Hi,

Good to see a number of you taking up the task.

I'm keen to retain resolution quality for backgrounds. To that end I will provide a little task some of you may like to experiment with.

a) Create a 2 layer panoramic of 4 images.
1 2
3 4

or

1 3
2 4

your choice.

b) Using a stitching program unite all four images. Note the overlap and the merge of resolution.


c) Using a splitting program, create the segmented sections 4x4

My first attempt wasn't hot and I only managed to create a 5260 x2819 image from 4@3264x1840.
The split stitch images end up as 1315x704 each. In the image below, the first frame still needs to be duplicated and renamed. The splitting program I use created the 16 images in seconds. I'm aiming for HD resolution per segment of 1920 x 1080 (didn't get it right this time).

The stitch program edited the merged images, ghosted out areas and accounted for light variations as can be seen in the attached image.

I will test a 9 image three layer panoramic as that'll give even higher resolution images per segment - I need to allow more for an overlap or just zoom in closer for a better crisper image. My experimentation will continue when I have 5 minutes to spare.

see image.


I'll post the information regarding software used on: https://forum.cyberlink.com/forum/posts/list/7958.page
PART J
I will refer the post (Part J) to CyberLink.
One software is free and the other isn't.

The images used here were for demonstration purposes only - to help show what is possible and how an editor can develop a theme from multiple images.

The splitter-program is the same I posted and later withdrew.
I have not had the time today to do other than download it, but I think
Tony is on the same trail. We had some differences in our download file.


Just something.
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Thanks for your kind words about the toot, Nina.

... & Dafydd - thanks for the challenge! I'll get onto photo stitching after I catch up on some proper video editing. I've spent a bit too much time, lately, digging into the intricacies of slideshows.

The difficulty with ending up with 1920x1080 segments is that you need to start with a 7680x4320 photo in the first place. Hence, your photo stitching, Dafydd.

For anyone who's interested, I've posted a little video on YouTube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NmtSdL_CZHE - showing, in context, some of the backgrounds & frames I've done for the Camera View slideshow template. I uploaded it using PD's FULL HD WMV profile.

You'll possibly spot a bit of a glitch in it, but try not to make to much of a big deal about it. Just send me a polite PM, if you notice.

Cheers - Tony


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Hi Tony,
I've used Photo Stitched images in a number of videos mainly panoramic views of scenes, using a motion path to pan. It's quite effective and stops the distortions often associated with a video slow pan.

I'm with you Tony, I have spent too much time on this and I have video tasks to complete and to just look over.

I had a great weekend - loads of video, super weather, lots of action, darn it was good. I hope you all did to and weren't stuck on a PC all day.

Heres a template i made that might be helpfull for a travel diary. The original image is from the Ship Travel style folder.

Rather than use an image splitter, I simply find the image I want, and set Photoshop to 800x600 and it "samples" the image each time at that size. Very easy, I just move my selection square. HP Envy Phoenix/4thGen i7-4770(4@3.4GHz~turbo>3.9)
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