Apprendre la photo panoramique avec Autopano Pro

Sommaire de la formation « «Apprendre la photo panoramique avec Autopano Pro Edition 2009»

Durée totale de la formation: 5h50

1. Elephorm trainer
• Author's introduction
2. Introduction to panoramic photography
• What is a panoramic photograph?
• What is a stitched panorama?
• Principles of stitched panoramas
3. Understanding projection types
• The types of geometric projections
• Geometric projections by stitching
• Projections when tilting the camera
4. What makes a good panorama?
• A closer look at overlapping areas
• Definition of the « entrance pupil »
• Overlap
5. Panoramic heads
• Locating the entrance pupil
• Camera settings
• Can you use a standard tripod head?
• Two types of panoramic heads
• The parts of a panoramic head
• How to proceed if you don't have a panoramic head?
• Transporting camera equipment
• Setting up your tripod
6. In the field...
• Panoramic head settings
• Framing
• Measuring exposure time
• Final tips
• White balance
• Taking the pictures
7. Preparing elements
• Stitch quality. What about optical faults?
• RAW v JPG
• Preparation of JPG images
8. Corrections before stitching
• Chromatic aberration correction
• Vignetting correction
• Distortion correction
• White balance and luminosity correction
• Importation, organization and saving photos
9. Program overview
• Stitching programs on the market today
• Program preferences
• Autopano Pro's interface
• Help in Autopano Pro
10. First steps with Autopano Pro
• Opening and analyzing a folder
• Detection parameters
• Detection and strong distortion
• Editing a panorama
11. Aesthetic choices with panoramas
• What type of geometric projection is desired?
• Planar projection
• Cylinder and spherical projections
12. Autopano Pro's tools
• The control points editor
• Reframing your panorama
• Defining the center point of your panoramas
• The horizon line
13. Geometric and tonal correction
• Luminosity correction
• Color correction
• Image rotation
• The zoom tool
• Correction of roll
• The history tool
14. Panorama rendering
• Rendering : output settings
• Rendering : batch rendering and memory use
• Night photos and blending modes
15. Recipes for improving your panoramas
• Dealing with dynamic contrast
16. Retouching and finalizing
• Retouching images in Photoshop
• Final retouching of a stitched panorama
• Finishing an image for a specific use
17. Going further
• An introduction to virtual tours
• Some principles for creating virtual tours
• Conclusion