt Best Fit Ctrlti Flip d Adjust d Filter d Panorama in I mmersive View Source Images Panoramic Image _Click to change to Immersive View to preview a panorama in player eA fe t 1 on in jea i j Ea Panorama Type Panto H If previewing an imported panoramic image the button is active otherwise it s disabled As for Panorama Type there are 3 options available spherical cylindrical and cubic panorama 26 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 The option is disabled See Preview Panorama A 5 Note
33. ad to Website or you may import panoramic image into Tourweaver to make virtual tour refer to Make Virtual Tour with Tourweaver Use Panoweaver 7 20 31 www easypano com 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 Processing Import Images Puy Select File gt New project or click ii on toolbar to import the source still images 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 7 20 supports importing the following formats Types Remarks Camera Raw NEF CRW Dro awy SS Tiff Image Format tiff tif 8bit 16bits Windows Bitmap bmp Pict for 8bit Macintosh pict All Image Format For details about RAW please refer to Import Raw File Preview To preview selected image before importing select the checkbox in front of Preview T 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 32 Stitch Panoramic Image Parameters Setting about Stitching Set Image Type Set Fisheye Image Enclosing Use Matching Points Panel Set
34. ama in full screen on start please tick the check box of Full Screen QTVR 69 Upload to Website There are steps to upload panorama to website Use website editing tools like Dreamweaver to establish a local website with the Same structure of your website server if you already have site please skip this step Publish panorama into a specified local folder of this site 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 Easypano Virtual Tour Player After you publish panorama as Easypano Virtual Tour Player format you will find the following files in the published folder File Edit wiew Favorites Tools Help Q Beck Bi P Search I Folders i Address D Program Files Easypanoi Pano File and Folder Tasks E config pano txt ca Make a new Folder retsunjava gif bd E as Folder to FS images zip Fear eti Folder es ae Uppanc jS Other Places B a ie 1a l i wai ting gi i panoi My Documents W My Computer J My Network Places 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 the
35. amas 5 Click create HDR Image button to combine the generated stitched panoramic images into an HDR image How to combine the generated panoramic images into an HDR Image After stitching each group of images click on Create HDR Image a window will pop up Before combining you need to check if EXIF information of each panoramic image is complete and to specify the camera response curve 80 Easypano Panoweaver Create HDR Image Nev Project _create HDR Image dit Source Images A Result Image File Mame noram iC ABEW sh anoramic ABeE Sstops_ 022002 jpo anoramicABE Sstops_O242003 jpg anoramic 4BE Sstops_O2 2004 jpg anoramic ABE stops 0242005 jog Modify Aperture Shutter Exposure Compensation value Select images Ih f Camera Response Curve B Use existing Camera response curve Standard v Calculate camera response curve Use camera response curve to create HDE image Save Curve Curve Name jorvame i Easypano Panoweaver Create HDR Image File Edit Help cs HOR Adjust Exposure Source Images Result Image RET OTT Ree tae ama Bit Depth sbit LDRI a A Source Images select the images first and check the EXIF info before combining B Camera Response Curve specify the camera response curve for generating an HDR image C Result Image edit or save the generated HDR i
36. arance for Pause state Refer to Print button for image setting 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 BS Dard COM Print Settings Global Settings About Adobe Flash Player 10 Resized to 50 for non fullscreen mode 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 64 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 s _ St M 5 Note Please download and install the latest version of Flash 9 player if you cannot view the panorama 65 Scene Loading Window Settings Control Button Settings Background Sound File fs fay LiLoop C Autoplay Context Menu Website Link http www easypano com
37. ayed out E Add one or more images to the current project ill Delete the selected images Rotate the selected images 90 degree counterclockwise Rotate the selected images 90 degree clockwise e La Ea p E a eat Adjust size of thumbnails The display dimension range of a single thumbnail image is 75x75 290x290 120x120 by default F rip The first thumbnail image is selected by default Select one or more images and drag to change position Editable Original Image View 21 Wwww eas pano com ee __ e Source Images Panoramic Image al a a we Click to display a single image Navigation Chart Area to display the original image Feature Description joo 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 Ctri zoom in and Ctri zoom out Use Image gt View gt Zoom In Zoom Out in Menu bar gt gt Click arrow under a 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 ee aa revise it and th
38. buy a license key to activate the software Visit Easypano Online Store to get information on purchasing 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 14 t n Ps gt i AALL Aak E he eee ee oe eee the product to make it fully functional The Easypano Product Activation System does not collect or utilize personal information such as your name and contact information Product Activation is completely secure and anonymous 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 mf Try for full feature test a Purchase to get serial number Vanna move your current activated license to a new computer Activate Product R N Online Offline Transfer License Online Reactivate in the new computer ob 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
39. click 3 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 V before Apply to All Images to implement the parameters to the other images rip If you want to use parameters of the 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 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 ji Information Left Right Distance Enough matching points F1 _ gt Orphaned Images P2 1741 1520 359 1550 0 75209 gt Linked Images PS 1675 1726 304 1754 9 1 64647 FI lt 12 345678 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 Pe 1583 1331 206 1354 0 53625 x 1 Matching Point Table To d
