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1. S Panoweaver 5 00 User Manual E E E E T E A E T E T E E T E 2 Conventions and Definitions ccrsrirrinerridsrnrereriirernenriri nnt AN iaa w 3 COpDYrIONt ANNOUNCSMEN E sriasriinie iiini aAA REDERE NEA 3 FECOD aC oes o O E O E E E 3 AE TCV a E A E 3 What s New in Panoweaver 5 ssssssssssssrsrenrsrnnsnrnrnenrnrnnerenrerrnrnrnrrnrnrnnrnrnrrrrrrnnen 4 Metal Panoweavor 5 00 erriren ET EEEREN EEA AAEE OA 4 System Requirements FOr WiNndOWS ssssssssesssssssnsnsnennsnennnnnnennrnrnrsnrnrrrunrrenrre 4 Install Panoweaver 5 00 Trial Version ssssssssesssssrsnnnsnrnnsnnnnnnrnennrnrnrsnrnrrrunrrenrne 5 Uninstall Pa oweaver 5 00 crisrcrisiineriicrinrnnerairs ienien ana 9 Activate Panoweaver 5 00 iiiccessnccastaccgeecscederacreadecwreapaaiiucesueseediase steneseitecabezeneniacas 9 POr DAS Straten cannuntaaesansanviaa E E E E E 9 PFOGUCE ACTIV AU O ainia E R A N 9 ONUC ACU AUIOW sara cisstca nace socneusiaatatias seeceuneaue cesses EACE EN OE 10 OMME GU WAI aia EEA EAEE 10 Wranster L enee Key a a AE EAEE 11 Basic Knowledge of Panoweaver 5 00 cccccccccssccnseeeerteeeseeesssnnteeeeensecgannntteestssaagaes 11 ADOUt Panoweaver Fil Ciscarsaserssateruaseredennecmstemacsusacenatenseusserawanetaasevetacnaemnnuacsnnts 11 Wor DO Filed aerea E AEEA bine iaaneneebela EEEE 11 Mage LISE eer a en E ee ee ee ee 12 Image SNOW ArGe A AE AEN A A hd 13 IRE T NO E EN E E T N O E N E E E 15 SAUS Ba ee ee ee en ee eee eee E A E 16
2. aM Easypano Panoweaver Fil Panorama Image Tools Help Co a ay L E d T aS ee 20 a Miao ay ma My Recent Documents t 5 Select File gt Publish or click on toolbar to publish panorama 21 ions 7 Open output folder after published Application After publishing panoramic image you are able to upload it to website refer to Upload to Website or you may import panoramic image into Tourweaver to make virtual tour refer to Make Virtual Tour with Tourweaver Use Panoweaver 5 00 Import Fisheye I mage Select File gt Open Image or click on toolbar set the pop up window as shown below Finally click Open 1 Select file format jpg tiff bmp png or tga 2 Select types of fisheye images Circular Drum Full frame Wide angle zoom lens or Cube 3 Select number of images and if they need to be rotated 0 90CW 90CCW or 180 4 Select images from file list 22 Files of type PEG Image Format ipeg jpg i 1e nmmn e E e E e E E E E e eE S Rotate o M Image Type E Circular v Previews v Auto select Consecutive File Files of Type Panoweaver 5 00 supports importing the following formats JPEG PNG 8bit or 16bit TGA TIFF 8bit or 16bit BMP and RAW For details about RAW please refer to Import Raw File
3. OTI Aee 4 HH CT BLE 10 Jaji 1112 Pee ae e ME 18 18 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 2EV The quantity of images is also different Some cameras shoot 3 images and some shoot 5 images In most new camera you just need to set EV and then press shutter once 105 Exposure and Flash Bracketing 4 Select the type of bracketing to be performed using Custom Setting 12 BKT set Pj 146 Choose AE amp flash to vary both exposure and flash level the default setting AE only to vary only exposure or Flash only to vary only flash level Pressing the G button rotate the main com mand dial until is displayed in the control panel and the d icons in the control panel and viewfinder start to blink Press the Gj button and rotate the sub com J mand dial to choose a bracketing program 90 91 106 12 BAT set AES flash b OKS A AE AE only Flash only W WB bracketing fi f er a photograph focus and shoot The camera will vary exposure and or flash level shot by shot according to the bracketing program selected Modi
4. e u to z y J BN ff ag lt y C682 O08 ToolBar z pono o F hat a Balaloclo i os mn Spherkal Cubic Conversion Preview Panorama Save Panoramic Image impor Panorami Image Stich Pre stitch Help Topics Save Project Publish Panorama Image List Image list is an area to display thumbnails of loaded and stitched images 12 O O m OO p Move Hp ilove down Change exposure dP V i S Disable Enable Top Bottom image Fephbce image Move down selected fisheye image F Move up selected fisheye image t Replace the selected image with a new one H S When you are stitching drum or full frame fisheye images there will be seams or holes in the ceiling and floor of the final stitched panorama You may select to stitch with a nadir or a zenith to cover the seams or holes Click this button to Enable Disable selected top bottom image to compare the results under two conditions 3 After importing bracket exposure images click this button to switch several image groups with different exposure values For details on Bracket exposure please refer to Get from bracket Enclosing O 5 Note Right click in thumbnail area of fisheye image following menu will appear Select 90CW CCW to rotate fisheye image 90 degree CW CCW JDCCH Move Up Move Down Replace Im
5. 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 seconds under Aperture priority auto mode we suggest you switch to Manual mode Adjust the exposure 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 8 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 102 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 E Note Above panorama image is stitched from images shooting with different exposure compensation value There are obvious image brightness differences in the two fisheye images area Set AE Lock Optional O B 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 ap
6. TIF 5 Note Above formats belong to 8 bit image Panoweaver can also save 16 bit and HDR images Adjust J PEG quality If the format you select is JPEG click Options button to adjust image quality in the pop up window 35 Original Image Compressed Image Quality 75 k 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 75 is recommended for common users Retouch I mage If you are unhappy 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 36 My Recent Documents My Documents as My Computer gt File name My Network Places Files of type JPEG Image Format jpeg j JPEG Image Format jpeg jp Photoshop psd Options Portable Network Graphics ord 3 2 Use Photoshop to open and retouch it N Adobe Photoshop cubic psd 33 3 0 RGB 8 3 mn File Edit Image Layer Select Filter View Window Help 3 Re import retouched panoramic image into Panoweaver and publish it Choose Fil
7. 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 5 00 and Easypano are trademarks of Easypano Holdings Inc Microsoft Windows and Internet Explorer are registered trademarks of Microsoft 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 the following email Email http www easypano com helpdesk html What s new Panoweaver can stitch 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 realestate 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 esta
8. 1eeeeee7 80 Bo 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 A 5 Note File name image name cannot be edited 5 Note Images in the same group should have same parameters How to View I mage After importing images of bracket exposure Image List will show a group of fisheye images with the same exposure value Click to switch image groups with different exposure value 56 ol ol i ay it F n real sH si h 2 rh i A LMS Fe LISTE pps e 0 04 8 0 0 0 0 035535355 3 0 0 0 8 0 0 0 After stitching thumbnails of each group of panorama will appear at the bottom of image list Right click in this area and the following menu will pop up and you may select different exposure values 1800s 140 2 1800s 140 0 1800s 140 2 Stitch Multiple Panoramic Image 1 Select a group of fisheye images with proper exposure value to set fisheye enclosing size matching points etc Panoweaver will apply these settings to other groups automatically 2 Click Pre stitch When pre stitching Panoweaver will only stitch current images Usually Panoweaver chooses images of proper exposure value to stitch 3 If you are satisfied with pre stitching result click Stitch to stitch all groups of images X tip You may save the panora
9. Bug Report Feature Request enter it in the pop up window 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 oe 2 ae a 4 R I ei a 4 g yeep yy p _ horizontal direction first After shooting the last image rotate camera up to shoot Ceiling then rotate down to shoot floor 2 7 8 Note You should shoot Ceiling Floor images at the same location of the last image of horizontal direction and do not move tripod or camera For details please refer to How to Shoot Fisheye Images 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 X 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 When should I 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 Ihave used auto match function when inserting matching points why it is still not accurate Panoweaver allows the misalignment of the location of
