Previously we used a very large, heavy and complex setup to capture our HDR panoramas. So if you’re looking at a camera, 24 or 36 megapixels is likely overkill, and will be more of a hassle to process and store all the content, while 20-16MP or even 12MP will suffice for most purposes. The source HDR files at 8x4K are about 100MB each, and the Toolbag 2 presets are about 200MB each, while the files required for processing can be about 6GB per set. We actually shrink the files from there, as 8,192×4,096 is the maximum resolution that Toolbag 2 can display before we start throwing data away (8x4K input = 6 2x2k cubemap faces). The camera I use has a 16 megapixel sensor, which produces a final panoramic image of about 12圆k. Resolution is also a concern, but less of an issue than you may think. PROTIP: Avoid shooting with auto or semi auto exposure modes, or with automatic white balance.
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Be sure to shoot at the lowest/base ISO as well, to get the least amount of noise and the best dynamic range out of your camera. Most modern cameras can capture somewhere in the range of 10-14 stops of dynamic range with RAW files, which is significantly more than they store in JPEG images. If your camera supports it, you should also shoot in RAW. You can get by with fewer bracketed shots, but may end up with banding artifacts or clipped highlights if you do not record enough range.Ĭapturing highlight detail is generally more important than shadow detail, so your darkest exposure should contain as much highlight information as it possibly can without clipping to white.
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If your camera does not support exposure bracketing, or the bracketing feature is limited (eg, 3 steps at 1EV is typical) you can also do the bracketing yourself by shooting in manual mode and changing the shutter speed and/or aperture to vary the exposure. The camera I use automates 7 exposures at 2 EV steps (-6, -4, -2, 0, +2, +4, +6) which provides a very good range. Most high-end cameras have a feature to do this called exposure bracketing, though the exact implementation will vary between models. PROTIP: 1 EV or stop refers to twice or half the amount of light, -1EV means half the amount light being recorded by the camera, while +1EV means double.
Traditional cameras can not capture this much detail in one exposure, so we need to capture multiple photos, each exposed to varying light levels (EVs), and then process each set into a single 32-bit image. We need enough data to represent the information in the deepest shadows, all the way up to the brightest highlights. Optimizing for Range and ResolutionĬapturing sufficient dynamic range is one of the biggest challenges when creating panoramic images. This tutorial will cover the process that I used to photograph environments for our Northern Italy Pano Pack and process them into HDR panoramas for use as image-based lighting data in Skyshop and Toolbag 2. With IBL, each pixel in the panoramic image acts as a small light source, which provides a great deal of detail, variation, and realism to the lighting. Image-based lighting (IBL) is a rendering technique that uses a 360 degree panorama to light a 3D scene.
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