From: "Adam Mercado" <AE-List@media-motion.tv>
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Date: Wed, 1 Aug 2018 08:46:19 -0700
Subject: [OT] Photoshop Panoramic 360 imaging
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To: AE List <AE-List@media-motion.tv>

Hi gang, this is not an after effects problem, but the great minds in this g=
roup probably have some experience here that I can tap into.

Got a request from a new client to produce a 360 image built from photos I s=
hoot with their logo added in.  I did a bit of google research and spent yes=
terday afternoon shooting some test shots in my back garden. I brought these=
 shots into Photoshop and used Photomerge to combine them into (a) a cylindr=
ical map and (b) a spherical map. I added a logo to the long flat combined i=
mage, but when viewed in the 3D viewer there were some problems.=20

1. The image is squished horizontally so everything is tall and narrow. Obvi=
ously a no go where client logos are concerned. The settings in the dialog b=
ox to view the pano seem to have no relevance here as changing them made no d=
ifference to the results.=20

2. The ends of the pano do not blend like the middle shots do, creating a di=
stinct seam at one point of the 360 pano. I shot ten images, left to right, o=
verlapping 30-40% each side. Files are named 1-10 and added to the Photomerg=
e panel in that order. Photomerge then sets image 5 as the first layer and b=
lends all the others in sequence, even wrapping around from 10 back to 1 in m=
y shots. It does not wrap the =E2=80=98ends=E2=80=99 of the image creating a=
 seamless 360, which turns out to be images 5 and 6.=20

3. In the Adobe help page for Photomerge it suggests having a top/bottom or c=
eiling/floor images to create 360 x 180 pano, but never gives the steps to d=
o this. Also, the menu item in the help page does not correspond to the vers=
ion of Photoshop I have (19.4.1 if I recall). It=E2=80=99s CC2018 and I=E2=80=
=99m sure the latest update

I also downloaded some free pano shots from wpanorama.com to test with Photo=
shop 3D viewer, and while the 360 wrap was seamless the horizontal squish wa=
s still present. So, why are my photos not wrapping properly, how can I fix o=
r ensure better shots? And is the Adobe 3D viewer just bunk and I should try=
 something more reliable?

Any ideas of where to look or what other app to use to pull off this job mas=
sively welcome. My first foray into anything VR so it=E2=80=99s a bit of a l=
earning curve, which is fine, but every how-to page I=E2=80=99ve found just m=
akes it sound bing-bang-boom easy as pie you=E2=80=99re done.=20

I can supply files if anyone=E2=80=99s that interested

Thx
Adam

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