40. commended Compatible Equipment Refer to http www easypano com pw6 equipment html for details Workflow of Shooting Fisheye Images 98 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 99 gt Enough memory cards Estimate the shot images amounts and the memory of the flash card then calculate your needed card numbers The original 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 sp
41. ct 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 save Panoramic mage File Format f compress Duality g5 of 2 panaeramic image File Mame Te ing Destination Path _E Program Files Easypan You may save the panoramic image as the following formats Windows Bitmap bmp JPEG Image Format jpeg jog Photoshop psd Portable Network Graphics png Targa Files tga Tiff Image Format tiff 5 Note Most of the above formats belong to 8 bit image Panoweaver can also save 16 bit for Tiff image and HDR images Adjust J PEG 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 aac a a I l l l l l I l 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 32 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 See below Save Panoramic Ieare File Format File Name Epo Destination Path C Program Files Easypar Cancel Retouch Image If you are unha
42. d panoramic images in the popup Create HDR interface to create HDR image Ba tC h St tC h n g Panoweaver Batch only Batch stitching can be used to stitch several projects in batch The projects need to be prepared in Panoweaver and must contain an output filename On Windows there is also a shortcut to the batch stitching in the Panoweaver Start menu folder Batch stitching is only available in Panoweaver Batch Edition If you want to stitch several groups of images of the same type quickly choose Start gt Program gt Easypano gt Panoweaver 7 20 Batch Edition gt Batch Processing to select Batch Stitch make settings then Panoweaver will complete all work for you automatically according to your settings 5 Note The maximum quantity of batch stitching is 100 sets of images Basic steps of batch stitching 1 Import multiple images 2 Choose Image Type that will be used to stitch panoramas 3 Click Begin Processing to start batch stitching 4 When the stitching process is completed click Create HDR Image if you want to create a HDR image Refer to Create HDR Image for details 90 Easypano Panoweaver Hatch Processing File Edit Help Menu Bar 5 Ei r Tool Bar ES a ae iit ll ca p a panoo01 ure Fisheye Drumd4 2 canon05 IMG_4296 JPG Finished Successful i iiia e e Fisheye Drumg Acanong SMG 4297 JPG Preview Image Jre Fisheye Drum4 2 canon0S IMG_4298 JPG JresFisheye Drum4 2 canon0
43. e Enter Enter OIE GF Browse Exit Prints the current image Seles Help Bb AQaAad Show foomouk Zoomin Zoom Audio Mos 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 eas Download Trial Version at http www eas ano com how to make a virtual tour html ano com free trial html Click this image to view virtual tours made with Tourweaver using the panoramic images stitched in Panoweaver as source images 55 o j iT AJAS fas IO Cee V VVV C avy Wari Vili 7S CW i p T Publish Panorama After stitching choose File gt Publish Panorama or click O on toolbar to publish Panorama Basic Steps 1 Select publishing format Enter file name Select output path te Click Publish Publishing Format Set general publishing parameters in General Set individual parameter for each publishing type 56 Publish Panorama Format General Htmi5 Type Flash VR L Standalone swf swf C Easypano Virtual Tour Player L QuickTime VR Html Output File Name Output Path C Program Files Easypano Panoweaver 7 Profession oF Type You may publish as Shockwave Flash
44. e last image of horizontal direction and do not move tripod or camera For details please refer to How to Shoot Fisheye Images 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 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 effect 6 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 www easypano com faq 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
45. ecific 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 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 A i H Ps i PY Cao y KAILON Pano Head j 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 www easypano com Non Lens Specific Pano Head As we mentioned pano head is to assure the nodal point perfectly on t
46. ed Blender PY Blend SmartBlend Location of smarthlend exe Command line parameters Refer to Advanced Settings for the detailed info 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 40 Drag circle to change radius Press Ctr Left Mouse Key to change center Center x G center Yi gi H vy Radius Ae Apply to All Refer to Set Fisheye Image Enclosing for the basic steps 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 41 In case it is difficult for Panoweaver to search out the matching points automatically
47. elete 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 gt After selecting one or more hotspots hold the left mouse key and drag 48 gt Use arrow keys to move the selected hotspots gt Move a single hotspot by changing the X Y coordinates of it in the properties panel of the hotspot Set Hotspot Properties Properties Component Q Text Text Link to None ll Images E eet T Fop Up Image Hobpott Ck cAProgram Fa J OURL W ag x 678 4 c Program F E H fag lao1 n C Program F E Rai 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 Elto set hint properties Hint Settings A TSIM io v i B z Border Color O Background Color Link to None To set hotspot action None represents the hotspot doesn t link to anything Link to Popup I mage You can add Pop up Image action to Hotspot After this action is added to h
48. en 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 Tip 22 www easypano com 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 O Hert PGN Previous POUF Zoom In Ctrltt Zoom Out Ctrlt Best Fit Ctrltu JOCH JOCCH 180 Flip d If the imported images are Circular or Drum images you need to adjust a Circle Surrounding the fisheye images please refer to Set Fisheye Image Enclosing for details Source Images Panoramic Image Pope a Oo oO hi B88 oo Best Fit w Drag circle to chahge radius Press Gri Left Mouse Key to change center Matching Points Editing View 23 oA m p mi i j Pt lm pr i o qu JI m qu 3 m mu wo 0 nfo To display the feedback info of the calcuationy result of stitching parameters gt Linked Images oe e ana AE i736 i671 362 1698 Po 17414 1520 359 1550 0 75209 Fa 17S 72h 304 1754 DERF P4 1656 1157 304 1187 0 63344 gt Image pairs with less than 3 pairs of matching points pS 1657 1502 270 1533 05441 gt Image pairs with matching points in big error 4 8 4 5 MOS 1583 1331 206 1354 0 536 Wk F