10. If you plan to use 4 T B or 6 T B mode to finish stitching you need shoot two extra fisheye images the Top and Bottom Please shoot the Top and Bottom on the last rotation Shooting in other location will cause an incorrect stitching For 4 T B after shooting the 4 image rotate your pano head up and down at this right location to shoot the zenith and nadir See picture 1 For 6 T B similarly after shooting the 6 image rotate your pano head up and down at this right location to shoot the zenith and nadir See picture 2 E tip Recommended way 4 T of drum fisheye image a ia Stitch Panoramic I mage Even if this is your first time to use Panoweaver you don t have to worry about the manipulation because Panoweaver will stitch fisheye images automatically Just follow the default settings and then you will obtain a satisfactory panorama within several minutes Basic steps 18 y i Insert Matching Points b _ Pre stitch stitch lt lt Edit Panoramic Image Preview e Publish Panorama Sava Panoramic Image 1 Select File gt Open Image or click A on toolbar select Drum folder under default path Use the default settings and click Open to import fisheye image 0 pen Image Look 2 pAn EA ms _01 2 6 A maia E ms 0a EA ma A Eaei e ED ime _06 jpg 3 Files of type JFEG Image Format jong ipa 19
11. Image Type Panoweaver supports the following types of fisheye images full circular drum full frame 4 x full frame 6 X and cube face You have multiple choices within each type as follow Fisheye Type Quantity of Images Circular 1 horizontal 1 vertical single image generates 180 panorama 2 horizontal 2 vertical 3 horizontal Full Frame 6 x 6 6 T 6 B 6 T B Full Frame 4 x 4 4 4 T 44 B 4 T B Cube Face 6 s O Wide angle zoom lens 6 S O 23 WN Erp T refers to Top fisheye image which can be obtained through rotating camera up to j shoot B refers to Bottom fisheye image which can be obtained through rotating camera down to shoot 5 Note For the steps to shoot full circular drum and full frame image please refer to Shoot Fisheye Images Cube Face requires 6 square images 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 Bracket exposure You may import groups of images with different exposure values by selecting the checkbox in front of this option For details please refer to Get HDRI from Bracket Enclosing Rotate If the imported image is upended please click mage gt Rotate to adjust its direction Preview To preview selected fisheye image before importing select th
12. Raw contains the highest quality information when CCD captures picture Panoweaver 5 00 allows user to import Camera Raw to get high quality panoramic image Steps 1 Choose File gt Open mage or click on toolbar set file format as Camera Raw in the Open Image window Click Open and then Camera Raw window will appear Camera Kaw Exposure Compensation F Apply to all J Laage Depth 16 bitu Channal 2 Adjust Exposure Compensation and White Balance to a satisfactory value select 16bits channel in Image Depth as shown below 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 5 00 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 mage gt HDR to LDR the program will convert it automatically O 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 53 Get HDR I mage from Bracket 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 an
13. Resize Print Preview at Open With Batch Stitch with Panoweayer Stitch with Panoweaver i 5 Note Batch stitching is only available in Panoweaver Batch version 5 Note Right click stitching supports the following 8bit formats BMP JPG PNG TGA TIFF 3 You may view quantity type publishing format output destination and other parameters in the pop up dialog box You may name the panoramas in the File Name blank If you publish two or more images Panoweaver will add numbers as suffix to avoid same name error 4 Easypano Panoweaver Welcome to use Easypano Panoweaver Type Stitch with Panoweawer Image Quantity 2 l Group Image Type Circular 2 Horizontal Qutpuk Format Spherical Panoramic Image Image Size 4000 2000 Qucpue Destination Sample panoi1001 jpg 73 4 Click OK button a window will pop up to show stitching process If images are stitched Sand published successfully result is Successful if Panoweaver failed to stitch or publish result is Failed Click buttons listed below Information a dialog box will appear to show relative prompt E3 Easypano Panoweaver Marnie Status Result Information panoz001 Finished Successful we Easypano Panoweaver Succeed in stitching The image is saved at C Program Files Easypano Panoweaver 5 00 outputipano 4 Samples Only one panoramic image is created each time you use right cl
14. Rotation Direction Streaming Settings Color Filling O Gray Blur Restore Defaults Open output Folder after published Publish 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 Loading Window Click J button and the following dialog box will pop up You are able to customize Loading Window 44 Loading Window Settings Progress Bar Show Bar mt Y Height 2415 Container Color E Bar Color Background Color Set the background color of loading window Loading Image It is located in center and user cannot change its location Default loading image is provided by system You may also select to use no loading image or to replace it with yours Progress Bar Select Show Bar to display status bar X Y indicates the position of status bar Width and Height represents width and height of status bar Container Color represents the color of container Bar Color represents the color of status bar Rotation Speed You may set the rotation speed of panoramic image Default speed is 20 frames second 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 initiall
15. Type Spherical Panoramic Image OukpuE Destination viewer Format JPEG Image Format joe JFEG Quality 75 i Image Size 00 n Height Restore Defaults Type Output types include Spherical Panoramic Image Cubic Panoramic Image Easypano Virtual Tour Player QuickTime VR or Flash VR If you select Easypano Virtual Tour Player or QuickTime VR you can click Options button and then you may set publishing format in detail For details please refer to Publish Panorama Format Select format of panoramic image For JPEG format image you are able to adjust its compression quality I mage Size Set panoramic image size If it is Spherical Panoramic Image or Easypano Virtual Tour Player format the ratio of its width to height is fixed at 2 1 If it is Flash VR Cubic Panoramic Image or QuickTime VR format the ratio of its width to height is fixed at 6 1 For details please refer to Set Panoramic Image Size Output Destination Set output destination to publish or save panoramic image 70 A Advanced Settings l General Right Click Stitching Type Output Destination Ceiling Floor Format and Size Oukput Destination viewer 3 Frogram Files EasypanolPanoweayver 5 00 output Restore Defaults Viewer Window Set size of viewer window and visual parameters You may use this function if you choose Flash VR Easyp
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17. 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 inset matching points 1 Choose Panorama gt Matching Points Editing or click to enter Matching points editing Area 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 fisheye 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 fisheye 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 very accurate so you need to adjust it manually If you want to insert matching points manually without auto stitch click 02 at the bo
18. in this folder directly if you save as both types system for your convenience will establish two sub folders _flash _applet and _qtvr under this folder so files will be saved separately in the sub folders Publishing Quantity This option enables you to specify the panorama quantity when importing bracket exposure images to stitch multiple panoramic images Default setting is Publish current panorama which just publishes one panorama You may also select Publish all panoramas to publish all panorama at the same time General Properties Publish Panorama Compression _ Generate files for autorun CD autorun inf Quality 35 g iel Viewer Size Thumbnail Recommended v Width 160 width 300 Height 30 Height w 10 Viewer Parameters Min Initial Max 180 2 180 ES i vw E 90 E E Restore Defaults Open output Folder after published Publish Generate files for autorun CD If this option is selected Panoweaver will generate an autorun inf file for autorun CD Thumbnail Customize the size of thumbnail in index html in the published files Compression Adjust image compression quality and display compressed size of file recommended value is 75 Click E button to preview the compression effect Viewer Size Set the size of viewer 41 M Recommended Panoweaver will calculate a recommended size of viewer in accordance with the size of
19. 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 image with dynamic range of higher than 255 1 8 bit per cooler channel is regarded as HDR image Image bit and dynamic range 49 pi 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 Type of digital Bit depth Bit depth Maximum Note support per color per pixel dynamic channel Range JPEG or 8 bit 8 24 255 1 256 2 TIFF 12
