Links
Here you find links to other websites related to PTGui:
Part 1: shooting the images
Part 2: developing the images
Part 3: stitching in PTGui
Levelling a panorama:
How to level a panorama in PTGui (video tutorial by Hans Nyberg)
Vertical Alignment of Panoramas with PTGui (by Willy Kaemena)
Levelling an already stitched panorama (video tutorial by John Houghton)
regaltips.com video tutorials
Here Terry Montague provides several tutorials for PTGui and panorama stitching in general.
Bernhard Vogl has written some good tutorials for PTGui:
- Creating Panoramas with PTGui and Panotools (English)
- Creating a 360 degree QTVR (English)
- Panoramen erstellen mit PanoTools und PTGui (German)
- 360 Grad-Panoramen und QTVR (German)
You will find even more tutorials (both in English and in German) on his website www.dffe.at.
Склейка сферической панорамы 360x180° в программе PTGui Pro
Russian PTGui tutorial by Jaroslav Pindora
Creating a Night Pano
By Eric Harness / Star Circle Academy
Fotografia immersiva (Italian)
Extensive Italian tutorial for PTGui by Marco Stucchi
Tutorial de fotografía panorámica esférica (Spanish)
Titorial de fotografía panorámica esférica (Galician)
By Suso Martínez
PTGui Viewpoint Tutorial – Nadirbild in Panorama perfekt einsetzen (German)
By Patrick Ludolph
Faire un Panorama avec PTgui (French)
By Adrien Bonnat
Stitching con PTgui (Italiano)
Arcangelo Piai
GIGAPIXEL con le DSLR Nikon (Italiano)
Arcangelo Piai
PTgui advanced techniques: control points t1/t2 and "Layers" output options (English)
Tecniche di Photo Stitching (Italiano)
Tecniche di Photo Stitching Approfondimento: Control Points t1/t2 e uscita "Blended+Layers" (Italiano)
Tecniche di Photo stitching: il Focus Stitch (Italiano)
By Enrico Cinalli
PTGui tutorials in Japanese
By Akila Ninomiya (QTVR Diary)
How to straighten horizons and correct verticals
Using the special Hor / Vert (t1/t2) control points to get a straight horizons and upright buildings, by John Houghton
Correction of image distortion and perspective
Step by step description of a method to correct image distortion and perspective using Panorama Tools and PTgui, by Philo
Correcting lens distortion with the new "Straight Line" control points and PTGui
(or german version)
By Erik Krause
This 'e-book' covers nearly every aspect of digital photography, including 13 pages on PTGui Pro.
by Vincent Bockaert
The HDRI Handbook
Covers (a.o.) stitching HDR panoramas using PTGui Pro.
By Christian Bloch (panorama chapter by Bernhard Vogl)
Mastering Digital Panoramic Photography (english)
Panoramafotografie – Theorie und Praxis (german / deutsch)
A comprehensive guide for panoramic photography, with extensive coverage of PTGui.
By Harald Woeste
Landschaft, Architektur, Panorama - Professionelle Fotopraxis für gelungene Aufnahmen (german / deutsch)
DVD Video tutorials, covering (a.o.) panorama photography of architecture and landscape
By Thomas Bredenfeld
Interaktive Panoramafotografie - Aufnahme, Stitching, Publizieren (german / deutsch)
With in depth coverage of PTGui
By Chris Witzani
Praxisbuch Digitale Panoramafotografie (german / deutsch)
Das umfassende Handbuch zur digitalen Panoramafotografie mit anschaulichen Beispielen.
By Thomas Bredenfeld
Virtual Reality Photography
320 pages covering nearly every aspect of both Panoramic VR and Object VR photography, including photography basics and business practises.
By pioneering VR photographer Scott Highton.
MK Panorama Systeme: MK PanoMachine, a motorized VR Head.
Novoflex: Manufactures tripod heads and other panorama hardware.
Seitz Roundshot: VR Drive motorized panoramic head
360Precision: Makers of high precision panoramic heads
PT4Pano: Precision Tools for Panorama Photography
Bushman Panoramic: Manufacturer of the Kalahari, lightest (380 gram) spherical panoramic head
SV360: A low cost spherical panoramic head
MultiStitch: Large format digital capture for professionals
Web viewers based on Flash: Viewers for iPad/iPhone/iPod: Web viewers based on Java: Standalone viewers:
panorama tools WIKI
Resources and documentation for Panorama Tools and related software
Tutorials
Florian Knorn of Pano.ie has created an excellent series of video tutorials on shooting a spherical panorama using a fisheye lens:Part 1: shooting the images
Part 2: developing the images
Part 3: stitching in PTGui
Levelling a panorama:
How to level a panorama in PTGui (video tutorial by Hans Nyberg)
Vertical Alignment of Panoramas with PTGui (by Willy Kaemena)
Levelling an already stitched panorama (video tutorial by John Houghton)
regaltips.com video tutorials
Here Terry Montague provides several tutorials for PTGui and panorama stitching in general.