49. er 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 e Microsoft IE6 0 Netscape Navigator 5 0 Firefox 1 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 7 0 Trial Version 1 Download the trial version of Panoweaver 7 20 from Easypano website 2 Close all other Windows applications which are currently running 3 Double click the Panoweaver installation package to run the installation application 10 1 Click Next to go to the License Agreement W Setup Panoweaver T Batch Edition a Welcome to the Panoweaver 7 Batch Edition Setup Wizard This will install Panoweaver Batch Edition on your computer It is recommended that you close all other applications before continuing Click Next to continue or Cancel to exit Setup 2 Accept the License Agreement and click Next Setup Panoweaver I Hatch Edition License Agreement Please read the following important infomation before continuing Please read the following License Agreement
50. ermines 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 Set SmartBlend plugin in the popup 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 Tip Get HDR Image What is HDR I mage 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 ima
51. es in portrait mode Full Frame 6 6 T 6 B 6 T B 6 pictures in portrait mode 4 4 T 44 B 4 T B 4 pictures in landscape mode F rip 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 see Panorama Photography Stitch Panoramic Image Even if this is your first time to use Panoweaver you don t have 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 30 3547 Wat sre i SSS a Launch Panoweaver a m a a aa aT a ae 7 Switch to the Editable Original Image ViewSet the Image Enclosing a papas ie E me a a Ses se Bae Preview save Panoramic Image Publish Panorama 1 Select File gt New project or click on toolbar to import the source images 2 Select Panorama gt Stitch or click x on toolbar to stitch the images 3 Select File gt Preview or click toolbar to preview panorama 4 Select File gt Save Panoramic Image or click Don toolbar to save panorama 5 Select File gt Publish or click Bon toolbar to publish panorama Application After publishing panoramic image you are able to upload it to website refer to Uplo
52. ge with dynamic range of higher than 255 1 8 bit per color channel is regarded as HDR image I mage 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 dynamic range lightness ratio 74 per color per pixel dynamic channel Range JPEG or 8 bit TIFF 8 24 255 1 256 2 12 bit CCD 4 096 1 14 bit CCD woo e 16 3841 16 bit TIFF 65 536 1 Real maximum limited by dynamic range of capturing device infinite Real maximum limited by the captured dynamic range Why to use HDR I mage 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 Let s see the traditional troublesome way to solve the over under exposure problem first 1 Shoot images to create a panorama 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
53. h 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 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 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 29 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 4 T 44 B 44 7T B 4 pictur
54. he 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 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
55. he 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 the 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 Panorama Type You are able to set type and size of the panoramic image that you want to get in this panel There are three types Spherical Panorama Cubic Panorama Cylindrical panorama 37 WH is 2 I Spherical Panorama W H is 6 1 Cubic Panorama O Cylindrical Panorama Web Broadband v Width No fixed ratio 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 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 Panorama 1400x700 Cylindrical Panorama 25 of Max Width x 25 of Max Height Web Spherical Panorama 4000x2000 Broadband p Cubic Panorama 7200x1200 Cylindrical Panorama 50 of Max Width x 50 of Max Height Spherical Panorama 6000x3000 Cubic Panorama 9600x1600 Cylindrical Panorama 75 of Max Width x 75 of Max Height Spherical Panorama 8000x4000 Cub
56. hed Successful res isheyesDru nd 2 canonOSMG_ 4297 JPG ure isheye Drum4 e2 canon0S IMG_4298 JPG ares isheye Drum4 2 canon0S IMG_4299 JPG panooo2 wre isheye Drum4 2 canon0S IMG_4305 IPG Finished Successful res isheyesDrum4 24canon0S IMG_4306 JPG rer isheye Drum4 e2 canon0S IMG_4307 JPG j ure Fisheye Dru m4 2 canonOS MG_4308 JP oo panoon3 wre isheye Drum4 2 canon0S IMG_4325 IPG Process ing 17 rer isheyes Drum4 23canon0S IMG_4326 JPG ure F isheye Drum4 e canon0S IMG_4327 JPG wes isheye Drum4 2 canon0S IMG_4328 PG pancoo4 ure Fisheye Drum4 2 canon05YMG_4353 JPG Waiting ures isheye Drum4 2 canon0S IMG_4354 JPG wei isheye Drum4 e2 canon0S IMG_4355 IPG Panorama Type Spherical Panorama A Modify Settings Size 1400 700 Stitch Automatically If matching points fall short stop the current stitching automatically and continue stit Blender PY Blend 6 Click Begin Processing button amp start batch processing 7 Click Modify Settings after batch stitch completes make settings under batch publish to batch publish the generated panoramic images 89 X Tip gt Batch processing via right click 1 Select multiple images 2 Right click on images 3 Select Batch Stitch Publish S C Conversion with Panoweaver in the popup right click menu gt Under Batch Stitch mode after processing completes click Create HDR Image HOR button Er import the generate
57. heye 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 I mages 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 C 5 Note It is suggested the images be shot clockwise otherwise you may have to reverse the sequence when loading 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 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 I mport the images to the computer Af
58. ic Panorama 12000x2000 po Cylindrical Panorama 100 of Max Width x 100 of Max Height Custom You may set width and height without limitation as long as computer supports 16000 8000 or bigger If bigger than 16000 8000 preview publish are not supported you could save it and view it in other software 38 2 j A H Ps i i PY Cao yY vari YU Basic Steps before Stitching General Steps Before Stitching 1 In Image Show and Operation Area under Source Images Tab select delete and AEWA the s source HIS fora panorama A saa ee Area to display thumbnail AN 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 panel 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 a Image Type FullFrame Fisheye Deg 39 www easypano com 3 In Panoramic Type panel set the type of panoramic image Spherical Panorama T cubic Panorama O cylindrical Panorama Web Broadband a Width Height 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 Advanced Settings OLast Used Ceiling Floor Size Last Us