20. jJavascript iwindow open panol ntml blank Sstatus yes top 0 left 0 w idth 400 height 300 gt lt img src scene panoi jpg width 160 height 80 bhorder O gt b Copy corresponding resource iles including scene scene contig xml pw swt pane html to the folder of your own page Please keep the tle structure unchanged 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 Fie Edit View Favorites Tools Help aed Address kat scene File and Folder Tasks 2 index html ajram html Make a new Folder Ek ee Publish this Folder to the web tf Share this Folder Other Places c pancl My Documents A My Computer a My Network Places 48 Flash VR Panoweaver 5 00 enables you to publish panorama as Flash VR you will find the following files in the published folder Fie Edit wiew Favorites Tools Help A O scene File and Folder Tasks 2 scene l config xml gt Make a new Folder Eq getflashplayer aif g Publish this Folder to index html the Web ra f f a panoi html taf Share this folder A pw swf Other Places 3 pancl My Documents H My Computer a My Network Places Steps to embed the Flash VR into webpage Get HDR I mage What is HDR I mage HDR
21. panoramic image Please refer to the following table haan Custom User defines the size of viewer by himself Thumbnall Customize the size of thumbnail in index html in the published files Viewer Parameters Set parameters of viewer Pan refers to horizontal angle of view Tilt refers to vertical angle of view FOV refers to field of view The smaller FOV is the nearer scenes seem to be The larger FOV is the farther scenes seem to be Visual window In the window at the right side of the bottom you may preview the effect of viewer after adjusted 42 Publish Panorama Format General Flash Rotation Speed Initial Auto Rotation Direction Restore Defaults Open output Folder after published Publish Rotation Speed You may set the rotation speed of panoramic image Default speed is 20 frames second 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 5 Note Please download and install the latest version of Flash 9 player if you cannot view the panorama 43 Easypano Virtual Tour Player Publish Panorama Format General Applet Veer Initial Full Screen Loading Window 3 Rotation Speed Initial Auto
22. shoot a bracketed series of pictures Exposure bracketing is indicated when dealing with high contrast subjects and or media with limited dynamic range such as transparency film or CCD sensors in many digital cameras Appendix How to Shoot Fisheye I mages This chapter guides you to shoot fisheye images step by step from selecting equipments to photography tips The stitched panorama quality greatly relies on the shot images quality Therefore it is strongly recommended you have a detailed understanding on digital photography and the instruction manual of the digital camera As there is a saying Practice makes perfect Main Photography Equipment 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 recommended Recommended cameras Nikon D80 D100 and Canon 300D 10D 20D 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 Pano Head Also known as Panoramic Tripod Head 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
23. the published folder P applet File Edit wiew Favorites Tools Help Back a ps Search Var Folders Hab Address D Program Files EasypanolPanoweayver 5 00 outputipanol 30 File and Folder Tasks 2 config_pancd txt images zip index htm Make a new Folder E Publish this Folder to the web Share this Folder Other Places c pancl My Documents ir My Computer a My Network Places How to embed panorama into webpage 1 Use webpage editing software for example Dreamweaver to open the webpage which you want to embed the panorama for example home html 2 Double click to open the published html file index html In this html file you will see the steps 3 Copy the codes generated in the text area of index html see image below paste them to webpage home html and save it to the same folder with all published files 4 Finally use FTP tool for example CuteFTP to upload all files to website server 47 2 Generated by Lasypano Panoweaver Microsoft Internet Explorer Fie Edit wiew Favorites Tools Help Q Back x a G A Search he Favorites Address E D Program Files EasypanoPanoweaver 5 00outputipanaii Flask Go Links 7 ra Paste the codes to parc 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 lt a href s ont lick
24. 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 82 _ een Z nodal point nodal point The parallax area which can not be ful captured by the lens dus to the parallax of nedal point position Q b 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 83 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 recommended Compatible Equipment Recommended Equipment Digital Camera Fisheye Lens Pano Head Full List Equipment Full List Equipment
25. Image Manufacturer Camera Lens Pano Head lupe Remark DSLR 1Ds 1Ds Canon QuickPan DSLR Canon Fisheye EF _ JIV Rotator 15mm f 2 8 84 Spherical Lens Camera i Bracket Fisheye with_ 15mm f 2 8 Universal EX Diagonal Mount Fisheye Kaidan Autofocus QuickPan IV Lens Film SLR Sigma 8mm t F3 5 or F4 DSLR 1Ds 1Ds EX DG S DSLR Mark II r 5D Sl 85 Sigma 8mm F3 5 or F4 Film SLR Fujifilm Ninjat Canon QuickPan Fisheye EF IV Rotator Fisheye i 15mm f 2 8 EX Diagonal Mdviabfrotto Fisheye 10D 20D 300D 350D 400D 1D Mark II 1D Mark II N D60 D30 EOS 300D FinePix S2 Pro FinePix S1 Pro Sigma SD9 86 AF DX FinePix S2 Pro Fisheye Nik Spherical FinePix Si Pro Ikor 10 5mmiBracket f 2 8G ED with Quick Release DSLR Kodak DSLR 14N Fisheye EF Mount 15mm f 2 8 Manfrotto Autofocus 303 SPH Lens OR Sigma MrotatorTC Fisheye PShort 8 Nodal Film SLR Kodak 15mm 2 8 EX Diagonal Ninja Fisheye Autofocus Lens AF DX_ JESAEO Fisheye Nik kor 10 5mm f 2 8G ED Sigma 8mm 1 Kaidan pni Bi F4 QuickPan IV EX DG Rotator Others 7 D F 7 T W Circular Base Fisheye Standard Nikon F Camera mount Bracket Twin Axis Adapter l Film SLR Kodak 303 87 Kaidan QuickPan IV Rotator Base Standard Camera Br
26. O O 0 Camera Response Curve Use existing camera response curve Standard Calculate camera response curve Exposure Select a file in File name to preview the image at the left side Camera Response Curve You have to select or generate one camera response curve before stitching HDR image Camera response curve refers to light inductor s response to light with different intensity If you select Use existing camera response curve please use the specified value in drop down list to stitch HDR image If you select Calculate camera response curve the system will calculate curve value before stitching HDR image 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 Save HDR I mage The combined HDR shows in HDR to LDR window as below You may save the HDR to local Select 32bit HDRI from the Combobox then click Save 59 Exposure HDR Image to LDR I mage HDR to LDR dialog box will pop up if you click OK button in Create HDR Image window This window shows the combined HDR image which you can save to local by clicking Save button You may also select 8bit LDR option to convert HDR to LDR Drag the slider to adjust the effect Click Apply button and then the 8bit image will show in the main win
27. THE INSTALLATION PROCESS AND USING THE SOFTWARE IT PROVIDES 4 LICENSE TO USE THE SOFTWARE AND CONTAINS WARRANTY INFORMATION AND LIABILITY DISCLAIMERS BY INSTALLING AND USING THE do not accept the agreement 3 Select the folder where you wish to install Panoweaver then click Next to continue Select Destination Location Where should Easypano Panoweayer be installed Cd Setup will install Easypano Fanoweawer into the following folder To continue click Nest IF you would like to select a different folder click Browse D Program Files E asypano Panoweayver 5 00 Browse At least 43 4 MB of free disk space i required 4 It will be ready to install Panoweaver requires JRE 1 6 or above installed If you did not install JRE please proceed to install JRE 1 6 included in Panoweaver package ie Setup Easypano Panoweaver Select Additional Tasks Which additional tasks should be performed Select the additional tasks you would like Setup to perform while installing E asypano Panoweaver then click Next Additional icons Create a Quick Launch icon Uther tasks re bred 6 or above required Ignore if installed Cancel 5 Click Install to start installing the Panoweaver software ie Setup Easypano Panoweaver Heady to Install Setup is now ready to begin installing Easypano Panoweaver on Your computer Click Install to continue with the installation or click Back if you want to r
28. The better the fisheye image is the better the stitched panorama is Of course it occupies more space So the largest resolution available is recommended to use when shooting As to the image quality FINE is all right Hi can be used for higher precision needed If selecting Hi 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 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 ina 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
29. Windows To use Panoweaver 5 0 in Windows you need Operating System Microsoft Windows 9X ME NT4 0 2000 XP or later OS n ee Computer Hardware PIIT800MHz or faster processor be 512M RAM or more Network card or modem must be installed 100M of free hard disk space or more 1G of free hard disk or more is needed for generating HDR iamge Video display of 800 600 pixels or higher 16 bit colors or higher supported Others JRE Java Runtime Environment 1 6 or later version 5 Note 1G RAM or more is recommended to stitch panorama over 6000x3000 or to get HDR image To view panoramas in Windows you need Operating System Microsoft Windows 9X ME NT4 0 2000 XP or later OS Computer Hardware PII 400MHz or faster processor 128MB free memory Video display of 800 600 pixels or higher with 256 colors Others Microsoft IE4 0 or Netscape Navigator 4 5 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 5 0 or later version is necessary Please visit http www apple com quicktime download to download QuickTime player Install Panoweaver 5 00 Trial Version Download the trial v
