Jack Casement opened this issue on Jun 06, 2001 ยท 18 posts
Jack Casement posted Wed, 06 June 2001 at 7:51 AM
RJH posted Wed, 06 June 2001 at 8:27 AM
Beer, sunshine and a good game. Does not get any better than that.
JordyArt posted Wed, 06 June 2001 at 1:22 PM
Great picture, Jack! I wish I could empathise about the game, but unfortunately cricket bores me rigid - I prefer the thrills & spills of F1.... Nice grass, though, and the place is sacred! ;-) (",)
bsteph2069 posted Thu, 07 June 2001 at 6:15 PM
beautiful picture. It's so clear. thanks for the fillin. Bsteph
Marshmallowpie posted Thu, 07 June 2001 at 9:58 PM
Cricket..now there is one sport I absolutely don't understand!
Antoonio posted Mon, 11 June 2001 at 6:26 AM
Jack, do you use fish eye, or multiple pics when you do these? And I dont know anything about this game, but sunshine and beer sounds really nice. .n
Jack Casement posted Mon, 11 June 2001 at 7:03 AM
The image is made from four separate photographs taken with the digital camera. I then import them into the computer and use a piece of software to "stitch" them together. It's caller Live Picture Photo Vista and is very simple to use. You can also make 180 degree or 360 degree pictures. I can recommend it.
Antoonio posted Mon, 11 June 2001 at 8:38 AM
Is this software expensive, or, free? .n
Jack Casement posted Mon, 11 June 2001 at 11:10 AM
I think about $50 but I am not sure
bsteph2069 posted Mon, 11 June 2001 at 2:50 PM
I too have the same program. If you can afford it I recomend getting the ENTIRE Reality Suite. It includes -A Photo Vista Program, A 3D image creation program, A viewer, and a program which will allow you to combine them all to create a 3D world. All you then need is a host and you can create 3D websites. I second Jack's comment the software is strongely recomended. I stiched togeather the sunset panorama I posted below in about 5 minutes max. Bsteph
Antoonio posted Tue, 12 June 2001 at 1:35 AM
...gotta think about it. Does it adjust contrasts too? I have about 20 megs of images, that I'm gonna blend together "in some day". Huge job, even vith few pics. .n
Jack Casement posted Tue, 12 June 2001 at 3:14 AM
Attached Link: http://www.jackcasement.btinternet.co.uk/panoramas.htm
Sorry Antoonio, it doesn't work like that. You can't just grab three or four pictures and stitch them together. I always set out to take panoramas which means that when I take the pictures I shoot them, usually left to right, and slightly overlap each picture in the viewfinder. When I started I always used a tripod but I never do now. Just make sure you keep the horizontal the same in each frame and with a little overlap and then let the programme do the rest. It really is very simple and I take no credit for its success in my panoramas. If you haven't already seen my page of panoramas on my web site check them out. They vary from a mixture of three pictures to seven pictures stitched together. The problem I found is that by using too many pictures to make a 180 degree picture is that you end up with a very narrow picture. I usually just use three or four now. Hope this helps.Antoonio posted Tue, 12 June 2001 at 5:07 AM
Jack, sure I have seen your galleries. Many times. :o) And I have tried panoramas too, with photoshop. Like you said, 180 and even 360 are really difficult to do, and almost impossible to present. Too narrow results, like you said. The hardest part, or so I think, is to get contrasts right, to do seamless works like you do. .n
Antoonio posted Wed, 13 June 2001 at 12:16 AM
Thanks for the tip. You know, photoshop is quite easy too. Just adjust overlapping layers transparency bit, zoom, and its kind of easy to place pics correctly. Adjust transparency back to 100, erase the edges bit, and voila. Like I said, contrasts are the hardest part, but little bit work, and few pics can be done in no time. ...curious to hear your comments about that pixtra-thing, Alpha. .n
JordyArt posted Wed, 13 June 2001 at 3:13 PM
I found panorama's to be a pain - maybe it's because of my digi - turning the camera around meant it seemed to read the light differently and I ended off with say a light picture, slightly darker one then a light one again, and no amount of adjustment would get them the same. Probably me just needing more experience!!
bsteph2069 posted Wed, 13 June 2001 at 8:34 PM
Guffaw. Maybe your's too good. i often don't think mine is reading any light at all!!! Bsteph
Antoonio posted Thu, 14 June 2001 at 12:29 AM
Jordy, first, try photoshop auto levels, second, overlap pics a lot, then erase edges to transparent with big brush. Another good thing, IF, you can adjust your cam to manual, use same settings for all pics, as you used in pic one. .n
JordyArt posted Fri, 15 June 2001 at 6:57 PM
Thanx Antoonio - I'll try the Photoshop bit. :-( My cam is automatic - it's the one for the idiot photographers of the world, that's why I like it so much. Not an f-stop in sight! (Sort of an expensive equivalent of a toy 'Barbie' 110 point and click, really.....) (".)