59. ication If the data can t be found in the image during reading the info about EXIF data a dialog box will pop up with prompt info EXIF data was not found in the image s Please select the image type then please select an image type by yourself 35 Set Fisheye Image Enclosing This is an important step to get the high quality panorama This function is only applicable to drum and full circular fisheye images ow Fisheye Image Enclosing Drag circle to change radius Press adjust the X coordinate Ctr Left Mouse Key to change of the circle center Center x 1296 Adjust the coordinate ofthe circle Center Y 1536 i Adjust the radius i EE of the circle Radius 1536 7 3 M M Apply to Al j ON the parameters to the other images 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 Ctrl 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 yellow circle moves up click v7 yellow circle moves down Click yellow circle moves left click IP yellow circle moves right click i yellow circles zooms in
60. ile L Progress bar Width 200 Height p l L Bar Colour i Container Colour O Cancel Display download progress To set the style of the progress bar among Standard Custom only for pro and batch 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 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 62 Control Button Settings Loading xoxkb Component Style Toolbar Location L Set Properties for Print To set its position image and hint Properties r penent Image Hr C Program Filesi a Hint a JF y 125 uh C Program Files 3 y 2 ni C Program Files rE X Y To set Print button position or just drag 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 posses
61. ings 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 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 5 Note This part is an abstract from Kaidan User
62. io is different from all the above ones the imported images will be regarded as cylindrical panorama and can t be published to QTVR format As to the settings made to Ceiling Floor Output Format File Name and Output Path please refer to Stitch Panoramic Image 3 Click on Batch Spherical Cubic Conversion tab Batch Processing Settings File Name pano 001 Sample pano001 jpg Output Path Path where the original image is located Specified Path E Program Files Easypano Panoweaver 6 Batch Edition output i Batch Spherical Cubic Conversion If the ratio of the imported images is 2 1 they will be regarded as spherical panoramas and be converted into cubic ones If the ratio of the imported images is 6 1 or 1 6 they will be regarded as cubic panoramas and be converted into spherical ones 5 Note The format of the output images is the same as that of imported images B Toolbar To display the menus which are frequently used gt gt res air Tool Tip Import Images File gt Import images Begin Processing Edit gt Begin Processing Cancel Processing Cancel Processing Create HDR Image Edit gt Create HDR Image 86 C I mage List Includes Image List Preview Area 2 Name 3 Source Images status 5 Result mal anooo lre Fisheye D urnd 2 canon0S IMG_ 4296 PG Finished Successful i piete selecte R RANE p um4 2 canon0S IMG_4297 JPG ove down dre
63. isplay compressed size of file in the pop up window Refer to Adjust JPEG quality Thumbnall 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 Recommended Panoweaver will calculate a recommended size of viewer in accordance with the size of panoramic image Please refer to the following table Purpose Recommended Size of Viewer Web Dialup 400x300 Web Broadband 640x480 800x600 1024x768 58 T Panoweaver calculates the size of viewer according to the size defined by users Custom User defines the size of viewer by himself Viewer Parameters Set Viewer Parameters Pin Cancel Set the initial max and min values of Pan Tilt FOV of panorama when playing 59 Flash VR Publish Panorama Format General Scene Loading Window Settings Control Button Settings Background Sound File fs fay LJLoop Autoplay Context Menu Website Link htto www easypano com Resized to 50 for non fullscreen mode LI Slice Display Initial Auto Rotation Direction Right Rotation Speed 10 Restore Defaults Publish Click the hyper text Settings and a dialog box will pop up You are able to customize Loading Window Loading Window Background Color Set the background color
64. isplay the matching points of a current image pair For the details about operations on matching points please refer to Insert Matching Points 2 To display 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 I mages The images listed under this item don t have any matching point with other images gt Linked I mage 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 t
65. l shot Support removing tripod directly in Panoweaver Provide selection of stitching parameters Support output of six cubic images Support adding hotspot not supported in std edition Support background music not supported in std edition Support adding print emailto show help play sound buttons not Supported in std edition Support customization of URL link on context menu not supported in std edition Support swf progress bar not supported in std edition Support stitching of big sized panorama not supported in std edition Support Html5 format output Shooting Tip 1 Shoot additional ceiling floor shots without tripod to replace the original shots 2 When shooting ceiling floor shooting position should be almost the same with the original position 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 Improved features Improved stitching effect Removed features Delete Prestitch 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 7 20 is designed to develop three editions involving Professional Standard and Batch edition The two editions Batch and Pro possess almost the same functions which are all powerful and professional tools to stitch panoramas The batch version has all features of the pro version and additionally support
66. lbar 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 gt Select at File gt Open Project or click 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 72 E a project File Edit View Favorites Tools Help pack j a Jo Search gt Folders Address D Program Files Easypano Panoweaver 5 01 W f30 D project pw Py File 3 KE 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 Advanced Settings Initial Value of Fisheye Image Enclosing Last Used Ceiling Floor Size Last Used Blender PY Blend O SmartBlend Location of smartblend exe Command line parameters E T et a ER LE a a i A oo y fh St ee Rise U Srmootn ad Fap We 1 Initial Value of Fisheye I mage Enclosing 73 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 Blender Blender det
