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Mastering Digital Panoramic Photography
The unusual perspective of a panoramic image creates a unique and intriguing visual experience for the viewer. Skillfully executed, panoramic photography can realize scenes which could otherwise never be captured in an image or seen with the naked eye.
Panoramas offer new possibilities for creative photographers, either as flat, two-dimensional images, or mapped into a 3D space that can be visited on a virtual tour. New, powerful, panorama software makes the workflow easier and more efficient than ever before.
Author Harald Woeste takes the reader on a tour from the basics of capturing panoramas, all the way through stitching, editing, and printing panoramic images. He provides a detailed description of the necessary equipment and materials, as well as the various software tools that can be used in the workflow. The latter half of the book illustrates the making of panoramas through a number of example projects.
In Mastering Digital Panoramic Photography you will find everything you need to know to create amazing panoramic images.
Panoramas offer new possibilities for creative photographers, either as flat, two-dimensional images, or mapped into a 3D space that can be visited on a virtual tour. New, powerful, panorama software makes the workflow easier and more efficient than ever before.
Author Harald Woeste takes the reader on a tour from the basics of capturing panoramas, all the way through stitching, editing, and printing panoramic images. He provides a detailed description of the necessary equipment and materials, as well as the various software tools that can be used in the workflow. The latter half of the book illustrates the making of panoramas through a number of example projects.
In Mastering Digital Panoramic Photography you will find everything you need to know to create amazing panoramic images.
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160 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2009
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October 27, 2010
This is quite a technical exploration of panorama construction, focusing more on angles and planes perhaps rather than composition. Woeste shares the history and philosophy of the technique which provides a good background to the field, if not a practical one.
There is detailed information about the availability and use of panoramic equipment for professional/commercial photographers, which I think would be very useful for those moving into this field, but less so for an amateur. He looks at the theory for both two and three dimensional (spherical) projections.
His approach to stitching panoramas is similarily technical, rather than a recipe to follow. There is some critical information presented but again I think more suited for a well experienced photographer.
The projects and their progression shown are based on commercial rather than artistic tenents but the ability to follow his process behind the scenes is interesting.
Mastering Digital Panoramic Photography is a detailed look at the aspects of creating a technical image. Though I think an amateur would benefit from the information presented, it is more suited to a professional photographer who is interested in experimenting in the field.
There is detailed information about the availability and use of panoramic equipment for professional/commercial photographers, which I think would be very useful for those moving into this field, but less so for an amateur. He looks at the theory for both two and three dimensional (spherical) projections.
His approach to stitching panoramas is similarily technical, rather than a recipe to follow. There is some critical information presented but again I think more suited for a well experienced photographer.
The projects and their progression shown are based on commercial rather than artistic tenents but the ability to follow his process behind the scenes is interesting.
Mastering Digital Panoramic Photography is a detailed look at the aspects of creating a technical image. Though I think an amateur would benefit from the information presented, it is more suited to a professional photographer who is interested in experimenting in the field.
October 28, 2009
Published in 2008 in Germany, and 2009 in the U.S., so the material is about a year old. Offers a brief look at the history of panoramas, followed by well reasoned theory on how the various types of projection work (rectilinear, cylindrical, spherical). Brief overviews of various panoramic tripod heads are provided, followed by a short survey of panoramic stitching software. The remainder of the book is project workflows that demonstrate real life uses of VR photography for commercial clients.
I had a few quibbles with the translation, and design/layout, but the content is solid and this book is a recommended time-saving resource if you're just getting your feet wet in the world of 360 VR photography.
I had a few quibbles with the translation, and design/layout, but the content is solid and this book is a recommended time-saving resource if you're just getting your feet wet in the world of 360 VR photography.
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