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Introduction _______________________________________________________________ 2
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Goal of this tutorial ___________________________________________________________ 2
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Loading Images _________________________________________________________ 3
The Autodesk Stitcher Unlimited 2009 interface ____________________________________ 3
Loading your shots ____________________________________________________________ 4
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Stitching _______________________________________________________________ 6
Auto-Stitching ________________________________________________________________ 6
Manual-Stitching _____________________________________________________________ 7
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Alignment ____________________________________________________________ 12
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Equalization ___________________________________________________________ 14
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Render _______________________________________________________________ 15
Render area and rendering options ______________________________________________ 15
Load a Spherical panorama and convert to QTVR® _________________________________ 20
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Page 1: Table Of Contents
About Autodesk Stitcher Unlimited 2009 _________________________________________ 2 Goal of this tutorial ___________________________________________________________ 2 Loading Images _________________________________________________________ 3 The Autodesk Stitcher Unlimited 2009 interface ____________________________________ 3 Loading your shots ____________________________________________________________ 4 Stitching _______________________________________________________________ 6 Auto-Stitching ________________________________________________________________ 6 Manual-Stitching _____________________________________________________________ 7 Alignment ____________________________________________________________ 12... -
Page 2: Introduction
About Autodesk Stitcher Unlimited 2009 Autodesk Stitcher Unlimited 2009 is the way to build high-quality panoramas for the Web, film, print, and 3D. With advanced features, Autodesk Stitcher Unlimited 2009 gives photographers and artists the power to deliver the most impressive panoramas in the formats they need. Autodesk Stitcher creates wide-angle, high-resolution 360°... -
Page 3: Loading Images
® ™ Autodesk Stitcher Unlimited 2009 Getting Started Tutorial 1. Loading Images The Autodesk Stitcher Unlimited 2009 interface Toolbar Stitching window Live Preview General Information Thumbnail View Status Indicators Page | 3... -
Page 4: Loading Your Shots
® ™ Autodesk Stitcher Unlimited 2009 Getting Started Tutorial Loading your shots The first step in the creation of a Stitcher project is to load the image files that you will use to create the panorama. To load the pictures: 1. - Page 5 ® ™ Autodesk Stitcher Unlimited 2009 Getting Started Tutorial Your images will be loaded into the Thumbnail View, as demonstrated in the screen shot below. Open the loaded.rzs file to see the image files already loaded for this project. Page | 5...
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Page 6: Stitching
Stitcher Unlimited 2009 Getting Started Tutorial 2. Stitching Auto-Stitching Autodesk Stitcher Unlimited 2009 has a fully automated stitching engine. Run the Stitch Shots function by either: • clicking the icon in the toolbar, or • press ENTER (make sure no images are selected), or •... -
Page 7: Manual-Stitching
® ™ Autodesk Stitcher Unlimited 2009 Getting Started Tutorial Manual-Stitching In this example almost all the pictures are automatically stitched, but one is missing. For situations like this, you can use the Manual Stitch tool to complete the panorama. To manually stitch the missing image, you need to find a stitched image which overlaps it. You will use the overlapping features in the shots to match the images one to each other. - Page 8 ® ™ Autodesk Stitcher Unlimited 2009 Getting Started Tutorial 3. Do one of the following: • Click Manual Stitch in the Toolbar, or • Select Stitch > Manual Stitch, or • Right-click and choose Manual Stitch from the contextual menu to find at least two common points in both images.
- Page 9 ® ™ Autodesk Stitcher Unlimited 2009 Getting Started Tutorial 1. Click and place a marker on a particular detail in the first image 2. Click to add the same marker inside the second image, then repeat step 1 and 2 to create 3 points inside each image as shown in the screen shots.
- Page 10 ® ™ Autodesk Stitcher Unlimited 2009 Getting Started Tutorial 3. After you have placed the three matching points, click Stitch and your image will be positioned correctly inside the panorama. Page | 10...
- Page 11 ® ™ Autodesk Stitcher Unlimited 2009 Getting Started Tutorial NOTE Manually stitched images have a yellow highlight to distinguish them from auto-stitched images. Load the Stitcher project file, stitched.rzs, to see this step completed. Page | 11...
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Page 12: Alignment
® ™ Autodesk Stitcher Unlimited 2009 Getting Started Tutorial 3. Alignment Before rendering the panorama, you can change the viewpoint to determine what you see in the final panorama. Stitcher automatically aligns the panorama. You can align the panorama by clicking the Auto-Align icon or by selecting Tool > Automatically Align Panorama, or pressing “A”. - Page 13 ® ™ Autodesk Stitcher Unlimited 2009 Getting Started Tutorial NOTE the status indicator is displayed when the panorama is aligned. Page | 13...
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Page 14: Equalization
® ™ Autodesk Stitcher Unlimited 2009 Getting Started Tutorial 4. Equalization When you click the Equalization icon, the Equalization tool launches in all of the images. This step is significant and makes it possible to correct certain differences in exposures, especially in the levels of blue in the sky. -
Page 15: Render
® ™ Autodesk Stitcher Unlimited 2009 Getting Started Tutorial 5. Render Render area and rendering options If you need to render only a part of the panorama, do the following steps: 1. Select Render > Render Area > Set Render Area tool. - Page 16 ® ™ Autodesk Stitcher Unlimited 2009 Getting Started Tutorial 3. Now draw a rectangular area in order to define and adjust the borders of the final image. 4. To quit the Render Area tool, press the Space key or Render > Render Area > Set Render Area.
- Page 17 ® ™ Autodesk Stitcher Unlimited 2009 Getting Started Tutorial 6. The last step before launching the rendering process is to define the parameters for the image. Stitcher gives you the option of the following rendering types: ® • Cubical or cylindrical QuickTime VR (QuickTime Player installation is required) •...
- Page 18 ® ™ Autodesk Stitcher Unlimited 2009 Getting Started Tutorial Before rendering, you must define: • The path and filename where you want to save the image file • The size in pixels (for this tutorial you will set the width to 2048, the height value will update automatically).
- Page 19 ® ™ Autodesk Stitcher Unlimited 2009 Getting Started Tutorial Spherical panorama 360° with render area. Load the Stitcher project file, render_area.rzs, to see this step completed. You can also see the result with the file Venitian_area.jpg. Page | 19...
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Page 20: Load A Spherical Panorama And Convert To Qtvr
® ™ Autodesk Stitcher Unlimited 2009 Getting Started Tutorial Load a Spherical panorama and convert to QTVR® This part of the tutorial guides you through loading a full 360° panorama in Stitcher, using the authoring control tool to set the viewing parameters of your movie and then converting the ®... - Page 21 ® ™ Autodesk Stitcher Unlimited 2009 Getting Started Tutorial Page | 21...
- Page 22 ® ™ Autodesk Stitcher Unlimited 2009 Getting Started Tutorial Use Tools > Authoring Controls to activate the interactive controller. The General Information expands to display the Authoring Controls options. 4. Use the navigation control inside the stitching window to author (in real time) the view you want your QTVR file to have.
- Page 23 ® ™ Autodesk Stitcher Unlimited 2009 Getting Started Tutorial 5. To quit the Authoring Controls tool, close the edit dialog, then select Tools > Authoring Controls, or click the white cross at the top right corner of the General Information.
- Page 24 ® ™ Autodesk Stitcher Unlimited 2009 Getting Started Tutorial 7. Set the render parameters path, filename, size and QTVR options as you see them in the next screen shot. 8. Launch the Convert process. Congratulations! You have successfully completed the full Stitcher workflow from stitching a panorama, and to creating a QTVR movie.
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