Difference between revisions of "Fixing nadir parallax errors"
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− | These can then be stitched together into a single [[nadir]] | + | These can then be stitched together into a single [[rectilinear Projection]] image of the [[nadir]] with minimal errors. |
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− | This image can then be reinserted into the original panorama project as another | + | This ''plan'' image can then be reinserted into the original panorama project as if it was another |
− | source photo with a different lens and stitched as normal. Here is the result as a | + | source photo with a different lens, and then stitched as normal by optimising [[roll]], [[pitch]], [[yaw]], [[Field of View]] and ''d & e'' lens correction parameters. Here is the result as a |
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<pano file="Npx-corrected.mov" width="600" height="450" scale="tofit" controller="true" cache="true" /> | <pano file="Npx-corrected.mov" width="600" height="450" scale="tofit" controller="true" cache="true" /> |
Revision as of 23:32, 21 January 2007
Here is a set of source photos for a spherical panorama:
They were taken using a one second exposure without a tripod, the camera was stabilised by jamming it against the sides of a palm tree. This means that they don't stitch easily because of the large (approximately 60cm) parallax error:
Particularly, the nadir doesn't work at all. This is an extreme version of the usual problems caused by failing to rotate the camera around the No-parallax point:
However the nadir can be stitched by taking advantage of another technique generally used for stitching a linear panorama. The way this works is that if you assume the ground forms a plane just like a mural on a wall; a series of rectilinear Projection images taken from different locations can be assembled by optimising roll, pitch & yaw, Field of View and d & e lens correction parameters separately for each image.
So the first step is to create a series of defished rectilinear images from the fisheye Projection originals. You can do this in any of the GUI front-ends, but you do need to calibrate your lens first:
These can then be stitched together into a single rectilinear Projection image of the nadir with minimal errors. Effectively this is plan view of the ground surface:
This plan image can then be reinserted into the original panorama project as if it was another source photo with a different lens, and then stitched as normal by optimising roll, pitch, yaw, Field of View and d & e lens correction parameters. Here is the result as a QTVR:
<pano file="Npx-corrected.mov" width="600" height="450" scale="tofit" controller="true" cache="true" />
This scene is of the Abu Dhabi corniche, 30th November 2006. The buildings are decorated in preparation for UAE national day.