How to create a panorama from photos. Automatic creation of panoramic photos using a free program, part I
Hugin is a program for creating panoramic images from photographs. In fact, it is a free open source analogue of the utility, which is also based on the Panorama Tools engine.
You can create panoramas both automatically and manually. There are three modes of operation for this: simple, advanced and expert. The first one is ideal for beginners: there is a minimum of complex settings and everything is automated as much as possible. The panorama creation wizard guides you step by step through all the stages of creating a panoramic image, from adding photos to choosing the final format. Advanced mode is something between automatic and manual settings: here the program can perform the main operations itself, but if you need to turn the knobs or manually set the control points, you can take control. In expert mode, the user has access to all settings, as well as the ability to set all values manually without using graphic prompts.
Hugin can determine which lens was used to capture the original images based on the EXIF data and make geometric corrections based on that. If the photos turned out to be uneven due to handheld shooting, the program will automatically align them. There's also vignetting correction and exposure smoothing, which is necessary to ensure that the brightness in the final result is evenly distributed. Among other things, there is a choice of 22 available projections (cylindrical, equidistant, three-plane and others), the ability to change the position of the panorama on a plane or sphere (depending on the projection), cropping and a save wizard in which you can select the format and size. In addition, in advanced mode, the ability to use masks and many other tools is available.
Key features and functions
- creation of panoramic images in various projections;
- the ability to create multi-row gigapixel panoramas;
- three operating modes: simple, advanced and expert;
- step by step panorama wizard in simple mode;
- automatic arrangement of control points with the possibility of manual adjustment;
- perspective, color, vignetting and exposure correction;
- detection of moving objects, removal of "ghosts";
- high speed of work;
- the ability to use masks;
- automatic use of camera data from EXIF;
- possibility of batch processing of images;
- Russified interface;
- the possibility of free use of the program (GPL v2 license).
Special requirements
- minimum 256 MB random access memory(for work with large projects it is desirable from 512 and above);
- A processor with 2 or more cores is recommended.
What's new in this version?
2016.2.0 (01.11.2016)
- added the ability to read image placement data from Papywizard XML files;
- improved seamless gluing of images;
- breakpoint editor now only loads editable images to improve speed;
- optimized work with masks;
- Fixed several issues with the Quick View window that could cause the program to freeze.
- updated translations:
- found errors fixed.
A program that allows you to create full-fledged 360-degree panoramic images based on a series of ordinary photographs. Possibility of automatic detection focal length, correcting perspective distortion, automatically correcting lens distortion, automatically stitching photos into huge panoramic images, creating a smooth transition from one picture to another.
Has an easy to use user interface. The package includes excellent tools for perfecting and combining images in automatic mode. offer tools for automatic alignment, enhancement and gluing of images, creating panoramas of a spherical shape. The adaptive image alignment technique ensures that there are no visible seams, even if there are moving objects in the frame. The listed functions allow you to create virtual tours in the form of applications Java or Flash, as well as mark active points on images. The user will be able to save the results of his work in the form of a screensaver, as well as print them as a poster or a multi-page document. The built-in database contains information about six hundred models of modern digital cameras, including common compact cameras and SLR cameras.
Program features:
Seamless gluing of a series of images into a flat or 360-degree panorama
Seamless pasting of multi-level images
Support creating 360×180 degree spherical panoramas
Automatic alignment and blending of a series of images
Fully 16-bit working environment for 16-bit images
Detection of more than 1200 digital cameras by EXIF information
Automatic vignetting correction
Adjusting the exposure of imported images
Automatic panorama exposure compensation
Manual adjustment of all post-processing steps when creating a panorama
Checkpoint editor
Export to interactive Java and Flash panoramas
Export panorama as a screen saver or executable file
Save to a variety of graphic files, including JPG, TIFF, PSD, BMP, PNG, PCX, RAS, and TGA
Import images in JPG, TIFF, PSD, BMP, PNG, PCX, RAS, IFF and TGA formats
Import of existing panoramic images for further processing
Import about 300 RAW formats including DNG, CRW, NEF, CR2, RAW, MRW, DCR, ORF, ARW, PEF, etc.
Poster printing function
Support for cylindrical, spherical and perspective panorama design
Hotspot editing for Java and Flash panoramas to create virtual tours
Using filters for the created panorama (clarity, color balance, brightness and contrast, etc.)
Export individual panorama images as layered PSD file or multipage TIFF file
Russian/English registered and portable versions in one installer!
