My First 360 Panoramic
Here is how I made it!
Using the Typhoon's Panoramic Mode in Double Layer (18 Picture) mode. I fixed the white balance to 'Sunset' as you can see the sun is pretty low in the sky. I also lowered the exposure to -1, just to try and get a little more detail when it was staring at the sun.
I stitched it together using Microsoft ICE (Image Composite Editor), a free tool that you can download.
There are a few stages you have to go through. Select all your images, ensure you are in 'Spherical' mode. You can align the image in 'Stitch'.
On the 'Crop' section, Click 'Auto Complete' to complete the sky. Export it to PNG at this point.
The tutorial I was following uses Adobe Photoshop, but I had Paint.NET installed, a freeware tool that will let you do the resizing.
Open the PNG in Paint.NET and resize the canvas. The canvas needs to be in a 2:1 ratio - the width is 2x the size of the height. Divide your width by 2 and enter the answer into your 'height'. Anchor the resizing to the bottom centre.
This will generate empty space on the top of your image. You can highlight most of your sky and stretch it up to the top. I think this will just leave a black circle above you in the sphere if you don't do this.
This time resize your image (not the canvas) to 10000 x 5000 and save as a JPG.
Close Paint.NET and right click on your image and view the details tab. Enter the Camera Maker as: Ricoh and the Camera Model as: Ricoh Theta S
This is just to make Facebook treat your image as a panoramic.
Here is the tutorial I was following:
He is using Photoshop, but you can do the same in Paint.NET if you want to do it for free
Let me know how you get on!
Here is how I made it!
Using the Typhoon's Panoramic Mode in Double Layer (18 Picture) mode. I fixed the white balance to 'Sunset' as you can see the sun is pretty low in the sky. I also lowered the exposure to -1, just to try and get a little more detail when it was staring at the sun.
I stitched it together using Microsoft ICE (Image Composite Editor), a free tool that you can download.
There are a few stages you have to go through. Select all your images, ensure you are in 'Spherical' mode. You can align the image in 'Stitch'.
On the 'Crop' section, Click 'Auto Complete' to complete the sky. Export it to PNG at this point.
The tutorial I was following uses Adobe Photoshop, but I had Paint.NET installed, a freeware tool that will let you do the resizing.
Open the PNG in Paint.NET and resize the canvas. The canvas needs to be in a 2:1 ratio - the width is 2x the size of the height. Divide your width by 2 and enter the answer into your 'height'. Anchor the resizing to the bottom centre.
This will generate empty space on the top of your image. You can highlight most of your sky and stretch it up to the top. I think this will just leave a black circle above you in the sphere if you don't do this.
This time resize your image (not the canvas) to 10000 x 5000 and save as a JPG.
Close Paint.NET and right click on your image and view the details tab. Enter the Camera Maker as: Ricoh and the Camera Model as: Ricoh Theta S
This is just to make Facebook treat your image as a panoramic.
Here is the tutorial I was following:
He is using Photoshop, but you can do the same in Paint.NET if you want to do it for free

Let me know how you get on!
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