67. m 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 70 3 Generated by Easypano Panoweaver Microsoft Internet Explorer File Edit View Favorites Tools Help a b Gack gt G we i Rp HacK eal x B A A Search Favorites g Address D Program Files EasypanoiPanoweaver 6 00outputipanali Flask Go Links A Paste the codes to T pano the page in which you want to embed the panorama 4 How to embed this panorama in my web page a Copy the following code and paste it in your own web page a hreft onClick Javascript iwindow open panoe Html blank status yes top 0 left 0 w idth 400 height 300 j gt lt img src panos pg width 160 height so border 0 gt lt a gt b Copy corresponding resource files mcluding scene scene config xml pw swi pane html te the folder of your own page Please keep the tile structure unchanged My Computer i QuickTime VR Same as Easypano Virtual Tour Player after you publish panorama as QuickTime VR format you will find the following files in the published folder SE Fie Edit wiew Favorites Tools Help pack i p2 Search gt Folders Bab Address C Program Files EasypanolPanoweaver 5 00 outputipanal A O scene File and Folder Tasks index html gj panot html m W Make a
68. mage A Source Images 81 s A A a eaeoe gt Select a file in File name to preview the image at the left side The selected images will be combined into an HDR image gt You may view and modify aperture shutter and exposure compensation value in Create HDRI window How to Edit EXIF information Click table cell and the figure will become editable You may enter a value directly or click the arrow of the drop down list to select one 5 Note File name image name cannot be edited Images in the same group Should have the same parameters B Camera Response Curve You have to select or generate one camera response curve before stitching HDR image F Tip gt If you select Use existing camera response curve please use the specified value in drop down list to stitch HDR image gt If you select Calculate camera response curve the system will calculate curve value before creating HDR image gt You may save this curve value by selecting Save Curve and specify its name in Curve Name Once the curve value is saved next time you may use it directly from the drop down list below Use existing camera response curve The curver value can be saved to a file with extension crv C Result I mage gt After the process finishes thumbnail of the HDR image will appear under the Result Image tag with ratio 2 1 gt Switch between 32bit HDRI and 8bit LDRI under Bit Depth gt Adjust Exposure and Gamma by
69. meters 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 44 Edit Panoramic Images 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 Add Logo 1 Open Ceiling Floor panel 2 Select Floor from the drop down list 3 Click lor 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 panoramic image show area 4 Click or c double click in logo show area to remove logo To adjust T 50 ihe size of logo Double click ates to add or remove ceiling floor F Tip gt If you stitch drum or full frame 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 gt If you want to apply pa
70. ndard bar Width Height represents width and height of progress bar X Y indicates the position of progress bar relative to the top left corner of loading window Bar Color represents the color of progress bar Container Color represents the color of container Initial Full Screen If this option is selected the viewer will be displayed at full screen mode when it is loaded If not selected viewer will be displayed in accordance with the size set in general properties SI ice Display Panoweaver 7 20 provides slice display mode There will be a transition effect after panorama was loaded but has not been played yet There are 3 types 68 Fill with Color Users specify a type of color to fill panorama Click Eto select color Gray Zoom in the thumbnail of initial Gray scale image to fill panorama Blur Zoom in the thumbnail of initial image to fill panorama Initial Auto Rotation If this item is selected panoramic images will be played automatically at the speed you set You may set Direction for it and default direction is Right If this item is not selected initially panoramic image will be in still status Rotation Speed You may set the rotation speed of panoramic image Default speed is 20 frames s Quick Time VR Publish Panorama Format General Flash Applet Options Full Screen OTVR Restore Defaults Full Screen QTVR To play your QTVR panor
71. ng 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 Mon 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 Method 3 Click on the image press arrow t 4 key on keyboard to move 5 pix type Ctrl t 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 Elin one image and its corresponding matching point in the other image will be selected automatically Click i in 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 i 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 pa
72. noweaver Batch gt Batch Stitch with Panoweaver 2 To select a processing mode for stitching and make settings to each mode K tip If the imported source images are fisheye images including Full Circular Fisheye Image Drum Fisheye Image and Full Frame Fisheye Image select a image type to create spherical or cylindrical panoramas To convert from cubic panorama to spherical one or vice versa select Batch Spherical Cubic Conversion Click the hypertext Modify Settings the settings window will pop up As to the settings please refer to Batch Stitch Settings 91 3 To display the stitching result Tip After the batch stitching finishes click hyper text Create HDR to get a HDR panoramic image with the generated panoramic images For details about how to create HDR please refer to How to combine the generated panoramic images into an HDR Image 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 th