PanoramaStudio, is a graphic program for creating panoramas, from German developers. The program for creating panoramas PanoramaStudio automatically combines photo images with each other, while providing a smooth and imperceptible transition from one to another digital photo image. The original images can be cropped, scaled, and rotated before performing stitching operations. The PanoramaStudio graphics application supports JPG, TIFF, PSD, BMP, PNG, PCX, RAS, IFF, TGA, as well as many RAW files. Given software, can, in automatic mode, determine the focal length, as well as correct lens distortion and improve perspective. The resulting photo images can be further processed using various filters.
System requirements:
Windows XP/Vista/7/8/8.1/10
Torrent Creation of panoramas on a photo - PanoramaStudio 3.2.0 Pro RePack (& Portable) by TryRooM in detail:
Features of the PanoramaStudio program:
Seamless gluing of a series of images into a flat or 360-degree panorama
Seamless pasting of multi-level images
Support for creating 360x180 spherical panoramas
Automatic alignment and blending of a series of images
Fully 16-bit working environment for 16-bit images
Detection of more than 1200 digital cameras by EXIF information
Automatic vignetting correction
Adjusting the exposure of internal/imported images
Automatic panorama exposure compensation
Manual post-processing settings for all panorama creation steps
Checkpoint editor
Export to interactive Java and Flash panoramas
Export panorama as a screen saver or executable file
Save to a variety of graphic files, including JPG, TIFF, PSD, BMP, PNG, PCX, RAS, and TGA
Import images in JPG, TIFF, PSD, BMP, PNG, PCX, RAS, IFF and TGA formats
Import of existing panoramic images for further processing
Import about 300 RAW formats including DNG, CRW, NEF, CR2, RAW, MRW, DCR, ORF, ARW, PEF, etc.
Poster printing function
Support for cylindrical, spherical and perspective panorama design
Hotspot editing for Java and Flash panoramas to create virtual tours
Using filters for the created panorama (clarity, color balance, brightness and contrast, etc.)
Export individual panorama images as layered PSD file or multipage TIFF file
What's new in version:
Align existing, imported panoramic images
Improved mask tool
Animated hotspots
Substantial enhancements for interactive panoramas:
- Optional map feature allows to show an overview of the panoramas on a map
- Compass/Radar element to display the viewing direction
- Improved browser compatibility
About 100 new cameras were added to the camera database which contains now more than 2400 digital compact and SLR cameras
Updated RAW import
Numerous small improvements
Version features:
·Type: installation, unpacking (Portable by TryRooM)
·Languages: Russian by TryRooM ref. Boomer/English/German
·Treatment: carried out.
Removed: adobe plugins
Command line switches:
Silent unpacking in Russian: / VERYSILENT / R / RU
Silent unpacking in English: /VERYSILENT /P /EN
Silent installation in Russian: /VERYSILENT /I /RU
Silent installation in English: /VERYSILENT /I /EN
Do not create desktop shortcut: /ND
Do not create a shortcut in the start menu: /NS
Select installation location: /D=PATH
The /D=PATH switch should be the last one
For example: install_file.exe /VERYSILENT /I /D=C:\MyProgram
Today I will tell you about a wonderful program - Hugin. With its help, you can effortlessly build even the coolest and most complex panoramas.
Hugin is the most popular panorama software and is completely free licensed and absolutely free to use.
The program reads the EXIF of your photos and automatically aligns them with the focal length and angle of view of your lens, places them in the right order and seamlessly glues shadows, wires, fences, people and other objects in your panorama.
Finally, the entire construction of the panorama, instead of complex and dreary work, will come down to the game find 5 differences similarities, or even to pressing just three buttons.
I'm sure many of you have already tried to make friends with her and abandoned this business, because. Hugin does not have the most intuitive interface. Today we will correct this situation.
How to shoot panoramas?
A few words about how to get good shots for your future panorama. Everything is simple here:
- Shoot one by one- left to right and top to bottom.
Not essential for small panoramas, but when there are more than 10 photos ... It will be easier for you to sort them later.
Lock exposure change is the main requirement.
Switch your camera to manual mode and set the static aperture, shutter speed and ISO settings. It is necessary that these parameters be the same on each photo from the panorama. The requirement is not mandatory, but highly desirable. Thus, you will save yourself from possible assembly problems and highlights in the final result.
Interface
So we have downloaded and installed Hugin, let's run it:
Let's immediately analyze the meaning and functions of each individual tab:
- Assistant(Assistant) - This is the default view, there are three main buttons and a preview window for your panorama.
