Mi Sphere Stitching Software For Mac

There are two reasons why your photos might not Stitch correctly : a wrong setting of the nodal point and maybe even more, optical distortions of your lens or zoom lens. It is due to the form of the lens: an aspheric lens. Here is how to know it and correct it..

This is solely for use with the Xiaomi Mi Sphere or Madventure 360 cameras. There is no official desktop software for the Mac yet, which has frustrated many. This tool created by Dong Qiu does just that stitching like the windows version and able to batch process and stitch the DNG files too! Find his installation instructions here.

All the photos of the sphere have been shot and prepared and are ready to be Stitchd by a panorama software on one or several ranges. At that point, it is still not about using a virtual tour creation software like Virtual Tour 3DVista because the panorama isn't Stitchd yet. But this type of software needs a flat image, possibly on 180 x 360°. Few of them offer stitching qualities, flexibility of use, productivity and can thus be considered professional, or at least, top-range. In this page, I'll tell you all about my experience and the qualities of each of them.

When we were trying to stitch a simple panorama to print it for example, we saw in the tutorial dedicated to panorama stitching that the photographer had numerous choices to make in terms of geometric projections in order to convey HIS message. For the creation of virtual tours, only one geometric projection can be used: the spherical geometric projection. Let's see this now..

Basic principles of photo stitching

The panorama software has several things to do, completely automatically:

• Compare the details of two consecutive pictures and and stitch them together, whenever possible automatically;
• Transform and distort them, in the only way that interests us here, meaning in spherical mode.; It is the mode automatically picked by the software.
• >Finally, harmonize shades and/or luminosity differences in accordance with the chosen panorama software.

Geometric transformations are detailed on the page dedicated to geometric projections but we'll see very quickly here that only one interests us: the spherical projection. Indeed, it is the only geometric projection that virtual tour creation software can handle. stitching software, when it's given photos to Stitch a panorama 180 x 360°, stitches them automatically in this geometric projection mode. They'll try to Stitch, for instance in the example here, eight photos shot with a full-format Fisheye, once the nadir corrected, to render a panorama that will look like that:

The central part of the photo is rendered 'classically' but the more we get away from the middle part, the more the image is distorted.. It is especially sensible at the bottom of the panorama.

Panorama softwares

There are many of them and I imagine that most of you already have an opinion on the subject. Each will have its favorite because lots of stitching pieces of software, once mastered, are amazingly efficient. You can also be attracted to one panoramic piece of software but because of your lens and its distortions, have to choose a different panorama software, more powerful in this case.. Firstly, the aim of this tutorial is to introduce a few pieces of software that seem to be reference and I'll complete that list as my reviews go along.

Caution though! It is not a list of virtual tour creation software but of panorama software. Virtual tour creation pieces of software will be detailed in the last page of this tutorial.

PTGui is the best assembly software since the closure of Kolor. Its historical users obviously don't care and the new ones should largely find their place there because the 2019 latest update are really excellent. The transition from Autopano Giga to PTGui is becoming obvious, especially with the new version 11.20 - Learn more and download

My note : 10/10 - PTGui's first-time users love it and that's understandable. It was Autopano's competitor.. but Kolor has just closed. We no longer have a choice, but it's no longer a problem because it's an excellent software, especially with the latest updates.The best on!

This multi-language, open source stitching software is highly valued by the discerning user community. Do not hesitate to put your hands in the grease! Quite close to PTGui it is also very powerful but some troublesome limitations compared to APG or PTGui. To always have close to you in case .. - Learn more

My note : 8,5/10 - Hugin is very close to PTGui in its interface and its use because it initially uses the same tools Panoramatools but it is free!.

Photomerge is a Photoshop plugin that allows to Stitch panoramas, possibly spherical but Attention! not complete. Photomerge does not know how to correctly Stitch a complete 180 x 360 ° image for example.
It is very easy to use but also rather limited and really lacking flexibility of use. That said, the little it knows how to do it does very well, that is to say multi-ranged panoramas that do not go from floor to ceiling. The latest version even includes the ability to Stitch Raw and generate a panorama in RAW format! - Learn more

My note : 8,0/10 - There may be cases where we need to Stitch a panorama punctually and it is possible to do it with Photomerge, a plugin integrated in Photoshop. Photomerge lacks flexibility and possibilities, but what it knows how to do is often very well Stitchd in an interface that is easy to understand without a learning curve. Credible punctual alternative.

This stitching software, multilingual, is very similar to PTGui in the approach and the interface. The tools therefore seem the same! And I happened to succeed panoramas with PS 3 that I did not manage - automatically - to do with Autopano Giga. The comparison stops there because APG is really more flexible to use .. but it costs is more expensive - Learn more and download software

My note : 8,5/10 - 8.5 because frankly it works very well and it costs significantly less than Autopano Pro version (3X cheaper!).