73. om 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 7 20 allows users to import Camera Raw to get high quality panoramic image X Tip Steps 1 Choose File gt New Project or click i on toolbar set file format as Camera Raw in the Open Images window Click Open and then Camera Raw window will appear T1 Camera Kaw Ezposure Compensetion V Apply to all White Balance Az Shot Teage Depth 18 bite Chernal 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 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 I mage gt HDR to LDR the program will convert it automatically b Note 8 bit images show 24b in status bar and 16 bit images show 48b Source Image DSC 1227 jpg 2000 3008 24b Source Image OSC 1226 NEF 3039 2014 45b Get HDR Image from B
74. on degree should be 30 K tip 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 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 E 5 Note For the best results take photos using the following 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 phot
75. onal ceiling floor shots without tripod to replace the original shots 46 2 When shooting ceiling floor shooting position should be almost the same with the original position 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 Hotspot to Panorama In Panoweaver 7 you could add hotspots to a panoramic image Steps are as below 1 Click on Set Hotspots button in Flat View under Panoramic Image tab 2 Add hotspots to the panoramic image in the popup Hotspot Settings window Hotspot Setting x te Hotspot Hotspot List 3 And make settings to hotspots in the properties panel such as adding a certain action like Link to URL EE Text Text Oo j EE Link to None i Images Ta O Pop Up Image Hotspoti Oy c Program F EF URL P Uk C Program F jG veo sede 47 www easypano com Edit Hotspot Click Set Hotspots button E in Flat View under Panoramic Image tab to go to the hotspot settings window Hotspot Setting Oaa Hotspot Delete roo Hotspot List 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 Method 1 Select a hotspot and click Delete Hospot Method 2 Select a hotspot and press D
76. or to the right to put your choice into effect and re turn to the shooting menu a e E d k 5 1 4 uality Selecting NEF Raw from the image quality menu seannemen cm displays the menu of NEF mode options shown at Image Quality right Highlight the desired NEF mode and press NEF Mode the multi selector to the right g RAWNEF Raw DOA 97 www easypano com Photograph Tips Lighting II 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 DO NOT get overexposure otherwise the fisheye images will have a distinct blue or dark seam To get a deeper Depth of Field we suggest 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 Use the 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 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
77. ording to your settings E 5 Note The maximum quantity of batch stitching is 100 sets of images 84 Panoramic Image Make your own settings if necessary Panorama Size Web Dialup 1400 700 pixels by default Web Broadband 4000 2000 by default CD 6000 3000 pixels by default Print 8000 4000 by default Custom lIt is allowed to customize the height File Name How to name a file File Mame pano O01 Sample panooo jpg 001 002 003 Editable Text panol Every time you start a new project the end number will automatically 1 as the default value of the item 2 Click on Batch Publish tab Batch Processing Settings Batch Spherical Cubic Conversion Ceiling Floor Ecen 20 C Floor 30 Output Format Flash VR Settings Shockwave Flash Settings _ Easypano Virtual Tour Player Settings Cl QuickTime VR Settinas File Name nano Sample pano001 jpg Output Path Path where the original image is located Specified Path Batch Publish As to the settings made to Image Type Panorama Type Stitch Blender Ceiling Floor Output Format File Name and Output Path please refer to Stitch If the ratio of width to height is 2 1 6 1 1 6 the imported images can be published to three output formats If the ratio is 1 1 the imported images can t be published to Flash or QTVR formats 85 If the rat
78. ority 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 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 T 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
79. os 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 94 Shoot Fisheye Images Main 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
80. otspot 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 49 Link to Pop Up Image Image i Popup Window Settings Window Size Image Size v Width Height ji Location Center Cancel URL http www easypano c EF Destination BE wl Q b Note When multiple hotspots are selected in the properties panel W H Icon Text and Hint are editable while other options are not editable O b Note The edited hotspots can only display in hotspot panel which don t display in panoramic image area or under preview mode 50 l 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 Source images Panoramic TTA eik to change to Immersive View e to preview a panorama in player Fien E zoom in EY right Ef 200m out fa t F Shift noone 8 OUO an 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 nani or minify the view 51 Save Panoramic Image Choose File gt Save Panoramic Image or a oe toolbar sele
81. pano support will transfer your license in original computer so that you can reactivate in another one Tip Only when the product was activated can users proceed to transfer license 16 Basic Knowledge of Panoweaver 7 20 About Panoweaver Project File Project still exists in Panoweaver 7 20 as in Panoweaver 6 00 So you may save unfinished panoramic image as a pw file and continue to edit it later For details please refer to Project 5 Note The project file generated from Panoweaver 6 00 can t be applied in Panoweaver 7 20 User Interface User Interface of Panoweaver 7 0 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 7 20 If a shortcut is available it is shown next to the function 1 File menu Filemenu Feature Description Shortcuts 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 17 2 Panorama menu Panorama menu Feature Description Shortcuts g
82. perture compensation value will be shown in this bar cave project imgOl jpe 2000 x 3008 X 24b 1 Os 13 0 My First Panorama 28 Shoot Images Before we get to stitching however it s important that we start with proper source images Panoweaver 7 20 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 angle 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 muc