30. acket Twin Axis DCS760 QuickPan IV Rotator Base Spherical Bracket with_ Universal Mount QuickPan IV Rotator Base Spherical Bracket with Quick Release Mount Manfrotto 303 SPH Film im Canon QuickPan Fisheye EF_ IV Rotator 15mm f 2 8 Lens ee Camera Sigma Bracket Fisheye with p 15mm f 2 8 EX Diagonal Mount Fisheye Autofocus Lens Camera Bracket Twin Axis 89 HTH D200 D50 D70 Kaidan QuickPan IV QuickPan IV Rotator Base Spherical Bracket_ with_ Universal Mount QuickPan_ IV Rotator Base Spherical Bracket_ with Quick Release Mount Manfrotto Nikon FC E8 IV Rotator 90 tripod head Twin Axis Coolpix 5400 Coolpix 5700 1 Agnos Coolpix 8400 l MrotatorB l Coolpix 8700 QuickPan IV Rotator Kaidan Fisheye 15mm f 2 8 Spherical_ with Quick Release Mount DSLR Olympus Evolt 500 Manfrotto 8mm F3 5 303 SPH fish eye lens Canon MrotatorTC Fisheye EF_ PShort 15mm f 2 8 Autofocus Lens OR Sigma Fisheye 15mm f 2 8 EX Diagonal Fisheye Autofocus Sigma 8mm F3 5 or F4 EX DG Circular Fisheye 92 il J 1 j QuickPan IV Rotator Base Spherical Bracket with_ Universal Mount QuickPan IV Rotator Base Spheri
31. age Disable Top Bottom Image Exposure b I mage Show Area Image show area shows selected fisheye or panoramic image You may make the manipulations such as zoom rotation and edit within this area 13 D p Navigation Chart Click here to show navigation chart dh oo HE dh Back to matching points editing area Insert Matching Point Find matching points automatically Insert Matching Point l Adjust overlap blending width panoramic image only J Rotate 90 CW CCW fisheye image only 5F Zoom out Zoom in How to move image within I mage Show Area Hold down left mouse button and drag Move scrollbar on the right or at the bottom Use Navigation Chart button Navigation Chart appears with scrollbar at the same time Click this button Navigation Chart will show click outside of Navigation Chart Navigation Chart will hide Navigation Chart shows thumbnail of the image in Image Show Area If you move Navigation Chart image s location in Image Show Area will change simultaneously How to zoom in zoom out image Use Ctri zoom in and Ctrl zoom out Use Image gt View gt Zoom In Zoom Out in Menu bar Click arrow under joo x Select scaling value in drop dsown list Double click the figure under zi revise it and then press enter Click to zoom out click P to zoom in X tip I
32. ano Virtual Tour Player or QuickTime VR For details please refer to Publish Panorama 71 s Advanced Settings General Right Click Stitching Type WeWwer Ceiling Floor Format and Size alze Output Destination Width 300 Height Parameters Initial Min Max Tit Restore Defaults Right Click Stitching Panoweaver 5 00 supports right click stitching You don t have to open Panoweaver just select fisheye image in Windows System Resource Manager or via My Computer and right click to select Stitch Panoweaver will stitch and publish images automatically 5 Note Batch stitching is only available in Panoweaver Batch version Steps of Right Click Stitching 1 You need set the type size output destination and other parameters of fisheye image in Right click stitching in Advanced Settings dialog box For details please refer to Right Click Stitching Tag 2 Select fisheye image in the Windows System Resource Manager or via My Computer right click to select Stitch with Panoweaver or Batch Stitch with Panoweaver 72 f amp fullframe4 X Biel Fie Edit view Favorites Tools Help F O Back gt a pa Search lean Folders Address D C Program Files Easypano Panoweaver 5 01 Go Te IMG O1 IPG Tre IMG_O2 IPG Tre TMG_O3 IPG uen Open with ACDSee Print with ACDSee Edit Edit with Fireworks
33. ated 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 Overlap Blending Width Set overlap blending width of panoramic image 67 Right Click Stitching Tag Advanced Settings General Right Click Stitching Type Ceiling Floor Format and Size Stitch With Panoweaver Output Destination Select 1 Image Viewer Select 2 Image Circular 2 Horizontal Select 3 Image Circular 3 Horizontal Select 4 Image Select 5 Image Drum 4 Select 6 Image Full Frame 4 Select 7 Image Full Frame 6 T Select 8 Image Full Frame 6 T 6 Batch Stitch vith Panoweayver 4 Images group Stitch With Parameters Ooo Y Restore Defaults Type You have to specify the quantity and type of fisheye images in each stitching mode Stitch with Panoweaver In this mode you can only get single panoramic image no matter how many fisheye images you select up to 8 fisheye images The left column shows the quantity of selected images the right column shows the type of fisheye images To select other fisheye image type click table cell on the right side For instance if you select 5 fisheye images in Windows System Resource Manager and right click to select Stitch with Panoweaver then according to the settings in the above Figu
34. ation then drag the slider or change the value to adjust Hue and Saturation in the pop up dialog box 63 Huei Saturation Before saturation ft tod aed bats A aai fa ll E e bes Sal d a Y Note Value of Hue and Saturation should be between 100 100 Blur With the Blur Tool you can soften portions of an image This tool can cause areas of an image to appear as if they were out of focus Click Image or right click to select Filter gt Blur then drag the slider or change the value to adjust Blur in the pop up dialog box Before 64 1 3 T TT TT ES ME Lez A Sharpen The Sharpen tool is the exact opposite of the Blur tool The Sharpen tool lets you sharpen the edges in portions of an image Click Image or right click to select Filter gt Sharpen then drag the slider or change the value to adjust Sharpen in the pop up dialog box Sharpen Before C B Note Value of Sharpen should be between 0 100 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 1 Choose File gt Save Project or click on toolbar 2 Enter outp
35. 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 Terms HDR HDR is abbreviation of High Dynamic Range In graphics high dynamic range refers to the ratio of the maximum lightness level to minimum lightness level Raw RAW is not a kind of image format accurately speaking it is the record of original information generated when CCD captures picture RAW can not be processed directly it has to be converted into common format Full circular image It has a 180 angle of view in all directions 78 j h F iy Drum image If you attach DSLR with Focal length multiplier gt 1 to Sigma 8mm f4 Ex fisheye lens the two margins in the final fisheye images will be cut We call it drum fisheye image derived from its shape G It has a 180 angle of view only on the diagonal line Full frame image 79 Bracket exposure The term bracketing usually refers to exposure bracketing the photographer chooses to take one picture at a given exposure one or two brighter and one or two darker in order to select the most satisfactory image Many professional and advanced amateur cameras including digital cameras can automatically
36. bit CCD 12 36 4 096 1 14 bit CCD 14 42 16 384 1 16 bit TIFF 16 48 65 536 1 Real maximum limited by dynamic range of capturing device HDR image e g 32 96 infinite Real maximum limited by the Radiance RGBE captured dynamic range format 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 fisheye images to create a panorama 50 ihe 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 Take another image inthe direction of window using the exposure value at which you can see through the window c karly 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 51 i Use Photos hop to crop the win
37. cal Bracket with Quick Release Mount Manfrotto 303 SPH QuickPan_ IV Rotator AF DX _ Base Fisheye Nik kor 10 5mm f 2 8G ED 93 Workflow of Shooting Fisheye I mages 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 b Enough battery Make sure to charge your battery and enough spare batteries are available 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 94 ill Check for enough battery Observe your fisheye lens and clean it with lens tissue if any smudge Ensure the tripod s
38. ct direction Full Frame 6 T Select 8 Image Fall Frame BATFE Batch Stitch with Fanoweaver 4 Images group Dron 4 F Stiteh with Pancweaver Batch Stitching Batch stitching is only available in Panoweaver Batch version If you want to stitch several groups of images of the same type quickly please right click to select Batch Stitch then Panoweaver will complete all work for you automatically You need choose Tools gt Advanced Settings gt Right Click Stitiching to specify your image type first Then the program will group the images according to your settings and automatically stitch them O B Note The maximum quantity of batch stitching is 100 sets of image 76 I arr tt i H f m ae f I Advanced Settings Select T2 Images Ganaral Right Click Stitching Type This Ceiling Floor Format and Size Stitch with Panoweaver Output Destination Select 1 Jaage Civeder di Viewer Select 2 Image Dron 4 Full Frame 6 Full Frame oT Full Frame G T B eke sure the image in correct diretion Ee IMs_ 1645 IMs_1546 IMs_1647 IMs_1640 IMs_1eg2 IMG _ S306 Ieee IMG S908 IMG 5909 FAQ How to know if my Panoweaver is the latest version Choose Help gt Check for Update to check online How to report BUG to Easypano Choose Help gt
