You need more than just a tripod. While using a tripod is better than going handheld; a tripod still moves the focal point back and forth while it's being rotated because it's rotating on the base of the camera and not in the middle of the lens somewhere, so you get parallax distortion. Brian Cluff On 03/08/2016 04:11 PM, Michael wrote: > not using the tripod must be why it isn't finding any control points > automatically. > > On Tue, Mar 8, 2016 at 5:29 PM, Brian Cluff > wrote: > > When making panoramas inside you MUST use some sort of rig to spin > the camera perfectly on it's focal point. That's the only way to > make sure that you aren't introducing a lot of parallax distortion. > If you are outside you can often get away with just taking a bunch > of pictures in a circle because objects in the picture are far > enough away that a few inches won't be noticeable, but when you are > inside just a couple of inches of difference in the pictures causes > a tremendous amount of distortion that Hugin won't be able to deal > with automatically, and even if you manually set control points, the > control points won't make sense to Hugin because the distortion will > skew the math. It is possible to manually set control points but > you have to only set points on objects that are all the same > distance from the camera. If you try to set control points that are > at different distances, that's where you run into trouble. It's > like when you hold you your finger in front of your face and > alternately close one eye and then the other and your finger jumps > back and forth... the same things happens inside Hugin and it really > doesn't like it. > > On a related note, just because I have time to type more, you can > use Hugin to stitch panoramas of distant objects that have smaller > objects in the foreground, such as a sign at the grand canyon > telling you not to jump off, that you don't want in the picture, by > purposely taking pictures that would normally introduce distortion. > All you have to do is make sure that you only set control points on > the furthest away landscape that you really want, and then use > Hugin's masking feature to mask out the object (sign in this case) > that you don't want and when it gets done you will have a nice > signless pictures of your landscape. > > Brian Cluff > > On 03/08/2016 02:52 PM, Michael wrote: > > Yeah, I spent a long time putting control points in and it > didn't seem > to like to do the inside spherical panorama. > > On Tue, Mar 8, 2016 at 2:12 PM, Anthony Radzykewycz > > >> wrote: > > Unfortunately, I am not familiar with any other applications to > accomplish the goal at hand. > > On Sun, Mar 6, 2016 at 8:22 PM, Michael > >> wrote: > > well..... I guess that doesn't help so much > > On Sun, Mar 6, 2016 at 8:18 PM, Michael > > >> wrote: > > I'll tell ya, I don't know why it isn't working but it > isn't. So I was just about to ask the group if they > know of > a tutorial when the thought occurred to me that I > should > google for it first. That turned up: > > http://arachnoid.com/drones/drone_images.html > > On Sun, Mar 6, 2016 at 12:12 PM, Brian Cluff > > >> wrote: > > Have you tried clicking "Fit" under the Move > and Drag > tab. There might be more of your panorama that > is off > the display and is being cropped. > > Brian > > > On 03/06/2016 10:02 AM, Michael wrote: > > I just did it again and all the pictures > showed up > correctly but it only did halp of the > sphere. Does my > 'projection need to be something specific? > > On Sun, Mar 6, 2016 at 11:23 AM, Michael > > >> wrote: > > I tried that about an hour ago but it > turned six > of the images 180 degrees for some > reason. I > looked at what it was reading the data > from and > the pictures were fine. > > On Sun, Mar 6, 2016 at 11:10 AM, Brian > Cluff > < >Brian@snaptek.com > > >> wrote: > > Hugin can make 360 spherical pianos > without > any special effort. Just put all > the images > into Hugin that make up the sphere > and it will > do the test. The tutorial that you > linked to > is how to make an HDR spherical > panorama, > that's a little more effort than I > think you > want to do for real estate photos. > > Brian Cluff > > On March 6, 2016 6:33:03 AM MST, > Michael > >> > wrote: > > I was sitting here thinking > that hugin > should be able to do this and > that someone > should suggest it to a > developer. Then I > thought someone might have done > that > already. So I did a websearch! > Look at > what I found: > > http://hugin.sourceforge.net/tutorials/enfuse-360/en.shtml > > On Sat, Mar 5, 2016 at 10:13 > PM, Brian > Cluff > < >brian@snaptek.com > > > >> wrote: > > Try: > apt-get install python-opengl > > Brian Cluff > > On 03/05/2016 06:30 PM, > Michael wrote: > > I thought about it and > think I > realized the error of > my ways; > python.exe > is because python is not > automatically in > Windows like with > Linux so I > don't need that program. > Unfortunately when I > tried to run > the other > program: > > $ python PhotoSphere.py > Traceback (most recent > call last): > File > "PhotoSphere.py", line 21, > in > from OpenGL.GL > import * > ImportError: No module > named OpenGL.GL > > so I apt-get install > opengl.gl > > . > Unfortunately > I get > the same error after > installing > opengl.gl > . Then I > tried apt-get install > openGL.GL > but am informed that > the program is > already installed. > > > > On Fri, Mar 4, 2016 at > 8:39 PM, > Michael > > < >bmike1@gmail.com > > > > > > >bmike1@gmail.com > > > >>> wrote: > > Ifound something > that might be > sorta wahat I'm looking > for. > > http://meestuff.blogspot.com/2013/08/google-photo-sphere-viewer-for-desktop.html > > . > It is suppossed to > work with > Linux. > I download the file and > extract it but there are no > instructions to > install it. I > opened the bat > file and the contents > of it seemed to > be instructions for > installing > but unfortuatly: > > bmike1@MikesBeast > > ~/Documents/Programs/PhotoSphereBundle > $ > ./App/python.exe > ./App/PhotoSphere.py > > bash: ./App/python.exe: > Permission denied > > bmike1@MikesBeast > > ~/Documents/Programs/PhotoSphereBundle > $ > .\App\python.exe > .\App\PhotoSphere.py > > .Apppython.exe: > command not found > Please, how do I > install it? > > On Fri, Mar 4, 2016 > at 4:03 > PM, Michael > > < >bmike1@gmail.com > > > > > > > >bmike1@gmail.com > > > >>> wrote: > > Thank you very much > Anthony. This sounds > very much > like what I > would like to use. > When I searched for > 'street google street view' > yesterday I > could not find > it in the > playstore. I searched for > photospere in > google and > that search > revealed that it was > put on > android 4.2 > and my phone is > only a > 2.2. Is there a way to > download it (or > something > similar) to my > computer? > > > On Fri, Mar 4, > 2016 at > 1:58 PM, Anthony > Radzykewycz > > > < >anthony.radzykewycz@gatewaycc.edu > > > > > > > >anthony.radzykewycz@gatewaycc.edu > > > > >>> > wrote: > > The app > will guide you > on how many pictures to > take and use > circular > guides that > you need to 'cover.' It > takes the > pictures > when you have > 'covered the circle. > From there, the > app > stitches it all > together for you and > then you can > upload > it to > Google maps. If > you wanted to embed the > photoshphere, > they have > an api that > you can sign up for to > showcase that. > I hope to > work on > mapping out paths > between the > > photospheres, but we > have not really started > on that > portion > at all. Try > it out. 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