Autopano video pro horizon keyframe3/22/2023 ![]() Over the full video or a large range of time, globally, all the data needed to get a stitch is there, but not at a single moment in time. It is only at some different moments, that some pairs of cameras have relevant links. Not enough details at any moment: Typically in an underwater video, you cannot find a single moment in the whole video where all input videos have enough good content that allows you to get a stitch.There are 2 cases that were complicated to manage: Getting a good stitch template can be a complicated problem. After a first computation, that can be long, the RMS curve can be updated almost instantly even if you calculate a new stitch locally.Watch the introduction video introduction on RMS curve in Autopano Video 2 Range stitching on a selection This new curve is a very useful tool to detect problematic moments and fix them. High peak means, high RMS, so big parallax and bad stitch.ĭue to inevitable parallax in every 360° video capturing system, getting a perfect render requires the stitching to be adjusted to the scene over the time. This is displayed over the stitching track in a curve function, the lower, the better. This is the RMS error curve, which is the equivalent of the RMS value when stitching a still panorama but along the video. That could be a good solution to understand what is happening along a video. How cool would it be to be able to visually see the stitching quality. When we did that split, an idea came to us. These new tracks allow you to compute new stitches without losing all the work you did to keep a straight horizon over the time. The "Camera" track of the previous Autopano Video version has been split into two separate tracks: "Horizon" and "Stitch". Watch the introduction video on director's cut in Autopano Video 2 Improved stitching / horizon track / RMS curve Projection: projection of the rendering camera.Orientation: orientation of the rendering camera.The new timeline tab "Authoring" gives access to two new tracks, defining the director's cut rendering camera over the time: At any time, you can switch the video editing mode between standard full sphere output and director's cut video output. All the Autopano output projections (Planar, Little planet, Fisheye.) are available and can be smoothly interpolated from one to another. The video generated in this mode can have the aspect ratio of your choice and is dedicated to be shared as a standard video (no 360 video viewer needed). It allows you to define a rendering camera, with projections and orientation that can change over time. This means framing the view and allowing creativity after stitching. When creating 360 video, one of the big challenges after that, is to be able to produce a standard video out of the 360 video, by selecting projections, crop zones, orientation, etc. It is by far the most advanced video stitching engine we've built, with a lot of new and unique features. ![]() We’re excited about Virtual Reality and continuing to produce cinematic History-based VR content for Travel and Tourism.This is the final version of the new Autopano Video engine v2. There are numerous time-consuming solutions for this, however we’ve found it to be quick and painless by setting keyframes along the X,Y, Z axis throughout each shot using the using the Re-orient Camera feature in Skybox Studio from Mettle with Adobe After Effects. The addition of motion in VR presents other challenges such as maintaining a consistent horizon. One of the biggest challenges we’ve faced in virtual reality is how to effectively move the camera which we’ve solved with customized motion control robotics featured in our upcoming episodes. Skybox Studio with Adobe After Effects provides us with exceptional tools that make Virtual Reality post-production FUN and I can’t imagine doing any VR project without them! I knew that I could quickly and effectively make adjustments to horizon, add graphics and text, remove power poles, electrical wires, tripod shadows and so much more! Taking the time to make the Virtual Reality experience as visually appealing and immersive as possible requires a commitment to quality and a set of tools that are powerful and reliable. Skybox Studio really opened my eyes to what was possible with VR and gave me so much confidence in my shooting. Thankfully I discovered SKYBOX STUDIO which made doing all those things a breeze! We knew from the onset that we wanted to remove the camera support, replace it with our Gold Creek Films logo and position additional graphics within the VR space, however we didn’t know exactly how we were going to do it. Tonopah 360 was shot 1440p at 60fps ISO 800 and stitched using AutoPano Video and AutoPano Giga. In Jamie’s own words, “Our first four episodes were shot using the Freedom 360 camera system with GoPro Hero 4 Black cameras. ![]()
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