39. d 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 5 00 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 eT ee Import Bracket Exposure I mages To start Bracket Exposure function choose File gt Open Images or click Won toolbar select Bracket Exposure in the pop up window Select exposure times in drop down list other settings are the same as Import Fisheye Image In thumbnail show area images with the same exposure value list in the same line images of the same scene list in the same column Finally click Open O B Note Please make sure the image format is JPEG otherwise you cannot use bracket exposure 54 Sil i k File pam Mh Mekal Eal Format ipeg pg boo 0O O m refow Image Type DB Girod How to Edit Exif information You may view and modify aperture shutter and exposure compensation value in Exif window Click Exif in above picture and the following window will pop up 55 us File Mame Shutter Aperture PEE a Ma 2322 IPG 0 04 a ne 2505 96 p01 Groups MG 2324 3PG
40. de of the figure and drag the slider to adjust the size of logo Please preview it in panoramic image show area 4 Click H or double click in logo show area to remove logo jJ___foadust the E size of logo Double chick here to add or remove ceiling floor FE rip 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 Keip If you want to apply parameters 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 cubic 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 32 Il T a J 3 Get a cubic panoramic image Use Panoweaver to stitch fisheye image into cubic panoramic image directly Or stitch a spherical panoramic image then ch
41. dow 60 Other Image Manipulations Click Image on menu or right click in Image Show Area to do manipulations as zoom in zoom out rotation flip image adjustment blur sharpen The following are introductions of image adjustment and Blur Sharpen Color Balance Click Image or right click to select Adjust gt Color Balance you will see the window below Drag the slider or change the value in Color Levels blanks to adjust color balance 61 Cyan Red I tt t J I l l I 1 l t I I i l I Magenta u Green I l I It l I A E E l I i l I l Yelow J Blue I ot t J Ue a ee Slits e Il l l I Y Note Value of RGB should be between 100 100 Brightness and Contrast You may use this function if the image is too bright or too dark Click Image gt Adjust gt Brightness Contrast or right click to select Adjust gt Brightness Contrast then drag the slider or change the value to adjust brightness and contrast in the pop up dialog box 62 Before Il l l ot l I I lE l t a t t Y Note Value of rightness and contrast should be bewteen 100 100 Hue and Saturation Hue is another name for color When an image s hue is adjusted the base color of that image changes in correlation with the color wheel The image s saturation refers to the intensity of its colors Click Image gt Adjust gt Hue Saturation or right click to select Adjust gt Hue Satur
42. dow area from ihe image taken in 2nd step and do a mend in the panoramic Image You get a panoreannc 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 5 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 5 00 How to get HDR panoramic image with Panoweaver 5 00 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 fisheye images of different exposure value stitch them separately and then combine them to get HDR image Get HDR I mage from Camera Raw File About Camera Raw In addition to JPEG TIFF digital camera can also save picture as Camera Raw file Raw is not a kind of image format accurately speaking it is the record of original information generated when CCD captures picture Camera Raw has not been processed in any form and 52 il it has tobe converted into common format for instance TIFF to edit Camera
43. e checkbox in front of Preview Auto select Consecutive File Select the checkbox in front of Auto select Consecutive File and then Panoweaver will select all images automatically That is you just need to click the first image and Panoweaver will select other images automatically Stitch Panoramic Image Set Fisheye I mage Enclosing This is the most important step to get the high quality panorama This function is only applicable to drum and full circular images 24 Fisheye Image Enclosing Preliminary 0 a0 100 Adjust the X coordinate of the circle C ay Adjust the Y coordinate y es of the circle 3 ae ED Adjust the radius ete of the circie Radius H E mj Apply to all implement the parameters to the other images Basic Steps 1 Select an image in Image List and zoom it to proper size in Image Show Area 2 Drag the Preliminary slider in Fisheye Image Setting panel to make the yellow circle properly surround the fisheye image 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 d yellow circle moves up click T yellow circle moves down click yellow circle moves left click gt yellow circle moves right click E yellow circles zooms in click 3 Yel
44. e gt Import Panoramic Image or click panoramas into Panoweaver 5 00 397 on toolbar You are able to import multiple re 1001 jpg te 1002 jpg My Recent IFG 1003 jpg Documents Press Ciri or Shit to select mutinie panoramic images My Documents y My Computer Y File name panol jpa p My Network Places Files of type All Image Format v Cancel 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 38 Da pano5 jpg ACDSee v5 0 Sel a6 Edit View Zoom Tools Help open Ctr 0 Shell Show Foomouk Zoomin Zoom Audio Mos m Save as Chrl 5 Close trl F4 Close All Ctrl Shifk F4 dak Print Image Ctrl F Tua Print All Images Ctrl Shift F Properties Alt Enter G Browse Enter Exit Al E Prints the current image 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 ht
45. e the nodal point perfectly on the 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 96 Attach the Camera to the Pano Head 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 97 iy Pye ein i E i Aol knob No 2 kno o 4 knob No 2 slide plate E sie a ia 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
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47. eeeeeeesececseaaneeeenseegaeeennres 94 Other ACCESSONES vii cisaiiieinissassesnnanaadiies sie tnhisanaseenenitainsaeeneweisiesneseescenn 94 Assemble the Equipment sccescssacemndstvantowannateseresiseneineeersommatmeetyannewawareenes 95 Adjust Camera and Shoot Image ssssssssssenrrssrrnrrrnnenrnrnnsnrnenrrnenrnnerenrna 100 PHOFOGFADI TI ara an EE E O O 108 OEO aR E AN E A A EA 108 COMPD OMCIIS crer iine Ee EE 109 OOT eE E EE E E 109 Welcome This document explains the installation and operation of Easypano Panoweaver 5 00 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 Typeface or Icons 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 5 00 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
48. ent Here the telephone pole has moved behind the brick wall 99 Step 3 Record Your Results After you ve discovered the two location dimensions be sure to record the settings 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 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
49. er to Main Photography Equipment 3 Shoot fisheye image Please refer to Workflow of Shooting Fisheye Images Wide angle Zoom SS 6 pictures in portrait mode Lens X tip 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 Drum Fisheye I mage Set shooting mode at Portrait to shoot the first image Rotate camera 90CW to shoot the second image Use this method to shoot four images in horizontal direction Except four drum images Panoweaver also supports 4 T B stitching mode please refer to Shoot Top Bottom Fisheye Image Po re o Po a Poa Wa bi g Full Frame Fisheye I mage Six full frame fisheye images Set shooting mode at Portrait to shoot the first image Rotate camera 60CW to shoot the second image Use this method to shoot six images in horizontal direction In addition to six full frame images in horizontal direction Panoweaver also Supports 6 T B stitching mode Re Four full frame fisheye images Set shooting mode at Landscape to shoot the first image Rotate camera 90CW to shoot the second image Similarly shoot four images in horizontal 17 Full Circular Fisheye Image Shoot 1 2 or 3 images in horizontal direction according to your demand Or you may shoot 1 or 2 images in vertical direction Shoot Top Bottom Fisheye I mage
