Adding panoramic stills

VideoEditor54321

Member Location: Las Vegas, Nevada Joined: Dec 25, 2010 12:19 Messages: 61 Offline

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Jan 01, 2011 16:16

I have been adding single image stills to video projects with no issues. When I add a panoramic still the still is pushed down to where the right and left sides of the image are confined in the preview window, causing the height of the image to be only occupying about 20% of the viewable window. It was advised in another thread that I not maintain aspect ratio and when I did that I was able to run the left and right sides of the pan run off the viewable window as I filled the window top to bottom but when ran the video, I got the same terrible pixilation I had before resizing. This pano is 1600 pixels high. I should not be getting this immense drop in image quality. It doesn't happen when I install a single (not stitched pano) image into the video. Any ideas? I want to install a panoramic still then use PD9 software to do the actual pan full screen. My panoramic are very wide and are meant to be scrolled side to side. I would think these wide panos would be ideal in video projects and I hope to add many to future projects.
Thanks in advance

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VideoEditor54321

Member Location: Las Vegas, Nevada Joined: Dec 25, 2010 12:19 Messages: 61 Offline

Jan 01, 2011 16:20

For reference, the actual image is here:

• Open link
• Hover over image
• Left click to expand image to fill your screen
• Scroll from side to side.
This is the same effect I'm trying to put in videos

http://c0278592.cdn.cloudfiles.rackspacecloud.com/original/422492.jpg

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pjc3

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Jan 01, 2011 20:11

Are you looking to do something like this?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7PIYdtL6cUQ Panasonic SD9, Panasonic TM700, Panasonic SD600, GoPro HD Hero.

VideoEditor54321

Member Location: Las Vegas, Nevada Joined: Dec 25, 2010 12:19 Messages: 61 Offline

Jan 01, 2011 20:31

That is exactly what I want to do.
The image you used to do this is 800 pixels high yet it looks better on my 1050 pixel screen resolution that my 1600 pixel high images do in the space of a normal YouTube window. What am I doing wrong. I've been at this all day.
And thank you for taking a look at this. Dell Studio XPS 7100 Minitower:
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VideoEditor54321

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Jan 01, 2011 20:42

pjc3, the image did loose alot in the transformation from SummitPost to YouTube but it does fill the screen top to bottom. We are half way there. Do I have to loose detail in order to ddisplay a pano in a PD9 video? Dell Studio XPS 7100 Minitower:
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pjc3

Senior Member Location: Australia Joined: May 29, 2010 19:33 Messages: 247 Offline

Jan 01, 2011 22:35

Quote: Do I have to loose detail in order to ddisplay a pano in a PD9 video?

Yes

I have done a few tests using geographic shapes to accentuate the problem and it seems any time you scale the photo by whatever means, PD uses only the original width as 1920 pixels. This is causes significant "blurring". Very unfortunate for you I'm afraid.
Great panorama btw.

edit : PM sent to you

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Panasonic SD9, Panasonic TM700, Panasonic SD600, GoPro HD Hero.

VideoEditor54321

Member Location: Las Vegas, Nevada Joined: Dec 25, 2010 12:19 Messages: 61 Offline

Jan 02, 2011 01:20

This is most un-fortunate. I know I've seen major pan work in other videos. I have hundreds of pans. This could be a deal breaker for me and PD9. Dell Studio XPS 7100 Minitower:
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James1

Senior Contributor Location: Surrey, B.C., Canada Joined: Jun 10, 2010 16:20 Messages: 1783 Offline

Jan 02, 2011 01:44

Hi,
This may be irrelevant, but Pinnacle Studio can import SWF files that can create Panaoramic images ( I believe) so maybe the videos you refer has been designed and rendered using that. Also if the Panoramic was done in flash or swishmax (which also can incorprate Panoramic files) and exported as AVi then rendered in video editing software.
Just a thought.
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VideoEditor54321

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Jan 02, 2011 11:34

If I can pan a still elsewhere and save it as some type of video file and import it here that would be just fine. I'd save it at 1080 high and save it as stock video. I'm very interested in learning how to do this. Dell Studio XPS 7100 Minitower:
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VideoEditor54321

Member Location: Las Vegas, Nevada Joined: Dec 25, 2010 12:19 Messages: 61 Offline

Jan 02, 2011 23:03

I was able to use another software to get most of what I wanted. It does not duplicate the original and I won't be satisfied until I get closer but after 3 days I finally made progress. It is very usable in smaller screens like YouTube. I found a little video on the internet that was helpful .Some may be interested.

http://www.wonderhowto.com/how-to-use-pan-and-zoom-sony-vegas-166672/ Dell Studio XPS 7100 Minitower:
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