The process of panorama stitching

Here again, it is very simple even though each software has its own stitching process, always pretty much the same nowadays. In this tutorial, I describe the process extensively with Autopano Giga.

The steps

But schematically the steps can be summed up as follows:

• Open all the images you just prepared in the software in order to stitch them;
• If the software doesn't detect automatically the lens with which the photos have been shot, check that the software is using the right lens model, meaning: fisheye or rectilinear. With certain pieces of panorama software, double-check that the software is using the model of your lens in order to correct its distortions. However, I'd rather do it before using Lens Correction in Photoshop's Camera Raw.
• Caution! Unlike with a simple stitching, check that the geometric projection mode is the spherical one if you haven't Stitchd a 180° x 360°. In the event of a complete sphere, the software always chooses the spherical mode by default.
• The software will then start working and give its verdict moments later. You may then have to edit certain zones if you think they haven't been Stitchd well and check if the photo is correct. Important for the creation of virtual tours.
• If you harmonize luminosities, double-check that your software takes into account the fact that spherical panoramas are meant to be closed in the creation of the virtual tour. Both edges of your panorama must have exactly the same luminosity.

Saving the file of the panorama

Finally, you save the final picture in whatever file you want. The format, as for it, is important to make possible further edits in Photoshop easier. That's why I chose the extension PSD/PSB by default because it's a format:

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• Compatible 16 bits - not very important when you're making a virtual tour: 8 bits is enough and will be chosen for the final saving, to create the virtual tour. The file will then be twice lighter.
• Multilayer - very important - We'll see in the next page, dedicated to final edits, how primordial it is to make your work easier when editing stitching artefacts or unwanted items in the field of view.
• Compatible with a weight over 2 Go - PSD format, well-known of Photoshop-users, turns into PSB - B for Bold - when the weight of the panorama gets over 2 Go. And this often happens in multilayer panoramic photography with cameras over 10 Mo and when you stitch at least eight photos together.

Other options are detailed for Autopano Giga in its dedicated tutorial.

Before creating your virtual tour, you still need to make the last edits on your freshly-Stitchd panorama, you'll make the last edits on your final panorama, the one that was just Stitchd in your favorite panorama software - Last final edits..

What is it?

The Xiaomi Mi Sphere Camera is a standalone 360-degree camera capable of shooting spherical photos at up to 23.88MP and videos at up to 3.5k/30fps. It features 6-axis electronic image stabilization (EIS) and is water resistant (IP67). The camera’s design is unlike other 360-degree shooters, with a flat, rectangular body (3.07 x 2.65 x 0.47 inches) made of machined aluminum and soft-touch plastic. It definitely looks and feels premium, but also performs like a champ thanks a pair of large Sony IMX 206 16.35MP 1/2.3 sensors and fast 190-degree f/2.0 lenses.

In addition to capturing impressive 360 photos and videos, the Mi Sphere Camera offers unique features, like full manual controls (exposure up to 32sec), RAW photo support, plus slow-motion, time-lapse, and bullet-time video. The camera can be operated standalone or remotely using Xiaomi’s iOS and Android apps. Connectivity is cumbersome, though, since it requires manually connecting to the device’s WiFi hotspot outside the app. Once captured, photos are easy to handle, but videos are more difficult to manage because the camera breaks longer footage into 10-minute chunks, which have to be recombined. Thankfully, the company offers a PC app (Windows only) that facilitates batch stitching and exporting.

The Mi Sphere Camera comes with a mini-tripod (standard mount), micro-USB charging cable, and soft carrying pouch, but requires a fast (U3) microSD memory card (not included). As for battery life, the built-in (non-removable) 1600mAh cell provides about 90 minutes of continuous operation, and supports fast-charging via any Quick Charge 2.0 USB power adapter.

The good

• High-quality 360-degree photos and videos
• 6-axis EIS
• Water resistant (IP67)
• Excellent features (manual controls, RAW, bullet-time, etc…)

The bad

• No memory card included
• Remote operation requires manual WiFi connection
• Longer footage is divided into 10-minute chunks
• Cumbersome video workflow on some platforms (Mac)

Is it a buy?

The $300 Mi Sphere Camera shoots exceptional 360 photos and videos without breaking the bank. By combining high performance and advanced features with great design, Xiaomi’s arguably made the best 360-degree shooter in its class.

Still, it’s not perfect. You’ll have to buy a fast (U3) microSD memory card if you don’t already have one, and you’ll have deal with some usability quirks, like having to manually connect to the camera over WiFi and having to manage a complex workflow to stitch and export videos on some platforms.

Hp deskjet 1510 driver for mac os x 10.66 snow leopard. If you’re somewhat tech savvy and you’re looking for a reasonably affordable 360 camera that shines, I think you’ll be extremely satisfied with the Mi Sphere Camera.