- preview(Preview) - Here you can enable or disable the display of certain photos, as well as go to the photo menu to apply masks.
- layout(Placement) - Here we can see all the links between photos and quickly move on to creating and editing them.
- projection(Projection) - Here you can change the projection parameters of your panorama.
- Move/Drag(Shift/Shift) - On this tab, you can move the photos and place them in the desired order.
- Crop(Cropping) - Here we can select the destination area that will fit into your panorama.
Alternative interface
In addition, Hugin has another alternative interface " panorama editor(Panorama editor)", which is called through the "View" menu bar, or if you switch to the advanced interface, but more on that later.
Screenshot of the alternative interface
Fast start
So, if you have a correctly captured panorama and if you are lucky, then all your actions will come down to pressing just three buttons:
1. Upload pictures...
Click on " 1.Load images...(1. Load pictures...)" Select our photos for the panorama, they will be loaded into the project.
2. Align...
Click on " 2.Align...(2. Align...)" After a certain period of time, Hugin will calculate the links and connect your photos together. If you're lucky...
If this did not happen, and instead of the intended panorama you see something incomprehensible, you better cancel and proceed to creating a panorama in semi-automatic mode.
If you wish, you can go to the " Move/Drag(Shift/Offset)" to align the horizon and " Crop(Cropping)" to select the end area of the panorama.
3. Create panorama...
Click on " 3. Create panorama...(3. Create panorama...). And save our finished panorama.
Usually these three simple steps are enough, but what if we have a fairly large and complex panorama that does not want to be collected in a fully automatic mode? - let's find out!
Theory
First we need to understand how Hugin works.
Among your photos uploaded to the project, when you click the " 2.Align...(2. Align...)", Hugin uses a certain algorithm to look for some control points between your photos and shift them accordingly. Control points are nothing more than the same places in two photos.
Two photos that have control points between them are considered linked.
It turns out that each photo must have a connection with one or more other photos in the project. Control points can also be set manually.
Photographs connected by control points form a group, and already behave like a separate photo. Initially, the number of groups is equal to the number of unrelated photos, your task is to reduce the number of such groups to one.
Hugin's next step is to begin flattening the panorama, and the more control points you have in your photos, the better.
Assembling a panorama
So, let's try to assemble a panorama in semi-automatic mode.
Projection
First of all, upload photos to the project and go to the tab projection(Projection) and adjust the field of view.
The field of view is a black window in which you can see all your photos. It represents nothing more than the viewing angle of your panorama. It is measured in degrees and, as a rule, it cannot be more than 360 ° in width and 180 ° in height.
That is why photographs that are approaching the poles are so cool flattened.
You can change the field of view at any time from any mode using the sliders on the right and bottom of the Hugin interface.
Arrangement of photos
Go to tab " Move/Drag(Shift / Shift)", and start shifting the photos in the right order.
It's worth noting that you don't have to try to hit pixel by pixel when merging photos. Your task is to connect the photos so that Hugin "understands" which photo has a connection with which, for this it is enough that they simply touch each other.
You can check the connections by switching to the " layout(Accommodation)".
There are two travel modes:
- normal(Normal) - You can move groups of photos by simply dragging them.
- normal, individual(normal, custom) - in this mode, you can select individual photos and work directly with them.
If you need to rotate a photo, you can do it in the second mode by selecting desired photo and pulling on an empty space away from her.
Assembly
Once you have arranged your photos in the desired order, you can try the automatic mode again:
Switch to the tab " preview(Preview)" and press " 2.Align...(2. Align...)", thereby initiating the process of automatic search for control points.
Result
This way you can have one or more groups of related images.
Photos connected by control points in the first mode can only be moved in bulk, where, as in the second, you can still move individually.
Align them relative to each other and move on to the next step.
Creating breakpoints manually
So, after the previous steps, we got several unrelated groups of images. Now we will learn how to connect them.
Connections
Go to tab layout(Placement) and here we see all the links between your photos.
The gray lines mark the alleged connections - these are the very connections that should exist, based on the location of the photos on the tab Move/Drag(Shift/Offset) but do not yet have their breakpoints.
We need to resolve them: we select one such connection, after which a window with two photos will open.
Now we need to find several identical places in the photos and put control points on them. 2-3 points will be enough for each pair of photos. Inode can do without one at all.
Point creation
The algorithm is simple:
Select a point on the left image, select a point on the right image. Click Add(Add). You can use the function fine tune(Accurately correct).
