Hi,
 
Can anyone tell me what is happening in this stitch process?
 
www.supervirtualtours.com/realviz/stitching_error.jpg
 
It appears that one of the three images is not being used. This has happened before but is usually due to high cpu load; reloading the images and reprocessing fixes the problem. However, in this case, reprocessing doesn't eliminate the 'blind spot'.
 
Best regards,
 
Aaron Lagadyn
877-556-4233
aaron@tres.ca

Aaron,
 
One thing I can see, looks like you haven't got the circle set right - see the green line on the edge of the black line? This isn't what is causing the problem though.
 
Can you make the three x images available for me to download online?

Hi,
 
I've uploaded the images here with the original error photo plus another room in a different house with the same problem:
 
http://www.supervirtualtours.com/r [...] _error.htm
 
This has happened before but it was due to high cpu load and corrected by reprocessing the images. Since I switched to a new camera system last week I've had three of these or about a 3% error rate. This version of the problem isn't corrected by restarting the software.
 
Thanks for having a look.
 
Aaron

Umm, I've no idea what's going on here...
 
What camera system are you using? What lens are you using? What rotator are you using? I can see a pan/tilt head in the shots...
 
Also I see you are using a Flash. Do you find the results you get from using a flash with a fisheye lens acceptable?
 
 

Hi,
 
I was using a Nikon 4500 and E8 fisheye and only experienced this error when there was high cpu load, as I mentioned.
 
I was playing around trying to stitch 2 of 3 images. The images that share the door to the bedroom won't stitch. It's not a light difference issue, as I thought it might be from the other sample I sent. I'm guessing it's a bubble level problem as there is a dark spot on the ceiling when I try to arrange them manually. But that's kind of weird because it's a new house and the floors are okay.
 
For the last 60 vt scenes, I've been using a Nikon D80 and Sigma 4.5mm fisheye. The output is really nice as you can see here but there have been two images with the blind spot.
 
Here are two examples of the output of this system into an Easypano viewer.
 
http://www.coastrealty.com/supervi [...] rtAve.html
 
http://www.supervirtualtours.com/I [...] ceAve.html
 
This is the best output I've found anywhere for images less than 1MB. These images are around 500-600kb, which is pretty good if you have broadband.
 

Dear Aaron,
 
I gave it a try and the result is here:
http://www.panographers.net/ForumREALVIZ/haaronl.jpg
The project-file is in the same directory (SUnLtd. 5.6.2)
 
Best regards
 
Tim

Hi Tim,
 
That's awesome! I wonder why I couldn't get it to work here. I tried about 20x over two days, restarting, rebooting, etc.
 
Did you just use the autostitch?
 
Could you email me the high res version so I can use it in the pano?
 
Thanks very much,
 
Aaron
aaron@tres.ca

Hi Aaron,
 
no problem for the high-res.
What format, what resolution? Just send me the specs...
I also did the other one:
http://www.panographers.net/ForumREALVIZ/haaronl_2.jpg
I used the "manual stitch".
What version of Stitcher do you use?
I can send you the *.rzs-file, both on-line here:
http://www.panographers.net/ForumREALVIZ/
I also uploaded the lens-data for your camera-profile here:
http://www.panographers.net/ForumR [...] FC-E8.lens
 
Best regards
 
Tim

Hi Tim,
 
I took another shot at both (since you were able to do it ;-).
 
The white bedroom pano wouldn't use the third image so I did an automatic stitch, then panned around and dropped in the picture approximately where it should go, then used semi-auto stitch and it worked.
 
The grey master bedroom pano had the same problem. For this one, though, the auto-stitch worked okay today--after 10 tries the past two days.
 
I'm not sure what the common denominator is but at least now I know how to fix it manually.
 
I'm actually using the Nikon D80 and Sigma 4.5mm but thanks for the camera profile anyway.
 
I really appreciate you sending the high res images. You're a prince!
 
Best regards,
 
Aaron

I just saw your question about flash-assist. Yes, using a flash is the best solution. I tried using Photomatix for getting views through sunny windows but it only worked so-so and the pics needed adjusting in photoshop. This way, it's click x3, into Realviz, sharpen resize in a batch, then into my viewer with no touchups at all.
 
You need a strong flash though. The one on the D80 is good and it's not blocked by the lense so the light goes out into the room. The Coolpix flash with the E8/9 doesn't work much because the flare in the lense body blocks the flash and bounces it backwards.
 
You need to use a diffuser especially in small rooms. I just use the opaque battery cover that came with the D80. It works really well.
 
The flash works nicely outside too in a garden or shady area.

The  flash-question was Andrews', but thanx for your explanations anyway.
How do you want the high-res renders?
TGA or TIFF, spheric or cubic, what size?
If you download the *rvs-files, you can do it yourself at your personal settings, but I do not mind at all to render them out for you.
Just keep me posted how.
Best regards
 
Tim

Tim,
 
You're the man.

Thank you Andrew, but I just apply what you, Jim, Douglas and the other "old dogs" share with us! :-)
What would REALVIZ do without you?!?

Woof woof!

I managed to do the renders here so I'm good to go. Thanks again for the offer. :-)
 
Aaron