Showing posts with label partial. Show all posts
Showing posts with label partial. Show all posts

2009-06-29

Partial panoramas orientation

This is a response to a question asked by gopanthers - Orientation Failure results in No Panoramas Saved. The problem is the orientation of partial panoramas.

After you selected your panorama type to be partial - the next thing to do is - orientation. First of all, let us suppose the panorama in question is this one:


...and let's suppose, the position on the map is:


First of all, unlike the "full" cylindrical panorama - partial panoramas cover only part of the field of view around the location. For example, the field of view of our panorama is...


Now, the proccess of orientation consists of finding the directions of the left and right directions on the panorama:


On the map:


So, now you should click twice on the map. First click anywhere on the line marked "left", and second click anywhere on the line "right". The order (first left) is important! After the second click on the map you should be automatically redirected to the finished panorama. Note that the left and right lines are not visible - you must imagine them on the map.

And, of course, if the resulting panorama orientation is not correct - just click "Edit" (on the page with your panorama, below the map) skip the first two steps and try your orientation again.

2008-02-21

Forum, profile images, orientation

Profile images

Maybe you already noticed it, but now you can upload a small image that will be shown on your profile page. Here's mine:

puzz profile image

Forums

Added the forums section on panoye.

panoye forums screenshot

I wanted them to be as simple as possible. Without too much (rarely used) fancy features. It sill lacks a few options (RSS, basic formatings), but it will be online soon. (here is a sample thread)

Partial panorama orientation

Now orientate partial panoramas should be easier. Instead of locating two hotspots on the panorama -- you have to find the directions of the panorama's visible field; first the left side of the panorama's visible field, and then the right side. I'll write a HOW-TO article on the forum about this (when I find time).

2008-01-20

Thoughts on partial panoramas

It is 18:47 now. I am working on partial panoramas from this morning. Make the viewer work with them was not that hard. But, orientate them is another thing...

First of all you must select your panorama's type...


...and only then orientate it. For partial panoramas -- you must find two (not one!) hotspots. All problems come from the fact that "normal" math don't work with angles... We all now that:
300+90=390
But with angles:
300°+90°= 390°= 30°
And there are even more problems... If you think about it - absolutely every photography is a partial panorama. Even photos with big zoom factor are. But they cover a very small angle.

Back to work now...

Update: Example with a partial panorama:

2008-01-18

Partial panoramas

I am a big fan of 360° panoramas. But, of course, partial panoramas are also cool. Sometimes even better than full cylindrical panoramas. In fact, two users uploaded two very nice partial panoramas:
They are partial because they don't cover all 360° around the photographer. That is why the left and the right side don't fit together. Unfortunately, for the moment panoye panorama viewer don't work well with them...

But...

I'll try my best to make the viewer work well with partial panoramas. Stay tuned for updates (I hope it will be ready till sunday...).