83. ppy 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 ia EHG ET File Format Quality 95 File Mame banoofi Destination Path E Program Files Easypan Save Cancel 2 Use Photoshop to open and retouch it 53 WN Adobe Photoshop File Edit Image Layer Select Filter View Window Help ms Auto Select Layer Suto Select Groups Show Transform Controls W panol psd 33 3 0 RGB 8 33 37 Dect 2 BOM E I M n E i i b a i im x Layers CM als ALP i a H Lock 7 g Fill 10095 gt 3 Re import retouched panoramic image into Panoweaver and publish it Choose File gt Import Panoramic Image or click 54 on toolbar V i LAs aED CE l LAR AAA Pind ED oe ek A 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 da pano5 jpg ACDSee v5 0 m Edit View ae ODEN Shell A Save OS Close Close All zoom Tools Certo Ctrl 5 Ctrl F4 Ctrl Shift F4 ak Print Image Print All Images Ctrl Shift F Properties Al
84. r oe er eee Setup Panoweaver I Batch Edition Select Additional Tasks Which additional tasks should be performed Select the additional tasks you would like Setup to perfom while installing Panoweaver 7 Batch Edition then click Next Additional icons 5 Click Install to start installing the Panoweaver software ia Setup Panoweaver f Batch Edition Ready to Install Setup is now ready to begin installing Panoweaver 7 Batch Edition on your computer Click Install to continue with the installation or click Back if you want to review or change any settings Destination location C Program Files Easypano Panoweaver 7 Batch Edition Stat Menu folder Easypano Panoweaver 7 Batch Edition Install Cancel 13 A Cas YvaliVV CUili 6 Click Finish to complete the installation TA Setup Panoweaver I Hatch Edition E Completing the Panoweaver 7 Batch Edition Setup Wizard Setup has finished installing Panoweaver 7 Batch Edition on your computer The application may be launched by selecting the installed icons Click Finish to exit Setup Uninstall Panoweaver 7 0 There are two ways to uninstall Panoweaver e Use shortcut in Start menu Start gt Programs gt Easypano gt Panoweaver 7 Professional Edition gt Uninstall e Click Add Remove Program in Control Panel to uninstall Activate Panoweaver 7 20 Purchase To use the full features of Panoweaver you need to
85. racket 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 78 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 K tip 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 7 20 pro and stitch to get three panoramic images 2 Access Windows Start menu Start gt Programs gt Easypano gt Panoweaver 7 20 Professional Edition gt Create HDR Image then the Create HDR Image window will pop up 33 windows Messenger 9 Internet Explorer SM Create HDR Image we msn Easypano Website Tour Windows sP le Outlook Express 2l Help p Files and Settings Tr4 c Remote
86. rameters directly when you stitch images shot with the same equipment and settings Steps Choose Panorama gt Save Stitching Parameter or use shortcut Ctrl 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 Stitch with Former Parameters Parameters of images shot with the same equipment and settings are the same As 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 43 W Easypano Panoweaver unnamed3 gee e e Image Tools Help Spherical Cubic Conversion CtrltFg m save Stitching Parameters Ctrlti Sou Manage Stitching Parameters ZEE Pre stitch E im om i oe stitch Ctrlt Fo Stitch With Former Farameters Last Parameter FullFrame i bn 5 6 7 5 i 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 FullFrame FullFrame Tue Mar 3 FullFrame FullFrame Tue Mar 3 edy gt Import You may import external parameters for example para
87. rameters of top bottom used last time please set it in Tools gt Advanced Settings For details please refer to Advanced Settings Use Other I mage Editing Software to Retouch If you don t want to add a logo 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 45 il u eee 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 additi
88. re 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 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 T deeper Decrease the aperture i e T ler increase the F value to get a oa Bye ner deeper DOV when shooting panorama Focal length ee bellowe Wide angle lens has deeper DOV jreater T while telephoto lens has shallower DOV Distance from the lens to the Toa The closer you are to the subject
89. s are divided according to Image gt Number under the other two modes one image is regarded as one group gt Select Edit gt Settings 1 Click on Batch Stitch tab Hatch Processing Settings Image Blender Ceiling Floor SmartBlend 4 Number Floor Rotate l Output Format MG PEG Quality s A X BMP Panorama I PNG Type Spherical Panorama _ B Z TIF TIFF gBits IPSD Cl Bracket Exposure Size Web Dialup B C Flash VR Settings JEasypano Virtual Tour Player Settings Stitch JouickTime WR Settings If matching points fall short stop the current stitching automatically and continue stitching the next group File Mame 5 Tf matching points fall short ignore it and continue nano O01 stitching z S Stitch all groups of images with the specified parameters Output Path Sample pano001 jog E Pragra nana Danoweaver Fouce Path where the original image is located Stitch the first group automatically and stitch the Specified Path other groups with parameters of the first group Batch Stitch Batch stitching is only available in Panoweaver Batch version If you want to stitch several groups of images of the same type quickly choose Start gt Program gt Easypano gt Panoweaver 7 20 Batch Edition gt Batch Processing to select Batch Stitch make settings then Panoweaver will complete all work for you automatically acc
90. s batch stitching Functionality only present in the Batch version is donated in the manual by Peroweaver Batch only For the sake of simplicity this manual refers to Panoweaver when discussing functionality that is common to Professional and Batch version Below is the comparison between the two editions Panoweaver 7 20 Edition Comparison Features Batch Professional Standard Support all kinds of camera normal lens wide angle lens raynox lens sunex lens and Only support normal and wide angle lens fisheye lens Auto stitch spherical and cylindrical panorama Support two blenders PWBlend EA EA Only support and SmartBlend mE _ PWBlend a iiaa a KEENE N PaE Full circular type e Wide angle Normal i wA amp amp Create HDR image to solve overexposure underexposure problem i ti se ee i AAA Ce SV DANO COMmM Support stitching of big sized panorama New Batch stitch publish and Spherical Cubic conversion parameters New Support output of six cube face aie New format aw Shockwave Flash a a a Standalone SWF mm o Right click stitching cwonizessingtoorig S Customize Loading Window for Flash VR and Standalone swf A va output Support adding print emailto aA M play sound buttons Support customization of URL link on context menu New i A A As A A ks AIGIS S Q1G S QI 1G
