Introduction to Stitcher 2009

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Lesson Outline (25 lessons)
In this course we will learn how to use Stitcher to create Panoramic images. Stitcher comes with many tools built to make the panorama creation process quick and easy. In only a few minutes we will be able to take fisheye photographs and render a seamless 360 degree panorama

In this series of lessons, we'll learn how to use Stitcher to create panoramic images. Stitcher comes with many tools built to make the panorama creation process hassle-free. In only a few minutes, we will be able to take fisheye photographs and render a seamless 360 degree panorama. We'll begin this project by learning how to import, stitch, and render images in the user interface. From there, we will learn the various settings we have to control our render quality and how to get the best possible output. Next we'll learn about the editing tools of Stitcher, such as Manual Stitch, Alignment, Stencils, PSD Stencils and Custom Nadir. We will also learn how to create High Dynamic Range panoramas. We'll end by learning how we can use the advanced output features of QuickTime VR in Stitcher to create virtual tours and links between QuickTime panorama movies. This series of lessons will illustrate how Stitcher can be used to quickly create large-dimension images and cylindrical, cubical, or spherical panoramas.

1. Introduction and Project Overview

3. Rendering images out of Stitcher

5. Increasing the render quality with the Blending Method

7. Comparison of various Interpolation Types

9. Using Manual Alignment to set the Horizon of our stitch

11. Moving between Stitcher and external image editors

13. Various methods of finding stitches in the Stitcher window

15. Using Nadir and Creating a custom ground in Stitcher

17. Setting up an HDR cylindrical panorama in Stitcher

19. Creating a camera animation and rendering a movie

21. Creating High-Quality QTVR Movies with Smart Blend

23. Adding a logo to a QTVR file

25. Creating a Panoramic Tour using QTVR and Hotspots on a webpage

2. Moving around the Stitcher interface and importing images

4. The Various Image Output Types in Stitcher

6. Comparison of various Sharpening Types

8. Using Manual Stitch to fix failed Autostitches

10. Using Stencils to remove or preserve parts of our stitch

12. Using PSD Stencils to create stencils and partial blends

14. Creating a cylindrical panorama using Fisheye photos

16. Add stencils to the custom ground and rendering our sphere

18. Rendering and Viewing HDR Panoramas in Stitcher

20. Basics of outputting a QuickTime VR movie in Stitcher

22. Using QTVR Scripting to move the video and add an End Date

24. Using Hotspots to add links inside our QTVR file



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