50. ersion of Panoweaver 5 00 from Easypano website Close all other Windows applications which are currently running Double click the Panoweaver installation package to run the installation application 1 Click Next to go to the License Agreement ie Setup Easypano Panoweaver License Agreement Please read the following important information before continuing Please read the following License Agreement You must accept the terms of this agreement before continuing with the installation FAS TPANO SOFTWARE END USER LICENSE AGREEMENT IMPORTANT THIS SOFTWARE END USER LICENSE AGREEMENT EULA IS 4 LEGAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN YOU AND EASYPANO READ IT CAREFULLY BEFORE COMPLETING THE INSTALLATION PROCESS AND USING THE SOFTWARE IT PROVIDES 4 amp 4 LICENSE TO USE THE SOFTWARE AND CONTAINS WARRANTY INFORMATION AND LIABILITY DISCLAIMERS BY INSTALLING AND USING THE do not accept the agreement 2 Accept the License Agreement and click Next ie Setup Easypano Panoweaver eo License Agreement Please read the following important information before continuing Please read the following License Agreement You must accept the terms of this agreement before continuing with the installation FAS TPANO SOFTWARE END USER LICENSE AGREEMENT IMPORTANT THIS S50FTWARE END USER LICENSE AGREEMENT EULA IS 4 LEGAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN YOU AND EASYPANO READ IT CAREFULLY BEFORE COMPLETING
51. erture 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 O B Note Above panorama image is stitched from images shooting without using AE Lock There are obvious image brightness difference in the two fisheye images area and two obvious blue seams resulting from difference exposure value in two fisheye images After setting the proper aperture and exposure compensation turn to AE Lock gt ON in the menu See below Shoot Fisheye I mages Please follow the following steps strictly 103 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 degree i 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 Shooti
52. eview or change any settings Destination location D Program Files asyoano Panoweaver 5 00 Additional tasks Additional icons Create a desktop icon Create a Quick Launch icon Install Cancel 6 Click Finish to complete the installation iis setup Easypano Panoweaver Completing the Easypano Panoweaver Setup Wizard Setup has finished installing Easypano Panoweaver on your computer The application may be launched by selecting the Installed icons Click Finish to exit Setup Finish Uninstall Panoweaver 5 00 There are two ways to uninstall Panoweaver Use shortcut in Start menu Start gt Programs gt Easypano gt Easypano Panoweaver 5 0 gt Uninstall Panoweaver 5 0 Click Add Remove Program in Control Panel to uninstall Activate Panoweaver 5 00 Purchase To use the full features of Panoweaver you need to buy a license key to activate the software Visit http www easypano com onlinestore html to get information on purchasing One license key can be used to activate the software installed on two computers Product Activation To fight against piracy and better protect Easypano copyright as well as user s interests we adopt a stricter license policy Easypano customers have to activate 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 i
53. f you right click in Image Show Area the following menu will appear which has 14 Fage Down Panel Set Fisheye I mage Enclosing You are able to adjust center and Radius of fisheye enclosing in this panel For details please refer to Set Fisheye Image Enclosing Panoramic I mage Size You are able to set type and size of the panoramic image that you want to get For details please refer to Set Panorama Image Size 15 i 1a i WWM s My Ceiling Floor You are able to add or remove Ceiling Floor logo in this panel For details please refer to Add Logo z K Sy etn Pee ee G Matching Points You may see matching points parameters of each pair of fisheye images in this panel For details of inserting matching points please refer to Insert Matching Points 244 510 1247 520 Pail 1051 1439 1022 Pa j246 1433 1262 1431 P4 1246 504 fog 509 PS j1414 1016 435 1030 PE j 1276 1426 240 1439 2 E i Status Bar After each operation is finished relative information will show on this bar If you click the picture its name format and size will be shown in this bar source Image palaces jpg 1536 2040 24h iA infomation File name image Size 16 irst Panorama Shoot Fisheye Image Basic steps 1 Decide the type of fisheye image that you want to shoot 2 Select proper photographic equipment Please ref
54. fications to exposure and flash level are added to those made with exposure compensation FR 86 and flash ex posure compensation Yi 102 While bracketing is in effect the GA icons in the control panel and viewfinder will flash A segment will disappear from the bracketing progress indicator lt q iP 4 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 segment when a shot with positive compensa tion is taken Bracketing begins again when all shots in the sequence have been taken 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 Yi 111 although in this case the bracketing program will not be restored the next time bracketing is activated Camera Raw I mage Raw is a kind of format to record original information in digital camera 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 for
55. hod 1 click fea in one image and its corresponding matching point in the other image will be selected automatically Click M in Matching Points Panel or use Delete key 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 M to delete 28 matching points Tip 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 parameters 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 Stiching Parameters Ed Parameter Name Drum 4 1 Save Cancel 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 wi
56. ick stitching According to the image quantity you select the program automatically generates panoramic image on the default settings For example if you right click to select 1 image Panoweaver will recognize it as Circular 1 type If you select 4 images it will stitch them as 4 drum images Of course you may access Tools gt Advanced Settings gt Right Click Stitching to set your most frequently used image type except the default settings 74 o Sooo a B s n a i Select T image sypano Fanoweaver 5 00 samplesidru Weke sure the image in correct diretion Advanced Settings General Right flick Stitching Type Stitch with Fanoweaver Select 1 Image Circular Select 2 Inage Circular 2 Morizon Select 3 Image Circular 3 Horizon Select 4 Image Dron 4 Select 3 Image Select E Imaze Fall Frame 6 Select T Image Fall Frame GFT Select 6 Image Full Frame G T E Batch Stitch with Panoweaver Se ee ee eee a a Stitch with Pancweaver ee 75 Tre TMG 01 IMNG_O2 Thee IMG 03 JE E Batch Stitch with Panoweaver ING O4 TAS stitch with Panoweaver Advanced Settings General Right Click Stitching ype Type Ceiling Floor Fereak anual Sir Stitch with Fonoweaver atput Destination Viewer an Dreom 44T Wheke sure the image Full Frame 6 ih corre
57. l 6000x3000 CD 9600x1600 l Spherical 8000x4000 Print 12000x2000 You may set width and height User Defined without limitation as long as computer supports Stitch Pre stitch Pre stitch helps you the check the result before spending much time to make a big size stitching To pre stitch fisheye images just choose Panorama gt Pre stitch or click on tool bar You may set a relatively smaller size 1400x700 is recommended for pre stitched panorama as it will take you less time to preview the results If satisfied with the result you TE may stitch it click While if you are unhappy with it you may adjust fisheye image parameters again or add matching points manually To set the pre stitched panoramic image size choose Tools gt Advanced Settings For details please refer to General Settings 26 Ensert 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 In case it is difficult for Panoweaver to search out the matching points automatically 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
58. lated 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 01 htm Source 2 CCD Temperature 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 109 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 al
59. low 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 to implement the parameters to the other images 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 Tip If you want to use parameters of the latest fisheye image as initial value in new Set Panoramic I mage Size In Panoramic Image Size panel you are able to set the type and size of panoramic image 25 i WN O Spherical Panorama WH is 2 7 Cubic Panorama WEH is 6 7 Web Broadband Width 4000 Heicht 2000 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 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 Dialu Spherical 1400x700 i 2400x400 Spherical 4000x2000 Web Broadband a 7200x1200 Spherica
60. mat has been processed by digital camera As a result those formats are featured by producers This is the reason why we called Colorful Sony and Blue Fuji Take Canon D100 as example to explain how to set camera to shoot Raw image 107 il r The Image Quality Menu Highlight Image Quality in the shooting menu 136 and press the multi selector to the right 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 selector to the right to put your choice into effect and re turn to the shooting menu Selecting NEF Raw from the image quality menu displays the menu of NEF mode options shown at right Highlight the desired NEF mode and press the multi selector to the right Photograph Tips Lighting Fa lt Image Quality 5 m a ol RAW NEF Raw Xe 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 e