Bernhard Vogl has written some good tutorials for PTGui:
- Creating Panoramas with PTGui and Panotools (English)
- Creating a 360 degree QTVR (English)
- Panoramen erstellen mit PanoTools und PTGui (German)
- 360 Grad-Panoramen und QTVR (German)
You will find even more tutorials (both in English and in German) on his website www.dffe.at.
Склейка сферической панорамы 360x180° в программе PTGui Pro
Russian PTGui tutorial by Jaroslav Pindora
Creating a Night Pano
By Eric Harness / Star Circle Academy
Fotografia immersiva (Italian)
Extensive Italian tutorial for PTGui by Marco Stucchi
Tutorial de fotografía panorámica esférica (Spanish)
Titorial de fotografía panorámica esférica (Galician)
By Suso Martínez
PTGui Viewpoint Tutorial – Nadirbild in Panorama perfekt einsetzen (German)
By Patrick Ludolph
Faire un Panorama avec PTgui (French)
By Adrien Bonnat
Stitching con PTgui (Italiano)
Arcangelo Piai
GIGAPIXEL con le DSLR Nikon (Italiano)
Arcangelo Piai
PTgui advanced techniques: control points t1/t2 and "Layers" output options (English)
Tecniche di Photo Stitching (Italiano)
Tecniche di Photo Stitching Approfondimento: Control Points t1/t2 e uscita "Blended+Layers" (Italiano)
Tecniche di Photo stitching: il Focus Stitch (Italiano)
By Enrico Cinalli
PTGui tutorials in Japanese
By Akila Ninomiya (QTVR Diary)
How to straighten horizons and correct verticals
Using the special Hor / Vert (t1/t2) control points to get a straight horizons and upright buildings, by John Houghton
Correction of image distortion and perspective
Step by step description of a method to correct image distortion and perspective using Panorama Tools and PTgui, by Philo
Correcting lens distortion with the new "Straight Line" control points and PTGui
(or german version)
By Erik Krause
Books, video
The 123 of digital imagingThis 'e-book' covers nearly every aspect of digital photography, including 13 pages on PTGui Pro.
by Vincent Bockaert
The HDRI Handbook
Covers (a.o.) stitching HDR panoramas using PTGui Pro.
By Christian Bloch (panorama chapter by Bernhard Vogl)
Mastering Digital Panoramic Photography (english)
Panoramafotografie – Theorie und Praxis (german / deutsch)
A comprehensive guide for panoramic photography, with extensive coverage of PTGui.
By Harald Woeste
Landschaft, Architektur, Panorama - Professionelle Fotopraxis für gelungene Aufnahmen (german / deutsch)
DVD Video tutorials, covering (a.o.) panorama photography of architecture and landscape
By Thomas Bredenfeld
Interaktive Panoramafotografie - Aufnahme, Stitching, Publizieren (german / deutsch)
With in depth coverage of PTGui
By Chris Witzani
Praxisbuch Digitale Panoramafotografie (german / deutsch)
Das umfassende Handbuch zur digitalen Panoramafotografie mit anschaulichen Beispielen.
By Thomas Bredenfeld
Virtual Reality Photography
320 pages covering nearly every aspect of both Panoramic VR and Object VR photography, including photography basics and business practises.
By pioneering VR photographer Scott Highton.
Panoramic heads
Nodal Ninja, a lightweight and affordable spherical panorama head.MK Panorama Systeme: MK PanoMachine, a motorized VR Head.
Novoflex: Manufactures tripod heads and other panorama hardware.
Seitz Roundshot: VR Drive motorized panoramic head
360Precision: Makers of high precision panoramic heads
PT4Pano: Precision Tools for Panorama Photography
Bushman Panoramic: Manufacturer of the Kalahari, lightest (380 gram) spherical panoramic head
SV360: A low cost spherical panoramic head
Panorama hardware
Lens shaving service: remove the lens hood from certain lenses for use on cameras with a full frame sensor.MultiStitch: Large format digital capture for professionals
Panorama viewers
To display a 360 degree panorama interactively (allowing the user to 'look around' by clicking and dragging with the mouse), a panorama viewer is needed. PTGui includes its own viewer (accessible through Tools - Publish to Website). Other viewers are available, offering more functionality such as clickable hotspots:Web viewers based on Flash: Viewers for iPad/iPhone/iPod: Web viewers based on Java: Standalone viewers:
- FSPViewer (Windows only)
- DevalVR Player (Windows only)
Other links
The PanoToolsNG Yahoo group is an active community dedicated to panoramic imaging. This is a good place to ask your questions, or discuss with other photographers about equipment and technique.panorama tools WIKI
Resources and documentation for Panorama Tools and related software