Introduction to Stitcher 2009
In this course, we will learn how to use Stitcher to create panoramic images. Software required: Stitcher Unlimited 2009 and up.
What you'll learn
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. 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 HDR 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. Software required: Stitcher Unlimited 2009 and up.
Table of contents
- Moving Around the Stitcher Interface and Importing Images 5m
- Rendering Images out of Stitcher 10m
- The Various Image Output Types in Stitcher 8m
- Increasing the Render Quality with the Blending Method 9m
- Comparison of Various Sharpening Types 5m
- Comparison of Various Interpolation Types 6m
- Using Manual Stitch to Fix Failed Autostitches 7m
- Using Manual Alignment to Set the Horizon of Our Stitch 9m
- Using Stencils to Remove or Preserve Parts of Our Stitch 10m
- Moving Between Stitcher and External Image Editors 5m
- Using PSD Stencils to Create Stencils and Partial Blends 6m
- Various Methods of Finding Stitches in the Stitcher Window 2m
- Creating a Cylindrical Panorama Using Fisheye Photos 8m
- Using Nadir and Creating a Custom Ground in Stitcher 6m
- Add Stencils to the Custom Ground and Rendering Our Sphere 8m
- Setting up an HDR Cylindrical Panorama in Stitcher 5m
- Rendering and Viewing HDR Panoramas in Stitcher 6m
- Creating a Camera Animation and Rendering a Movie 8m
- Basics of Outputting a Quicktime VR Movie in Stitcher 10m
- Creating High Quality QTVR Movies with Smart Blend 5m
- Using QTVR Scripting to Move the Video and Add an End Date 8m
- Adding a Logo to a QTVR File 6m
- Using Hotspots to Add Links Inside Our QTVR File 7m
- Creating a Panoramic Tour Using QTVR and Hotspots on a Web Page 11m
About the author
Along with creating and recording training, he also used to manage the support team and work closely with the production development team at Digital-Tutors, now a Pluralsight company. He began his career working freelance and quickly realized that he wanted to find a company where he could use his talents to help people succeed in the CG industry. Chris has likely watched more Pluralsight creative training than anyone on the planet, and its evidenced by his Einstein-sized brain and encyclopedic... more