61. matches different DC The pano head from Kaidan Agnos and Manfrotto are compatible 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 80 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 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 view and 27 degrees VFOV vertical field of view 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 four types of images shot with different equipment combination 1 Drum fisheye image See equipment combination to get drum fisheye images Sigma 8mm f4 ex circular fisheye lens Dimensions approx J 73 5 x 61 8 mm Weight approx 400g Sigma 8mm f4 Ex circular fisheye lens 2 Full circular fisheye image See equipment combination to get full circular fisheye images Nikon FC E9 more at http nikonimaging com global products accessory converte
62. mic image after stitching it Choose File gt Save Panoramic Image or click Don toolbar and then Save Panoramic Image window pops up If you select Save current panoramic image in drop down list only the current panoramic image will be saved If you select Save all panoramic images all panoramic images will be saved Panoweaver will establish a new folder with the same name as the image in the output destination and then save all panoramic images in it Other settings are the same as Save Panoramic Images 57 KR Sitter saving multiple panoramic images to local you may re import them into Panoweaver 5 00 to create an HDR Please refer to Re import retouched panoramic image for details 1 Save Panoramic Image Save in 2 PEI 3 pano C panoi My Recent Documents My Documents PL File name Save My Computer on Files of type IpEG Image Format jpeg j 4 Cancel Save current panoramic image Options Create HDR I mage After stitching each group of images choose mage gt Create HDR mage or use shortcut Ctrl H to combine multiple panoramic images into HDR image Before combining you need to check if Exif information of each panoramic image is complete and to specify the camera response curve 58 File Mame Shutter Aperture Exposure pana cn ip g ERIC o0 BAR z eee ae Sees unnamedoo2 oo Bo o o Funnamedto3 016666667 B
63. movement If no single image is optimum you may need to interpolate between two images to find the closest value This part is an abstract from Kaidan User Manual Thanks Kaidan You may also refer to http www 360texas com Tipss nodalpts htm for some instruction on Nodal Point location Adjust Camera and Shoot I mage Preset Camera Presetting once is enough when shooting many images for different scenes Set as fisheye mode Optional 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 Go to the menu and select Lens gt Fisheye 8700 8400 Nikon Coolpix Go to the menu and select Lens gt Fisheyel for full circular 4500 995 fisheye shooting OR Lens gt Fisheye2 for full frame fisheye shooting Nikon Coolpix 5700 Macro mode zoom locked at wide angle and the DC with no Exposure metering Center Weighted 100 L F B ee ee ee _ catia p irrar ii ie fisheye mode Flash modes Flash Cancel Adjust the exposure mode 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 camera
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65. ng 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 8 Note Turn the AE Lock Off otherwise the shutter speed and aperture are locked The shooting procedure is the same as stated above 5 Import the images to the computer After Finishing import the fisheye images to computer through DC or card reader If the original image has much noise or are 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 highest quality of image Usually camera processes bracket exposure quickly To shoot the first image use standard exposure value gotten 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 104
66. nsfer 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 Help gt Transfer License it can be finished in a moment 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 Easypano support will transfer your license in original computer so that you can reactivate in another one X Tip Only when the product was activated can user proceed to transfer license Basic Knowledge of Panoweaver 5 00 About Panoweaver File Project is added in Panoweaver 5 00 So you may save unfinished panoramic image as a pw file and continue to edit it later For details please refer to Project Working Area Working area of Panoweaver 5 00 includes 6 parts menu bar toolbar image list image show area panel and status bar 11
67. 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 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 Location 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 m the viewinder slide the camera fore or aft in order to eliminate this movem
68. ong 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 Decrease the aperture i e increase the F T deeper value to get a deeper DOV when shooting panorama l Wide angle lens has deeper DOV while shallower telephoto lens has shallower DOV The closer you are to the subject the t shallower the depth of field the farther deeper from the subject the greater the depth of field Bulb 1s 1 2s 1 4 1 8 Tripod needed For common 1 15 1 30 1 60 1 125 1 250 1 500 shooting Set larger aperture size Used for sports Shallower DOV and photography as accurate focus skiing basketball 110 i asypane irtual Tour Way i of d Ultra high speed Telephoto lens equippedjshooting such as sport shooting 1 2000 1 8000 The quality of stitched panorama greatly relies on the photography for instance the lighting contrast brightness noise etc More knowledge about photography is of great help 111
69. oose 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 Preview Panorama You may preview panoramic image before publishing it if you have pre stitched or stitched it You may retouch it in time if you are unhappy with the results 33 EIlen EJ zoom in g F EJ kig EJ oon out S Edo ES stop p Ei ovn EJ Res amp 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 ie or minify the view Save Panoramic I mage Choose File gt Save Panoramic Image or click Don toolbar enter file name and select proper format click Save button You may retouch or print saved panoramic image or make it into a multiple scene virtual tour 34 save in 2 SES Fa panol ipg My Recent Documents a e My Computer File name a Files of type Jpeg Image Format jpeg 4 You may save the panoramic image as the following formats BMP JPEG JPG PSD PNG TGA TIFF
70. p Blending Sometimes there are obvious stitching seams in the final panoramic image due to the different exposure of the source images You may click or click Image gt Adjust gt Overlap Blending to adjust overlaps blending width As shown below move the slider from left to right to add overlap blending width Overlap Blending Preview Apply to all stitching seams Preview If it is selected you may preview adjustment result Apply to All Stitching Seams If you are satisfied with the adjustments you may select this box to apply to all overlap blending For multiple panoramic images stitched from bracket exposure fisheye images you adjust overlap of one image and this parameter will be applied to other images automatically If you want to change the initial width of overlap blending please edit it at Tools gt Advanced Settings For details please refer to Advanced Settings 31 N 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 dropdown list 3 Click 1 or double click in logo show area to import your image You may enter a number 0 90 or click the arrow at the right si
71. 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 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 Parallax error can be easily demonstrated It s the relative move ment caused by a shifting point of view In this example you eye is moving with respect to your hand and the background 98 J T f Mi il a Step 1 1 The side to side adjustment 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
72. qual lighting between hemisphere pictures If there is a primary light source place it on 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 108 7 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 Lock AE F 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 AE F Wrong P Correct Components II I 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 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 re
73. r fc e9 index htm Specifications Focal length of the camera s lens reduced to s0 2 Provides approx 183 degree COOLPIX 5700 190 degree COOLPIX 5400 view angle Famm 24 0 x 2 9 in Weight Capprox 3 580g 20 5 oz Fisheye Converter FE EQ 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_fisheyelO05mmf 28g e d index htm 81 i Specifications Focuses down to 0 14m 0 46 ft Full frame fisheye images with a picture angle of 180 degree diagonal 10 elements in groups Filter attachment size Fear attachment type 27mm Hood Built in AF DX Fisheye Nikkor 10 5mm f 2 86 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 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
