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== R ==
 
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[[Rectilinear Projection]]
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'''Rectilinear Projection'''  A projection in which every straight line in the world stays straight in the image.  Stretches both horizontally and vertically away from the center.  Limited to roughly 120 degrees field-of-view with acceptable distortion.  Geographers call this projection "gnomonic"; see [http://mathworld.wolfram.com/GnomonicProjection.html Mathworld] for the formulas.
  
 
'''Roll'''  Rotation angle around the lens axis.  See also "pitch" and "yaw".
 
'''Roll'''  Rotation angle around the lens axis.  See also "pitch" and "yaw".

Revision as of 07:56, 25 March 2005

Please add the entry alphabetically to the list.

A

B

Banding Visible steps in smooth gradients. Early versions of Panorama Tools software could introduce obvious banding, for example during radial luminance correction as discussed here. This problem is largely corrected in current versions of the software.

C

Cylindrical Projection

D

E

Equirectangular Projection

F

G

H

I

J

K

L

M

N

Nodal Point The special point that you have to rotate your camera around, to avoid parallax. Also called "entrance pupil". Click the term for more info.

O

P

Pitch Angle up-and-down (above and below horizon). See also "roll" and "yaw".

Projections

Q

R

Rectilinear Projection A projection in which every straight line in the world stays straight in the image. Stretches both horizontally and vertically away from the center. Limited to roughly 120 degrees field-of-view with acceptable distortion. Geographers call this projection "gnomonic"; see Mathworld for the formulas.

Roll Rotation angle around the lens axis. See also "pitch" and "yaw".

S

T

U

V

Vignetting

W

X

Y

Yaw Panning angle, left-and-right. See also "pitch" and "roll".

Z

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others