So my tutorial page is well underway with all the basics covered.  I wrote it because I couldn’t find any other tutorials  on the web that go in depth into  describing the mechanics of cleaning up these images once you have captured them. I guess this borders into basic Photoshop skills, however it took me a while to narrow down to a few techniques that can accomplish most  fixes relating to PanoPlanets. Hopefully you’ll agree. I’d thought I’d maintain an updated list of websites with  tutorials on creating PanoPlanets.

However as I coined the term PanoPlanet you won’t find much in a Google search other than links back to this website. The more popular name is polar panorama,

Anyway so here’s a rundown of some of the tutorials on the web I’ll keep adding to this post as I find new sites.

http://content.photojojo.com/tutorials/create-your-own-panorama-planets/

This article on photojojo, explains  how to create polar panoramas using Photoshop. Its a good high level overview which also explains using less than 360 degree panoramas to create PanoPlanets. Photojojo also has some interesting articles not relating to PanoPlanets.

http://www.instructables.com/id/How-to-make-Polar-Panorama-with-Photoshop/

the Instructables website has a number of tutorials relating to Hugin and other software specifics, this article is a very high level overview, not as detailed as the Photojojo site.

http://www.3drender.com/light/PolarPan/index.htm

This site gives a quick overview using Photoshop as well, and introduces the idea of “making up space”  prior to projecting.

http://photoextremist.com/2009/09/how-to-take-360×180-degree-stereographic-planet-panoramas/

This article takes a more step by step approach and gives some details on finding nodal points etc.

http://www.freephotoresources.com/polar-panorama-showcase-and-tutorial/

This site has some nice examples of polar panoramas

http://www.hybridlava.com/artwork/35-phenomenal-examples-of-polar-panorama-effect/

This site has some excellent examples of stereographic projections.

Tags: PanoPlanet, Polar Panorama, San Francisco, Treasure Island
Categories: Galleries, Tutorials

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