91. ses 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 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 Help To set info image for panorama 63 ProgressBar ToolBar Print Email To Show Help Play Sound a Component Se _ ay oo 3 Fe ga Show help Image Uk C Program Files car Hint Ta A 210 Q C Program Files a Source File y 4 Fi c program Files gj tae 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 Properties Component ae i gt Play Sound Image Play R C Program Files i Hint x 246 Tt c Program Files g8 E 3 p C Program Files a As to X Y Hint settings please refer to Print properties setting Image Type of Play Sound button is toggle button so two sets of images are required When Play is selected to set images and hint for Play state When Pause is selected to set appe
92. 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 relative side to side motion that we will strive to eliminate when setting up a camera for VR panoramas ja a a ee gh 1 P ah 7 FE 7 vo Y Parallax error can be easily demonstrated It s the relative mowe 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 O I a a ee e ae a ae ae ea 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
93. sypano 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 or visit the Help Desk or select Help gt Bug Report Feature Request to submit Introduction Panoweaver 7 20 comes in three editions Standard Professional and Batch 5 Note For the help info about Standard edition please refer to the Help Topics in Standard edition What s New Panoweaver can stitch regular 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 What s New in Panoweaver 7 Added features Support removing tripod from panorama by using additiona
94. t Spherical Cubic Conversion Convert from cubic panorama Ctrl F9 to spherical one or vice versa 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 View Zoom in the image 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 18 Flip Filter 4 Tools menu Horizontal Flip horizontally Color Balance Adjust color balance panoramic image only Brightness Adjust brightness Contrast and contrast panoramic image only Hue Saturation Adjust hue and saturation panoramic image only Blur Blur a panoramic image Sharpen Increase contrast in a panoramic image Tools menu Feature Description Language System Defaults System defaul
95. t 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 e asypano com Visit easypano com website for more information Check for Update Check if there is an updated version available 19 ti se ee i nn WWW easSsypano com Bug Report Feature Submit Bugs or feature Request requests Buy Now Purchase in online store E 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 a l 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 20 www easypano com Seg Ealick to change toT Thumhpai i Bw alae J 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 Exclude the selected image from stitching process The disabled image is gr
96. ter 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 I mages 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 calculation 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 Pee eee eke 5 Jele f je e Jao ieksa e Jele Jeje koi kasjes C A E a E a The smaller EV value is the more light camera will take in 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 2ZEV The quantity of images is also different Some cameras shoot 3 images and some shoot 5 images In most
97. th Fanoweaver image Sra SiC Conversation with Panowearer TPEG 2007 1 30 9 26 1m ages 2 A batch processing window will pop up 87 File Edit Help CE Mode S Modify Settings Image Type Panorama Type Size 3 Click New button a New dialog box will pop up a Easypano Panoweaver Hatch Processing File Edit Help OGE Source Images Status Result m O Batch Publish O Batch Spherical Cubic Conversion Mode Modify Settings Image Type Panorama Type Size kod 4 Select a processing mode and click OK At the bottom of the interface the parameters items will display and a dialog box will appear to remind you If you want to change the displayed parameters click on Modify Settings 88 www easypano com Easypano Panoweaver Gatch Processing Source Images Result mat Fasypano Panoweaver First please make sure the information on the bottom meets your requests You can change the settings by clicking the button Modify Settings Then import the images D not show this tip next Time Mode Si Modify Settings Image Type i Panorama Type Size 5 Click on Import Images button PF Lo import images Easypano Panoweaver Hatch Processing File Edit Help BHR RR ERR RRR ii g F Source Images Status Result arma ee n panoodt JresFisheyesCrum4 23canon0S IMG_4296 JPG Finis
98. 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 97 Q 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 camera 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 re
99. 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 users 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 expos
100. ure 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 Q 5 Note The above panorama image is stitched from images shot with different exposure compensation value There are obvious image brightness differences in the two fisheye images area Set AE Lock Optional 10 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 fis
101. y accurate so you need to adjust it manually If you want to insert EE matching points manually without auto stitch click at the bottom of the editing area to cancel auto leap 5 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 the best result if they are in top middle and bottom of the image separately After inserting matching points click B or to stitch Source Images Panoramic Image cag Eg Ee tlick to change to Matching Paints Editing Weveest Fit w ae To display the feedback info of the cafculationy result of stitching parameters atching Point Table T Left Right Pi EEEE 1 00125 p2 1741 1520 359 1550 0 75209 l pa 1675 1726 304 1754 0 64647 P4 1656 1157 304 1187 0 63344 gt Image pairs with less than 3 pairs of matching points ps 1657 1502 270 1533 0544 gt Image pairs with matching points in big error 4 8 4 5 pS 1583 1331 206 1354 0 53 5 2 gt Linked Images 123456 78 To fist diferent association refations among image pairs after searching for matching paints and optimization To display mm matching points of a current image pair Select Matching Points 42 e Method 1 Click Bilin 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 Matchi
102. yr ON 95 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 frame 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 96 __

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