I'll be your best friend if you can fix this

Samsung Galaxy S21, S21+, S21 Ultra

04/04/2016 10:49:04 AM · #1

trying to make a multi-shot pano and the railing keeps coming out wrong, anyone got the skills to fix it? Here is a link to the cropped version:

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/20068805/pano/Untitled_Panorama2.jpg

Bear_Music

Sony 24-70mm F4 Vario-Tessar T* FE OSS

04/04/2016 10:56:03 AM · #2

How many frames comprise that composite? When you're dealing with strong diagonal lines going from foreground out, pano is highly problematic. I know I tried one once standing on one of our dune bridges and it was a complete mess, impossible for me to fix. Certainly, to fix it you'll need to hand merge a whole bunch of incremental railings, if it's even possible :-(

GeorgesBogaert

Canon RP

Canon RF 35mm f/1.8 IS Macro

04/04/2016 11:05:48 AM · #3

I am willing to give it a try if you send me a link to the files.

Fujifilm XF 10-24mm f/4 R IOS

04/04/2016 11:11:22 AM · #4

Exactly - I'd want all the originals. If you want to post links here I'm willing to give it a shot.

markwiley

Fujifilm X-Pro2

04/04/2016 11:31:46 AM · #5

Would it help to use perspective warp to get all of the railing balusters vertical before trying to merge them? (this from someone that has virtually no experience merging panoramas)

04/04/2016 11:36:06 AM · #6

Originally posted by markwiley:

Would it help to use perspective warp to get all of the railing balusters vertical before trying to merge them? (this from someone that has virtually no experience merging panoramas)

I started trying to stack multiple copies of this on itself and slowly warping them to try and get it to a point where I can mask in various warps and then look to use the clone tool and content aware fill to get it right, but with the spot behind the bride it makes it hard and I'd rather see what can be done from scratch. I think if you spent enough time with it you cold get there.

With Brenizer panos like this it really helps to have a more centered subject and a background that runs perpendicular to the line between the subject and the sensor because the angles can get really squirrelly really quickly. It's gonna be a tough pasting together, but if you do it piecemeal I think you can get there.

Message edited by author 2016-04-04 11:41:45.

04/04/2016 11:36:34 AM · #7

my sincere thanks to anyone willing to take a crack at it, I apologize in advance because I shot it in raw, so if the download size scares you off I understand. I usually do this in jpeg but it's my best friends daughter and I've known her since she was 4 so I really want this to turn out nice.

originals

04/04/2016 11:42:48 AM · #8

Originally posted by smardaz:

Sure, you couldn't have just zipped them into one file, could you? ;)

(and in the "you learn something new every day department" we discover the "Download as a zip" option in the upper right corner. LOL)

Message edited by author 2016-04-04 11:43:46.

04/04/2016 11:55:17 AM · #9

Just curious, what did you use to merge the pano? Surprisingly enough, Lightroom is looking pretty darn close straight off the nut using the LrCC Pano Merge. It's taking a while to merge, but I'm pretty sure this should workout OK if I have enough memory.

Samsung Galaxy S21, S21+, S21 Ultra

04/04/2016 12:00:48 PM · #10

Originally posted by JakeKurdsjuk:

I don't have LR, I used Photomerge in PS CS6

Bear_Music

Sony 24-70mm F4 Vario-Tessar T* FE OSS

04/04/2016 12:01:50 PM · #11

Whoa, that OUGHT to be enough frames to work something out. I'll leave it to the folks who are better at it than me, though :-)

04/04/2016 12:03:22 PM · #12

OK, here's what it looks like merged in Lightroom (~500MB DNG file).

Not nearly as bad as what you started with. I'm uploading the DNG file somewhere so you can grab it and play with it (I'll post a link when it's done). Not sure how much time I'll have but this should be infinitely easier to fix than what you had.

04/04/2016 12:24:27 PM · #13

Thanks a ton Jake! I'm sure it'll be good for my purposes. My goal is to make them a nice stretched canvas print so I just wanted as much real estate as possible to work with.

Canon 12x IS USM (S3 IS built-in Lens) -- 36-432mm (35mm EQ)

04/04/2016 12:49:00 PM · #14

Here you go.

//www.mediafire.com/view/xbp4h4kav7w4w89/IMG_1999-Pano.dng

It definitely needs a bunch of perspective correction and a bit of cleanup along the top and bottom of the back rail, but it's a much easier fix from here.

Message edited by author 2016-04-04 12:50:14.

GeneralE

Canon PowerShot S3 IS

04/04/2016 01:33:57 PM · #15

Originally posted by JakeKurdsjuk:

Just curious, what did you use to merge the pano? Surprisingly enough, Lightroom is looking pretty darn close straight off the nut using the LrCC Pano Merge.

Just for experimental purposes, would it be possible (and if it's OK with

smardaz) for you to send me small JPEG conversions of the RAW originals so I can see what AutoStitch (what I usually use) would do with them? Or you could download the demo and do it yourself ...

04/04/2016 01:51:39 PM · #16

Originally posted by GeneralE:

Originally posted by JakeKurdsjuk:
Just curious, what did you use to merge the pano? Surprisingly enough, Lightroom is looking pretty darn close straight off the nut using the LrCC Pano Merge.

Just for experimental purposes, would it be possible (and if it's OK with smardaz) for you to send me small JPEG conversions of the RAW originals so I can see what AutoStitch (what I usually use) would do with them? Or you could download the demo and do it yourself ...

I've already wiped the raw files as I'm pressed for space. Maybe someone else can?

Canon 12x IS USM (S3 IS built-in Lens) -- 36-432mm (35mm EQ)

04/04/2016 02:17:12 PM · #17

Originally posted by GeneralE:

I'm open to it, I can make jpegs when i get home tonight

GeneralE

Canon PowerShot S3 IS

04/04/2016 02:32:31 PM · #18

No hurry -- it'll probably take me a couple of days to get to it anyway (I have to use a library computer).

You might try downloading the demo software I linked-to earlier -- I've always found it does a pretty good job with the default settings at least 95% of the time.* Only limitation is it only imports/saves JPEGs, but if you like it there are links to commercial versions which incorporate it which (presumably) can handle more formats.

*My panorama gallery

Nikon AF-S Nikkor 17-35mm f/2.8D IF-ED

04/05/2016 06:53:06 PM · #19

ok sooooo Jake is on vacation and I have done all I can with my limited skills to correct the distortion, anyone willing to take a crack at correcting the railing slats closest to the bride?

psd file

tanguera

Nikon D750

04/05/2016 08:06:38 PM · #20

I was gonna give it a whirl with the raw files but you've removed them :(