74. re Panoweaver will stitch as Drum 4 T mode if you select 7 fisheye images Panoweaver will stitch as Full frame 6 T modes Batch Stitch with Panoweaver This mode is designed for stitching large amount of fisheye images Click left column to select the quantity of fisheye images in each group click right column to select the type of fisheye images For instance if you select 23 fisheye images in Windows System Resource Manager and right click to select Batch Stitch with Panoweaver then according to the settings of above Figure Panoweaver will arrange the priority of these images in accordance with the 68 Other images that are not enough to form a group won t be stitched but abandoned instead B Note Batch stitching is only available in Panoweaver Batch version Ceiling Floor This function is used to Add remove ceiling floor image in the stitched panoramic image Advanced Settings General Right Click Stitching YHE Ceiling Floor Format and Size Ceiling Floor photography sequence Each group will contain 4 images and stitch as Drum 4 mode Then you will get 5 panoramic images if successful OukpuUE Destination Viewer Restore Defaults Format and Size Set the output format and images size 69 Advanced Settings General Right Click Stitching Type Export Format Ceiling Floor Format and Size
75. s 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 Panorama assist in Scene mode is also ok 5 Note Please DO NOT use Auto mode for panorama shooting m priority 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 cover a much wide 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 8 A stable tripod is deadly important with a longer exposure time 101 Adjust image size and quality The fisheye image resolution and quality determine to a great extent the panorama quality
76. table and level Assemble the Equipment Pano Head can be classified as two types lens specific 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 lens 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 Pano Head j Rotating base 95 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 Non Lens Specific Pano Head As we mentioned pano head is to assur
77. te 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 5 Added features Publish high resolution panorama in Flash Offer HDR solution to resolve over exposure and under exposure problem Support creation of HDR image and converting HDR to LDR image Right click stitching without opening Panoweaver Stitching from Camera Raw file is supported Stitching of 16 bit images is supported Support stitching of two full circular fisheye images captured in vertical direction Support unwrapping of single fisheye image including both vertical and horizontal shooting Support wide angle zoom lens Support Raynox lens Support smartblend plugin Batch stitch groups of images For Panoweaver 5 00 Batch only Project is added for users to save and resume unfinished panorama Add Navigation Chart in Image Show Area Improved features Higher quality viewer with full screen view enabled Improve stitching quality of FullFrame 6 x optimize top bottom stitching Fisheye images can be stitched into cubic panoramic images directly Users may customize loading image status bar and rotation speed Much easier to insert matching points One license can be activated on both desktop and laptop Changed features Parameter file of Panoweaver 4 00 cannot be used in Panoweaver 5 00 Install Panoweaver 5 00 System Requirements For
78. th the same equipment and settings After importing fisheye images choose Panorama gt Stitch with Former Parameters to stitch 29 4 Easypano Panoweaver Fie Seely Image Tools Help Edit Matching Points Ctrl Fi0 Spherical Cubic Conversion Ctrl F9 Save Stitching Parameters Ctrl V Manage Stitching Parameters Pre stitch F3 Stitch COFFS foe i Stitch With Former Parameters Drumg i Ctri l Se m O e A em A Drum 431 ni Eee REE a a e Loading completed Manage stitching parameters You may also choose Panorama gt Manage Stitching Parameters in menu bar to manage saved stitching parameters Manage Stitching Parameters Parameter Mame Parameter Type Date Created Author Drum 4 1 Crum 4 Wed Jan24 11 Carol Import You may import external parameters for example parameters sent by others 30 I I into Panoweaver Click Import button or click the right mouse button to select Import 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 Delete Select a parameter and then right click or click Delete button Rename Select a parameter and then right click or click Rename button Edit Panoramic I mages Overla
79. tp www easypano com index html Download Trial Version at http www easypano com free trial html Click this image to view virtual tours made with Tourweaver Deda l Publish Panorama After stitching choose File gt Publish Panorama or click on toolbar to publish Panorama 39 Basic Steps Select publishing format 2 Enter file name 3 Select output destination 4 Set general publishing parameters in General 5 Set individual parameter for each publishing type 6 Click Publish Publishing Format Publish Panorama Format General Applet Type Easypano Virtual Tour Player QuickTime VR Flash VR File Mame Qukpuk Destination fies Easypano Panoweaver 8 00 autput pano g Restore Defaults Open output Folder after published Publish Type You may publish as Flash VR Easypano Virtual Tour Player Java Applet or QuickTime VR or both of them at the same time File Name Name the published file for example panol Please don t use space in the file name Output Destination Specify output destination or destination for the file you want to publish for example C Program Files Easypano Panoweaver 5 00 output System will establish a folder with the same name as the file so output destination becomes C Program Files Easypano Panoweaver 5 00 output panol1 If you only publish as one 40 type the file will be saved
80. ttom 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 or amp to stitch 27 pi File Fanorama Image Tools Help ae OS Pee ie Se ee Tn cs roy Be reeel eft 2 1190 123 1759 1699 1536 Z TT 2d D8 T This is also used to select image pais w al alo ald fpss x Edit matching points Select matching points Method 1 Click jra in left fisheye image and corresponding tab on the right image will be also selected Selected tabs are in editable status Method 2 Click one line in Matching 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 Method 1 Click Hl on the image hold down left mouse button and drag it Method 2 Edit the coordinates value in matching points list within Matching Points panel Method 3 Click jra on the image press arrow t gt key on keyboard to move 5 pix type Ctrl t gt to move 1 pix at a time Delete Matching Points Matching points exist in pair and will be deleted in pair Met
81. ut destination 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 1 Select at File gt Open Project or click F on toolbar 2 Drag pw file into Panoweaver Editing area or drag it onto Shortcut of Panoweaver 3 Double click icon of pw file in the folder as show below 65 File Edit wiew Favorites Tools Help Beck hi a JO search gt Folders Address D Program Files Easypano Panoweaver 5 01 G0 c project pw Py File 3 KE Advanced Settings Selects Tools gt Advanced Settings and Advanced Settings dialog box will pop up You are able to set general parameters in General tag and right click stitching parameters in Right Click Stitching tag 66 General Tag Advanced Settings General Right Click Stitching Pre stitch Panoramic Image Size Spherical width 1400 Height Cubic width 2400 Height Initial Value of Fisheye Image Enclosing Auto Calculated Last Used Ceiling Floor Size Last Used Overlap Blending width Deg Two Fisheye Images More than Two Fisheye Images Restore Defaults Pre stitch Panoramic I mage Size Set size of panoramic image for pre stitching For spherical image default size is 1400x700 For cubic image default size is 2400x400 Initial Value of Fisheye I mage Enclosing If you select Auto Calcul
82. y panoramic image will be in still status Streaming Settings Panoweaver 5 00 provides streaming download mode There will be a transition effect after panorama was loaded but has not been played yet There are 3 types Color Filling User specifies a type of color to fill panorama Click to select color Grey Zoom in the thumbnail of initial Gray scale image to fill panorama Blur Zoom in the thumbnail of initial image to fill panorama 45 Quick Time VR Publish Panorama Format General QT R Restore Defaults Open output Folder after published Publish Cancel Full Screen QTVR To play your QTVR panorama in full screen on start please tick the check box of Full Screen QTVR Upload to Website There are steps to upload panorama to website 1 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 2 Publish panorama into a specified local folder of this site 3 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 46 After you publish panorama as Easypano Virtual Tour Player format you will find the wing files in
83. ys 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 A general procedure for offline activation 1 Start Panoweaver 5 00 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 http www easypano com activation html 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 Login your email box and save this ALF 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 O 8 Note Offline Activation requires network interface card installed Please make sure the computer on which you install Panoweaver 5 00 and create Activate 10 I I RequestFile meets following requirements F Network card is installed 2 TCP IP protocol is installed 3 Network card is not disabled Tra

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