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Geoff66 (Geoff) · #1 30-06-2013, 01:39 AM

Saw some examples of these panoramas so I thought I'd give it a go.

They're easy to do and I think the effect is cool; basically it's just converting a 360 panorama into a circular image by mapping to polar coordinates.

allan gould · #2 30-06-2013, 11:43 AM

Nice one and what software did you use to stitch the panorama and then do polar?

Geoff66 (Geoff) · #3 30-06-2013, 02:11 PM

Hugin was used to stitch the panorama and then GimpShop to map to polar coordinates. Both are free.

Photoshop can do it too. It's "File>Automate>Photomerge" and "Filter>Distort>Polar Coordinates" but PS seems to choose where to start the panorama (in Photomerge). So Hugin gives me more control.

allan gould · #4 30-06-2013, 03:21 PM

Thanks for that Geoff, valuable information.
Allan