Add 2-3 points, close, move on to the next connection.
After all the photos are connected with control points, go to the tab Assistant(Assistant) and press " 2.Align...(2. Align...)"
As practice shows, it is not always necessary to process absolutely all connections, sometimes it is enough to connect only some, hugin will complete the rest himself.
Result
Additional features and conveniences
The list of Hugin features does not end there, there are several more useful and convenient additions, I will tell you about some of them.
Ctrl key
When you hold down Ctrl, you can hover over a photo and instantly see its number and its content. If you click on it, you will be taken to the editing mode for a specific photo.
masks
You can use masks if you want to exclude or necessarily include some areas from your photos, to do this, go to , on the tab " masks(Masks)". Select the desired photo, click on " Add new mask(Add New Mask)", then select the desired area, and select the type of mask:
- exclude region(Excluded area)
- IncludeRegion(Included area)
- Exclude region from stack(Excluded area from stack)
- Include Region from stack(Included area from stack)
- Exclude region from all images of this lens(Excluded area from all shots with this lens)
Cropping photos
You can adjust the cropping of the edges of your photos, to do this, go to , on the tab " masks(Masks)" and select " Crop(Cropping)", these options can be applied to multiple photos at once if they are first selected in the top window.
Different types of panorama projections
On the tab " projection(Projection)" you can choose different types of panorama projections, for example, you can choose something exotic that will make it look quite unusual.
Panorama Output Modes
- Exposure corrected, low dynamic range(Exposure compensation, narrow dynamic range)
- Exposure fused from stacks(First exposure blending, then merging)
- Exposure fused from any arrangement(First merging, then blending exposures)
As practice has shown, the first mode works better than the other two. Unfortunately, it is not always available from the " Assistant(Assistant)", but it can still be called through , on the tab "
How to do panoramic photo. Step-by-step instruction! Simple, easy, fast. March 20th, 2012
Every amateur photographer must have wondered at some point: how to make one panorama photo from several shots? What is needed for this? Is it difficult? Read step by step instructions with which you can do panoramic photo (panorama) without tripod and without much difficulty.
Today I will tell you how to do it easily and simply.
Making a panorama is not easy, but very simple! Step-by-step instruction. Modern programs allows you to make a panorama from pictures taken by any camera, as long as the frames overlap each other. So that you have no doubts about the ability of your camera to take pictures suitable for making a panorama, for this photography lesson I took a phone camera.
I invite you to repeat all the steps of this instruction with me, using these photos that you can
- download from the link in the archive from my dropbox,
To assemble the panorama, we will use Hugin latest version. At the time of this tutorial, the latest version is 2011.4.0. Hugin is available for Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux. All instructions below are suitable for the version for any OS.
Installing Hugin is easy, just download the installation package and follow the installer's instructions.
When opened, Hugin automatically creates new project. Select photos for the panorama by clicking the appropriate button.
You can add all the photos at once in one fell swoop.
Hugin defines the properties of the lens itself.
Click "Combine ..." and let's go to drink tea, especially if you do not have the most modern computer or a lot of high-resolution pictures.
As soon as Hugin merges the images, a panorama preview window will open.
For a better view of the result, turn off the grid by unchecking the box at the top of the window.
The panorama preview has several tabs with settings, some of which are of no interest to us at all due to the fact that Hugin has already done the main work on combining images, and the other part of the tabs can still be useful to us.
On the "Projection" tab, we have the ability to change the way images are projected and some other settings. For example, you can see what a panorama would look like if it was shot with a fisheye lens:
However, today our goal is not special effects, but a finished panorama, so we will choose an equidistant projection mode.
On the "Moving on the projection plane" tab, we have the opportunity to align the horizon on all frames, if suddenly it did not align automatically. We can also bend the horizon for more effect:
To return the horizon to its original, even state, press the "Align" button:
On the next Crop tab, click the Auto Crop button to automatically crop the black edges of the panorama.
If the result of automatic cropping does not suit you, you can drag the inner edge of the frame and crop it as you need, for example, if we plan to finish painting the sky and black fields do not bother us.
Close the preview window and click "Create Panorama..."
And then he will offer to come up with a file name for the finished panorama:
We stock up on patience, tea, coffee, jam, cookies, etc., for 5 minutes :-)
Find the resulting panorama file:
We look with any suitable viewer.
For publishing, it is best to convert the panorama to JPEG. This can be done in any graphics editor or popular viewers.
The result is scaled up to 8209 x 1693.